The longlist for this year’s Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced.
This Prize is run in partnership with Swansea University and is awarded to the best literary work in the English language written by an author aged 39 and under. The winning author will receive £30,000.
The 12 longlisted titles are…
- Surge by Jay Bernard
- Flèche by Mary Jean Chan
- Exquisite Cadavers by Meena Kandasamy
- Things we say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan
- Black Car Burning by Helen Mort
- Virtuoso by Yelena Moskovich
- Inland by Téa Obreht
- Stubborn Archivist by Yara Rodrigues Fowler
- If All the World and Love were Young by Stephen Sexton
- The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
- Lot by Bryan Washington
This year’s longlist ‘combines a rich, international collection of young, experimental writers who are offering platforms for under-represented voices and exploring pressing social and world themes across identity, culture and power’. Read more here.
The shortlist will be revealed on 7 April, with the winner to be announced on at a ceremony on 14 May. Find out more about the International Dylan Thomas Prize here.
