Novelist and short story writer, Ross Raisin has won the nineteenth BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University (NSSA) for ‘Ghost Kitchen’, a tense, cinematic story narrated by a bicycle courier and inspired by the gig economy and the ‘dark kitchens’ of the restaurant industry. Raisin was presented with the prize of £15,000 this […]
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Lulu Frisson Wins BBC Young Writers’ Award 2024
Lulu Frisson, a 17-year-old sixth former from Birmingham, has won the tenth anniversary BBC Young Writers’ Award 2024 with Cambridge University (YWA) for ‘Special’, a story about a neurodiverse student who is encouraged by an empathetic teacher on a journey of self-discovery through creativity. The news was announced live on BBC Radio 4 Front Row […]
Continue ReadingBestselling Novelist Naomi Wood Wins 18th Annual BBC National Short Story Award
Bestselling author and UEA Creative Writing lecturer Naomi Wood has won the eighteenth BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University (NSSA) with ‘Comorbidities’, a story examining the difficulty of maintaining love and intimacy in a marriage, from her forthcoming debut collection, This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (Orion, June 2024). Wood was […]
Continue ReadingAtlas Weyland Eden wins BBC YOUNG WRITERS’ AWARD 2023
Atlas Weyland Eden, an 18-year-old home-schooled writer and poet from Devon, has won the BBC Young Writers’ Award 2023 with Cambridge University (YWA) for ‘The Wordsmith’, a story of an otherworldly craftsman who hammers words into being. The news was announced live on BBC Radio 4 Front Row this evening (Tuesday 26 September) during a […]
Continue Reading2023 NSSA Shortlist Announced!
International Voices Celebrated as 18th BBC National Short Story Award Shortlist Presents New Perspectives on Migration, Climate Catastrophe and 21st Century Life The 2023 BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University (BBC NSSA) shortlist was announced this evening, Thursday 7 September 2023, on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row. The shortlist features writers from across […]
Continue ReadingThe 2023 BBC NSSA and YWA Awards – Submissions Open!
The BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University (NSSA) and BBC Young Writers’ Award with Cambridge University (YWA) open for submissions Thursday 12 January 2023 at 9am with BBC News journalist and presenter Reeta Chakrabarti chairing the judging panel for the BBC NSSA’s 18th year. Reeta Chakrabarti, Chair of the 2023 BBC National Short […]
Continue ReadingNational Short Story Awards 2022 Winner Announced: Saba Sams
Saba Sams wins 17th BBC National Short Story Award for Debut Story Celebrating the Power and Agency of Youth Saba Sams has won the seventeenth BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University (NSSA) with ‘Blue 4eva’, a story about sexual identity, agency, power and class, taken from her debut collection, Send Nudes. Sams was […]
Continue ReadingBBC Young Writers’ Award Winner Announced: Elena Barham
‘Barnsley Bard’ Elena Barham wins BBC Young Writers’ Award 2022 Elena Barham, a 19-year-old University of Sheffield student from Barnsley, has won the BBC Young Writers’ Award 2022 with Cambridge University (YWA) for ‘Little Acorns’, a 1940s-set story which explores gender, familial relationships, loss and abuse. The news was announced live on BBC Radio 4 […]
Continue Reading2022 National Short Story Award Shortlist Announced
Meet the Shortlist 2022 KERRY ANDREW Photo credit: Julia Hawkins Kerry Andrew is a composer, performer and author and the winner of four British Composer Awards. Kerry’s debut novel, Swansong, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2018, and a second novel, SKIN, was published in 2021. Kerry was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story […]
Continue ReadingNational Short Story Award 2022 – Meet the Judges
Meet the Judges for 2022 Elizabeth Day (Chair of Judges) Elizabeth Day is an award-winning author and broadcaster. Her debut novel Scissors, Paper, Stone won a Betty Trask Award and her fifth novel, Magpie, published last September, became an instant Sunday Times bestseller. Her chart-topping podcast, How To Fail, a celebration of the things that haven’t gone right, has […]
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