Previous Prize Years
2025
Winner
The Remembered Soldier, by Anjet Daanje, translated by David McKay (New Vessel Press)
Shortlist
Dreaming of Dead People, by Rosalind Belben (And Other Stories)
Little Lazarus, by Michael Bible (CLASH Books)
The Remembered Soldier, by Anjet Daanje, translated by David McKay (New Vessel Press)
The Endless Week, by Laura Vazquez, translated by Alex Niemi (Dorothy, a publishing project)
Hothouse Bloom, by Austyn Wohlers (Hub City Press)
Longlist
Dreaming of Dead People, by Rosalind Belben (And Other Stories)
Little Lazarus, by Michael Bible (CLASH Books)
The Remembered Soldier, by Anjet Daanje, translated by David McKay (New Vessel Press)
On Earth As It Is Beneath, by Ana Paula Maia, translated by Padma Viswanathan (Charco Press)
Little World, by Josephine Rowe (Transit Books)
Iris and the Dead, by Miranda Schreiber (Book*hug Press)
Small Scale Sinners, by Mahreen Sohail (A Public Space Books)
The Endless Week, by Laura Vazquez, translated by Alex Niemi (Dorothy, a publishing project)
Hothouse Bloom, by Austyn Wohlers (Hub City Press)
Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation, by Sarah Yahm (Dzanc Books)
2024
Winner
Melvill by Rodrigo Fresán, translated by Will Vanderhyden (Open Letter)
Shortlist
Like a Sky Inside by Jakuta Alikavazovic, translated by Daniel Levin Becker (Fern Books)
Melvill by Rodrigo Fresán, translated by Will Vanderhyden (Open Letter)
Lesser Ruins by Mark Haber (Coffee House Press)
The Case of Cem by Vera Mutafchieva, translated by Angela Rodel (Sandorf Passage)
Your Absence is Darkness by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton (Biblioasis)
Longlist
Like a Sky Inside by Jakuta Alikavazovic, translated by Daniel Levin Becker (Fern)
To & Fro by Leah Hager Cohen (Bellevue Literary Press)
Melvill by Rodrigo Fresán, translated by Will Vanderhyden (Open Letter)
Lesser Ruins by Mark Haber (Coffee House Press)
Tidal Lock by Lindsay Hill (McPherson & Company)
Overstaying by Ariane Koch, translated by Damion Searls (Dorothy, a publishing project)
The Case of Cem by Vera Mutafchieva, translated by Angela Rodel (Sandorf Passage)
Your Absence is Darkness by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton (Biblioasis)
Gifted by Suzumi Suzuki, translated by Allison Markin Powell (Transit Books)
Lublin by Manya Wilkinson (And Other Stories)
2023
Winner
Lojman, by Ebru Ojen, translated by Aron Aji and Selin Gökçesu (City Lights Publishers)
Shortlist
The Long Form, by Kate Briggs (Dorothy, a publishing project)
Two Sherpas, by Sebastián Martínez Daniell, translated by Jennifer Croft (Charco Press)
The Birthday Party, by Laurent Mauvignier, translated by Daniel Levin Becker (Transit Books)
Lojman, by Ebru Ojen, translated by Aron Aji and Selin Gökçesu (City Lights Publishers)
The Box, by Mandy-Suzanne Wong (Graywolf Press)
Longlist
Cross Stitch, by Jazmina Barrera, translated by Christina MacSweeney (Two Lines Press)
The Long Form, by Kate Briggs (Dorothy)
Two Sherpas, by Sebastián Martínez Daniell, translated by Jennifer Croft (Charco Press)
Breaking and Entering, by Don Gillmor (Biblioasis)
Your Love is Not Good, by Johanna Hedva (And Other Stories)
Landscapes, by Christine Lai (Two Dollar Radio)
The Birthday Party, by Laurent Mauvignier, translated by Daniel Levin Becker (Transit Books)
Lojman, by Ebru Ojen, translated by Aron Aji and Selin Gökcesu (City Lights)
The Box, by Mandy-Suzanne Wong (Graywolf Press)
The Sorrows of Others, by Ada Zhang (A Public Space)
2022
Winner
God’s Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories, by Arinze Ifeakandu (A Public Space Books)
Shortlist
Blood Red, by Gabriela Ponce, translated Sarah Booker (Restless Books)
God’s Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories, by Arinze Ifeakandu (A Public Space Books)
A New Name, Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls (Transit Books)
Pollak’s Arm, by Hans von Trotha, translated by Elisabeth Lauffer (New Vessel Press)
The Sleeping Car Porter, by Suzette Mayr (Coach House Books)
Longlist
Blood Red by Gabriela Ponce, translated by Sara Booker (Restless Books)
Family Album: Stories, by Gabriela Alemán, translated by Dick Cluster and Mary Ellen Fieweger (City Lights Books)
Get ‘em Young, Treat ‘em Tough, Tell ‘em Nothing, by Robin McLean (And Other Stories)
God’s Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories, by Arinze Ifeakandu (A Public Space Books)
Moldy Strawberries: Stories, by Caio Fernando Abreu, translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato (Archipelago Books)
New Animal, by Ella Baxter (Two Dollar Radio)
A New Name, Septology VI-VII, by Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls (Transit Books)
New and Selected Stories, by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated by Sarah Booker, Lisa Dillman, Francisca González Arias, Alex Ross, and the author (Dorothy, A Publishing Project)
Pollak’s Arm, by Hans von Trotha, translated by Elisabeth Lauffer (New Vessel Press)
The Sleeping Car Porter, by Suzette Mayr (Coach House Books)