Announcing the long list for First Pages Prize 2021
With a dazzling array of themes and genres represented this year, and over 2,000 entries received from 54 countries, our judging committee were hard-pressed to select these 36 longlisted entries. The quality of writing across the board was very impressive and a great number came close. Congratulations to all.
In alphabetical order:
A Girl Called Faith - Tom Houseman
A Good, Hard Slap - Catherine Bator
A Travelogue for the Wasteland - Eric Roe
Between Times - Laine Williams
Bloodline - Thao Thai
Cloud Mountains in a Lake of Air - Sally Colin-James
Crocodile - Doris Cheng
Fear and Fury - Amy Gibson
Instructions for Affection - Savannah Horton
Mister Twister’s Sister - Roxan McDonald - Sandra Carpenter Prize for CNF Finalist
Mountain Standard Time - Angella d’Avignon
Outlasting Angie - Ann Kathryn Kelly - Sandra Carpenter Prize for CNF Finalist
Paradise Pawn - Meg Richardson
Ready About - Allison Ellis - Sandra Carpenter Prize for CNF Finalist
Repertorio - Seth Bockley
Rice Paper Superheroes - Noriko Nakada
Salvatora - Jane Symonds
Sanctuary - Stephanie Pushaw
Shale - Kim Squirrell
The Absence of Color - Phil Taylor
The Boy Made of Air - Mariam Bazeed
The Condor Arms - Susan Vogel
The Courtyard - Austin Diaz
The Crossing Guard - Shane Crosby
The Double Sun - Jeanne Gassman
The Gatherer - Eunice Liew
The Last of the Dodos - Sandy Foster
The No-See-Um Society - Sara Merten
The Slapjack - Alan Sincic
The Taste of Names - Masha Shukovich
The Truth About Littletown - Sam Windrim
This Bright Court - Suzanne Bailey
Unblotting - Sadie Nott
Under the Light, Yet Under - Lorna Elcock
Walk Good - Stephanie Mullings
Welcome to Cactus Country - Zoë Bossiere - Sandra Carpenter Prize for CNF Finalist
Look out for the shortlist coming May 17th and further details about these emerging writers.
Five winners for 2021 will receive cash awards totalling $5,000 USD, partial developmental editing on their winning manuscripts, and the top 3 winners meet with their choice out of a London or New York literary agent to discuss the marketplace for their work. The one winner of the Sandra Carpenter Prize for Creative Nonfiction receives a cash award of $500, partial developmental edit plus Zoom meeting with their choice of agent.