The stories shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University 2018 pivot around the theme of loss, and the different ways that individuals, and communities, respond to it. Featuring the winning story by Ingrid Persaud, alongside the other four shortlisted stories.

The BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University (NSSA) returns for the 14th year with broadcaster Nikki Bedi chairing the judging panel for 2019. Nikki is a television and radio broadcaster who writes and presents The Arts Hour on BBC World Service and BBC Radio London.

The BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University (NSSA) is an award that has enriched both the careers of writers and the wider literary landscape since its launch sixteen years ago.One of the most prestigious prizes for a single short story, the winning author receives GBP15,000.

The way we interact with technology in an increasingly 'intelligent' environment is changing. Behind many of these changes will be artificial life and how exactly this will impact on our world is still an open question. This anthology brings together scientists and authors to imagine what life will look like in the year 2070.

Is medical research always fully aware of its consequences? Does science need to grow a conscience? Or are we in danger of being too distrustful of science? Of demolishing it, even? These, and other questions, are explored in this anthology, featuring specially commissioned short stories by acclaimed British authors.

Bringing together fiction from celebrated writers, The Book of Venice is an anthology of short stories charting the social and and cultural change of Venice over the last fifty years, creating a literary map of the city.

The third instalment of Comma's popular series showcasing science fiction stories from the Middle East, this time asking the authors to write stories set 100 years after the Mahabad, home of the short-lived Republic.