Here's the shortlist for the £30,000 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award.

For a decade, the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award has been the most prestigious prize for a single short story. Previous winners include Kevin Barry and Yiyun Li. The honor also comes with a whopping £30,000 purse, making it the largest prize for a short story. Over the weekend, they revealed the shortlist for their tenth annual award. Congratulations to this year’s finalists!

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Alexia Tolas
“Granma’s Porch”

Niamh Campbell
“Love Many”

Daniel O’Malley
“Simon”

Louise Kennedy
“Sparing the Heather”

Namwali Serpell
“Take It”
(Read it in Freeman’s.)

Shawn Vestal
“Teamwork”