Here's the 2023 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction shortlist

The 2023 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction shortlist has been announced.

The author herself was often critical of major literary awards, but her son explained to Electric Literature that his goal in founding the award was to honor authors, with no strings attached, and also celebrate imaginative fiction — stories that picture a brighter future, versus the dystopian trend.

One of these books will be revealed as the winner of $25,000 on October 21.

• Wolfish by Christiane M. Andrews

• Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell

• Spear by Nicola Griffith

• Ten Planets by Yuri Herrera

• The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

• Brother Alive by Zain Khalid

• Meet Us by the Roaring Sea by Akil Kumarasamy

• Geometrics of Belonging by R. B. Lemberg

• Drinking From Graveyard Wells by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu

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