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BBC International Short Story Award
BBC International Short Story Award 2012
To mark the 2012 Olympics,
for one year only, the BBC National Short Story Award becomes the BBC
International Short Story Award.
Booktrust and the BBC's annual showcase of outstanding short fiction
launches today with an expanded worldwide quest to find the best
international short story of 2012 to mark the Olympic year. The judging
panel for the one-off BBC International Short Story Award will be
chaired by broadcaster and comedy writer Clive Anderson and the winner
announced on BBC Radio 4's Front Row.
For the first time since it launched in 2006, the BBC Short Story
Award will see stories from home and abroad going head-to-head for the
£15,000 cheque for first place. For one year only authors from across
the globe will be eligible to enter alongside UK practitioners.
To reflect the global breadth of the Award in 2012 the shortlist will
comprise ten short stories rather than the usual five. Each of the ten
shortlisted stories will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 over two weeks,
showcasing the scope and diversity of the form in the run-up to the
winner announcement.
The shortlist will be announced live on BBC Radio 4's Front Row, and
the ten shortlisted entries broadcast during the following two weeks.
The winner and runner-up will then be revealed at a special event which
will also go out live on Front Row. The shortlisted stories will be
published in a special anthology and be available for free audio
download. Scottish Book Trust will be running four in-depth short story
workshops in Edinburgh during the festival season to run alongside the
Award.
The Award - one of the most prestigious for a single short story,
with the winning author receiving £15,000 - is now open for submissions
from publishers, agents and authors from anywhere in the world who have
been published in the UK.
The closing date for entries is Monday 27 February 2012
at 5pm (GMT). See the entry guidelines below for information on how to
enter.
Judges
On being chair for this year's Award, Clive Anderson commented:
I am very much looking forward to chairing the judging process for the
BBC International Short Story Award 2012. Given the popularity nowadays
of the Tweet compared to the full length letter, the YouTube clip
compared to the boxset and a soundbite rather than a long-winded speech,
the short story ought to be taking the literary world by storm. A great
short story can combine the structure of a good joke with the impact of
a miniature masterpiece. I shall enjoy trying to choose between what I
expect to be a competitive and entertaining field.
Submissions for the BBC
International Short Story Award 2012 will be accepted from Friday 9
December 2011. The deadline for receipt of entries is 5pm (GMT)
Monday 27 February 2012.
How to Enter
Applicants are
encouraged to make their submission by email.
Paper copies will also be accepted.
Submit entries
by email to:
bbcissa@booktrust.org.uk
or by post to: BBC International Short
Story Award 2012, C/O Booktrust, Book House, 45 East Hill, London, SW18
2QZ
Please note that, due to the volume of entries for the Award, there
will be no acknowledgement of receipt of your story if it is entered by
post. Electronic entries will receive an email acknowledgement.
Download the Entry Form
http://www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes-and-awards/1
Download the Terms and Conditions
http://www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes-and-awards/1
For further information on the Award, please contact:
Simon Richardson
simon.richardson@booktrust.org.uk or 0208 516 2972
Press enquiries:
Will White on
will.white@booktrust.org.uk or 0208 875 4827
For further information on the BBC, please contact Victoria Wawman on
victoria.wawman@bbc.co.uk
or 0207 765 0088 |
