Submissions are open!
Chair of Judges Di Speirs, plus Saba Sams, Tahmima Anam, Will Eaves and Andrew Michael Hurley will be judging the entries for the BBC National Short Story Award for 2026
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The winner of the 2025 BBC National Short Story Award, Colwill Brown
Congratulations to Colwill Brown, winner of the #BBC National Short Story Award.
Listen to You Cannot Thread a Moving Needle on #BBCSounds
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Announced tonight on Radio 4’s Front Row, the winner of the #BBCNSSA is Colwill Brown with ‘You Cannot Thead a Moving Needle’, and for the #BBCYWA Rebecca Smith with ‘Scouse’s Run’
Catch up on the ceremony here 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
We’re here at BBC Broadcasting House for the winners’ ceremony of the BBC Short Story Awards with Cambridge University
Tune in to Radio 4’s Front Row from 7:15pm to hear who has won the 20th anniversary #BBCNSSA and the 2025 #BBCYWA
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We can’t wait for the BBC Short Story Awards with Cambridge University this evening👏 The winners of #BBCNSSA and #BBCYWA will be announced live on Radio 4’s Front Row from the ceremony at Broadcasting House.
Tune in from 7:15pm 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 11:30pm to hear Colwill Brown’s #BBCNSSA shortlisted story 'You Cannot Thread a Moving Needle' – a powerful, heart-breaking tale of teenage vulnerability and its lasting impact
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Edward Hogan’s 'Little Green Man' airs on BBC Radio 4 at 3:30pm today 📻
Tender and humorous, this warm portrait of a gardener and summer temp is shortlisted for the 20th Anniversary BBC Short Story Award
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Hear Caoilinn Hughes’ #BBCNSSA shortlisted story 'Two Hands' on BBC Radio 4 at 3:30pm today 📻 Funny and accomplished, this moving tale explores love, tension and recovery after a car accident
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Don't miss 'Yair' by Emily Adbeni-Holman on BBC Radio 4 at 3:30 PM today 📻
An atmospheric, lyrical story, this is the second of five stories shortlisted for the 20th Anniversary BBC Short Story Award being broadcast this week
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📻 Tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 3:30 PM today to hear 'Rain' by Booker Prize 2025 longlisted author Andrew Miller
A tender, brilliantly vivid story this is the first of five stories shortlisted for the 20th Anniversary BBC Short Story Award being broadcast this week!
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Bravo Andrew Miller, our #WalterScottPrize winner 2025, for his shortlisting in the BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University! Listen to Andrew's story, RAIN: A HISTORY, broadcast live on BBC Sounds on Monday 15 Sept https://loom.ly/8gRonuM
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Huge congratulations to the 5 authors shortlisted for the 2025 #BBCNSSA 🥳📚
Our 2025 finalists are Emily Abdeni-Holman, Colwill Brown, Edward Hogan, Caoilinn Hughes & Andrew Miller 👏✍️
Catch all the stories next week on BBC Radio 4 📻
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Poster of 5 people with the logo BBC National Short Story Award 2025 with Cambridge University
We're absolutely delighted to share the shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award 2025 which very proud to be a part of 👏 #BBCNSSA
The stories on the 2025 BBC National Short Story Award shortlist: Yair by Emily Abdeni-Holman, You Cannot Thread a Moving Needle by Colwill Brown, Little Green Man by Edward Hogan, Two Hands by Caolinn Hughes and Rain – a history by Andrew Miller
Another fascinating shortlist from the #BBCNSSA
Catch them all next week on #BBCRadio4
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the BBC National Short Story Award!
Don’t miss the reveal of the shortlist live on Radio 4’s Front Row Thurs 11th Sept, 7.15pm
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Meet the amazing panels of judges for the 2025 BBC Short Story Awards with Cambridge University!
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Exciting news! Submissions are now open for the 2025 BBC Short Story Awards with Cambridge University. This year we are celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the BBC National Short Story Award ✒️🎉🏆
Find out more at www.bbc.co.uk/nssa and www.bbc.co.uk/ywa
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Earlier this year, Jenny Erpenbeck took the #InternationalBooker
We've published winners of the #PulitzerPrize the #NationalBookAward the #WomensPrize the #GoldsmithsPrize the #BBCNSSA the #DylanThomasPrize and more and more…
We're so excited to see winner of last year's #BBCNSSA Naomi Wood is teaching a short story writing course with @cbcreative.bsky.social✍️
Already think you have the skills mastered? Enter this year's award at bbc.co.uk/nssa
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