Sunday Times Short Story Award

Writers from six countries and across four continents make up the 12-strong longlist for the 2016 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award.

Backcountry by Maggie Shipstead
Clap Hands by Thomas Morris
Poppies in the Snow by Madhulika Liddle
The Dacha by Alix Christie
The Elector of Nossnearly by Rob Magnuson Smith
The Glass Woman by Deborah Levy
The Human Phonograph by Jonathan Tel
The Master Swordsman by Marcel Theroux
The News of Her Death by Petina Gappah
Phosphorescence by Nicholas Ruddock
What Time is it Now? by Colum McCann
Unbeschert by Edith Pearlman

The 2016 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award winner will receive £30,000, the world's richest prize for a single short story.

Jonathan Tel's 'The Human Phonograph' wins 2016's Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award