Entries open September 5 and close on September 30, 2022.

The top five winners will be announced on Friday 28 October, and those stories will be purchased by RNZ and recorded and broadcast on Nine to Noon in November.

Nine to Noon host Kathryn Ryan says she’s excited about the competition happening again.  “We were bowled over by the response last year with nearly 1500 entries. We can’t wait to see what our brilliant listeners do again with the written word.”

“A great short story gives us a glimpse into a life so immediate that we feel we know both that person and their world,” says Harry Ricketts.

He says there was a huge range of entries to last year’s competition but the ones that stood out were those that had “a lot of heart and a lot of skill”.

For entry details go to rnz.co.nz/shortstory