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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Cork City - Frank O’Connor Short Story Award Longlist

Here's the longlist of short story collections for the 2010 Cork City - Frank O’Connor Short Story Award, now in its sixth year. Say the organisers:
"The longlist is almost evenly split between women and men this year with 28 men and 26 women. The strength of the short story in the United States is reflected by that country’s overwhelming number of 21 longlistees. This year is also noted for a surge of entries from Asia, accounting for one fifth of all titles. There are three Irish nominees this year including Nuala Ni Chonchuir, the first author to be longlisted for the third time."

Congratulations indeed to Nuala, who is a Short Review reviewer as well as a reviewee! We have reviewed a number of these collections already, links provided. The shortlist will be announced on July 6th.



1
Temsula Ao (India)

Laburnum
Penguin

2
Richard Bausch (USA)
Something is out there: Stories by Richard Bausch

Alfred A. Knopf
3
Martin Bax (UK)
Memoirs of a Gone World

Salt
4
Pinckney Benedict (USA)
Miracle Boy and Other Stories

Press 53
5
Louis de Bernières (UK)

Notwithstanding

Harvill Secker
6
Belle Boggs (USA)
Mattaponi Queen: stories

Graywolf Press
7
T.C. Boyle (USA)

Wild Child

Bloomsbury
8
O Thiam Chin (Singapore)

Never Been Better

MPH  Publishing

9
Kunzang Choden (Bhutan)
Tales in Colour and Other Stories

Zubaan – Penguin
10
Craig Cliff
(New Zealand)
A Man Melting

Vintage – Random House

11
Venita Coelho (India)
The Washer of the Dead

Zubaan – Penguin
12
Nuala Ní Chonchúir (Ireland)



13
David Constantine (UK)



14
Jameson Currier (USA)
The Haunted Heart and Other Tales

Lethe Press
15
Brian Joseph Davies (Canada)
Ronald Reagan, My Father

ECW Press
16
Deyan Enev (Bulgaria)

Circus Bulgaria
Portobello Books

17
Anne Finger (USA)
Call The Ahab
University of Nebraska Press

18
Patrick Gale (UK)

Gentleman’s Relish
19
Angelica Garnett (UK)
The Unspoken Truth
Chatto and Windus – Random House

20
Holly Goddard Jones (USA)

Girl Trouble
Harper Perennial

21
Perry Glasser (USA)

Dangerous Places
BkMk Press

22
Alyson Hagy (USA)

Ghosts of Wyoming
Graywolf Press

23
Dhruba Hazarika (India)

Luck
Penguin

24
Mark Illis (UK)


25
Barb Johnson (USA)
More of This World or Maybe Another
Harper Perennial *review coming soon*

26
Lorraine M. López (USA)
Homicide Survivors Picnic and Other Stories

BkMk Press, *review coming soon*

27
Thomas Lynch (USA)
Apparition and Late Fictions: a novella and stories

Jonathan Cape – Random House *review coming soon*

28
Paul Magrs (UK)

Twelve Stories

Salt *review coming soon*

29
Martin Malone (Ireland)
The Mango War: and other stories

New Island
30
Owen Marshall
(New Zealand)
Living as a Moon
Vintage – Random House

31
Donal McLaughlin
(Northern Ireland)
An Allergic Reaction to National Anthems

Argyll Publishing
32
Lori Ostlund (USA)

The Bigness of the world

University of Georgia Press
33
Manoj  Kumar Panda (India)
The Bone Garden and Other Stories

Rupantar
34
Wena Poon (Singapore)
The Proper Care of Foxes

Ethos Books
35
Dawn Raffel (USA)
Further Adventures in the Restless Universe

Dzanc Books
36
Mahmud Rahman (Bangladesh)

Killing the Water

Penguin
37
Ron Rash (USA)
Burning Bright

Ecco; Harper Collins

38
Peter Robinson (UK)
The Price Of Love: And Other Stories

McClelland and Stewart
39
Anne Sanow (USA)
Triple Time
Pittsburgh University Press

40
Sarah Selecky (Canada)
This Cake Is for the Party

Thomas Allen Publishers
41
Bubul Sharma (India)
Eating Women, Telling Tales: Stories about Food

Zubaan - Penguin
42
Robert Shearman (UK)

Love songs for the shy and cynical

43
Sam Sheppard (USA)

Day out of Days
Alfred A. Knopf

44
Anis Shivani (USA)
Anatolia and Other Stories
Black Lawrence Press

45
Louise Stern (USA)

Chattering: Stories
Granta

46
Kalpana Swaminathan (India)

Venus Crossing
Penguin
47
Justin Taylor (USA)
Everything here is the best thing ever

Harper Perennial
48
Ruth Thomas (UK)

Super Girl
Faber and Faber

49
Laura van den Berg (USA)
What the world will look like when all the water leaves us

Dzanc Books *review coming soon*
50
David T. K. Wong (China)
Chinese Stories in Times of Change

Asian Stories - Muse
51
Tiphanie Yanique
(US Virgin Islands)

How To Escape From A Leper Colony
Graywolf Press

52
Michele Roberts (UK)
Mud: Stories of Sex and Love

Little Brown
53
Helen Simpson (UK)
In-Flight Entertainment

Cape
54
Billie Livingston (Canada)
Greedy Little Eyes
Random House Canada


Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Edge Hill Short Story Prize Longlist Announced

The Edge Hill Short Story Prize, now in its third year, is the UK's only literary award that recognises a published collection of short stories, and this year they have announced a longlist of 18 titles, which will be whittled down to a shortlist.  Ailsa Cox, the organizer of the prize, gave us a sneak peak behind the scenes last year here on the blog and Chris Beckett, last year's winner and one of this year's judges, talked about his relationship with UK magazine Interzone here.

The longlist of 18 contains 9 authors we've reviewed, so click on the links to find out more about what TSR's reviewers thought. Good luck to all!
  • Regi Claire - Fighting It (Two Ravens Press).
  • David Constantine - The Sheiling (Comma Press)
  • Jeremy Dyson - The Cranes that Build Cranes (Little Brown). 
  • Jane Feaver - with Love Me Tender (Random House).
  • Patrick Gale - Gentleman's Relish (Harper Collins).
  • Sian Hughes - The Beach Hut (Biscuit Publishing)
  • Mark Illis - Tender (Salt Publishing). 
  • A.L. Kennedy - What Becomes (Jonathan Cape).
  • Tom Lee - Greenfly (Harvill Secker).
  • Michael J Farrell - Life in the Universe (The Stinging Fly). 
  • Ben Moor - More Trees To Climb (Portobello). 
  • Nuala Ní Chonchúir - Nude (Salt Publishing).
  • Philip O Ceallaigh - The Pleasant Light of Day (Penguin).
  • Robert Shearman - Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical(Big Finish)
  • Charles Stross - Wireless (Little Brown).
  • Craig Taylor - One Million Tiny Plays About Britain (Bloomsbury).
  • Douglas Thompson - Ultrameta (Eibonvale Press).
  • Simon Van Booy - Love Begins in Winter (Beautiful Books).

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