Short lines are easier to read than long ones; this is due to a well-known optical law. Therefore, leave a wide margin on the left-hand side of your page. You will find it much more remunerative to ...

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 ...

"To keep writing really excellent short stories requires audacity, invention and practice." Di Speirs, Books Editor, BBC Audio ...

There is a quieter, more succinct wing of literature that thrives on pithy conciseness: the short story. The authors of this art form have perfected the concept of this type of storytelling by ...

The CBC Short Story Prize is open between Sept. 1 and Nov. 1 at 4:59 p.m. ET. (Ben Shannon/CBC) The CBC Short Story Prize is open between Sept. 1 and Nov. 1 at 4:59 p.m. ET. If you are ready to ...

Eudora Welty was a short story writer and novelist known for her portrayals of the American South. She received the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel The Optimist’s Daughter.

Short stories in the horror genre can be more terrifying than novels due to their ability to hold readers in haunting ...

As a result of two wars, H. E. Bates claimed, the modern short story of his time was better than it had been ever before. Short story writer and anthologist Dan Davin felt that the short story ‘proved ...

could "accommodate the entire epic complexity of the novel" within a short story. She produced more than a dozen collections ...