Wednesday 15 January 2014

BBC National Short Story Award 2014, deadline 28 February 2014

The BBC National Short Story Award is now open for submissions:

BBC National Short Story Award in partnership with Booktrust 2014

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The annual BBC National Short Story Award in partnership with Booktrust is now open for submissions for the ninth year.

Publishers, agents and published authors from the UK are invited to submit stories for the 2014 Award until the closing date: 5pm (GMT) on Friday 28 February 2014.

To enter, please download and read the Entry Instructions and Terms & Conditions below and then visit the online Entry Form:

Entry Instructions and Terms & Conditions
Online Entry Form
The BBC National Short Story Award in partnership with Booktrust 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 shortlisted writers £500 each.

The 2014 judging panel will be revealed in the new year and the shortlist and winner will be announced in the autumn. As in previous years, the five shortlisted stories will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in a special anthology. For updates on the Award follow #bbcnssa and @Booktrust on Twitter.

All queries about the Award should be directed to bbcnssa@booktrust.org.uk
 

About the BBC National Short Story Award in partnership with Booktrust 2014

Celebrating the power of the short story

The BBC National Short Story Award in partnership with Booktrust is now in its ninth year. It is one of the most prestigious Awards for a single short story, with the winning author receiving £15,000, the runner-up £3,000 and three further shortlisted authors £500 each.

The Award continues to serve as a reminder of the power of the short story and to celebrate a literary form that is proving ever more versatile in the 21st century. It can now be enjoyed not just on the page, on air and increasingly on every sort of screen as well as in flash fiction events, short story festivals and slams. The ambition of both the Award and Booktrust's short story content is to expand opportunities for British writers, readers and publishers of the short story. BBC Radio 4 is the world's biggest single commissioner of short stories with short stories broadcast every week attracting more than a million listeners.

For updates on the Award follow #bbcnssa and @Booktrust on Twitter.

Previous winners
2013 Sarah Hall 'Mrs Fox'; runner-up Lucy Wood 'Notes from the House Spirits'
2012 Miroslav Penkov 'East of the West'; runner-up Henrietta Rose-Innes 'Sanctuary'
2011 D W Wilson 'The Dead Roads'; runner-up Jon McGregor 'Wires'
2010 David Constantine 'Tea at the Midland'; runner-up Jon McGregor 'If It Keeps On Raining'
2009 Kate Clanchy 'The Not-Dead and the Saved'; runner-up Sara Maitland 'Moss Witch
2008 Clare Wigfall 'The Numbers'; runner-up Jane Gardam 'The People on Privilege Hill'
2007 Julian Gough 'The Orphan and the Mob'; runner-up David Almond 'Slog's Dad'
2006 James Lasdun 'An Anxious Man'; runner-up Michel Faber 'The Safehouse'

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