Interview with author and journalist Mark Lawson, who's a judge on this year's award
- 21st April 2017
- 2017 award
He speaks to Sophie Haydock about how politics and technology can ruin fiction, and the worst advice a writer can be given…
Interview with the shortlisted British author Richard Lambert
- 20th April 2017
- 2017 award
He talks to Sophie Haydock about the inspiration for the story’s academic format, how he blurred the lines of history, and the surprise of finding out that a story that had been sitting in a drawer had been shortlisted for a £30,000 award
Interview with Bret Anthony Johnston: "Write what you're afraid to know"
- 13th April 2017
- 2017 award
He talks to Sophie Haydock about curiosity, the current political climate and his unusual childhood desire to be a “garbage collector”
Interview with the American author Kathleen Alcott
- 9th April 2017
- 2017 award
She discusses the digital sphere that inspired her story and her own social media anxiety with Sophie Haydock
Interview with the play-wright and author Victor Lodato
- 4th April 2017
- 2017 award
He speaks to Sophie Haydock about the music of writing, drawing inspiration from his theatre background and the patience required to turn one’s memories into the basis for stories
Interview with the American author Celeste Ng
- 31st March 2017
- 2017 award
“Would it be confusing, or enlightening, to never be able to leave the past behind?” Interview by Sophie Haydock
Sally Rooney, 26, reveals the secrets of her shortlisted story, Mr Salary
- 30th March 2017
- 2017 award
She talks to Sophie Haydock about her early success, the extent to which fiction should draw on “real life” and the influence of luck
Anna Metcalfe: a friend kept saying to me: “This is a big deal”
- 14th March 2017
- 2017 award
She describes how being on the shortlist felt like a big hug and someone whispering: “It’s OK to keep going, to keep doing this thing that you love”
The top short story competitions to enter
- 10th March 2017
- 2017 award
The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award’s pick of the most interesting upcoming short story competitions to enter up until the end of March
Interview with our judge Neel Mukherjee
- 8th March 2017
- 2017 award
The Indian author Neel Mukherjee is a judge for this year’s Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award.