Here’s the shortlist for the Center for Fiction’s 2020 First Novel Prize.

Today the Center for Fiction announced the shortlist for its 2020 First Novel Prize. The prize, first awarded in 2006, recognizes the best debut fiction of the year, and it comes with $15,000; each finalist receives $1,000. Previous winners include De’Shawn Charles Winslow, Tommy Orange, and Viet Than Nguyen. Like many shortlists of this year, the […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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'Daring' Arabic Fiction Prize shortlist revealed

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Murakami shortlisted for Indie Foreign Fiction Prize

Authors Haruki Murakami, Erwin Mortier and Daniel Kehlmann have made the shortlist for the 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Also shortlisted for the £10,000 award are two writers whose work has been translated from Spanish into English for the first time: Tomás González and Juan Tomás... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Six-strong shortlist for International Prize for Arabic Fiction

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Shortlist for Arabic fiction prize announced

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Shortlist revealed for radical children's fiction prize

Titles from Frances Lincoln, Templar, Walker and Random House UK have been shortlisted for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Shortlist for International Prize for Arabic Fiction

The shortlist for the 2012 International Prize for Arabic Fiction has been announced in a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Aspen Words Prize Longlist of 16 Titles for 2019 Prize in Issue-Driven Fiction

This is the second year of operation for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, which stresses fiction that has social impact, work specifically addressing contemporary issues. The post Aspen Words Prize Longlist of 16 Titles for 2019 Prize in Issue-Driven Fiction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Competition Notes: Sunday Times Prize Judges, Harper Lee Legal Fiction Prize Finalists

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Predicting the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

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Six ‘implicitly optimistic’ novels make the International Booker prize shortlist

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Toronto: The $150,000 Carol Shields Prize Names Its Shortlist

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The Women’s prize for fiction is a success – now it has a nonfiction sister | Kate Mosse

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With the Novel Prize, Three Anglophone Publishers Team to Champion Innovative Fiction

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The German Audiobook Prize Names Its 2024 Shortlists

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Ireland’s Paul Lynch Wins the 2023 Booker Prize for Fiction

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England’s Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2023 Shortlist

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