Best British Short Stories 2024

The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its fourteenth year

Inspired by Giles Gordon and David Hughes's series, which ran to ten volumes between 1986 and 1995, this year reaches its fourteenth volume.

showcases an excellent and varied selection of stories, by British writers, first published during 2023 in magazines, journals, anthologies, collections, chapbooks and online.

'If the latest iteration of Salt's collection is anything to go by then the genre remains in safe hands.' —Lawrence Foley,

Featuring stories by: Alan Beard, Kevin Boniface, Paul Brownsey, Claire Carroll, ECM Cheung, Jonathan Coe, Rosie Garland, Kerry Hadley-Pryce, Timothy Jarvis, Cynan Jones, Bhanu Kapil, Sonya Moor, Alison Moore, Gregory Norminton, Nicholas Royle, Cherise Saywell, Kamila Shamsie, Ben Tufnell, Charlotte Turnbull and Cate West.