The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize, established in 2022, is an annual, English-language literary award presented in honor of Ursula K. Le Guin. The $25,000 prize is awarded to an author for a single work of "imaginative fiction". The award is meant to honor authors who "can imagine real grounds for hope and see alternatives to how we live now". Here is the short list of this year's nominees:
THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS by Vajra Chandrasekera
THE SKIN AND ITS GIRL by Sarah Cypher
IT LASTS FOREVER AND THEN IT'S OVER by Anne de Marcken
ORBITAL by Samantha Harvey
SIFT by Alissa Hattman
THOSE BEYOND THE WALL by Micaiah Johnson
THE LIBRARY OF BROKEN WORLDS by Alaya Dawn Johnson
THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS by Premee Mohamed
SOME DESPERATE GLORY: by Emily Tesh
MAMMOTHS AT THE GATES by Nghi Vo
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