Awards: Dayton Literary Peace Prize; Not the Booker

The shortlists for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction and nonfiction have been announced and can be seen here. A winner and runner-up in both categroies will be announced on September 18. Winners receive a $10,000 honorarium and runners-up receive $2,500.

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This year's finalists have been announced for the 2018 Not the Booker Prize, the Guardian's alternative award that includes public voting. This year's shortlist features five titles chosen by voters and one wildcard entry picked by a judging panel. The winner, which will be announced October 15, "will receive a Guardian mug. They may not want it, but there’s nothing we can do about that." The complete shortlist includes:

Sealed by Naomi Booth
Dark Pines by Will Dean
Raising Sparks by Ariel Kahn
Sweet Fruit, Sour Land by Rebecca Ley
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan
Three Dreams in the Key of G by Marc Nash (wildcard)

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