Some 32 authors have been longlisted for the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize, which honors "a mid-career author of fiction in the midst of a burgeoning career, a distinguished writer who has emerged and is still emerging," and is sponsored by New Literary Project. The winner receives $50,000 and will have a week-long residency at the University of California, Berkeley. Finalists will be named in March, the winner in April. See the longlisted authors here.
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A 16-title shortlist in four categories has been released for Nero Book Awards, which recognizes authors in the U.K. and Republic of Ireland and celebrates "the craft of great writing and the joy of reading, and point readers of all ages and interests in the direction of the most outstanding books and writers of the year." Check out the complete shortlist here.
Category winners (fiction, nonfiction, debut fiction, and children's) will be named January 14, and those selected as the overall winner--the Nero Gold Prize, Book of the Year--will be announced March 5. Each of the category winners receives £5,000 (about $6,360), with the Book of the Year winner getting an additional £30,000 (about $38,160).