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211K to 676K🎙 Weekly cadence·11 episodes·Last published 9mo ago - Monthly Reach
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422K to 1.4M🇰🇷22%🇵🇹22%🇸🇦22%+17 more - Active Followers
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127K to 406K
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The 2025 Young Writers' Award Shortlist revealed!
Sep 14, 2025
48m 15s
NSSA 2024 - Ghost Kitchen by Ross Raisin
Sep 20, 2024
35m 23s
NSSA 2024 - Nice Dog by Vee Walker
Sep 20, 2024
33m 34s
NSSA 2024 - Pieces by Manish Chauhan
Sep 18, 2024
35m 19s
NSSA 2024 - The Barber of Erice by Will Boast
Sep 17, 2024
34m 16s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 9/14/25 |  The 2025 Young Writers' Award Shortlist revealed! | Lauren Layfield presents this year's special showcase of the five shortlisted stories for the 2025 BBC Young Writers' Award.Alongside the 20th anniversary of the National Short Story Award, this year's BBC Young Writers’ Award with Cambridge University is open to all writers between the ages of 14 –18 and was created to discover and inspire the next generation of writers. It is a cross-network collaboration between BBC Radio 4 and Radio 1. The winner receives a personalised mentoring session with an author to enhance their writing skills.Listen now to the whole 2025 BBC Young Writers’ Award shortlist.Podcast produced by Ellie Marsh and Bethany WoodheadHave you got a story tell? Submissions will open again in the new year for the 2026 Award - keep a look out! | 48m 15s | ||||||
| 9/20/24 |  NSSA 2024 - Ghost Kitchen by Ross Raisin | Ashley Margolis reads Ghost Kitchen by Ross Raisin, the fifth story shortlisted for the 2024 BBC National Short Story Award, followed by an interview with the author on BBC Radio 4's Front RowPodcast presented and produced by Rick Woska | 35m 23s | ||||||
| 9/20/24 |  NSSA 2024 - Nice Dog by Vee Walker | Paterson Joseph reads Nice Dog by Vee Walker, the fourth story shortlisted for the 2024 BBC National Short Story Award, followed by an interview with the author on BBC Radio 4's Front RowPodcast presented and produced by Rick Woska | 33m 34s | ||||||
| 9/18/24 |  NSSA 2024 - Pieces by Manish Chauhan | Rebekah Staton and Hasan Dixon read Pieces by Manish Chauhan, the third story shortlisted for the 2024 BBC National Short Story Award, followed by an interview with the author on BBC Radio 4's Front RowPodcast presented and produced by Rick Woska | 35m 19s | ||||||
| 9/17/24 |  NSSA 2024 - The Barber of Erice by Will Boast | Mark Strong reads The Barber of Erice by Will Boast, the second shortlisted story for the 2024 BBC National Short Story Award, followed by an interview with the author on BBC Radio 4's Front RowPodcast presented and produced by Rick Woska | 34m 16s | ||||||
| 9/17/24 |  NSSA 2024 - Hamlet, a Love Story by Lucy Caldwell | Lisa Dwyer Hogg reads Hamlet, a Love Story by Lucy Caldwell, the first shortlisted story for the 2024 BBC National Short Story Award, followed by an interview with the author on BBC Radio 4's Front RowPodcast presented and produced by Rick Woska | 35m 52s | ||||||
| 9/15/24 |  2024 BBC Young Writers' Award Showcase with Katie Thistleton | Katie Thistleton presents a showcase of the five shortlisted stories for this year's BBC Young Writers' Award.Celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, the BBC Young Writers’ Award with Cambridge University is open to all writers between the ages of 14 –18 and was created to discover and inspire the next generation of writers. It is a cross-network collaboration between BBC Radio 4 and Radio 1. The winner receives a personalised mentoring session with an author to enhance their writing skills. The 2024 BBC Young Writers’ Award shortlist with Cambridge University is:‘A Human, a Robot and a Gosling Walk into a Post-Apocalyptic Bar’ by Basmala Alkhalaf ‘The Quiet’ by Amaan Foyez ‘Special’ by Lulu Frisson ‘Confession’ by Vivienne Hall ‘Nathalie’s Flatmate’ by Aidan VogelzangPodcast produced by Rick Woska | 51m 48s | ||||||
| 5/21/24 | An Affliction by Lottie Mills | A specially commissioned short story for BBC Radio 4 by the award-winning Lottie Mills. In this fantastical tale, a strange illness takes hold of those living at the Saint Francis Invalid Colony...Lottie Mills won the BBC Young Writers Award in 2020, and her debut collection, Monstrum is published in 2024. In her stories, Lottie delights in the uncanny, the unusual and the unique power of outsiders.Reader: Hayley Atwell Producer: Justine WillettPodcast presented and produced by Rick Woska | 14m 40s | ||||||
| 4/25/24 | When Love Sucks by Naomi Wood | A new short story for Radio 4 by the award-winning writer, Naomi Wood.Nursing a broken heart, a woman turns to an AI dating coach for help - with unexpected results.Writer: Naomi Wood is the winner of the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award, and author of three novels, including the award-winning Mrs Hemingway, and a new collection of stories, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things.Reader: Rose RobinsonProducer: Justine WillettPodcast presented and produced by Rick Woska | 14m 26s | ||||||
| 2/8/24 | Minor Disturbances by Cherise Saywell | A specially commissioned story from BBC NSSA 2023 shortlistee, Cherise Saywell.Reader: Katie Leung Producer: Elizabeth AllardPodcast presented and produced by Rick Woska | 14m 18s | ||||||
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| 10/20/23 | Hearing Aids by Roddy Doyle | A newly commissioned story from Roddy Doyle, author of The Commitments and the 1993 Booker Prize winner, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.Read by Liam Carney Produced by Nicola HollowayPodcast presented by Rick Woska | 14m 12s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
30 placements across 20 markets.
Chart Positions
30 placements across 20 markets.