20 February 2012
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Story in text longlisted for Sunday Times short story prize
WIll Cohu's text-speak story Two Bad Thumbs goes up against a tale by 94-year old Diana Athill in the £30,000 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2012 ...
WIll Cohu's text-speak story Two Bad Thumbs goes up against a tale by 94-year old Diana Athill in the £30,000 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2012
The £30,000 first prize is the largest cash award to be offered for a single short story. Five shortlisted writers will each get £1,000. The shortlist will be revealed on 4 March, and the winner will be annouced on 30 March.
Will Cohu has been longlisted in the last three consecutive years, and has made the shortlist in the last two.
The longlist is: Diana Athill, A Hopeless Case; Kevin Barry, Beer Trip to Llandudno; Evgenia Citkowitz, Business Class; Will Cohu, Two Bad Thumbs; Emma Donoghue, The Hunt; Jackie Kay, These Are Not My Clothes; A L Kennedy, Late in Life; Jean Kwok, Where the Gods Fly; Barrie de Lara, Dinner at Benutti's; Tom Lee, The Current; Toby Litt, The Sandy; Alison MacLeod, The Heart of Denis Noble; Martin Malone, Valley of the Peacock Angel; Robert Minhinnick, El Aziz: Some Pages From His Notebooks; Linda Oatman High, Nickel Mines Hardware; Alison Pimlott, Five Year Diary; Tamara Pollock, Elsa; Alex Preston, The Bridge Over Shuto Expressway No. 1; Lionel Shriver, Prepositions; Johanna Skibsrud, Fat Man and Little Boy.
Website: www.sundaytimes.co.uk/shortstoryaward
The £30,000 first prize is the largest cash award to be offered for a single short story. Five shortlisted writers will each get £1,000. The shortlist will be revealed on 4 March, and the winner will be annouced on 30 March.
Will Cohu has been longlisted in the last three consecutive years, and has made the shortlist in the last two.
The longlist is: Diana Athill, A Hopeless Case; Kevin Barry, Beer Trip to Llandudno; Evgenia Citkowitz, Business Class; Will Cohu, Two Bad Thumbs; Emma Donoghue, The Hunt; Jackie Kay, These Are Not My Clothes; A L Kennedy, Late in Life; Jean Kwok, Where the Gods Fly; Barrie de Lara, Dinner at Benutti's; Tom Lee, The Current; Toby Litt, The Sandy; Alison MacLeod, The Heart of Denis Noble; Martin Malone, Valley of the Peacock Angel; Robert Minhinnick, El Aziz: Some Pages From His Notebooks; Linda Oatman High, Nickel Mines Hardware; Alison Pimlott, Five Year Diary; Tamara Pollock, Elsa; Alex Preston, The Bridge Over Shuto Expressway No. 1; Lionel Shriver, Prepositions; Johanna Skibsrud, Fat Man and Little Boy.
Website: www.sundaytimes.co.uk/shortstoryaward
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