Congratulations to Sophie Ward, winner of the RA & Pin Drop Short Story Award 2018 for her story, Sunbed.
The award was presented by Gwendoline Christie at a special ceremony at the Royal Academy of Arts, followed by a spellbinding reading of the winning story.
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for this year’s Pin Drop Short Story Award, an award in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Arts. The winning story will be announced and narrated by Gwendoline Christie on 11th July at a special awards ceremony at the RA.
Shortlist
David Butler, Scorched Earth
Nat Luurtsema, Howling Pack of Undesirables
Niamh MacCabe, Steer the Dark Skies Blue
Anthony Quinn, Trick Bag
Stefanie Seddon, Breaking Horses in Waiuta
Kathryn Simmonds, The Social Smoker
Stuart Snelson, Space Invaders
Maria Thomas, Lucky
Sophie Ward, Sunbed
Asif Zubairy, Playing God
The award is judged by Pin Drop Co-founders Elizabeth Day and Simon Oldfield, and the RA’s Director of Artistic Programmes, Tim Marlow. Commenting on this year’s award, Pin Drop Co-founder and award judge, Simon Oldfield commented:
“Congratulations to all the writers featured in this year’s shortlist for the Pin Drop Short Story Award. We have been impressed by the extraordinary quality and diversity of the stories selected for the shortlist, which represents an exciting range of genres, tone and subjects. It has been thrilling to see such fresh and accomplished writing emerge from a talented pool. Each story surprises, delights and leaves a lasting impression long after reading.”