Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award

Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award
Awarded for	Best short story published in the UK
Sponsor	EFG Private Bank
Country	England
Host	The Sunday Times
Reward	£30,000
Last awarded	Active

The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award is a British literary award for a single short story open to any novelist or short story writer from around the world who is published in the UK or Ireland. The winner receives £30,000, and the five shortlisted writers each receive £1,000.^[1] A longlist of 16 is also announced. The award was established in 2010 by The Sunday Times newspaper with backing by EFG Private Bank. It has been called the richest prize in the world for a single short story.^[2]

Another major single-short-story award in the UK is the BBC National Short Story Award, which was called the richest prize in the world for a single short story at £15,000 in 2008,^[3] however, as of 2013, The Sunday Times award is twice as large.

Winners and shortlisted nominees

Year	Winner	Work	Shortlisted nominees	Ref(s)
2010	Stead, C. K.C. K. Stead	Last Season's Man	Will Cohu, Nothing but Grass Joe Dunthorne, Critical Responses to My Last Relationship Adam Marek, Fewer Things David Vann, It's Not Yours	[4][5][6][7]
2011	Doerr, AnthonyAnthony Doerr	The Deep	Will Cohu, East Cost – West Coast Roshi Fernando, The Fluorescent Jacket Yiyun Li, The Science of Flight Gerard Woodward, The Family Whistle	[8][9][10]
2012	Barry, KevinKevin Barry	Beer Trip to Llandudno	Emma Donoghue, The Hunt Jean Kwok, Where the Gods Fly Tom Lee, The Current Robert Minhinnick, El Aziz: Some Pages from His Notebook Linda Oatman High, Nickel Mines Hardware	[11][1][12][13]
2013	Díaz, JunotJunot Díaz	Miss Lora	Mark Haddon, The Gun Sarah Hall, Evie Cynan Jones, The Dig Toby Litt, Call It 'The Bug' Because I Have No Time to Think of a Better Title Ali Smith, The Beholder	[14][15]
2014	Johnson, AdamAdam Johnson	Nirvana	Tahmima Anam, Anwar Gets Everything Marjorie Celona, Othello Anna Metcalfe, Number Three Elizabeth Strout, Snow Blind Jonathan Tel, The Shoe King of Shanghai	[16][17][18]
2015	Li, YiyunYiyun Li	A Sheltered Woman	Rebecca John, The Glove Maker's Numbers Elizabeth McCracken, Hungry Paula Morris, False River Scott O'Connor, Interstellar Space Madeleine Thien, The Wedding Cake	[19][20]
2016	Tel, JonathanJonathan Tel	The Human Phonograph	Alix Christie, The Dacha Colum McCann, What Time Is It Now, Where You Are? Edith Pearlman, Unbechert Nicholas Ruddock, The Phosphorescence Petina Gappah, The News of Her Death	[21]

References

1. Campbell, Lisa (2 March 2012). "Barry wins Sunday Times Short Story Award". The Bookseller. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
2. "OMG: Text speak short story in running for £30,000 prize". The Daily Telegraph. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
3. Lea, Richard (4 July 2008). "Field narrows in race for richest story award". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
4. "The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2010". Booktrust. 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
5. Flood, Alison (26 March 2010). "CK Stead wins short story prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
6. "New Zealand author Stead wins short story prize". BBC News. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
7. Caesar, Ed (26 March 2010). "A man for all seasons". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
8. "The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2011". Booktrust. 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
9. Staff writer (8 April 2011). "Anthony Doerr wins Short Story award". BBC News. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
10. "A heartwarming win for a heartbreaking tale". The Sunday Times. 9 April 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
11. "The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2012". Booktrust. 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
12. Flood, Alison (30 March 2012). "Kevin Barry's tale of ale enthusiasts wins Sunday Times short story award". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
13. Davies, Helen (1 April 2012). "Raise your glasses". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
14. "The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2013". Booktrust. 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
15. Flood, Alison (22 March 2013). "Junot Díaz wins world's richest short story prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
16. "The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award 2014". Booktrust. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
17. April 2014. "The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award 2014". Book Trust. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
18. Richard Brooks (6 April 2014). "Cobain helps win short story prize". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
19. "British Newcomer Vies With International Literary Names For Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award". The Sunday Times. 1 February 2015.
20. Alison Flood (24 April 2015). "Yiyun Li wins Sunday Times short story prize for A Sheltered Woman". The Guardian. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
21. "Our 2016 Winner". shortstoryaward.co.uk. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.

External links

• Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award, official website