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BBC National Short Story AwardBBC National Short Story Award 2021Episodes

Back up to: BBC National Short Story Award

  1. Maykopsky District, Adyghe Oblast by Richard Smyth

    5/5The final story in this year's BBC National Short Story Award. Read by Blake Ritson.

  2. Toadstone by Danny Rhodes

    4/5The fourth in this year's BBC National Short Story Award. Read by Shaun Dooley.

  3. Night Train by Georgina Harding

    3/5The third in this year's BBC National Short Story Award. Read by Sian Thomas.

  4. The Body Audit by Rory Gleeson

    2/5The second in this year's BBC National Short Story Award. Read by Emmet Kirwan.

  5. All the People were Mean and Bad by Lucy Caldwell

    1/5Lucy Caldwell's winning story about love, lust and kindness of strangers.