THE SUNDAY TIMES AUDIBLE SHORT STORY AWARD 2021 IS NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES
11th October 2020
Entries are now open to the world’s richest and most prestigious prize for an English-language single short story
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 2021 award opens at 00.01am on October 11, 2020. The closing date is 6pm on December 4, 2020. The longlist will be announced in May 2021, the shortlist in June 2021, and the winner will be announced on July 8, 2021.
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Latest news for the 2021 award
It’s time to polish off your entries for the 2021 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award
7th October 2020
Published authors have from Sunday, October 11 until 6pm on Friday, December 4 to enter their short story to this year's award
A look back at the 2020 winner
