Danielle McLaughlin takes The Times/ Audible Short Story Award 2019

Congratulations to @DanniLmc, winner of the 2019 Sunday Times Short Story Award for her story A Partial List of the Saved

‘A pitch-perfect story from a beautifully talented writer’ https://t.co/etwtOSCX2v #shortstoryaward10 #IHeartShortStories

— The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award (@ShortStoryAward) September 12, 2019

“The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award is the richest prize for a single short story in the English language, worth £30,000 to the winner.”

Danielle McLaughlin

London, September 12: Congratulations to Danielle McLaughlin, whose short story collection Dinosaurs on Other Planets is the calling card of a world-class young writer.

We’re well chuffed here because Danielle won the Willesden Herald prize in 2013, as chosen that year by David Means, for “Holidaying with the Megarrys” (New Short Stories 7.)

Earlier this year, we reported on Danielle McLaughlin receiving a Windham-Campbell award for 2019. On a roll!

The BBC National Short Story Award 2019 – Finalists

Well done @jolloyds, recipient of the priceless Willesden Herald mug and past contributor to New Short Stories, and now finalist for the BBC National Short Story Award 2019. https://t.co/5rq28KzZlz

— Stephen Moran (@stephen_j_moran) September 7, 2019

ICYMI last night the shortlist for the 14th BBC National Short Story Award was announced, 5 stories inspired by #MeToo , Brexit and Trump. Get the anthology, available now from your local bookshop (if you don’t see it just ask!) 🏆 #BBCNSSA #shortstories pic.twitter.com/oXeHjdjT9q

— Comma Press (@commapress) September 7, 2019

The shortlist is:

• ‘The Children’ by Lucy Caldwell
• ‘Ghillie’s Mum’ by Lynda Clark
• ‘Silver Fish in the Midnight Sea’ by Jacqueline Crooks
• ‘My Beautiful Millennial’ by Tamsin Grey
• ‘The Invisible’ by Jo Lloyd

The result will be announced on Radio 4 “Front Row” on October 1st.

Ref: Radio 4 British National Short Story Award

New Short Stories 11 submissions update

107 received, five accepted, ten under consideration, nine of which have been received in the last day or two. No advertisers or sponsors have yet come forward. We have three pages available in the book for literary, bookish or academic adverts. Closing date 30 September 2019. Submit

New Yorker: Louise Erdrich reads her short story “The Stone”

On this week’s episode of the Writer’s Voice podcast, Louise Erdrich reads her story “The Stone,” from the September 9, 2019, issue of the magazine. https://t.co/cSBRsKilhK

— New Yorker Fiction (@NYerFiction) September 3, 2019

Don‘t forget the new Twitter version provides a facility to “bookmark” tweets for later. This can help if you haven’t got time to read just now or have used up all your “free views” till next month. Direct link to text and reading: The Stone by Louise Erdrich.

Photo: “Author Louise Erdrich reading at the 2015 National Book Festival. Erdrich won the 2012 National Book Award for Fiction for her novel The Round House.” (Wikipedia)