High-profile entries for short story award

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

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.