My father sits beside me at the dinner table, unable to meet my eyes. His only daughter and he can’t even look at me.

I’m the guy you blame for the revolution. My life before: unmarried, no kids. A girlfriend, Marcy, who worked fifty hour weeks just like me. Despite the childless double-income household my days ...

CBC Books, CBC’s online home for literary content, together with its partners the Canada Council for the Arts and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, today announced Dorian McNamara of Halifax as ...

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded annually for the best piece of unpublished short fiction from any of the Commonwealth’s 56 Member States. It is the most accessible and ...

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.

The competition is open to short-story writers or poets over the age of 18 who live in Australia. All entries must be submitted by Friday July 18. Stories can be in either Greek or English.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A designer has turned a short story into a cereal box. Katie Carmichael, from Alloa, created the unique design for her brother Duncan's short ...

Another tale of literary excellence has been written as local author Joanne C Hillhouse’s short story “Jumbie Pond” has been shortlisted for the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize ...