Frank O' Connor Short Story Prize - longlist announced

The Frank O'Connor Short Story Prize, one of the most prestigious in the short story world, with an annual award of 35,000 euros to an author of a short story collection, has just announced their 2007 longlist. Congratulations to all the authors below, a wonderful achievement. I am delighted to say that many of the authors whose books are longlisted have been reviewed by The Short Review, or are in the process of being reviewed, so do go and check out the reviews (links below) and find one or two you might like to read. THE LONGLIST FOR THE 2008 FRANK O'CONNOR SHORT STORY PRIZE IRELAND (5 authors) Mary Rochford (IRELAND) Gilded Shadows Tia Publishing, Birmingham, UK Mary O’Donnell (IRELAND) Storm over Belfast New Island, Dublin, Ireland Gerard Donovan (IRELAND) Country of the Grand Faber & Faber Ltd, London, UK Anne Enright (IRELAND) Taking Pictures Jonathan Cape – The Random House Group, London, UK Roddy Doyle (IRELAND) The Deportees and other stories Jonathan Cape – The Random House Group, London, UK BRITAIN (14 authors including 8 authors from Salt Publishing) James Waddington (BRITAIN) Torc Ogo Press, Honley, Holmfirth, UK Clare Wigfall (BRITAIN) The Loudest Sound and Nothing Faber & Faber Ltd, London, UK Niki Aguirre (BRITAIN) 29 Ways to Drown Flipped Eye Publishing, Manchester, UK Wendy Perriam (BRITAIN) Little Marvel and Other Stories Robert Hale Limited, London, UK David Gaffney (BRITAIN) Aroma Bingo Salt Publishing Ltd, Cambridge, Uk Carys Davies (BRITAIN) Some New Ambush Salt Publishing Ltd, Cambridge, Uk Elizabeth Baines (BRITAIN) Balancing on the Edge of the World Salt Publishing Ltd, Cambridge, Uk Padrika Tarrant (BRITAIN) Broken Things Salt Publishing Ltd, Cambridge, Uk Linda Cracknell (BRITAIN) The Searching Glance Salt Publishing Ltd, Cambridge, Uk William Guy (BRITAIN) The I Love You Book Salt Publishing Ltd, Cambridge, Uk Vanessa Gebbie (BRITAIN) Words From a Glass Bubble Salt Publishing Ltd, Cambridge, Uk Richard Bardsley (BRITAIN) Body Parts – The Anatomy of Love Salt Publishing Ltd, Cambridge, Uk Robert Shearman (BRITAIN) (Writer of the Dr Who series and a contemporary of David Walliams at Reigate Grammar School, has worked with Alan Ayckbourn and had a play produced by Francis Ford Coppola) Tiny Deaths Comma Press, Manchester, Uk Adam Marek (BRITAIN) Instruction Manual for Swallowing (Short Review coming soon) Comma Press, Manchester, Uk AUSTRALIA (4 authors) John Clancy (AUSTRALIA) Her Father’s Daughter University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia Queensland, Australia Susan Midalia (AUSTRALIA) A History of the Beanbag Uwa Press, Crawley, Australia Kathryn Lomer (AUSTRALIA) Camera Obscura University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia Queensland, Australia Nam Le (VIETNAM-AUSTRALIA) The Boat (Short Review coming soon) Canongate Books Limited, Edinburgh, UK NEW ZEALAND (4 authors) Tim Jones (NEW ZEALAND) Transported Random House New Zealand Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand Sue Orr (NEW ZEALAND) Etiquette for a Dinner Party Random House New Zealand Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand Elizabeth Smither (NEW ZEALAND) The Girl Who Proposed Cape Catley Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand Witi Ihimaera (NEW ZEALAND) Often regarded as the most prominent Māori writer alive today, his novel, The Whale Rider, was made into the very successful film of the same name. Ask The Posts Of The House Raupo Publishing Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand USA (8 authors) Jhumpa Lahiri (USA) WINNER Unaccustomed Earth Alfred A. Knopf Inc., Random House Inc., New York, Usa Wanda Coleman (USA) Jazz and Twelve O’Clock Tales Black Sparrow Books, Boston, Massachusetts, Usa Benjamin Percy (USA) Refresh, Refresh Jonathan Cape – The Random House Group, London, Uk Janet Kauffman (USA) Trespassing – Dirt Stories and Field Notes Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Usa Jim Shepard (USA) Like you’d understand, anyway Alfred A. Knopf Inc., Random House Inc., New York, Usa Marianne Herrmann (USA) Signaling For Rescue New Rivers Press, Moorhead, MN, Usa Don Waters (USA) Desert Gothic University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, Usa Donald Ray Pollock (USA) Knockemstiff Harvill Secker Editorial – The Random House Group Ltd, London, UK CANADA Alison MacLeod (CANADA) Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction Hamish Hamilton, London, UK SINGAPORE Wena Poon (SINGAPORE) Lions in Winter: stories MPH Group Publishing, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia TAIWAN Egoyan Zheng (Qian-Ci Zheng) (TAIWAN) Urn’s Bottom Village Stories Press Store Publishing Co., Taichung City, Taiwan NIGERIA Tubal R. Cain (NIGERIA??) Dandaula and Other African Tales Precious Styles Nigeria Limited, Jebba, Kwara State, Nigeria For more about the prize, click here.