Short- and Long-List Honorees for the 2022 Short Story Collection Prize

It was our honor to read and review hundreds of submissions from countless talented authors for this year’s Short Story Collection Prize. Though narrowing them down was a nearly impossible task, we’re proud to celebrate these works as the short- and longlist honorees.

Short Story Collection Prize Shortlist:

Escape Velocity - Ellen Rhudy

Ace Annunciation - Trudy Lewis

The Mexican Messiah: A Novella and Stories - Jay Kauffmann

These Worn Bodies - K.B. Carle

The Consolations of Space - Hillery Hugg

WHEN YOU WATCH ME - Elizabeth Searle

Not So Long Ago - Bill Smoot

Messages - Mary Kuryla

The Mercy of Others - Kent Nelson

Looking for Ezekiel - William Ejzak

I'm So Sorry Babe - Sarah Faulkner

This House and Other Houses - Clark Knowles

We Knew Horses & Other Neo-Noirs - James Miranda

The Local Gods - Mack Marsden

Old School - mary grimm

John & Yoko & Rowena & Me - Shelley Ettinger

Short Story Collection Prize Longlist:

Happily Ever After - L.H. Finigan

Strategies for Being - Kate Barss

Lensballing the Future - Jody Azzouni

Paseos, and Other Stories - Jose M. Martinez

Secret Government - Franklin Schneider

The Normal Force - Molia Dumbleton

Now I'm Photogenic and Other Stories I Tell Myself - Jill Rosenberg

Departures - Adam Peterson

This is Not Skin - Nathan Roberts

Critical Cartography and Other Stories - Joseph Levens

The Long Swim - Terese Svoboda

Broken or Breakable - M. Christine Benner Dixon

House of Horrors - Robert Long Foreman

Outermark, A Linked Collection - Jason Brown

Unusual Poisons - Matthew Pitt

The Continental Divide - Robert Johnson

IF YOU THINK YOUR HEART CAN TAKE IT - Suzanne McConnell

The Olfactorist - Irene Cooper

Michael Jackson in Gaza and Other Stories - Askold Melnyczuk

What Mennonite Girls are Good For - Jennifer Sears

The Empty Castle - L Davenport