The announcement of the winner of the BBC National Short Story Award

Published: Oct. 4, 2016, 7:20 p.m.

John Wilson hosts the BBC National Short Story Award live from the BBC Radio Theatre.

This year's shortlisted authors are Hilary Mantel, K J Orr, Tahmima Anam, Claire-Louise Bennett and Lavinia Greenlaw. Four of the five join John on stage to discuss their stories and explore the art of writing a short story.

The winner of the \xa315000 prize will be announced by Chair of Judges, Jenni Murray.

In addition, Radio 1 DJ Alice Levine will announce the winner of the BBC Young Writer's Award.

The BBC National Short Story Award is presented in conjunction with BookTrust.

Presenter John Wilson\nProducer Rebecca Armstrong.