Many congratulations to the writers longlisted in our 2020 Award and big thanks to all those from around the world who entered. Everyone included on this list will be sent an email, so please check your inboxes for confirmation that it is your story. We had a large number of entries and sometimes titles are duplicated. You are welcome to share that you are longlisted on social media and elsewhere, but as judging is still in process, we ask you not to link your name with your story. Thank you. The shortlist will be announced on Tuesday 14th July.
| 2020 Bath Short Story Award Long List | |
|---|---|
| Title | Author |
| A kindness | |
| About Face | |
| Another Man’s Smile | |
| A Twix And A Twingo | |
| Backbone | |
| Blackbird, Fly | |
| Both at Once | |
| Brown Bird | |
| Candlemas | |
| Cowboys and Indian | |
| Exterior. Train Station Platform. Night. | |
| Faraway | |
| Fingerpricks | |
| Feathers | |
| Going up country | |
| Goodbye, Mr Penguin | |
| How To Prepare an Orange Correctly | |
| Into Your Own Hands | |
| Leviathan | |
| Little Penguins are the smallest penguin species in the world | |
| Lovely Day | |
| Mooncalf | |
| Not a Lobster Person | |
| Not Yet, But Maybe | |
| Queen C | |
| Quiet | |
| Redemption Drive | |
| Retired Heads | |
| Rice On A Banana Leaf | |
| Ripples | |
| Running on the Beach | |
| Seashell | |
| Seven Tiny Perfect Teeth | |
| The Blood Shift | |
| The Discomfort of Three | |
| The Hiccup | The Kind Mercy of His Madness |
| The Infinite Universes of Maggie Lavery | |
| The Love and Trials of a (not very) good woman | |
| The Memory of Dolls | |
| The Pencil Drawn Girl | |
| The Quiet One | |
| The Required Distance | |
| The Song Paul Simon Didn’t Write | |
| Tomorrow | |
| Two Towns | |
| Under A Whalebone Roof | |
| Upgrade Day | |
| Visiting in the Year of the Rabbit | |
| Waves | |
| What Julie Taylor Was Made Of 1981-1992 | |
| Wild Swimming | |