THE short story is not the poor country cousin of the novel. Many excellent short story writers have been denigrated for not ...

Short Novels: 11 Authors Who Rewrote the Same Story Until They Got It Right ...

What short stories do Saba Sams, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Anna Hope and more adore? Stylist asked the authors of 14 new books to share their picks.

Writers Vincent Anioke, Trent Lewin, Dorian McNamara, Emi Sasagawa and Zeina Sleiman have made the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize shortlist. Their nominated works are: Love is the Enemy by Vincent ...

We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E. Butler’s Bloodchild, via stories from George R. R. Martin and Ursula ...

Short fiction is a wordful format. Many writing classes for kids and college students exclusively study short stories because ...

A journalist and poet, Michel Séligny was considered “the most productive” Creole short story writer during the 19th Century.

But even prominent writers can see their work slip through the cracks. In Stoker’s case, one short story saw publication before being forgotten for over 130 years and has only now been found.

Anything more than 50,000 words is probably a full novel. Short stories, ... Even the most popular writers have trouble finding a publisher willing to take on their in-between length stories.

April 02, 2025 at 6:00am BST. TIME is running out for aspiring writers to enter this year’s Mairtín Crawford Awards for Short Stories and Poetry, which is part of the Belfast Book Festival.