Vote for Writing.ie Short Story of the Year 2020

The shortlist for @Writing_ie SHORT STORY OF THE YEAR is revealed! #APIBAS #ReadersWanted pic.twitter.com/fipYFq8pEv

— An Post Irish Book Awards (@AnPostIBAS) October 20, 2020

Read all the stories and vote for your favourite. The list includes “The Emperor of Russia” by Jaki McCarrick, nominated by us from our New Short Stories 11, so yes we are a bit prejudiced! (Ed.)

The world’s best writers reveal their favourite short stories…

In case you've missed it, we've launched a new series where writers – so far including Sarah Waters, Colm Tóibín and Yiyun Li – talk about their favourite short stories…

Find the full video library here – we're adding to it weekly!https://t.co/LnS7pxP3WX#IHeartShortStories pic.twitter.com/Dxq0ZeKPmz

— The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award (@ShortStoryAward) July 20, 2020

Sunday Times / Audible – Writers’ Picks

“Some of our great writers – from Elizabeth Strout to Mark Haddon – nominate what their favourite short story is, and tell us, in this intimate series, why they love it so much. You can watch the series here, with new choices every week”

Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award website

New Yorker: “The Resident Poet” by Katherine Dunn

(May 4) The story in this week’s issue, “The Resident Poet,” is a previously unpublished piece by Katherine Dunn, who died in 2016 and was the author of, among other things, the best-selling 1989 novel “Geek Love,” which follows a family of self-described “freaks” who operate and perform for a travelling circus.

Deborah Treisman

This week's story, "The Resident Poet" by Katherine Dunn, is now online. https://t.co/tBW1JYNQu5

— New Yorker Fiction (@NYerFiction) May 4, 2020

I’d read “Geek Love” three times…

Naomi Huffman

"I admire the way that the story introduces a handful of complex considerations about the abuse of power, as well as the performance of gender, age, and sexual appeal": Naomi Huffman on finding Katherine Dunn's unpublished work and this week's story. https://t.co/McHlrcSXJz

— New Yorker Fiction (@NYerFiction) May 5, 2020

A previously unpublished story by the late Katherine Dunn. It’s a road trip, starts in a car park in the night rain, we go places, the resident poet is excoriated, sordid things happen, ends back in the night car park with a reflection in glass. What’s not to like? (Ed.)

Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award 2020 result

Niamh Campbell wins the 2020 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award with Love Many 👏👏👏https://t.co/NKhfN6zyeN@CampbellNiamh @audibleuk #IheartShortStories pic.twitter.com/MqFQvRd4nY

— The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award (@ShortStoryAward) July 2, 2020

Society of Authors awards shortlists 2020

Announcing the Society of Authors' Awards shortlists – 29 writers and illustrators shortlisted for £100,000 prize fund, including our inaugural children's illustrated book prize! > https://t.co/xeh4Es3iVt #SoAwards

With thanks to @ALCS_UK ✨ pic.twitter.com/s1PvbSwo6o

— Society of Authors (@Soc_of_Authors) May 14, 2020

Direct link: https://societyofauthors.org/News/News/2020/May/SoA-Awards-2020-shortlist

It is gratifying to see two former Willesden Herald New Short Stories contributors, namely Carol Farrelly and Diana Powell, short-listed for this year’s ALCS Tom Gallon award for a short story.

New Yorker Fiction: A rare prose poem

This week's story, “The Media” by Ben Lerner, is now online. https://t.co/zRavOuoxAg via @NewYorker

— New Yorker Fiction (@NYerFiction) April 13, 2020

In a change from the usual New Yorker long short story genre, the 20 April 2020 issue features a self-described prose poem by Ben Lerner. It’s a marvellous jumble of words and thoughts in search of something.

"Language always involves time travel: when you leave a message through any medium, you are no longer identical to the person who left it": Ben Lerner on his story in this week's issue. https://t.co/VycFgJ51C3 via @NewYorker

— New Yorker Fiction (@NYerFiction) April 15, 2020

Want to know more after reading “The Media”? Here you go…

The last of “New Irish Writing”?

Happy to have a new short story ‘The Night Shift’ published in New Irish Writing in the @IrishTimes today. Definitely bittersweet with the announcement of New Irish Writing being put on hold as they look for a new sponsor. Hope to see it back soon. https://t.co/Dmgrx9ZOBG

— Robert Higgins (@roberthiggins89) April 30, 2020

Today is a sad day as Ciaran Carty and Dermot Bolger here announce that New Irish Writing is out on hold as the loss of its sponsor is compounded by the financial impact of the pandemic. We hope a sponsor may yet be found to save it https://t.co/IqwaSpPopi

— Martin Doyle (@MartinDoyleIT) April 30, 2020

Terrible news but surely a new sponsor will come forward? Guinness? RTÉ? Gov.ie?

Liars’ League: Keep Calm & Read On (500 Stories / Videos)

Stuck home? Burned thru Netflix? Bored enough to try a #shortstory? WE GOT YOU. Here's 500+ FREE #shortstories & MP3s from Liars' League's archive: https://t.co/Bqu6XnlAfD
Prefer videos? Hundreds here: https://t.co/6I7GFbYUoy
Podcast purist? Say no more: https://t.co/VdEqy8PoLD pic.twitter.com/2TNF5TMubi

— Liars' League (@liarsleague) March 17, 2020

The mighty archive of short stories discovered by Liars’ League, as presented by actors at their lively literary evenings. LiarsLeague.com

New Yorker: Night Swim by Anne Enright

This week's story, “Night Swim” by Anne Enright, is now online. https://t.co/U5KY6xx8Qe via @NewYorker

— New Yorker Fiction (@NYerFiction) March 2, 2020

Skinny dipping at midnight in a forest lake versus mid-life domesticity, and in between…

Prospect: Read Beetleboy by Ursula Brunetti

Read Beetleboy, winner of the 2019 VS Pritchett Short Story Prize, by @UrsulaBrunetti https://t.co/2xWzooXvNW

— Prospect Magazine (@prospect_uk) February 13, 2020

“Each year, Prospect partners with the Royal Society of Literature to award a fiction writer working in short stories. This year’s winner Ursula Brunetti weaves a tale about an unlikely friendship” ()

Prospect Magazine

Before Beetleboy came Satellites by Ursula Brunetti in New Short Stories 11