Observer/Faber graphic short story prize
Faber has got together with the Observer to offer you the chance to see your work in print and win £1,000.
The first prize is £1,000 and the publication of your four-page story in the Observer New Review. The runner-up will receive £250 and your work will appear on theguardian.com. To enter and read all the terms and conditions, click here
The Faber/Observer/Comica graphic short story prize 2024 – enter now!
The annual award for aspiring cartoonists offers the chance to be published in the Observer and win £1,000, with past winners landing book and film deals
Graphic short story: Dancing Queen by Anna Readman
Anna Readman has been named winner in the Observer/Faber graphic short story prize 2023. This is her entry
‘It would be amazing if this led to something’: Anna Readman, winner of our graphic short story prize 2023
Dancing Queen, Readman’s meditation on a lost friend, won this year’s Observer/Faber graphic short story prize. Now she’s glad she gave up the day job…
Graphic short story: Safe Passage by Candy Gourlay
Candy Gourlay has been named runner-up in the Observer/Faber graphic short story prize 2023. This is her entry
The Faber/Observer/Comica graphic short story prize 2023 – enter now!
The annual award for aspiring cartoonists offers the chance to be published in the Observer and win £1,000, with past winners going on to land film deals
Graphic short story: Midnight Feast by Rebecca Jones
Graphic short story: Autumn 2014 by Michael Lightfoot
Graphic short story: The Lift by Ed Firth
‘What will I spend the money on? Pens’: the winner of our graphic short story prize 2022
The Faber/Observer/Comica graphic short story prize 2022 – enter now!
The annual award for aspiring cartoonists offers the chance to be published in the Observer and win £1,000, with past winners going on to land film and book deals
Graphic short story: Cancer Sells!
‘The outrage had been percolating…’ The winner of our graphic short story prize 2021
Graphic short story: Andrew
Graphic short story: A Funeral in Freiburg
‘You need to look outside your own window’: the winner of our graphic short story prize 2020
Loneliness, isolation and grief were common themes in this year’s Cape/Observer award. But the winner made the judges laugh out loud
Graphic short story: The Worm
Ellie Durkin has been named runner-up in the Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story prize 2020. This is her entry
Graphic short story: Similar to But Not
Paul Rainey has been named winner in the Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story prize 2020. This is his entry
‘I’m amazed to be in this company’: the winner of our graphic short story prize 2019
This year Edo Brenes’s beautiful tale, based on his Costa Rican grandparents’ lives, instantly won the judges’ hearts and minds
Graphic short story: Four Hands
Jessika Green shares the runners-up prize in the Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story prize 2019. This is her entry
Graphic short story: Memories from Limón
Edo Brenes has been named winner in the Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story prize 2019. This is his entry
About 65 results for Observer/Faber graphic short story prize 
