Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award

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literary award short story award

The Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award was a prestigious literary prize honoring outstanding collections of short stories by writers from around the world.

Aliases (1)

Frank O’Connor International Short Story Prize ×1

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary award → short story award →
alsoKnownAs	Frank O’Connor International Short Story Prize →
associatedFestival	Cork International Short Story Festival →
awardedFor	best original short story collection → short story collection in English →
country	Ireland →
dissolved	2015 →
eligibility	writers from any country →
field	literature →
firstAwarded	2005 →
frequency	annual →
genre	short story →
honours	outstanding short story collections →
inception	2005 →
languageOfWork	English →
lastAwarded	2015 →
location	Cork →
namedAfter	Frank O’Connor →
namedAfterNationality	Irish →
namedAfterOccupation	Irish short story writer →
notableCharacteristic	one of the richest prizes for a short story collection →
organisedBy	Munster Literature Centre →
presentedAt	Cork International Short Story Festival →
presentedBy	Cork City Council →
prizeMoney	35000 euro →
scope	international →
selectionCriterion	original publication in English → single-author collection →
selectionProcess	judged by an international panel →
sponsor	Cork City Council →
status	discontinued →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jhumpa Lahiri → Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri → Unaccustomed Earth →	awardReceived
Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award ("Frank O’Connor International Short Story Prize") →	alsoKnownAs