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Camilla’s comments came as the 2024 edition of the writing contest launched on Tuesday.
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 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize [1] is an annual short fiction competition run by the Australian Book Review.The Prize, with total prize money of AU$12,500 and "generating over a thousand new stories each year", [2] is "hotly contested" [3] and considered "one of Australia's most lucrative prizes for an original short story" [4] on the Australian literary calendar.
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 ...
The James White Award is an annual short story competition open to writers from around the world. It was established in 2000 to commemorate the life and work of the Irish science fiction author James White. The competition was created to encourage new writers and is not open to professional authors.
In 2010, the competition was renamed the BNZ Literary Awards. [4] In 2011, a new $500 award was introduced for a "Short Short Story", of no more than 150 words submitted via Facebook; and in 2014, a new $1,000 award was introduced for a short story submitted via Twitter in a single tweet. [13] The awards were disestablished in 2015. [3]
Along with publishing over forty short stories, plays and novels, Sargeson is noted for his support of emerging New Zealand authors. [4] The prize continues to aid writers by offering its winner prize money and publication. [1] The value of the first prize has gradually increased from $5,000 in its first year to $10,000 in the 2022 competition. [2]
Each year winning stories from different regions of the Commonwealth were recorded and broadcast on radio stations across the Commonwealth. The winner received a prize of £2,000 and there were regional prizes of £500 and highly commended prizes of £100. [8] [9] In 2011, the competition was discontinued.