Congrats to the 2022 First Novel Prize nominees!

Seven novels have been announced as being on the shortlist for the Center for Fiction’s 2022 First Novel Prize.

The writers of all seven will receive $1,000, but the winner — to be revealed December 6 — receives $15,000.

• Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades

• The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

• NSFW by Isabel Kaplan

• If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga

• Little Rabbit by Alyssa Songsiridej

• Big Girl by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

• The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara