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The announcement of the winners of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Short Story Award and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Young Writers’ Award with Cambridge University, live from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House in London.

Joining presenter Tom Sutcliffe to celebrate and interrogate the short story form are the broadcaster and NSSA chair of judges Reeta Chakrabarti, alongside fellow judges and writers Jessie Burton, Roddy Doyle and Okechukwu Nzelu. The shortlisted stories and authors in alphabetical order are: 'The Storm' by Nick Mulgrew, 'It’s Me' by K Patrick, 'Guests' by Cherise Saywell, 'Churail' by Kamila Shamsie and 'Comorbidities' by Naomi Wood.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Young Writers Award, for writers aged between 14 and 18, will be announced by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio One presenter Katie Thistleton, who’ll be joined on stage by fellow judge, the psychotherapist, writer and rugby player Alexis Caught. The shortlisted stories and authors in alphabetical order are: ‘Fridays’ by Evie Alam, 16, from South Shields, ‘Jessie’s God’ by Elissa Jones, 16, from Merseyside, ‘Creation’ by Daisy Kaye, 16, from Nottingham, ‘Skipper’ by Iona McNeish, 17, from Glasgow and ‘The Wordsmith’ by Atlas Weyland Eden, 18, from Devon.

All of the stories are available to listen to on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sounds.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Nicki Paxman