Ursula K. Le Guin Prize

The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize, established in 2022, is an annual, English-language literary award presented in honor of Ursula K. Le Guin. The $25,000 prize is awarded to an author for a single work of "imaginative fiction". The award is meant to honor authors who "can imagine real grounds for hope and see alternatives to how we live now".[1][2]

Eligibility

Books may be nominated for the prize by anyone and will be judged based on how well the work "reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula's own work, including but not limited to: hope, equity, and freedom; non-violence and alternatives to conflict; and a holistic view of humanity's place in the natural world".[3]

To be eligible, a book must be a "book-length work of imaginative fiction written by a single author", "[p]ublished in the U.S. in English or in translation to English", and "[p]ublished in the specific window for each year's prize".[3] After a writer wins the award once, they cannot be nominated for the prize again.[3]

Additionally, the award "give[s] weight to writers whose access to resources may be limited due to race, gender, age, class or other factors; who are working outside of institutional frameworks like MFA programs; who live outside of cultural centers such as New York; and who have not yet been widely recognized for their work".[4]

Recipients

  Winner ·   Finalist ·   Shortlist

Ursula K. Le Guin Prize winners and finalists
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2022 Khadija Abdalla Bajaber The House of Rust Winner [5][6]
Sequoia Nagamatsu How High We Go in the Dark Finalist [5][6]
Catherynne M. Valente The Past Is Red Finalist [5][6]
Cynthia Zhang After the Dragons Shortlist [7]
Matt Bell Appleseed Shortlist [7]
Adrian Tchaikovsky Elder Race Shortlist [7]
Olga Ravn, trans. by Martin Aitken The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century Shortlist [7]
Darcie Little Badger A Snake Falls to Earth Shortlist [7]
Michelle Ruiz Keil Summer in the City of Roses Shortlist [7]
2023 Christiane M. Andrews Wolfish Shortlist [8]
Rebecca Campbell Arboreality Shortlist [8]
Nicola Griffith Spear Shortlist [8]
Yuri Herrera Ten Planets Shortlist [8]
Simon Jimenez The Spear Cuts Through Water Shortlist [8]
Zain Khalid Brother Alive Shortlist [8]
Akil Kumarasamy Meet Us by the Roaring Sea Shortlist [8]
R. B. Lemberg Geometries of Belonging Shortlist [8]
Yvette Lisa Ndlovu Drinking from Graveyard Wells Shortlist [8]

References
  1. Flood, Allison (October 21, 2021). "Realists of a larger reality wanted: Ursula K Le Guin prize for fiction to launch in 2022". The Guardian.
  2. Schaub, Michael (October 21, 2021). "New Fiction Prize Named for Ursula K. Le Guin". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  3. "Ursula K. Le Guin—The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction". The Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  4. "Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction to Launch Next Year". Shelf Awareness. October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  5. Schaub, Michael (October 25, 2022). "Winner of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Is Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  6. "Awards: Ursula K. Le Guin for Fiction". Shelf Awareness. October 25, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  7. "Announcing the Shortlist for the Inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction". Electric Literature. July 28, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  8. "The 2023 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction". The Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
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