Thursday 20 March 2014

BBC National Short Story Award 2014

The judges have been announced for the BBC National Short Story Award in partnership with Booktrust. They include BBC Creative Director and presenter Alan Yentob. writers Amit Chaudhuri, Laura Dockrill and Adam Foulds and regular judge Di Speirs.
After nine years, the Award is one of the most prestigious for a single short story, with the winning author receiving £15,000, the runner-up £3,000 and three further shortlisted authors £500 each.

Although the BBC National Short Story Award 2014 closed to submissions on Friday 28 February 2014, the shortlist of five stories will be announced on BBC Radio Four's Front Row during the week commencing 15 September 2014, with each of the five stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4 throughout the following week. The five stories will also be published in a special anthology and be available for free audio download.

The winner will be announced at an Award Ceremony in the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House on Tuesday 30 September 2014.

Image: Horia Varlan

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