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Frank O'Connor award

July 2015

  • Carys Davies

    Frank O’Connor award won by 'truly original' stories of Carys Davies

    The Redemption of Galen Pike takes €25,000 prize for the year’s best short story collection

November 2014

  • Winner of the Guardian first book award, Colin Barrett.

    Guardian first book award 2014 goes to Irish writer ‘who can go the distance’

    Colin Barrett’s intense stories of smalltown Irish life, Young Skins, praised as the work of an author ‘with a clear path ahead of them’

July 2014

  • David Foster Wallace

    My hero
    My hero: David Foster Wallace by Colin Barrett

  • Colin Barrett

    Frank O'Connor short story award goes to 'new, young, genius' Colin Barrett

June 2014

  • Lorrie Moore

    Frank O'Connor prize shortlist pits 'masters' against first-timers

    Lorrie Moore and AL Kennedy contend for €25,000 short stories award alongside two debut collections

July 2013

  • David Constantine

    David Constantine comes in from the periphery to win Frank O'Connor award

    'Poet who also writes prose' takes €25,000 prize for Tea at the Midland and Other Stories

May 2013

  • Deborah Levy

    Frank O'Connor short story award pits UK authors against international stars

    David Constantine and Deborah Levy join shortlist alongside Joyce Carol Oates and Peter Stamm

October 2012

  • Frank O'Connor

    A brief survey of the short story
    A brief survey of the short story part 44: Frank O'Connor

    The way he captured 'the tone of a man's voice, speaking' combines storytelling tradition with Chekhovian objectivity

August 2012

  • Burning Bright by Ron Rash – review

    By Alfred Hickling

July 2012

  • Nathan Englander

    Nathan Englander wins 2012 Frank O'Connor short story award

    US author beats Kevin Barry and Etgar Keret to win €25,000 prize for What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

June 2012

  • Nathan Englander

    Nathan Englander set to head race for 2012 Frank O'Connor award

    American shortlisted for lucrative short-story prize along with Kevin Barry, Etgar Keret, Sarah Hall, Lucia Pirello, Fiona Kidman

March 2012

  • Farmers with mules in 1930s prepare the ground for spring planting.

    The Cove by Ron Rash – review

    This taut tale of three souls locked in hardship seems to bloom from the soil, says Tim Adams

September 2011

  • Yiyun Li

    My verdict on judging the Frank O'Connor prize

    Chris Power
  • Edna O'Brien

    Edna O'Brien wins Frank O'Connor prize

July 2011

  • Edna O'Brien

    Strong showing for Irish writers on Frank O'Connor shortlist

    Colm Tóibín and Edna O'Brien both among finalists for €35,000 short story award

December 2010

  • Yiyun Li

    Books blog
    A quick look at 2010 in short stories

    Chris Power: The year saw strong work from Lydia Davis, Damon Galgut, Yiyun Li among others, as well as other brilliant stuff I no doubt missed

September 2010

  • Ron Rash

    Frank O'Connor award goes to Ron Rash

    'Incredibly well-wrought' short-story collection, Burning Bright, takes €35,000 prize

July 2010

  • Stars and stripes

    US writers dominate Frank O'Connor award shortlist

    News: Strong showing for US authors on €35,000 short story prize shortlist counters recent suggestions that American fiction is in decline

June 2009

  • Debut authors dominate shortlist for Frank O'Connor award

    Four out of six collections nominated for this year's short stories award are by first-time writers

July 2008

  • Jhumpa Lahiri jumps the shortlist to world's richest short story prize

    The judges for the Frank O'Connor award have dispensed with the ritual of issuing a shortlist, announcing today that Jhumpa Lahiri has won the world's richest honour for a short story collection.

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