New format for Frank O’Connor Short Story prize

A Canadian writer has been awarded the inaugural Frank O’Connor Short Story Fellowship which replaces the Frank O’Connor International Short Story prize.

Zsuzsi Gartner is the author of two acclaimed short story collections and has worked as a journalist, served on literary juries and teaches creative writing as well as privately mentoring many of Canada’s leading young writers. She was short-listed for Canada’s main literary award, the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2011.

Administered by the Munster Literature Centre and sponsored by Cork City Council, the fellowship, worth €15,000, will see Ms Gartner arriving in Cork in September for 12 weeks.