BBC National Short Story Award

Supporting Content

• Frequently Asked Questions

  Read the answers to the most frequenty asked questions about entering the BBC NSSA.

  

• Submissions now open for the 2025 BBC Young Writers’ Award!

  Find full details of how to enter.

  

• BBC Teach - Student Critics with Cambridge University

  Explore our short story reading and teaching resources

  

• Celebrating the short story

  Listen to 25 classic examples of the form here on BBC Sounds

  

• Short Story Podcast

  Hear work by some of the best writers today - including the shortlist in last year's NSSA