March: short-story low-down
- 28th March 2020
- 2020 award
Our round-up of the best short story news, with the latest on what you're reading in lockdown and our very exciting news
10 JUDGES, 10 YEARS: Tessa Hadley
- 20th March 2020
- 2020 award
To celebrate a decade of the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award, we talk to ten past judges to get their insight into the process and gain an understanding of what makes a short story shine...
Sunday Times Short Story Award Interview: Haleh Agar
- 3rd March 2020
- 2020 award
Haleh Agar on curiosity, cuddle parties and how reading is 'training at the gym'
Judges announced for the world's richest short story prize 2020
- 23rd February 2020
- 2020 award
Carys Davies, Diana Evans, Romesh Gunesekera, David Nicholls and Andrew Holgate to judge The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award 2020
Interview with Melvyn Bragg
- 15th February 2020
- 2020 award
10 years, 10 judges: to celebrate a decade of the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award, we talk to ten past judges to get their insight into the judging process
Interview with Ingrid Persaud
- 10th February 2020
- 2020 award
The Trinidadian writer Ingrid Persaud, who won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2018, talks about coming to the party late, how writers must gird their loins for rejection and her strange fascination with death by chocolate
Interview: Di Speirs of the BBC National Short Story Award
- 31st January 2020
- 2020 award
Di Speirs has judged the BBC National Short Story Award every year since it began. She shares her tips on what makes a great short story – and asks, are men intimidated by literary awards?
January: short-story low-down
- 25th January 2020
- 2020 award
Our round-up of the best short story news, with the latest on Zora Neale Hurston's new short story collection, Lee Child passing the literary baton – and don't forget to enter this year's BBC National Short Story Award
10 JUDGES, 10 YEARS: Kit de Waal
- 18th January 2020
- 2020 award
Kit de Waal was one of five judges on the Sunday Times Short Story Award in 2019. She shares her thoughts and tips on writing a 'fat-free' short story, where every word has to earn its place...
10 JUDGES, 10 YEARS: Rose Tremain
- 13th December 2019
- 2020 award
Rose Tremain was one of six judges on the Sunday Times Short Story Award in 2016. She shares her thoughts and tips on the short story as a 'difficult and petulant entity'