English teachers have criticised the inclusion of an “unwise and unfair” short story question that appeared on this year’s Junior Cycle exam paper this week. Many students reported their ...

The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has defended the inclusion of a question on short stories that sparked controversy in the Junior Cycle English paper on the basis that it was “fully ...

The winning stories are published online by Granta and in a special print collection by Paper+Ink. The overall winner for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2025 will be announced in an online ...

US-based Guyanese writer Subraj Singh has won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (Caribbean region) for his story “Margot’s Run”, a release from the Commonwealth Foundation announced yesterday.

Skydance Pays 7-Figures For Sci-Fi Short Story ‘Drift:’ Andy Muschietti To Direct After Out Of This World Auction ...

Winners of the Star’s 47th annual Short Story Contest were announced Tuesday night, with Jessica Wareing’s “Heaven Without” placing first. Updated April 15, 2025 at 10:48 p.m. April 15, 2025 ...

Writing short stories presents a unique challenge, requiring a careful balance of creativity, structure, and brevity. With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), writers now have access to ...

You can read the story for yourself, but I think you might agree it's a remarkable bit of work and unlike anything I've read before, certainly anything I've ever read from an AI.

We typically put fiction into one of two categories: It’s either a short story, or it’s a novel. But there is another variation that lands somewhere in between the two. Yes, the novella. What ...

RTÉ has announced details of the ten new stories which have been shortlisted for the RTÉ Short Story Competition 2024. Set up in 1986 to honour writer and broadcaster Francis MacManus, the RTÉ ...

But intentionally reading more short stories made me realize that I’d underestimated the form. These works aren’t just compressed novels: They offer an entirely different experience.