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bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social · Apr 8
So this fabulous competition for short stories under 1000 words, shares one of our judges - Liv Bignold from C&W Literary Agency! Closes on 26th April! What are you waiting for !! 🖌️📚
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Scratch A4 Summer ‘25 opens today! Send us a fantastic <1000 word story before 26th April!

More info on judges and submitting here:
www.scratch-books.co.uk/scratcha4com...
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bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social · Apr 8
A big thank you to everyone from around the world who entered our 2025 Award which closed at the end of March. As usual, it was a hectic final weekend and our team is now busy reading.

Results will be out in July.

Best wishes to all!
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bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social · Mar 24
Only 7 DAYS till the 2025 award closes.1st prize is £1200, out of a £1750 prize fund. This year’s judges are literary agents Lucy Luck and Liv Bignold from C&W Agency (Lucy also judged our award in 2014). Submit up to 2200 words on any theme/subject.

www.bathshortstoryaward.org/2025/03/24/d...
Debut Novel by Patrick Holloway, our 2023 BSSA winner, now published!
Patrick Holloway won first prize with his wonderful short story,’The Language of Remembering’ in our 2023 Award, judged by Farhana Shaikh. We’re very excited to announce that his …
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bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social · Mar 24
Only 7 DAYS till the 2025 award closes.1st prize is £1200, out of a £1750 prize fund. This year’s judges are literary agents Lucy Luck and Liv Bignold from C&W Agency (Lucy also judged our award in 2014). Submit up to 2200 words on any theme/subject.

www.bathshortstoryaward.org/2025/03/24/d...
Debut Novel by Patrick Holloway, our 2023 BSSA winner, now published!
Patrick Holloway won first prize with his wonderful short story,’The Language of Remembering’ in our 2023 Award, judged by Farhana Shaikh. We’re very excited to announce that his …
www.bathshortstoryaward.org
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bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social · Mar 17
Two weeks to tweak (or even write something new? Deadline for our 2025 Award is 31st March. £1750 in prizes. Anthology publication for shortlisted writers

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THE BATH SHORT STORY AWARD
International Short Story Competition
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bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social · Feb 23
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bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social · Feb 10
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One city, two literary colossi: Jane and Mary in Bath
Bath is well-known for its literary associations, the most famous being Jane Austen, who spent only a few years in the city and had a conflicted relationship with it. In a letter to her sister Cass…
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bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social · Feb 4
Interview with Connor Donahue, the winner of our 2024 Award bathshortstoryaward.org/2025/02/04/i... via
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Interview with Connor Donahue, the winner of our 2024 Award
Congratulations again Connor on winning our 2024 Bath Short Story Competition and thank you for agreeing to answer a few questions for our blog. Our judge, Sophie Haydock, commented that this was a…
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bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social · Jan 28
Karen Jones joins BSSA team www.bathshortstoryaward.org/2025/01/28/k... via @bathstoryaward
Karen Jones joins BSSA team
Karen Jones is a flash and short fiction writer from Glasgow, Scotland. Her flashes have been nominated for Best of the Net and The Pushcart Prize, and her story “Small Mercies” is included in Best…
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bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social · Jan 11
Thanks Rob - great to hear you read your wonderful story !
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bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social · Jan 9
Sorry you’re not feeling better Jane - we’ll miss you!
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bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social · Dec 8
Interview with BSSA 2025 judges, Lucy Luck and Liv Bignold bathshortstoryaward.org/2024/12/07/i... via
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Interview with BSSA 2025 judges, Lucy Luck and Liv Bignold
Our BSSA 2025 judges are Lucy Luck and Liv Bignold from Conville & Walsh Literary Agency, Lucy Luck started in publishing as an assistant at Rogers, Coleridge & White before setting up he…
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bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social · Dec 5
Congrats 👏👏
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bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social · Dec 5
Good advice here!
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bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social · Dec 2
Bath Short Story Award is migrating ! The 2025 competition is now open for entries - closes 31st March. Follow us and sign up to the website for more info www.bathshortstoryaward.org
THE BATH SHORT STORY AWARD
International Short Story Competition
www.bathshortstoryaward.org
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