The nominees for this year's Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award have been announced, revealing a record breaking longlist of 77 short story collections from 17 different countries. Despite a €10,000 drop in the overall winner's … [Read more...]
Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award 2012 longlist
If you only read one short story this week…
...then please make sure it's one from the Bloomsbury 'Year of the Short Story' Sampler (provided you haven't read it already of course), created to give a taste of each of the five collections that Bloomsbury are publishing during the first five … [Read more...]
Bloomsbury embrace ‘year of the short story’
Bloomsbury UK are buying in massively to the fact that 2012 is 'the year of the short story' by publishing a series of five major story collections over the coming months. Heading the list is a new collection from short story specialist, Jon McGregor … [Read more...]
2011 BBC National Short Story Award shortlist unveiled
The shortlist for the 2011 BBC National Short Story Award was announced earlier this evening, on Radio 4’s Front Row programme. Standing as one of the most prestigious prizes awarded for a single short story published by a UK author, this year's … [Read more...]