About this Long List, the jury wrote: “We were enamored by the excellence of these works for their inventive exploration of storytelling, identity, belonging, sentience, genre, and gender with singular or shifting perspectives, in daring and vivid ways that stand them apart.”

Long List

The 2025 jury chose 7 works for the Long List

The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Tor, 2025)

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Publisher Name: TorYear: 2025
Work Type: Novel

“möbius loop” by Samir Sirk Morató (khōréō, 2025)

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Title: “möbius loop”Author:
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Publisher Name: khōréōYear: 2025
Work Type: Short Fiction

Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska (Gollancz, 2025)

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Title: Some Body Like MeAuthor:
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Publisher Name: GollanczYear: 2025
Work Type: Novel

Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity by Lee Mandelo (ed.) (Erewhon, 2025)

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Title: Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans FuturityEditors: Lee Mandelo (ed.)
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Publisher Name: ErewhonYear: 2025
Work Type: Other

Boy Island by Leo Fox (Silver Sprocket, 2024)

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Title: Boy IslandAuthor:
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Publisher Name: Silver SprocketYear: 2024
Work Type: Other

The Ghost and the Golem by Benjamin Rosenbaum (Choice of Games, 2024)

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Title: The Ghost and the GolemAuthor:
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Publisher Name: Choice of GamesYear: 2024
Work Type: Other

Part Time Girl by Adriaan Brae (Presses Renaissance Press, 2025)

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Title: Part Time GirlAuthor:
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Publisher Name: Presses Renaissance PressYear: 2025
Work Type: Novel