Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award

The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award—named in honour of Frank O'Connor, who devoted much of his work to the form—was an international literary award presented for the best short story collection. It was presented between 2005 and 2015.^[1] The prize amount, €25,000 as of 2012^[update], is one of the richest short-story collection prizes in the world (see also Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero).^[2] Each year, roughly sixty books were longlisted, with either four or six books shortlisted, the ultimate decision made by three judges.

Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
Awarded for	Best short story collection
Sponsored by	Cork City Council
Location	Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival, Cork, Ireland
Country	Ireland
Presented by	Munster Literature Centre
First award	2005
Final award	2015
Website	Official website

History

In 2000, the Cork, Ireland Munster Literature Centre organised the first Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival,^[3] an event dedicated to the celebration of the short story and named for Cork writer Frank O'Connor. The festival showcases readings, literary forums and workshops. Following continued growth and additional funding, the Cork City – Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award was introduced in 2005,^[3] coinciding with Cork's designation as that year's European Capital of Culture.

In 2008 there was no shortlist, as the judges considered the winning book, Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri, superior to other books on the longlist.^[4]

The award was discontinued in 2016.^[1]

Recipients

Haruki Murakami

Miranda July

Simon Van Booy

Award recipients

Year	Author	Title	Result	Ref.
2005	Yiyun Li	A Thousand Years of Good Prayers	Winner	[5]
	Alice Hoffman	Blackbird House	Shortlist	[5]
	Bret Anthony Johnston	Corpus Christi	Shortlist	[5]
	David Bezmozgis	Natasha and Other Stories	Shortlist	[5]
	David Means	The Secret Goldfish	Shortlist	[5]
	Tim Winton	The Turning	Shortlist	[5]
2006	Haruki Murakami	Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman	Winner	[6]
	Peter Stamm	In Strange Gardens and Other Stories	Shortlist	[7]
	Philip Ó Ceallaigh	Notes from a Turkish Whorehouse	Shortlist	[7]
	Rachel Sherman	The First Hurt	Shortlist	[7]
	Rose Tremain	The Darkness of Wallis Simpson	Shortlist	[7]
	Samrat Upadhyay	The Royal Ghosts	Shortlist	[7]
2007	Miranda July	No One Belongs Here More than You	Winner	[8]
	Charlotte Grimshaw	Opportunity	Shortlist	[9]
	Etgar Keret	Missing Kissinger	Shortlist	[9]
	Manuel Muñoz	The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue	Shortlist	[9]
	Olaf Olafsson	Valentines	Shortlist	[9]
	Simon Robson	The Separate Heart and Other Stories	Shortlist	[9]
2008[a]	Jhumpa Lahiri	Unaccustomed Earth	Winner	[10]
2009	Simon Van Booy	Love Begins in Winter	Winner	[11][12]
	Charlotte Grimshaw	Singularity	Shortlist	[13][14]
	Petina Gappah	An Elegy for Easterly	Shortlist	[13][14]
	Philip Ó Ceallaigh	The Pleasant Light of Day	Shortlist	[13][14]
	Shih-Li Kow	Ripples and Other Stories	Shortlist	[13][14]
	Wells Tower	Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned	Shortlist	[13][14]
2010	Ron Rash	Burning Bright	Winner	[15]
	Belle Boggs	Mattaponi Queen	Shortlist	[16][17]
	David Constantine	The Shieling	Shortlist	[16][17]
	Laura van den Berg	What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us	Shortlist	[16][17]
	Robin Black	If I Loved You I Would Tell You This	Shortlist	[16][17]
	T. C. Boyle	Wild Child	Shortlist	[16][17]
2011	Edna O'Brien	Saints and Sinners	Winner	[18][19]
	Alexander MacLeod	Light Lifting	Shortlist	[20]
	Colm Tóibín	The Empty Family	Shortlist	[20]
	Suzanne Rivecca	Death Is Not an Option	Shortlist	[20]
	Valerie Trueblood	Marry or Burn	Shortlist	[20]
	Yiyun Li	Gold Boy, Emerald Girl	Shortlist	[20]
2012	Nathan Englander	What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank	Winner	[21][22]
	Etgar Keret	Suddenly a Knock on the Door	Shortlist	[23]
	Fiona Kidman	The Trouble with Fire	Shortlist	[23]
	Kevin Barry	Dark Lies the Island	Shortlist	[23]
	Lucia Perillo	Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain	Shortlist	[23]
	Sarah Hall	The Beautiful Indifference	Shortlist	[23]
2013	David Constantine	Tea at the Midland and Other Stories	Winner	[24]
	Claire Vaye Watkins	Battleborn	Shortlist	[25][26]
	Deborah Levy	Black Vodka	Shortlist	[25][26]
	Joyce Carol Oates	Black Dahlia & White Rose	Shortlist	[25][26]
	Peter Stamm	We're Flying	Shortlist	[25][26]
	Tamas Dobozy	Siege 13	Shortlist	[25][26]
2014	Colin Barrett	Young Skins	Winner	[27][28]
	A. L. Kennedy	All the Rage	Shortlist	[29]
	Ben Marcus	Leaving the Sea	Shortlist	[29]
	Laura van den Berg	The Isle of Youth	Shortlist	[29]
	Lorrie Moore	Bark	Shortlist	[29]
	Phil Klay	Redeployment	Shortlist	[29]
2015	Carys Davies	The Redemption of Galen Pike	Winner	[30][31]
	Alejandro Zambra	My Documents	Shortlist	[32]
	Karen Bender	Refund	Shortlist	[32]
	Kirsty Gunn	Infidelities	Shortlist	[32]
	Thomas McGuane	Crow Fair	Shortlist	[32]
	Tony Earley	Mr. Tall	Shortlist	[32]

See also

• Irish short stories, detailing the importance of the short story form in Irish culture

Notes

1. No shortlist was issued.