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Originally, winners received £15,000 while runners up received £3,000 and shortlisted writers £500 each. [4] [7] In 2008, the BBC became the main sponsor and the award was renamed from the 'National Short Story Award' to the 'BBC National Short Story Award'. [1] In 2009, only women were featured on the shortlist. [8]
The BBC National Short Story Award (known as the National Short Story Award in 2006 and 2007) has been described as "one of the most prestigious [awards] for a single short story" [1] and the richest prize in the world for a single short story. It is an annual short story contest in the United Kingdom which is open to UK residents and nationals ...
Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman will read a child’s winning story at the final of a BBC literary competition championing young writers. During the grand final, taking place at Buckingham ...
A writing competition in Surrey will mark its 20th anniversary in 2025. ... Full details can be found on the trust's ... Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on 08081 ...
The prize honours its shortlisted finalists and annual winner for published work in the broad range of literary forms in which Dylan Thomas excelled, including poetry, prose, fictional drama, short story collections, novels, novellas, stage plays and screenplays. “We want the world to be aware of the Welsh interest in promoting new writing.
The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously called Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 & 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–2008) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes, [4] [5] [6] annually awarded to a female author of any nationality for the best original full-length novel written in English ...
The 2022 awards were announced not at a live event in Kyiv as usual but virtually through the BBC News Ukraine website following Russia’s invasion on February 24. BBC Ukraine Book Awards Winners ...
[1] [2] It was the second phase of the annual Manchester Writing Competition, which began in 2008 with the first Manchester Poetry Prize. The Prize is open internationally to published or unpublished writers aged 16 or over. Submitted stories must be unpublished, either in print or online. In 2009, the maximum story length was 5,000 words.