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91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2020

In the Car With the Rain Coming Down by Jan Carson

Jan Carson’s story is the gently humorous tale of a Northern Irish family get-together.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2020

The Grotesques by Sarah Hall

Sarah Hall's evocative story about a troubled young woman.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2020

Come Down Heavy by Jack Houston

Jack Houston's experimental story about two women living on the edge of society.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2020

Scrimshaw by Eley Williams

Eley Williams witty and cautionary tale about late night texts and mating walruses.

• 14 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2021

All the People Were Mean and Bad by Lucy Caldwell

The first in this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award. Read by Laura Pyper.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2021

The Body Audit by Rory Gleeson

The second in this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award. Read by Emmet Kirwan.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2021

Night Train by Georgina Harding

The third in this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award. Read by Sian Thomas.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2021

Toadstone by Danny Rhodes

The fourth in this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award. Read by Shaun Dooley.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2021

Maykopsky District, Adyghe Oblast by Richard Smyth

The final story in this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award. Read by Blake Ritson.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2022

And the moon descends on the temple that was by Kerry Andrew

The second in this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award. Read by Matthew Needham.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2022

Blue 4Eva by Saba Sams

The first in this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award. Read by Tuppence Middleton.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2022

Flat 19 by Jenn Ashworth

The third in this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award. Read by Maxine Peake.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2022

Green Afternoon by Vanessa Onwuemezi

The fourth in this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award. Read by Nicholas Pinnock.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2022

Long Way to Come for a Sip of Water

The fifth in this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award. Read by Joseph Balderrama.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2023

Comorbidities by Naomi Wood

The first in this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2023

Guests by Cherise Saywell

The second in this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2023

It's Me by K Patrick

The third in this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2023

The Storm by Nick Mulgrew

The fourth in this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2023

Churail by Kamila Shamsie

The fifth story in this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.

• 19 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2024

Hamlet, a love story by Lucy Caldwell

The first of the five shortlisted stories for this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2024

The Barber of Erice by Will Boast

The second of five stories in contention for this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2024

Pieces by Manish Chauhan

The third of the five shortlisted stories for this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2024

Nice Dog by Vee Walker

The fourth of the five shortlisted stories for this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award.

• 28 mins

91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award 2024

Ghost Kitchen by Ross Raisin

The fifth of the five shortlisted stories in this year's 91Èȱ¬ National Short Story Award.

• 28 mins