The longlist has been selected for the 2025 Gordon Burn Prize, recognizing "exceptional writing which has an unconventional perspective, style or subject matter and often defies easy categorization. It celebrates literary outliers and daring and experimental work that often speaks to broader societal issues."
The winning author receives £10,000 (about $12,690) and the chance to undertake a writing retreat at Gordon Burn’s cottage in Berwickshire in England. The shortlist will be announced in January and a winner named March 6. The longlisted titles are:
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other by Danielle Dutton
The Strangers: Five Extraordinary Black Men and the Worlds That Made Them by Ekow Eshun
Ootlin by Jenni Fagan
Mrs. Jekyll by Emma Glass
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning by Keiran Goddard
White Terror: A True Story of Murder, Bombings and Germany's Far Right by Jacob Kushner
Poor Artists by Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad
Only Here, Only Now by Tom Newlands
The Lasting Harm: Witnessing the Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell by Lucia Osborne-Crowley
England Is Mine by Nicolas Padamsee
The Horse by Willy Vlautin