High-profile entries for short story award

COMPETITION is intensifying for the world’s largest short story award.

High-profile entries for short story award
Wed, 19 Apr, 2006 - 01:00
Alan Good

The list of candidates for the Frank O’Connor Short Story Award was yesterday whittled down to 30, with Irish and international authors featuring prominently.

The award, in association with the Munster Literature Centre (MLC) in Cork, nets the winner 35,000 and was first awarded as part of last year’s European Capital of Culture celebrations.

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CourtsPlace: CorkPlace: GermanyPerson: William WallPerson: Bernard MacLavertyPerson: Adam ThorpePerson: Helen SimpsonPerson: Valerie MartinPerson: Haruki MurakamiPerson: Tom McCarthyPerson: Silke ScheuermannPerson: Patrick CotterPerson: Peter StammPerson: Rose TremainPerson: Nuala Ní ChonchuirPerson: Charlotte ForbesPerson: Peter HobbsPerson: Segun AfolabiPerson: Philip Ó CeallaighPerson: Thomas McGuanePerson: Drago JanávarPerson: Rachel WyattPerson: Rachel ShermanPerson: George SingletonPerson: David H LynnPerson: Emma DonoghuePerson: Deborah EisenbergPerson: Alan BennettPerson: Tamar YellinPerson: Angus Peter CampbellPerson: Louis AuchinclossPerson: Samrat UpadhyayPerson: Nic PizzolattoPerson: Peter RockPerson: Alan DeNiroEvent: Frank O’Connor International Short Story FestivalOrganisation: Munster Literature CentreOrganisation: MLC
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