After
a year spanning the globe for the finest international talent, the BBC National
Short Story Award returns for 2013 to celebrate the best in homegrown short
fiction. Submissions for the Award, now in its eighth year, are open from
today. Mariella Frostrup will chair the judging panel for the Award, one of the
most prestigious for a single short story, with the winning author receiving
£15,000. The runner-up receives £3,000 and three further shortlisted authors
£500 each.
The
judges are:
- Mariella
Frostrup, journalist, television
presenter and arts critic
- Novelist and short story writer, Mohsin Hamid
- Arvon tutor, novelist and short story writer, Peter Hobbs
- Deborah
Moggach, screenwriter, novelist and
short story writer
- Editor of
The
Award is now open for submissions from publishers, agents and published authors
from the UK
The shortlist will be
announced on Friday 20 September with each of the five stories broadcast on BBC
Radio 4 the following week. The winner will be announced on Tuesday 8 October.
As in previous years, the five stories will also be published in a special
anthology and be available for free audio download.
Gwyneth Williams,
Controller, BBC Radio 4, said:
‘I am thrilled that Radio 4 continues to support the BBC
National Short Story Award in 2013. Radio is a natural
home for the short story – we never grow out of the joy of
having a story read to us – and we are proud to commission and
broadcast on Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra more short stories than anyone, anywhere
in the world. This Award is a wonderful way of
celebrating the short story and its talented writers.’
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