BBC National Short Story Award

BBC National Short Story Award is a British literary award for short stories. It was founded in 2005 by the NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) with support from BBC Radio 4 and Prospect magazine.[1] The winner receives £15,000 for a single short-story.[1][2] The award was originally known as 'National Short Story Award' and renamed to 'BBC' starting in 2008 to reflect the current sponsor.[1]

The award has been called the richest prize in the world for a single short story,[2] however the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award is greater at £30,000.[3]

Normally the award is open to British authors only, in 2012 the award was opened to a global audience for one year only in honour of the 2012 Summer Olympics which were hosted in London.[4]

Winners

2006 – An Anxious Man, James Lasdun
2007 – The Orphan and the Mob, Julian Gough
2008 – The Numbers, Clare Wigfall[2]
2009 – The Not-Dead and the Saved, Kate Clanchy
2010 – Tea at the Midland, David Constantine
2011 – The Dead Roads, D. W. Wilson
2012 – East of the West, Miroslav Penkov[4][5]
2013 – Mrs Fox, Sarah Hall[6][7]
2014 – Kilifi Creek, Lionel Shriver[8]
2015 – Briar Road, Jonathan Buckley[9]
2016 - Disappearances, K. J. Orr[10]
2017 - The Edge of the Shoal, Cynan Jones[11]
2018 - The Sweet Sop , Ingrid Persaud[12]
2019 – The Invisible, Jo Lloyd[13]
2020 – The Grotesques, Sarah Hall[14]

References

"BBC National Short Story Prize wepage". BBC. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
Richard Lea (4 July 2008). "Field narrows in race for richest story award". The Guardian. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
Staff writer (19 February 2012). "OMG: Text speak short story in running for £30,000 prize". The Telegraph. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
Alison Flood (September 14, 2012). "Deborah Levy joins shortlist for BBC international short story award". The Guardian. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
Alison Flood (3 October 2012). "Miroslav Penkov wins BBC international short story award". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
Liz Bury (8 October 2013). "Sarah Hall's tale of woman who turns into a fox wins BBC short story award". The Guardian. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
"Sarah Hall wins the BBC National Short Story Award". BBC. 8 October 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
"Lionel Shriver wins BBC National Short Story Award". BBC News. September 30, 2014.
"Jonathan Buckley wins BBC National Short Story Award". BBC. October 6, 2015.
"Debut writer KJ Orr beats Hilary Mantel to short story prize". BBC News. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
Flood, Alison (3 October 2017). "BBC national short story award goes to Cynan Jones". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
"Ingrid Persaud wins BBC short story award". BBC News. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
"Welsh writer Jo Lloyd wins BBC Short Story prize". BBC. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
"Sarah Hall becomes first writer to win BBC National Short Story Award twice". BBC National Short Story Award. October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.

External links

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[home-1] "BBC National Short Story Prize wepage". BBC. Retrieved September 14, 2012.

[lea-2] Richard Lea (4 July 2008). "Field narrows in race for richest story award". The Guardian. Retrieved September 29, 2012.

[3] Staff writer (19 February 2012). "OMG: Text speak short story in running for £30,000 prize". The Telegraph. Retrieved January 22, 2013.

[flood2012a-4] Alison Flood (September 14, 2012). "Deborah Levy joins shortlist for BBC international short story award". The Guardian. Retrieved September 14, 2012.

[5] Alison Flood (3 October 2012). "Miroslav Penkov wins BBC international short story award". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2012.

[6] Liz Bury (8 October 2013). "Sarah Hall's tale of woman who turns into a fox wins BBC short story award". The Guardian. Retrieved October 20, 2013.

[7] "Sarah Hall wins the BBC National Short Story Award". BBC. 8 October 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2013.

[8] "Lionel Shriver wins BBC National Short Story Award". BBC News. September 30, 2014.

[9] "Jonathan Buckley wins BBC National Short Story Award". BBC. October 6, 2015.

[10] "Debut writer KJ Orr beats Hilary Mantel to short story prize". BBC News. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

[11] Flood, Alison (3 October 2017). "BBC national short story award goes to Cynan Jones". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

[12] "Ingrid Persaud wins BBC short story award". BBC News. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

[13] "Welsh writer Jo Lloyd wins BBC Short Story prize". BBC. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

[14] "Sarah Hall becomes first writer to win BBC National Short Story Award twice". BBC National Short Story Award. October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.