The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw is often credited with saying, "I learned long ago never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it." Such is South Africa's dilemma ...

The Rivercrest Lady Colts fell behind early and couldn’t recover, losing 9-5 to league-leading Walnut Ridge despite late ...

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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 ...

Etobicoke’s Jessica Wareing has taken the grand prize in the Toronto Star’s 47th annual short story contest with a narrative capturing the troubling reality of unaccepting parents who use ...

RTÉ is inviting entries to one of Ireland's longest established and most significant literary prizes, the RTÉ Short Story Competition in honour of writer and broadcaster, Francis MacManus.

Writers Vincent Anioke, Trent Lewin, Dorian McNamara, Emi Sasagawa and Zeina Sleiman have made the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize shortlist. The winner will be announced on April 17. They will ...

Faria Basher, a writer from Bangladesh, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2025. An international panel of judges selected the 25 shortlisted writers from ...

In 'Atavists,' Lydia Millet's latest collection of short stories, Southern California denizens grapple with an endangered ...

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlist, revealed today, features 25 "relevant, vibrant and essential" unpublished stories selected from a record-breaking 7,920 entries. The stories ...

The story itself is about telling lies and about telling stories, and where these two things intersect in the life of a boy ...