The Rehearsal, by Alexis MacIsaac, ready by Tierra Porter

Dead Bait, by Mattie Brennan, read by Aaron Monaghan

Planning the Leftovers, by Sheila Barrett, read by Bríd Ní Neachtain

From the 2023 shortlist, read by Elaine O'Dwyer, in the words of the judges "a well-crafted, affecting tale...a lovely, gentle portrait of teenagerdom as the summer holidays start"

From the 2023 shortlist, read by Emmet Farrell, in the words of the judges “a beautiful, exhilarating, and deeply touching story about an easily-led, bird-loving young fellow’s trip to the dark side”

From the 2023 shortlist, read by David Pearse, in the words of the judges a “darkly funny, relentless and surprising tale around a father and son’s increasingly manic search for a lost greyhound”

From the 2023 shortlist, read by Camille Lucy Ross, in the words of the judges “a really funny, really timely, comic symphony around cyber love”

From the 2023 shortlist, read by Kathy Rose O'Brien, in the words of the judges “a smart, considered, lively vision of manipulation, revenge and gloriously twisted love”

From the 2023 shortlist, read by Aaron Monaghan, in the words of the judges an “extraordinary feat of imagination,” and “an original and funny fantasy with a lake as the protagonist”

From the 2023 shortlist, read by Marty Rea, in the words of the judges “a breath-taking, captivating and authentic immersion into a teenage boy’s involvement in a street protest”

From the 2023 shortlist, read by Rory Nolan, in the words of the judges “funny and sad and thoroughly engrossing; a triumph of atmosphere”

From the 2023 shortlist, read by Janet Moran, in the words of the judges “a captivating, poignant tale of a young woman dealing with the loss of her eccentric mother”

From the 2023 shortlist, read by Andrew Bennett, in the words of the judges "a beguiling and subtly-observed portrait of hope, resignation and resilience"

A story encompassing the intimacy and vulnerability of motherhood, and a mother's love for her son

A teenage girl, driving to the south of France with squabbling parents and the family dog

A father and son holidaying in Madrid overhear a couple in a museum discussing the merits of a particular masterpiece

A deserted house, an unlikely friendship and a small-town Ireland we can all recognise

Inspired by an ancient landscape, this is a story of coming to terms with grief and a changing relationship between father and son

A playful and surreal send-up of the fairy and folk tales we all know so well

The conflicting emotions that arise from a family member's death from a drug overdose

A coming-of-age tale of a mother/daughter relationship, this is a story that grew out of the writer's experiences working with young people during the pandemic. She says "in a world of constantly evolving risks it really highlighted for me the need for us all to keep talking"

In this story, a young man thinks he is Christ, a character ready to disrupt a familiar time and place

In a story about memory and loss, the narrator clears out her dead parents' house and when the job is done she comes across a fixture in the house that hides a family secret she cannot cast off. (photo by: Bríd O'Donovan)

The Night Call - a doctor and her driver run over and badly injure a dog late on New Year’s Eve and seek help in finding a way to dispatch him mercifully - was written by Helen O'Neill and is read by Jane Brennan