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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 the "National Short Story Award" and was renamed to include "BBC" in its title starting in 2008 to reflect the current sponsor.[1]
| BBC National Short Story Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Short stories |
| Sponsored by | BBC Radio 4 with Cambridge University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | BBC (formerly National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) |
| Formerly called | National Short Story Award (2006–2007) |
| First awarded | 2006 |
| Currently held by | "Blue 4eva", Saba Sams (2022) |
| Website | BBC National Short Story Award |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | BBC Radio 4 |
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, though 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 edit
- 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]
- 2021 – "All the People Were Mean and Bad", Lucy Caldwell[15]
- 2022 – "Blue 4eva", Saba Sams[16]
- 2023 – "Comorbidities", Naomi Wood[17]
References edit
- ^ a b c "BBC National Short Story Prize wepage". BBC. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ a b c Richard Lea (4 July 2008). "Field narrows in race for richest story award". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ^ Staff writer (19 February 2012). "OMG: Text speak short story in running for £30,000 prize". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ a b Alison Flood (14 September 2012). "Deborah Levy joins shortlist for BBC international short story award". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 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 20 October 2013.
- ^ "Sarah Hall wins the BBC National Short Story Award". BBC. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ "Lionel Shriver wins BBC National Short Story Award". BBC News. 30 September 2014.
- ^ "Jonathan Buckley wins BBC National Short Story Award". BBC. 6 October 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. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ Flood, Alison (19 October 2021). "Lucy Caldwell wins BBC national short story award for 'masterful' tale". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Shaffi, Sarah (4 October 2022). "Saba Sams wins BBC national short story award for 'transportive' tale". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ Creamer, Ella; Wood, Naomi (26 September 2023). "Bestselling author Naomi Wood wins 2023 BBC national short story award". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2023. Includes full text of story
External links edit
- BBC National Short Story Award