Here's the 2022 Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist

The shortlist for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced.

The award is among the most prestigious for young writers and honors the best international literature from those thirty-nine and younger.

The winner, who receives £20,000 (about $27,500), will be announced May 12.

Here are the contenders:

• A Passage North, by Anuk Arudpragasam

• Auguries of a Minor God, by Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe

• The Sweetness of Water, by Nathan Harris

• No One is Talking About This, by Patricia Lockwood

• Open Water, by Caleb Azumah Nelson

• Filthy Animals, by Brandon Taylor