Short list

• Romalyn Ante - Antiemetic for Homesickness (Chatto & Windus)

• Catherine Cho - Inferno (Bloomsbury Circus)

• Rachel Long - My Darling From the Lions (Picador) 

• Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - The First Woman (Oneworld Publications)

• Katy Massey - Are We Home Yet (jacaranda)

• Paul Mendez  - Rainbow Milk (Dialogue Books)

Long list

• Romalyn Ante - Antiemetic for Homesickness (Chatto & Windus)

• Catherine Cho - Inferno (Bloomsbury Circus)

• Afshan D’Souza-Lodhi - [re: desire] (Burning Eye Books)

• Caleb Femi - Poor (Penguin)

• Kiran Millwood Hargrave - The Mercies (Picador)

• Tammye Huf - A More Perfect Union (Myriad Editions)

• Rachel Long - My Darling From the Lions (Picador)

• Deirdre Mask - The Address Book (Profile Books)

• Katy Massey - Are We Home Yet (jacaranda)

• Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - The First Woman (Oneworld Publications)

• Paul Mendez  - Rainbow Milk (Dialogue Books)

• Stephanie Scott - What’s Left of Me Is Yours (W&N)

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