First Prize is £1,000, 2nd Prize is £500, and 3rd Prize is £250.
The twelve shortlisted stories will feature in the Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize 2026 anthology, which will be released in the autumn.
Prizes will also be awared to some of our shortlisted writers, selected by our prize partners.
- As For Tokyo, It Sometimes Snows in Winter – Gordon Collins
- Bodhi Baby! – Olly Barrett
- I, Me, Sonny – Izzie Glover
- Interview With The Local – Pushkar Mankar
- Parnell Square – Ciara Aaron
- Stepsister – James Hudson
- The Prodigal Father – Uduak-Abasi Ekong
- Ulysses S. Grant – Emi Uyematsu
- Valentine in Valencia – Talulla Cameron
- Wednesday afternoon – Georgie Evans
- Wheels – Amy Eustace
Women Who Break Their Own Ankles – Cassie Friel
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