All the contributors to the Bath Short Story Anthology received their free copy of the anthology before Christmas and you can now buy it from the publisher, adhocfiction.com and and from Amazon.

We use the same cover image each year, which is from a collage painting of buildings in Bath by writer and artist Elinor Nash, showing the iconic Acorns with a different background colour. Elinor won the Bath Short Story Award in 2014.

You can read the report on the winners and commended stories here. And find the bios of the authors of the shortlisted stories here. There’s a wonderful selection of stories in the anthology, chosen by literary agents Lucy Luck and Olivia Bignold from Conville and Walsh.

And if you want to be in with a chance of being in our 2026 anthology, BSSA 2026 is open for entries until April 27th. The judge this time is literary agent Gordon Wise from Curtis Brown Read our interview with him to find out about his views on the short story.