2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Finalists
The 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize has announced its list of five finalists. The award honors “mid-career authors in fiction,” and the winner receives a $50,000 prize and a residence at the University of California, Berkeley and/or Bay Area. The award is given by the New Literary Project. Works and authors of genre interest include:
- Say Hello to My Little Friend, Jennine Capó Crucet (Simon & Schuster)
- Bear, Julia Phillips (Hogarth)
- Fire Exit, Morgan Talty (Tin House)
- The Horse, Willy Vlautin (Harper)
The winner will be named in April 2025. For more information, including the complete list of finalists, see the New Literary Project website.
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