Petina Gappah Shortlisted for the UK’s Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award

Congratulations to PEN SA member Petina Gappah, who has been shortlisted for the 2016 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award!

Petina’s shortlisted story is titled “The News of Her Death” and an excerpt of it can be read on Books LIVE here.

Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah has made the shortlist of the United Kingdom’s 2016 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award – the world’s richest prize for a single short story.

The prize goes to a story in English of up to 6,000 words, by an author from anywhere in the world who has been published in the UK or Ireland.

Six authors from five countries make up the shortlist for this year’s award, which comes with £30 000 prize money (about R657 000).

Read more about the shortlist on Books LIVE