"I’m always working on several things at once, so when a story gets finished, there’s always another one waiting. That’s the trick with getting stuck as well – just work on something else for a while"
"I’m too nomadic, or “movious” as we say in Zambia, to limit myself to a particular desk in a specific nook with a certain slant of light"
Our judge David Nicholls on what makes him return to the page, his writing failures and words of encouragement
"I work most often on the couch in my living room, feet up on the coffee table, laptop on my lap, coffee close at hand"
Our judge Diana Evans on what makes her return to the page, her writing failures and words of encouragement
“It’s the interaction with words and other realities that rejuvenate the mind”
Our judge Romesh Gunesekera on what makes him return to the page, his writing failures and words of encouragement
983 writers from 48 countries distilled to 6 in a shortlist that ‘bears powerful witness to the thrilling possibilities of the short story form’
Carys Davies on how she and her fellow judges – Diana Evans, Romesh Gunesekera, David Nicholls and Andrew Holgate – chose the stories on this year's longlist
Meet the authors longlisted for the 2020 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award