Many congratulations to the writers longlisted in our 2023 Award and big thanks to all those from around the world who entered. Sometimes titles are duplicated among entries and you will have received an email from us to confirm it is your story listed. You are welcome to share that you are longlisted on social media and elsewhere, but as judging is still in process, we ask you not to link your name with your story. Thank you.
| 2023 Bath Short Story Award Long List | |
|---|---|
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
| Bananas in the Fruit Bowl | tba |
| Best in the Living World | tba |
| Blind Tulips | tba |
| Breathwork | tba |
| Catawba Headlock | tba |
| Choices | tba |
| Crash | tba |
| Dad is Online | tba |
| Echoes | tba |
| Flatmates | tba |
| Frame Thissen | tba |
| Francis 2021 | tba |
| GCSE English: Creative Writing Coursework | tba |
| He’ll Take Good Care of Her | tba |
| How May I Help You Today? | tba |
| How to Navigate an American College as a Kenyan International Student in 6 Suggestions | tba |
| I Should Have Held Him | tba |
| Inhale | tba |
| It’ll be Different This Time | tba |
| Kalon Kakon | tba |
| Lucky Strike | tba |
| Man-Mutt-Money | tba |
| Manifesto | tba |
| Morning on the Lake | tba |
| My Beauty | tba |
| My Imaginary Friend, David Bowie | tba |
| Nobody You Would Rather Look At | tba |
| Off Lizard Point | tba |
| Old Flames | tba |
| One Thing I Know For Sure | tba |
| Onion Dog | tba |
| PIMO | tba |
| Please Hold | tba |
| Red is the Ruling Colour | tba |
| Silent Spring | tba |
| Skin Care | tba |
| Sparrows in Vain | tba |
| Table for 3 | tba |
| The Abbey Lawn | tba |
| The Body | tba |
| The Fourth Room | tba |
| The Language of Remembering | tba |
| The Lensing Light | tba |
| The Night Shift | tba |
| The Owl Tamer | tba |
| The Root of the Tongue is Buried in the Earth | tba |
| The Soft Rope | tba |
| The Symbol | tba |
| This House is About to Collapse | tba |
| Transit | tba |
| Viewing Day | tba |
| Watching the Rotorangi Girls | tba |
| We are the Birds that Fly | tba |
| Why We Don’t Talk About Trumpets | tba |