A shocking story set during the
American War of Independence is in the running to win The Sunday Times EFG
Private Bank Short Story Award 2012. ‘The Hunt’ by Room author Emma
Donoghue is joined on the shortlist (announced today) by stories exploring a
diverse range of contemporary issues from school shootings to the plight of
migrant communities to the ongoing British obsession with finding a good beer.
The £30,000 Award is the biggest in the world for a single short story.
The six shortlisted writers and the titles of their short stories are:
- Kevin Barry – ‘Beer Trip to Llandudno’
- Emma Donoghue (left) – ‘The Hunt’
- Jean Kwok – ‘Where the Gods Fly’
- Tom Lee – ‘The Current’
- Robert Minhinnick – ‘El Aziz: Some Pages From His Notebooks’
- Linda Oatman High – ‘Nickel Mines Hardware’
The winner
– announced at a special ceremony on 30 March in Oxford – will receive £30,000.
The five shortlisted writers will this year each receive £1,000 – double the
2011 prize money – as well as having their work published online and in an
anthology published by Waterstones. This will be available to purchase in store
and through waterstones.com from 5 March.
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