Regular judges of the award included the artistic director of the Royal Academy, Tim Marlow, along with the Pin Drop founders, Simon Oldfield and Elizabeth Day.

[8] 2017 - Cherise Saywell won with story, "Morelia Spilota", read by British actress and Downton Abbey star Dame Penelope Wilton.

[6] 2018 - Sophie Ward won with story, "Sunbed", read British actress and Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie.

[10] Pin Drop Live stages events at venues such as the Royal Academy, Hauser & Wirth Somerset and Soho House in London, New York, Los Angeles, and other cities.

[11] Guest readers have included, Stephen Fry, Ben Okri,[12] Russell Tovey,[13] Juliet Stevenson, Sebastian Faulks,[14] William Boyd,[15] Julian Barnes,[16] Richard Dawkins,[17] Princess Julia,[18] Selma Blair,[19] A.L.Kennedy,[20] Dame Sian Phillips, Dame Eileen Atkins,[21] Dame Penelope Wilton, Tom Rob Smith, Peter Blake, Gwendoline Christie, Will Self,[22] Maura Tierney, Graham Swift,[23] Sue Tilley,[24] Molly Parkin, Tuppence Middleton, David Nicholls, Ed Stoppard,[25] and Curtis Sittenfeld.