2024 Future Worlds Prize Shortlist

• “The Unbound Atlas”, Zita Abila
• “Blood on Shadowed Blades”, Nelita Aromona
• “The Suit Sellers of Kowloon”, Ese Erheriene
• “Ek Haseena Thi”, Isha Karki
• “The Yawn of the Pond”, Inigo Laguda
• “Walk in Fire”, Ruairidh MacLean
• “Tribe of the Snow Leopards”, Farah Maria Rahman
• “Let None Through”, M.A. Seneviratne

The judges are M.H. Ayinde, Isabelle Dupuy, Femi Fadugba, Natalie Jerome, and Tade Thompson. The winner will receive £4,500, one runner-up £2,500, and the remaining six receive £850. All those shortlisted will receive mentoring from the prize’s publishing partners. The award is funded by author Ben Aaronovitch and actor Adjoa Andoh.

For more information, see the prize’s website.

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