The Bristol Short Story Prize

01/01/2025

It's January first, and we've just released more free entries for low-income writers to the Bristol Short Story Prize, deadline end of the month! Spread the word! Full details here:

Enter the Bristol Short Story Prize! Posted on November 27, 2024December 2, 2024 by amber.parle Don’t miss out on your chance to win £1,000 and publication in the Bristol Short Story Prize anthology! We accept entries of up to 4,000 words from any genre and from published and unpublished authors ...

16/12/2024

Have you started thinking about your writing goals for 2025? How about submitting more of your writing to competitions? The Bristol Short Story Prize takes stories up to 4,000 words and you can submit now through the end of January! Full details:

Enter the Bristol Short Story Prize! Posted on November 27, 2024December 2, 2024 by amber.parle Don’t miss out on your chance to win £1,000 and publication in the Bristol Short Story Prize anthology! We accept entries of up to 4,000 words from any genre and from published and unpublished authors ...

09/12/2024

Did you know our 2010 winner's story was only 350 words? Just because we accept stories up to 4000 words, we love a good story whatever its size! You can enter until the end of January, more details here: bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

02/12/2024

Hello, hello! We just released 50 free entries for low income writers, and we'll release another 100 early January prior to our end January deadline. Have you sent your story in yet? The maximum length is 4000, but we routinely have stories of under 1000 on our shortlists, longlists--and among our winners, so what are you waiting for? Full details:

Welcome! Posted on July 3, 2024November 13, 2024 by carrie.etter Welcome to the new home of the Bristol Short Story Prize at the English Department of the University of Bristol. We’re now open for entries until 31 January 2025! See the tabs above for more information. Posted in UncategorizedLeave ...

10/11/2024

Your Sunday to-do list:

1. Polish up your best story under 4000 words.
2. Submit it to the Bristol Short Story Prize, full rules here: https://bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/entry-form/

We want your stories!

ENTRY FORM Bristol Short Story Prize 2025 Rules Please read the rules for the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize carefully before entering: The closing date for receipt of entries is 31 January 2025 at midnight BST. 2. The 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize is open to all published and unpublished writers.....

04/11/2024

The Bristol Short Story Prize hasn't even been open for entries a month, and already we have entries from not just the UK, but Nigeria, Germany, Ireland, Canada, Zambia, South Africa, Denmark, India, and the USA! Have you sent your story yet? We have some free entries for low-income writers (maximum one per person), too! Full rules and entry form here: https://bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/entry-form/ Please spread the word!

ENTRY FORM Bristol Short Story Prize 2025 Rules Please read the rules for the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize carefully before entering: The closing date for receipt of entries is 31 January 2025 at midnight BST. 2. The 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize is open to all published and unpublished writers.....

14/10/2024

And the third and final judge is Women's Prize 2024 longlisted novelist Peace Adzo Medie!

14/10/2024

Agent Kate Johnson of Wolf Literary is the second of our judges!

14/10/2024

We have three amazing judges this year! Award-winning novelist Jan Carson!

14/10/2024

The Bristol Short Story Prize 2025 is now open for entries! Full guidelines appear on our website, https://bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk! Send us your best!

Welcome! Posted on July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 by carrie.etter Welcome to the new home of the Bristol Short Story Prize at the English Department of the University of Bristol. We’ll be gradually building this site with information about past winners, our next competition, etc., so watch this space! P...

11/10/2024

The 2024 prize announcement is coming soon, with an amazing list of judges! You can check out the guidelines here to get ready:

Guidelines Please read the rules for the 2024 Bristol Short Story Prize carefully before entering: The closing date for receipt of entries is 31 January 2025 at midnight BST. The 2024 Bristol Short Story Prize is open to all published and unpublished writers. There is no geographical restriction on....

22/06/2024

Here's an update on the future of BSSP. A new website is also on the way... https://www.bristolprize.co.uk/

31/05/2024

Dear Writers and Readers, we have an update on the future of the Bristol Short Story Prize... https://bristolprize.co.uk/news/the-future-of-bssp-and-a-special-anthology

16/04/2024

Congratulations to JR McConvey whose debut novel False Bodies will be published in October this year. JR, who won 2nd prize in the 2015 Bristol Short Story Prize... https://www.bristolprize.co.uk/news/novel-for-j-r-mcconvey-in-october

08/03/2024

Great news for our 2022 2nd prize winner, Sufiyaan Salam...https://www.bristolprize.co.uk/news/sufiyaan-salam-wins-merky-books-new-writers-prize

09/02/2024

Major prize win and short story collection publication for 2019 BSSP shortlistee, Mubanga Kalimamukwento. Congratulations Mubanga! https://www.bristolprize.co.uk/news/prestigious-prize-win-and-short-story-collection-for-mubanga-kalimamukwento

04/02/2024

Congratulations to Deepa Rajagopalan whose short story collection, Peacocks of Instagram, is coming out in May... https://www.bristolprize.co.uk/news/short-story-collection-for-deepa-rajagopalan