Prize for Fiction Short- and Longlist Honorees

It’s been our immense pleasure to read such talented entries this year, and we had a deeply difficult time choosing between them. Below are our short- and longlist honorees.

Prize for Fiction Shortlist

A Fury – Paul Corning

Tracing the Shadow – Hayden Casey

The Lights of Redemption – Matthew Hernandez

What Was Left Became Its Body – Brenna Lee

The Samsa Files – Dalanie Beach

Longlist

Lotte at the Opera – Trudy Lewis

The Love Frown - Siamak Vossoughi

Lavender Brooding Watersong - Afopefoluwa Ojo

No Man’s Land – Olivia Katrandjian

Waking Monsters – T.O. Red

Ibrahim’s Eyes – Paul Wilson

SPECIMENS: True and Un-Altered Notes on an Inadvertent Adventure of an Unusual Nature, the Which Contains Sorrow, Death, Danger, Art and Great Happiness - Rosanne Daryl Thomas

The House of Wisdom – Aatif Rashid

Ouida – Judy Juanita

Red Was the Color – Rima Ruhman

An American Education - Willy Lizárraga

1,000 Miles West – Tony Hamilton

Eat Your Darlings – Cristina Ferrandez

Arrhythmia – Danielle Shi

Sheen – Ashish Kaul

Himalaya – Jay Ellis

Six Upturned Faces – Rebecca Givens Rolland

Still Human – Asha Dore

Beyond Where Words Can Go – Richard Smith

The Egg – Tatjana Soli

Flat 17 – Chekwube Danladi

Honey Blue – Shalisa Gunn

Edith – Olivia Ciacci

Motel Rituals – Jay Wilcox

The Box – Nancy Burke

Orcinus – Julia Coursey

Fishpond – Janalyn Guo

A Delicate Condition – Loie Rawding