Long List BSSA 2025

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?