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Four Granta Titles Longlisted for the Nota Bene PrizeFour Granta Titles Longlisted for the Nota Bene Prize

Our Share of Night, Life Ceremony, When I Sing, Mountains Dance and I'm A Fan have all made the longlist for the Nota Bene Prize (formerly the Bloggers' Book Prize).

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Nick Laird Wins Forward Prize for Best Single PoemNick Laird Wins Forward Prize for Best Single Poem

Nick Laird has won the 2022 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem for his elegy ‘Up Late’, first published in Granta 156.

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Stephanie Sy-Quia’s Amnion is the winner of the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection at the 2022 Forward Prizes.

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Saba Sams wins the BBC National Short Story Award 2022Saba Sams wins the BBC National Short Story Award 2022

The BBC National Short Story Award 2022 has been awarded to Saba Sams for her story ‘Blue 4eva’, from her collection Send Nudes. Stories by Sarah Bernstein, Holly Pester, Zakia Uddin, Isabel Waidner and Missouri Williams have been longlisted for the award.

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Noel O'Regan recipient of Arts Council 2022 Next Generation awardNoel O'Regan recipient of Arts Council 2022 Next Generation award

Noel O'Regan, author of Though the Bodies Fall, is a recipient of the Arts Council 2022 Next Generation award, awarded to promising emerging artists across all disciplines.

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Michel Nieva and Natasha Wimmer winners of 2022 O. Henry PrizeMichel Nieva and Natasha Wimmer winners of 2022 O. Henry Prize

‘Dengue Boy’ by Michel Nieva, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer, is a winner of the 2022 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction.

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Legacy Russell and Claire Luchette selected for 2022 Best of the Net AnthologyLegacy Russell and Claire Luchette selected for 2022 Best of the Net Anthology

‘Roses’ by Legacy Russell and ‘Upper Extremity’ by Claire Luchette have been selected for the 2022 Best of the Net Anthology.

Chris Dennis on Ghislaine Maxwell Wins a Sidney AwardChris Dennis on Ghislaine Maxwell Wins a Sidney Award

‘A Series of Rooms Occupied by Ghislaine Maxwell’ by Chris Dennis has won a 2021 Sidney Award.

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Alejandro Zambra shortlisted for Vargas Llosa PrizeAlejandro Zambra shortlisted for Vargas Llosa Prize

Alejandro Zambra has been shortlisted for the Mario Vargas Llosa Prize for his novel Chilean Poet.

Kevin Maxwell Shortlisted for 2021 Polari First Book PrizeKevin Maxwell Shortlisted for 2021 Polari First Book Prize

Forced Out by Kevin Maxwell has been shortlisted for 2021 Polari First Book Prize.

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Sayaka Murata nominated for Shirley Jackson AwardsSayaka Murata nominated for Shirley Jackson Awards

Sayaka Murata and Ginny Tapley Takemori, author and translator of Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings, have been nominated for the 2020 Shirley Jackson Awards for the story ‘Faith’.

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Natalie Diaz Wins Pulitzer Prize in PoetryNatalie Diaz Wins Pulitzer Prize in Poetry

Natalie Diaz has won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection Postcolonial Love Poem. ‘I, Minotaur’, included in this collection, was first published by Granta.

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Holly Pester, Kayo Chingonyi and Many More Shortlisted for the Forward Prizes for PoetryHolly Pester, Kayo Chingonyi and Many More Shortlisted for the Forward Prizes for Poetry

Holly Pester’s collection Comic Timing, published by Granta Books, is shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Granta has also published work by numerous other shortlisted writers.

Laura Demers Shortlisted for 2021 Sunday Times Audible Short Story AwardLaura Demers Shortlisted for 2021 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award

‘Sleeping Beauty’ by Laura Demers has been shortlisted for the 2021 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award.

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Three Granta Titles are Shortlisted for The Orwell PrizeThree Granta Titles are Shortlisted for The Orwell Prize

Between Two Fires, Labours of Love and Eat the Buddha make up nearly half the shortlist for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing.

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Four O. Henry Prize Winning Stories Published by GrantaFour O. Henry Prize Winning Stories Published by Granta

Stories by Caroline Albertine Minor (translated by Caroline Waight), Sindya Bhanoo, Jianan Qian, Karina Sainz Borgo (translated by Elizabeth Bryer) are all winners of the 2021 O. Henry Prize.

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Five Granta Titles Longlisted for The Orwell PrizesFive Granta Titles Longlisted for The Orwell Prizes

Weather, Between Two Fires, Eat the Buddha, Labours of Love and Recollections of My Non-Existence are all longlisted for The Orwell Prizes.

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Noriko Hayashi Is a Finalist for 2021 Amnesty Media AwardsNoriko Hayashi Is a Finalist for 2021 Amnesty Media Awards

Noriko Hayashi’s photoessay ‘Japanese Wives’, first published in Granta 150, is one of four finalists in the photojournalism category of the 2021 Amnesty Media Awards.

‘Manifest’ by ’Pemi Aguda in Best of the Net Anthology‘Manifest’ by ’Pemi Aguda in Best of the Net Anthology

‘Manifest’ by ’Pemi Aguda has been selected for the Best of the Net Anthology.

Don Mee Choi Wins National Book Award for PoetryDon Mee Choi Wins National Book Award for Poetry

Don Mee Choi has won the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry for DMZ Colony. An excerpt from this book, ‘The Orphans’, was first published on Granta.com

Souvankham Thammavongsa Wins 2020 Scotiabank Giller PrizeSouvankham Thammavongsa Wins 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize

The title story of Souvankham Thammavongsa’s winning collection How to Pronounce Knife was first published in Granta 141: Canada.

Jenny Offill shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2020Jenny Offill shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2020

Weather by Jenny Offill has been selected by booksellers for the shortlist of the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards.

Patrick Barkham shortlisted for the East Anglian Book AwardsPatrick Barkham shortlisted for the East Anglian Book Awards

Wild Child by Patrick Barkham is shortlisted for the East Anglian Book Awards.

Will Harris and Daisy Lafarge shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot PrizeWill Harris and Daisy Lafarge shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize

RENDANG by Will Harris and Life Without Air by Daisy Lafarge have been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2020.

Cynan Jones shortlisted for Wales Fiction Book of the YearCynan Jones shortlisted for Wales Fiction Book of the Year

Stillicide by Cynan Jones has been shortlisted for 2020 Wales Book of the Year in the Fiction category.

Three Granta Winners of Pushcart Prize XLVThree Granta Winners of Pushcart Prize XLV

Stories by Julia Armfield and David Means, and an essay by Poppy Sebag-Montefiore have been included in the Pushcart Prize Anthology XLV.

Will Harris shortlisted for a Forward PrizeWill Harris shortlisted for a Forward Prize

RENDANG by Will Harris has been shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection at the 2020 Forward Prizes.

Daniel O’Malley and Alexia Tolas Shortlisted for 2020 Sunday Times Audible Short Story AwardDaniel O’Malley and Alexia Tolas Shortlisted for 2020 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award

Two stories published by Granta are shortlisted for the 2020 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award.

Jeremy Narby in Best Canadian Essays 2020Jeremy Narby in Best Canadian Essays 2020

Jeremy Narby’s essay ‘Confessions of a White Vampire’ was selected to feature in Best Canadian Essays 2020

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Zoe Tennant nominated for James Beard Foundation Journalism AwardZoe Tennant nominated for James Beard Foundation Journalism Award

Zoe Tennant’s essay ‘First Course’ has been nominated for a 2020 James Beard Foundation Journalism Award.

Four Granta Authors Longlisted for 2020 Sunday Times Audible Short Story AwardFour Granta Authors Longlisted for 2020 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award

Three stories published by Granta, as well as a story by a Granta Books author, feature on the longlist for the 2020 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award.

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Jenny Offill shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020Jenny Offill shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020

Jenny Offill’s Weather has been shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020.

Ben Lerner shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2020Ben Lerner shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2020

Ben Lerner’s The Topeka School has been shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2020.

Frans de Waal wins PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardFrans de Waal wins PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

Frans de Waal’s Mama’s Last Hug, has won the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, exemplifying literary excellence on the subject of biological science.

Bruno Fert shortlisted for the Amnesty Media AwardsBruno Fert shortlisted for the Amnesty Media Awards

Bruno Fert’s photoessay ‘Refuge’ is one of four finalists in the photojournalism category of the Amnesty Media Awards.

Mbozi Haimbe, Kikuko Tsumura and Polly Barton win the 2020 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging WritersMbozi Haimbe, Kikuko Tsumura and Polly Barton win the 2020 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers

Kikuko Tsumura’s story ‘The Water Tower and the Turtle’, translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton, and Mbozi Haimbe’s story ‘Madam’s Sister’ are both winning stories.

Etgar Keret wins the J.J. Green­berg Memo­r­i­al Award for Fic­tionEtgar Keret wins the J.J. Green­berg Memo­r­i­al Award for Fic­tion

We’re delighted to share the news that Etgar Keret’s story collection Fly Already has won the J.J. Green­berg Memo­r­i­al Award for Fic­tion, a Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award administrated by the Jewish Book Council.

Jonathan Wright shortlisted for the Saif Ghobash Banipal PrizeJonathan Wright shortlisted for the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize

Jokes for the Gunmen by Mazen Maarouf, translated from the Arabic by Johnathan Wright, has been shortlisted for the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize 2019. 

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Carys Davies wins Aberystwyth University Fiction AwardCarys Davies wins Aberystwyth University Fiction Award

West by Carys Davies has won the Aberystwyth University Fiction Award 2019 as part of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Awards.

Holly Pester shortlisted for Forward Prize for Best Single PoemHolly Pester shortlisted for Forward Prize for Best Single Poem

We’re thrilled to announce that Holly Pester’s poem ‘Comic Timing’ has been shortlisted for the 2019 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem.

Caoilinn Hughes and Alexander MacLeod win O. Henry PrizeCaoilinn Hughes and Alexander MacLeod win O. Henry Prize

‘Prime’ by Caoilinn Hughes and ‘Lagomorph’ by Alexander MacLeod have been announced as winners of the 2019 O. Henry Prize. 

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