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Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2021

All the People Were Mean and Bad by Lucy Caldwell

The first in this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award. Read by Laura Pyper.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2021

The Body Audit by Rory Gleeson

The second in this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award. Read by Emmet Kirwan.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2021

Night Train by Georgina Harding

The third in this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award. Read by Sian Thomas.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2021

Toadstone by Danny Rhodes

The fourth in this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award. Read by Shaun Dooley.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2021

Maykopsky District, Adyghe Oblast by Richard Smyth

The final story in this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award. Read by Blake Ritson.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2022

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

The second in this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award. Read by Matthew Needham.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2022

Blue 4Eva by Saba Sams

The first in this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award. Read by Tuppence Middleton.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2022

Flat 19 by Jenn Ashworth

The third in this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award. Read by Maxine Peake.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2022

Green Afternoon by Vanessa Onwuemezi

The fourth in this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award. Read by Nicholas Pinnock.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2022

Long Way to Come for a Sip of Water

The fifth in this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award. Read by Joseph Balderrama.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2023

Comorbidities by Naomi Wood

The first in this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2023

Guests by Cherise Saywell

The second in this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2023

It's Me by K Patrick

The third in this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2023

The Storm by Nick Mulgrew

The fourth in this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2023

Churail by Kamila Shamsie

The fifth story in this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.

• 19 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2024

Hamlet, a love story by Lucy Caldwell

The first of the five shortlisted stories for this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2024

The Barber of Erice by Will Boast

The second of five stories in contention for this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2024

Pieces by Manish Chauhan

The third of the five shortlisted stories for this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2024

Nice Dog by Vee Walker

The fourth of the five shortlisted stories for this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award.

• 28 mins

Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award 2024

Ghost Kitchen by Ross Raisin

The fifth of the five shortlisted stories in this year's Â鶹Éç National Short Story Award.

• 28 mins