Debut author Colwill Brown wins BBC short story award for ‘heartbreaking’ tale – read an extract here

<p>Brown’s story of a teenage life ‘critically damaged in a moment’ was the ‘unanimous’ pick for the £15,000 prize<br><strong>• Read an extract from the story below</strong></p><p>Doncaster-born writer Colwill Brown has won this year’s BBC national short story award for a “heartbreaking” entry about shame and the long-term effects of trauma, told in South Yorkshire dialect.</p><p>Brown was announced as the winner of the £15,000 award, run in collaboration with Cambridge University, at a ceremony held at BBC Broadcasting House on Tuesday evening.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/30/colwill-brown-wins-2025-bbc-national-short-story-award-you-cannot-thread-a-moving-needle-yorkshire-dialect">Continue reading...</a>