Kindle Storyteller Award 2024 shortlist announced

The shortlist for the 2024 Kindle Storyteller Award has been announced. The award celebrates the best of self-published storytelling and gives new and bestselling Kindle Direct Publishing authors the chance to win a literary prize of £20,000.

This year’s shortlist spans a range of genres, celebrating fiction across romance, young adult and crime thriller. The winner will be announced by judges Sara Cox and Vick Hope in a ceremony in Central London in November.

The Kindle Storyteller Award 2024 shortlist

• Bitter Enemies by Kerry Barnes
• Hopes and Dreams on Foxglove Street by Alix Kelso
• Stateside by JD Kirk
• Murmuration by Elisabeth Pike
• Jennifer by Beverley Watts

Jen Barrett, UK KDP Lead at Amazon.co.uk, said: "Through the Kindle Storyteller Award, we want to inspire and encourage people from all walks of life to put their own legendary scenes onto paper, and most importantly help them to publish with ease. Yet again, we have been blown away with the quality of the independent authors entering this year’s award and are thrilled to unveil our shortlist.”