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=== Literary collaborations ===
[[Pin Drop Studio]] hosts live events where well-known authors, actors and thinkers read a short story chosen as a response to the main exhibition programme. The literary evenings are hosted by Pin Drop Studio founder Simon Oldfield. Guests have included [[Graham Swift]], [[Sebastian Faulks]], [[Lionel Shriver]], [[William Boyd (writer)|William Boyd]], [[Will Self]], Dame [[Eileen Atkins]], Dame [[Siân Phillips]], [[Lisa Dwan|Lisa Dawn]] and [[Ben Okri]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/podcast-short-stories-with-ben-okri|title=Podcast: Pin Drop with Ben Okri |website=Royal Academy of Arts |date=12 April 2016 |access-date=2018-05-02|archive-date=25 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725183857/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/podcast-short-stories-with-ben-okri|url-status=dead }}</ref>

The RA and Pin Drop Short Story Award is an open submission writing prize, held annually along similar principles of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. The award ceremony features a live reading of the winning story in its entirety by a special guest. Past winning stories have been read by [[Stephen Fry]], [[Penelope Wilton|Dame Penelope Wilton]], [[Juliet Stevenson]] and [[Gwendoline Christie]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/fuller-wins-royal-academy-pin-drop-short-story-prize-338201|title=Fuller wins Royal Academy & Pin Drop short story prize |website= The Bookseller |date=Jun 27, 2016|first1=Natasha |last1=Onwuemezi |language=en|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130124146/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/fuller-wins-royal-academy-pin-drop-short-story-prize-338201|url-status=live}}</ref>