Felicia Yap’s favourite short story
17th June 2021
Felicia Yap on the short story she loves and thinks you will, too – The Terrors Of Basket-Weaving, by Patricia Highsmith
Jonathan Gibbs
With their story: 'A Prolonged Kiss'
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 closed at 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
Read our shortlist: The Irish Wedding by Elizabeth McCracken
12th June 2021
The Irish Wedding by Elizabeth McCracken has been shortlisted for the 2021 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award
Read our shortlist: A Prolonged Kiss by Jonathan Gibbs
11th June 2021
A Prolonged Kiss by Jonathan Gibbs has been shortlisted for the 2021 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award
A look back at the 2020 winner
