# 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. The prize amount, €25,000 as of 2012, is one of the richest short-story collection prizes in the world (see also Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero). Each year, roughly sixty books were longlisted, with either four or six books shortlisted, the ultimate decision made by three judges.

## History

In 2000, the Cork, Ireland Munster Literature Centre organised the first Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival, 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, 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.
The award was discontinued in 2016.

## Recipients

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