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The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award 2017

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Closing date: 
29 September 2016
Entry: 
An outstanding English-language story of no more than 6,000 words from a fiction author from anywhere in the world who has been published in the UK or Ireland
Prize: 
First Prize £30,000 (US$39,700) and five runners up will receive £1,000

The English World's Richest Prize for a Short Story - Open for Submissions

Co-founded in 2010 by the late Lord Matthew Evans of EFG and the Sunday Times' Cathy Galvin, this is an international award that promotes ‘the excellence of the modern short story.'

Offering £30,000 (US$39,700) to its winner, The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award has opened its call for submissions, with a deadline this year of September 29 at 6 p.m. GMT.

Managed this year by London's Society of Authors and sponsored by the Sunday Times and private banking firm EFG International, the award is in its eighth year, and is, in the words of Sunday Times Literary Editor Andrew
Holgate, who is quoted as saying:

"The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award has come an immense distance in a very short space of time, and its place as the so-called ‘Baby Booker' now feels cemented. Few prizes can boast such an international reach, such celebrated winners, and such a record too for discovering new talent. I am immensely excited about this eighth year of the Award and what literary gems we shall find."

The judges for the 2017 prize are to be announced in September and "will be looking for an outstanding English-language story of no more than 6,000 words from a fiction author from anywhere in the world who has been published in the UK or Ireland," according to the news release. "The winner will receive £30,000, and the shortlisted writers will each receive £1,000 as well as having their work published online."

This means that ‘the author must have a record of prior publication in creative writing in the United Kingdom or Ireland. This means the author must previously have had works of prose fiction, drama or poetry published by an established publisher or an established printed magazine in the UK or Ireland, or broadcast by a national radio station in the UK or Ireland'.

A longlist will be announced in February 2017 and shortlist of six in March 2017. The winner will be announced at a gala dinner in London in April 2017.

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Eligibility rules

Closing date: 
29 September 2016
Entry: 
An outstanding English-language story of no more than 6,000 words from a fiction author from anywhere in the world who has been published in the UK or Ireland
Prize: 
First Prize £30,000 (US$39,700) and five runners up will receive £1,000