Short- and Long-List Honorees for the 2022 Prize for Fiction
It was our honor to read and review hundreds of submissions from countless talented authors for this year’s Prize for Fiction. Though narrowing them down was a nearly impossible task, we’re proud to honor these works as the Prize for Fiction short- and long-list honorees.
Prize for Fiction Shortlist
Space Junk by Marina Harris
Country of Under by Brooke Shaffner
PLUM by Andy Anderegg
Sunset at Lion Rock by Matthew Wong Foreman
The Occupant by Nick Story
Prize for Fiction Longlist
Churn by Chloe Siem
Seconds Forms by Christine Denkewalter
Controlled Conversations by Karol Lagodzki
Quartet by Matthew Smith
The Moth Orchid by Linda Gorelova
Condition Paradise Now by Kate Hunter
The Invisible Hand by Douglas Cole
The Nurseryman’s Wedding by David Hopes
Of Rivers and Dreams by Fayeza Hasanat
The Dissection by Samuel Ashworth
Wallpaper by Kayla Blatchley
June Variations by Hayden Casey
Thermidor by Corley Miller
We Walked On by Therese Chehade
This Is Not My Home by Danielle Wolffe
These Hearts May Explode by Vish Khanna
Atalanta by Kirsten Lunstrum
Six Months of Winter by Michael Larson
Soldiers and Jungles by Martin Naparsteck
Cadenza by Justin Courter
The Worst Kind of Girl by Susan Rukeyser
Meanwhile by Amalia Gladhart