About Us
Short Story presents the best of classic and contemporary short fiction from Australian and world writers—read by some of Australia's leading actors. You can hear writers as diverse as Helen Garner, Tim Winton, Varlam Shalamov, W. Somerset Maugham, VK Narayan, Isaac Babel and Edgar Allan Poe.
Contemporary Australian fiction from Radio National's Short Story is released on cassette and CD: Shorts, Shorts 2 and Shorts 3 are available at ABC Shops.
Radio National's Book Reading has more fiction during the week.
Please note that ABC Radio National's Short Story does not accept unsolicited submissions. All stories heard in the program have been published previously in anthologies or collections, or in recognised periodicals such as magazines and newspapers. The program does not consider self-published stories for broadcast.
