Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Explained

The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize, established in 2022, is an annual, English-language literary award presented in honor of Ursula K. Le Guin. The $25,000 prize is awarded to an author for a single work of "imaginative fiction". The award is meant to honor authors who "can imagine real grounds for hope and see alternatives to how we live now".[1] [2]

Eligibility

Books may be nominated for the prize by anyone and will be judged based on how well the work "reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula's own work, including but not limited to: hope, equity, and freedom; non-violence and alternatives to conflict; and a holistic view of humanity's place in the natural world".[3]

To be eligible, a book must be a "book-length work of imaginative fiction written by a single author", "[p]ublished in the U.S. in English or in translation to English", and "[p]ublished in the specific window for each year's prize". After a writer wins the award once, they cannot be nominated for the prize again.

Additionally, the award "give[s] weight to writers whose access to resources may be limited due to race, gender, age, class or other factors; who are working outside of institutional frameworks like MFA programs; who live outside of cultural centers such as New York; and who have not yet been widely recognized for their work".[4]

Recipients

Year! scope=col
Authorscope=col Titlescope=col Resultscope=col class=unsortable
scope=row rowspan="9" 2022Winneralign=center [5]
How High We Go in the DarkFinalistalign=center
Finalistalign=center
After the DragonsShortlistalign=center [6]
AppleseedShortlistalign=center
Elder RaceShortlistalign=center
, trans. by Martin AitkenThe EmployeesShortlistalign=center
Shortlistalign=center
Summer in the City of RosesShortlistalign=center
scope=row rowspan="9" 2023ArborealityWinneralign=center [7]
WolfishShortlistalign=center [8]
SpearShortlistalign=center
Ten PlanetsShortlistalign=center
The Spear Cuts Through WaterShortlistalign=center
Brother AliveShortlistalign=center
Meet Us by the Roaring SeaShortlistalign=center
Geometries of BelongingShortlistalign=center
Drinking from Graveyard WellsShortlistalign=center
2024Vajra ChandrasekeraThe Saint of Bright DoorsShortlistalign=center [9]
Sarah CypherThe Skin and Its GirlShortlistalign=center
Anne de MarckenIt Lasts Forever and Then It’s OverShortlistalign=center
Samantha HarveyOrbitalShortlistalign=center
Alissa HattmanSiftShortlistalign=center
Alaya Dawn JohnsonThe Library of Broken WorldsShortlistalign=center
Micaiah JohnsonThose Beyond the WallShortlistalign=center
Premee MohamedThe Siege of Burning GrassShortlistalign=center
Emily TeshSome Desperate GloryShortlistalign=center
Nghi VoMammoths at the GatesShortlistalign=center

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Flood . Allison . Realists of a larger reality wanted: Ursula K Le Guin prize for fiction to launch in 2022 . . October 21, 2021.
  2. Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2021-10-21 . New Fiction Prize Named for Ursula K. Le Guin . 2022-10-25 . . en.
  3. Web site: Ursula K. Le Guin—The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction . 2022-10-25 . The Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust . en-US.
  4. Web site: October 21, 2021 . Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction to Launch Next Year . 2022-10-25 . Shelf Awareness.
  5. Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2022-10-25 . Winner of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Is Revealed . 2022-10-25 . . en.
  6. Web site: 2022-07-28 . Announcing the Shortlist for the Inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction . 2022-10-25 . . en-US.
  7. Armstrong . Vanessa . Rebecca Campbell's Arboreality Wins the 2023 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction . October 26, 2023 . November 2, 2023 . Tor.com.
  8. Armstrong . Vanessa . Announcing the Shortlist for The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! . July 12, 2023 . November 2, 2023 . Tor.com.
  9. Web site: Armstrong . Vanessa . 2024-07-16 . Here is the Shortlist for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! . 2024-07-17 . Reactor . en-US.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Ursula K. Le Guin Prize".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.