Welcome to story, the campaign to celebrate the short story. We believe that the short story is one of the most exciting and important literary forms, that can and should reach the widest possible readership. We believe that the short story matters.

Read Jackie Kay on why writing short stories makes her so happy

What can you find on this site? Simply everything you could ever want to know about the short story: reading them, writing them; events, competitions, workshops and projects.

You can search for short story collections currently published in the UK and read tips and articles from writers, agents and publishers on what makes a great short story and the great classic and contemporary stories they love.

You can also find out about the National Short Story Prize, funded by Nesta and supported by BBC Radio 4 and Prospect magazine.

Find out more about the BBC and its work with the short story

Short stories were strongly represented at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival.
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