Short story competition: The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Competition

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02 January 2019
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logo-v-94402.png The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award
Win a first prize of £30,000 in the richest prize for a single short story

 

Win a first prize of £30,000 in the richest prize for a single short story

The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award is for short stories up to 6,000 words by any author from anywhere in the world with a track record of published creative writing in the UK or Ireland. Stories must be orginal and either unpublished, or not published before 1 January 2018. Six shortlisted authors will each be awarded £1,000.

The award is sponsored in its tenth year by Audible, who will produce an audiobook anthology of the shortlisted stories. The shortlisted authors in the audiobook will receive a £1,000 fee in addition to their £1,000 prize.

Entry is free. Each author may submit one story.

The closing date is 15 February.

For full details see the website.

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