Congratulations to this year's winners and to all the writers featured in the Volume 17 anthology. Read all their stories: https://t.co/Nscn1uXG8D @Morris78L @ZoeMeager #writing #shortstories #writingcompetitions

Are you working on the next big story? Don't miss out on @thenovelry's latest competition. Submit 3 pages of your manuscript for the chance to win £75,000. Details here: https://t.co/64B4L25YjC #writingcomps #novels #iamwriting

Local to Bristol? Don't miss the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Launch and Winners' Reception tomorrow, June 28th, at Waterstones, Bristol - Galleries. Get your free ticket here: https://t.co/idZqbFsqDY #writingprize #shortstoryprize

Hurt from tragedy and haunted by bullies, ‘Washing Instructions for Delicate Fabric’ follows a young girl as she tries to fit into a new life. 📚 @annewilkinsnz's story features in our upcoming anthology. Learn more and meet all our shortlisted writers: https://t.co/cKokziia3E

It wasn’t part of the plan. In fact, you didn’t even think it was possible… not at your age. But it happened and now an impossible decision sits before you. 📚 Catch @DebAshWat's affecting story in our 2025 anthology & meet all our shortlisted writers: https://t.co/cKokziia3E

They’re back! They might not look the same, but that doesn’t matter. All that matters is the chance for more time. A compelling story about loss, reincarnation and letting go. 📚 Read Becky’s story in our anthology and meet all our shortlisted writers: https://t.co/cKokziia3E

In the aftermath of a devastating fire, rescue crews search for survivors, while a young girl searches for hope in the darkness. 📚 Jillian’s story joins our next anthology. Learn more and meet all our shortlisted authors: https://t.co/cKokziia3E

It’s the morning of the Olympic 100m sprint, a historic day in the making, and yet life goes on. ‘1992’ immerses us in the daily lives of a family just doing their best. 📚 Look for S-L’s story in our 2025 anthology and meet all our shortlisted writers: https://t.co/cKokziia3E

Fran seems destined to a life running the family business – Dikes’ Gas & Goods – until a late-night customer makes her question everything. 📚 Louis’s mysterious story features in our upcoming anthology. Learn more and meet all our shortlisted authors: https://t.co/cKokziia3E

‘How to Lose a Sister’ is a deeply emotional story about grief, learning to live with it and learning that life can still be beautiful. 📚 Read Issie’s story in our new anthology. Find out more and meet all our shortlisted writers: https://t.co/cKokziia3E

Stuck. Trapped. Flattened. ‘The Weight of a Man’ is an exploration of family, love and the search to escape pressures outside our control. 📚 Read @Morris78L's story in our upcoming anthology. Learn more & meet all our shortlisted authors: https://t.co/cKokziia3E

What if you had to let go of the things you love, one at a time, until you had nothing left? Could you do it? What if you didn’t have a choice? 📚 @ZoeMeager's story joins our next anthology. Learn more and meet all our shortlisted authors: https://t.co/cKokziia3E

In this multi-POV story, we follow a mother and her daughter as they are forced to confront what it means to belong. 📚 Kerry’s heart-breaking story will feature in our new anthology. Learn more and meet all our shortlisted writers: https://t.co/cKokziia3E

Accidentally sharing a bed with a friend is one thing, but doing it with a coworker you hardly know... that's a disaster waiting to happen. Or is it? 📚 Check out Phoebe's laugh out loud story in our upcoming anthology and meet all 15 shortlisted writers: https://t.co/cKokziia3E

‘Eggshell White’ brings us face to face with the oppressive darkness that lives beneath the walls, beneath the skin, beneath society’s façade. 📚 Catch @apocryphaI's work in our upcoming anthology and meet all our shortlisted writers: https://t.co/cKokziia3E

‘Memory Box’ paints a heart-wrenching portrait of life after earth and explores the beauty and sadness that comes with clinging to memories of things long lost. JR’s story features in our upcoming anthology. Learn more & meet all the shortlisted authors: https://t.co/cKokziiHTc

This compelling and visceral vignette gives us a glimpse into the life of a teenager trying to live and love as the world crumbles around them. 📚 Emma’s story will appear in our upcoming anthology along with the other shortlisted writers. Learn more: https://t.co/cKokziia3E

In a divided Berlin, the main character must face the dangers of embracing all aspects of their identity or forever feel incomplete. 📚 Catch Redfern’s story in our upcoming anthology and meet all our shortlisted writers: https://t.co/cKokziia3E

Check out the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 17 cover design and learn more about the artist at https://t.co/WmFFfF7tz0

The 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize shortlist is now live: https://t.co/VTSYbtyXfT A huge thank you to our incredible judging panel: @JanCarson7280, Kate Johnson and @PeaceMedie for their time, commitment and enthusiasm. Congratulations to this year’s shortlisted authors!