Sunday, July 29, 2012

World’s richest prize for a short story, worth £30,000, launches today


Andrew O’Hagan, Lionel Shriver and Sarah Waters join Joanna Trollope and Andrew Holgate to judge the fourth Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award


A prestigious panel of judges has been announced for the world’s most valuable prize for a single short story. Novelist Joanna Trollope returns to the panel to judge the £30,000 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award for the second consecutive year. 
She will be joined by award-winning novelists Andrew O’Hagan, Lionel Shriver and Sarah Waters. Completing the line-up are Andrew Holgate, Literary Editor of The Sunday Times, and Matthew Evans, Chairman of EFG Private Bank and the non-voting Chair of Judges.

The submission process for the fourth Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award is now open. The deadline for submissions is 21 September 2012.

Key dates:
•   21 September 2012: deadline for submissions
•   20 January 2013: longlist announced
•   24 February 2013: shortlist announced
•   22 March 2013: winner announced at a special event at The Sunday Times  Oxford Literary Festival

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