BBC National Short Story Award
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BBC National Short Story Award | |
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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 BBC National Short Story Award is a British literary award for short stories. It was founded in 2005 by 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 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, it was open to a global audience for one year only in honour of the 2012 Summer Olympics, which were hosted in London.[4]
Winners and shortlisted writers
2000s
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2006 | James Lasdun | An Anxious Man | Winner | [5] |
Michel Faber | The Safehouse | Runner up | [5] | |
Rose Tremain | The Ebony Hand | Shortlist | [5] | |
William Trevor | Men of Ireland | Shortlist | [5] | |
Rana Dasgupta | The Flyover | Shortlist | [5] | |
2007 | Julian Gough | The Orphan and the Mob | Winner | |
David Almond | Slog's Dad | Runner up | ||
Jonathan Falla | The Morena | Shortlist | ||
Jackie Kay | How to Get Away with Suicide | Shortlist | ||
Hanif Kureishi | Weddings and Beheadings | Shortlist | ||
2008 | Clare Wigfall | The Numbers | Winner | [2] |
Jane Gardam | The People on Priviledge Hill | Runner up | ||
Adam Thorpe | The Names | Shortlist | ||
Erin Soros | Surge | Shortlist | ||
Richard Beard | Guidelines for Measures to Cope with Disgraceful and Other Events | Shortlist | ||
2009 | Kate Clanchy | The Not-Dead and the Saved | Winner | |
Sara Maitland | Moss Witch | Runner up | ||
Jane Rogers | Hitting Trees With Sticks | Shortlist | ||
Lionel Shriver | Exchange Rates | Shortlist | ||
Naomi Alderman | Other People's Gods | Shortlist |
2010s
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | David Constantine | Tea at the Midland | Winner | [6] |
Jon McGregor | If it Keeps on Raining | Runner up | [6] | |
Helen Oyeyemi | My Daughter the Racist | Shortlist | ||
Sarah Hall | Butcher's Perfume | Shortlist | ||
Aminatta Forna | Haywards Heath | Shortlist | ||
2011 | D.W. Wilson | The Dead Roads | Winner | [7][8] |
Jon McGregor | Wires | Runner up | [8] | |
K.J. Orr | The Human Circadian Pacemaker | Shortlist | [8] | |
M.J. Hyland | Rag Love | Shortlist | [8] | |
Alison MacLeod | The Heart of Denis Noble | Shortlist | [8] | |
2012 | Miroslav Penkov | East of the West | Winner | [9][4] |
Henrietta Rose-Innes | Sanctuary | Runner up | [9][4] | |
Julian Gough | The iHole | Shortlist | [4] | |
Carrie Tiffany | Before He Left the Family | Shortlist | [4] | |
Chris Womersley | In the Basement | Shortlist | [4] | |
Adam Ross | A Lovely and Terrible Thing | Shortlist | [4] | |
Deborah Levy | Black Vodka | Shortlist | [4] | |
M.J. Hyland | Even Pretty Eyes Commit Crimes | Shortlist | [4] | |
Lucy Caldwell | The Goose Father | Shortlist | [4] | |
Krys Lee | Escape Routes | Shortlist | [4] | |
2013 | Sarah Hall | Mrs Fox | Winner | [10][11] |
Lucy Wood | Notes from the House Spirits | Runner up | [10][11] | |
Lavinia Greenlaw | We Are Watching Something Terrible Happening | Shortlist | ||
Lionel Shriver | Prepositions | Shortlist | ||
Lisa Blower | Barmouth | Shortlist | ||
2014 | Lionel Shriver | Kilifi Creek | Winner | [12] |
Zadie Smith | Miss Adele Amidst the Corsets | Runner up | [12] | |
Francesca Rhydderch | The Taxidermist's Daughter | Shortlist | ||
Rose Tremain | The American Lover | Shortlist | ||
Tessa Hadley | Bad Dreams | Shortlist | ||
2015 | Jonathan Buckley | Briar Road | Winner | [13] |
Mark Haddon | Bunny | Runner up | ||
Hilary Mantel | The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher | Shortlist | ||
Jeremy Page | Do It Now, Jump the Table | Shortlist | ||
Frances Leviston | Broderie Anglaise | Shortlist | ||
2016 | K.J. Orr | Disappearances | Winner | [14] |
Claire-Louise Bennett | Morning, Noon & Night | Runner up | [14] | |
Lavinia Greenlaw | The Darkest Place in England | Shortlist | ||
Tahmima Anam | Garments | Shortlist | ||
Hilary Mantel | In a Right State | Shortlist | ||
2017 | Cynan Jones | The Edge of the Shoal | Winner | [15][16] |
Jenni Fagan | The Waken | Shortlist | [16] | |
Will Eaves | Murmur | Shortlist | [16] | |
Helen Oyeyemi | If a book is locked there's probably a good reason for that, don't you think? | Shortlist | [16] | |
Benjamin Markovits | The Collector | Shortlist | [16] | |
2018 | Ingrid Persaud | The Sweet Sop | Winner | [17] |
Nell Stevens | The Minutes | Shortlist | ||
Kiare Ladner | Van Rensburg's Card | Shortlist | ||
Sarah Hall | Sudden Traveller | Shortlist | ||
Kerry Andrew | To Belong To | Shortlist | ||
2019 | Jo Lloyd | The Invisible | Winner | [18] |
Lynda Clark | Ghillie's Mum | Shortlist | [18] | |
Tamsin Grey | My Beautiful Millennial | Shortlist | [18] | |
Lucy Caldwell | The Children | Shortlist | [18] | |
Jacqueline Crooks | Silver Fish in the Midnight Sea | Shortlist | [18] |
2020s
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Sarah Hall | The Grotesques | Winner | [19] |
Eley Williams | Scrimshaw | Shortlist | ||
Jack Houston | Come Down Heavy | Shortlist | ||
Jan Carson | In the Car With the Rain Coming Down | Shortlist | ||
Caleb Azumah Nelson | Pray | Shortlist | ||
2021 | Lucy Caldwell | All the People Were Mean and Bad | Winner | [20] |
Danny Rhodes | Toadstone | Shortlist | ||
Rory Gleeson | The Body Audit | Shortlist | ||
Georgina Harding | Night Train | Shortlist | ||
Richard Smyth | Maykopsky District, Adyghe Oblast | Shortlist | ||
2022 | Saba Sams | Blue 4eva | Winner | [21] |
Kerry Andrew | And the moon descends on the temple that was | Shortlist | [21] | |
Jenn Ashworth | Flat 19 | Shortlist | [21] | |
Vanessa Onwuemezi | Green Afternoon | Shortlist | [21] | |
Anna Bailey | Long Way to Come for a Sip of Water | Shortlist | [21] | |
2023 | Naomi Wood | Comorbidities | Winner | [22] |
Cherise Saywell | Guests | Shortlist | ||
K Patrick | It's Me | Shortlist | ||
Nick Mulgrew | The Storm | Shortlist | ||
Kamila Shamsie | Churail | Shortlist | ||
2024 | To be announced 12 September 2024[23] | Shortlist |
References
- ^ 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 c d e f g h i j k Alison Flood (14 September 2012). "Deborah Levy joins shortlist for BBC international short story award". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Ezard, John (4 April 2006). "Richest short story competition draws huge entry". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ a b Page, Benedicte (29 November 2010). "National Short Story award goes to David Constantine". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Rosemary Westwood (6 September 2012). "D.W. Wilson: The Canadian who grabbed the Brit lit prize". Toronto: The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Flood, Alison (9 September 2011). "BBC National Short Story award pits award-winning writers against students". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ a b Alison Flood (3 October 2012). "Miroslav Penkov wins BBC international short story award". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "Sarah Hall wins the BBC National Short Story Award". BBC. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b c d e "The BBC National Short Story Award Shortlist". Granta. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "Ingrid Persaud wins BBC short story award". BBC News. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "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.
- ^ a b c d e 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
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - BBC National Short Story Award - 2024 BBC Short Story Awards open". BBC. Retrieved 28 April 2024.