Lucy Caldwell Takes BBC National Short Story Award 2021

Hello! I’ve been asked to do a short thread with some of my stories available to read online so here goes! “All the People Were Mean and Bad” is here: https://t.co/ocxW76NA2D

— Lucy Caldwell (@beingvarious) October 20, 2021

Twitter: Lucy Caldwell shares links to some of her stories online

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Three-time nominated Lucy Caldwell has won the sixteenth BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University (NSSA) with ‘All the People Were Mean and Bad’, a story taken from her 2021 collection, Intimacies. The news was announced live on BBC Front Row by 2021 Chair of Judges, James Runcie. Caldwell, a multi-award-winning writer from Belfast, was previously shortlisted in 2012 and 2019.

BBC Radio 4 National Short Story Award 2021

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