Many congratulations to the writers longlisted in our 2025 Award and big thanks to all those from around the world who entered. We receive many similar titles among our entries. If your story is on our list, you should have received a confirmation email from us. The short list will be announced on 16th July.
| 2025 Bath Short Story Award Long List | |
|---|---|
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
| A Girl Like You | |
| A Study in Evolution | |
| A Pass Across the Sky | |
| Allow her this softness | |
| Blue Mountain | |
| Artur and the Yellow Tractor | |
| Bad Little Gardens | |
| Ballycotton Lifeboat | |
| Better or Worse | |
| Blue Silk Sheets | |
| Breaking tank | |
| Chipped Nails | |
| Dancer All Legs Up | |
| Danger Zone | |
| Drinkability > | |
| For sale | |
| Gone Fishing | |
| Heartbreak ends | |
| Historic Times | |
| Hitched | |
| In the Midnight Zone | |
| In the Midst | |
| In A Decent Light | l |
| Ingrid’s Feat | |
| Matched | |
| Mr Bann and the Sisterhood of Anonymity | |
| My sister is making cocido | |
| Offspring | |
| Prima Vista | |
| Shelter | |
| Skin | |
| Strings | |
| Storage Strangers | |
| The cancer of the heart | |
| The Cloud Reader | |
| The Colour of Beyond | |
| The Cowitch Butterfly | |
| The Dance of the Fire | |
| The Data of the Date | |
| The Egg | |
| The Falling in Love of Billy Finnegan | |
| The Hammock | |
| The Hangar | |
| The Other Lady | |
| The Song of the Salmon | |
| The Treacherous Yellow Fruit | |
| The Wasp’s Nest | |
| The Last Thing | |
| The Phoenix | |
| Time Is a Shadow | |
| Unearthly Child | |
| Waterghosts | |
| We Are Europe | |
| What Would Dog Do | |
| Wheels | |
| Where Are We Going? | |
| Would the Lady Like to Dance? | |