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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Title: The EverlastingAuthor: Alix E. HarrowPublisher:
Publisher Name: TorYear: 2025“möbius loop” by Samir Sirk Morató (khōréō, 2025)
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Title: “möbius loop”Author: Samir Sirk MoratóPublisher:
Publisher Name: khōréōYear: 2025Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska (Gollancz, 2025)
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Title: Some Body Like MeAuthor: Lucy LapinskaPublisher:
Publisher Name: GollanczYear: 2025Amplitudes: 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.)Publisher:
Publisher Name: ErewhonYear: 2025Boy Island by Leo Fox (Silver Sprocket, 2024)
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Title: Boy IslandAuthor: Leo FoxPublisher:
Publisher Name: Silver SprocketYear: 2024The Ghost and the Golem by Benjamin Rosenbaum (Choice of Games, 2024)
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Title: The Ghost and the GolemAuthor: Benjamin RosenbaumPublisher:
Publisher Name: Choice of GamesYear: 2024Part Time Girl by Adriaan Brae (Presses Renaissance Press, 2025)
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Title: Part Time GirlAuthor: Adriaan BraePublisher:
Publisher Name: Presses Renaissance PressYear: 2025