NIAMH CAMPBELL WINS THE SUNDAY TIMES AUDIBLE SHORT STORY AWARD 2020
2nd July 2020
IRELAND SCOOPS RICHEST SHORT STORY AWARD FOR SECOND YEAR RUNNING
Alexia Tolas
With their story: 'Granma's Porch'
Promoting & celebrating the excellence of the modern short story
The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award is the richest prize for a single short story in the English language, worth £30,000 to the winner. The award, for a story of 6,000 words or less, is open to any novelist or short story writer from around the world who has been published in the UK or Ireland.
The submission period for the 2020 award closed on December 13, 2019. The longlist will be announced in May 2020, the shortlist in June 2020, and the winner will be announced on July 2, 2020.
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2020 winner
Latest news for the 2020 award
We have a winner...
2nd July 2020
The judges discuss the six shortlisted stories for the 2020 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award and we reveal the winner of the £30,000 prize
Niamh Campbell wins the 2020 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award
2nd July 2020
The Irish writer Niamh Campbell wins the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award for Love Many
A look back at the 2019 winner
Danielle McLaughlin took the top spot with her story 'A Partial List of the Saved'
The Irish writer, Danielle McLaughlin, won the 2019 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award for her story 'A Partial List of the Saved'