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2025

Winner
Early Sobrieties by Michael Deagler

Finalists
Dead in Long Beach, California by Venita Blackburn
Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
The Road to the Salt Sea by Samuel Kolawole
Controlled Conversations by Karol Lagodzki

Longlist
Atta Boy by Cally Fiedorek
High Hawk by Amy Frykholm
Head Fake by Scott Gordon
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty

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2024

Winner
Countries of Origin by Javier Fuentes

Finalists
Flux by Jinwoo Chong
Promise by Rachel Eliza Griffiths (withdrawn)
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang (withdrawn)
American Gospel by Miah Jeffra

Longlist
Hangman by Maya Binyam (withdrawn)
Dances by Nicole Cuffy
The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jimenez (withdrawn)
Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas (withdrawn)

2023

Winner
Calling For a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

Shortlist
Activities of Daily Living by Lisa Hsiao Chen
Shutter by Ramona Emerson
Little Rabbit by Alyssa Songsiridej
Which Side Are You On by Ryan Lee Wong

Longlist
A Tiny Upward Shove by Melissa Chadburn
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
Nuclear Family by Joseph Han
Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

2022

Winner
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Shortlist
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
Dear Miss Metropolitan by Carolyn Ferrell
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade

Longlist
Swimming Back to Trout River by Linda Rui Feng
The Recent East by Thomas Grattan
Future Feeling by Joss Lake
Bed Stuy: A Love Story by Jerry McGill
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

2021

Winner
Sharks in the Time of Saviours by Kawai Strong Washburn

Shortlist
These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card
Luster by Raven Leilani
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang

Longlist
Cuyahoga: A Novel by Pete Beatty
Spindle City: A Novel by Jotham Burrello
Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford
Temporary by Hilary Leichter
Goshen Road: A Novel by Bonnie Proudfoot

2020

Winner
A Prayer for Travelers by Ruchika Tomar

Shortlist
Stay and Fight by Madeline ffitch
99 Nights in Logar by Jamil Jan Kochai
Big Familia by Tomas Moniz
The Travelers by Regina Porter

Longlist
The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz
Reinhardt’s Garden by Mark Haber
The Affairs of the Falcons by Melissa Rivero
The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

2019

Winner
There There by Tommy Orange

Shortlist
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
The Driest Season by Meghan Kenny
Severance by Ling Ma
Cherry by Nico Walker

2018

Winner
Chemistry by Weike Wang

2017

Winner
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

2016

Winner
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

2015

Winner
Elegy on Kinderklavier by Arna Bontemps Hemenway

2014

Winner
We Need New Names by Noviolet Bulawayo

2013

Winner
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers

2012

Winner
Open City by Teju Cole

2011

Winner
The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse

2010

Winner
A Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka

2009

Winner
A Gentleman's Guide to Graceful Living by Michael Dahlie

2008

Winner
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris

2007

Winner
Brief Encounters with Che Guevara by Ben Fountain

2006

Winner
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li

2005

Winner
Graceland by Chris Abani

2004

Winner
Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh

2003

Winner
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt. 3W by George Brownstein

2002

Winner
Mary and O'Neil by Justin Cronin

2001

Winner
An Obedient Father by Akhil Sharma

2000

Winner
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

1999

Winner
Homestead by Rosina Lipini

1998

Winner
A Private State by Charlotte Bacon

1997

Winner
Ocean of Words by Ha Jin

1996

Winner
Native Speaker by Chang-rae Lee

1995

Winner
The Grass Dancer by Susan Power

1994

Winner
The Magic of Blood by Dagoberto Gilb

1993

Winner
Lost in the City by Edward P Jones

1992

Winner
Wartime Lies by Louis Begley

1991

Winner
Maps to Anywhere by Bernard Cooper

1990

Winner
The Ice at the Bottom of the World by Mark Richard

1989

Winner
The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton

1988

Winner
Imagining Argentina by Lawrence Thornton

1987

Winner
Tongues of Flame by Mary Ward Brown

1986

Winner
Lady's Time by Alan V Hewat

1985

Winner
Dreams of Sleep by Josephine Humphreys

1984

Winner
During the Reign of the Queen of Persia by Joan Chase

1983

Winner
Shiloh and Other Stories by Bobbie Ann Mason

1982

Winner
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

1981

Winner
Household Words by Joan Silber

1980

Winner
Mom Kills Kids and Self by Alan Saperstein

1979

Winner
Hasen by Reuben Bercovitch

1978

Winner
A Way of Life, Like Any Other by Darcy O'Brien

1977

Winner
Speedboat by Renata Adler

1976

Winner
Parthian Shot by Loyd Little

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