THREE Oxford authors will judge next year's BBC National Short Story Award and BBC Young Writers' Award.

The 2019 judging panel includes Daisy Johnson, the youngest-ever author to be shortlisted for the Man Booker, Waterstones Children’s Book Prize winner Kiran Millwood Hargrave, and award-winning city novelist Richard Beard.

The deadline for entries for the BBC NSSA is 9am on Monday, March 11, with entries for the BBC Young Writers’ Award closing at 9am on Monday, March 25.

To find out more about how to enter the awards see bbc.co.uk/nssa and bbc.co.uk/ywa