Writers from across Australia embraced the third year of The Best Australian Yarn short story competition — submitting a staggering 6020 entries, which have now been whittled down to a top 50. Since ...

The short story collection’s compact form delivers concise, impactful ideas and can free authors to explore a multitude of themes, characters, story arcs and styles within a single collection.

Here I've collected one piece of advice from seven short story authors who were featured in our author spotlight series in 2024. Be sure to click the author names if you'd like to read their full ...

From stories that explore the language of therapy to revamped fairytales, here are eight of the best short story collections to pick up this year. As much as I love a long and detailed novel on a ...

Brand new stories, from today’s best writers written exclusively for Radio 4 – the home of the Short Story Radio 4 is the world’s leading commissioner of new short stories. Expect excellent ...

The best way to understand what is required in short story writing is to read short stories by different authors. There are many good anthologies of short stories available in libraries or bookshops.

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