Congratulations to all our long list finalists! This was no easy feat, as we received a record number of submissions this year.

Here are the 15 long-listed entries (in no particular order):

• “Sans Everything” by Cullene Bryant
• “An Excerpt from Horse Camp” by Jonarno Lawson
• “Queasy” by Madeline Sonik
• “Salt Spring Sprouts n Seeds” by Stephanie McKechnie
• “When you finally know me” by Trisha Cull
• “Nine Bouquets from Nine Sailors” by Eve Joseph
• “People and Cow of Good Fortune” by Leonard Neufeldt
• “I Thought I Knew You Emily” by Madeline Nattrass
• “Click: Immortality” by David Alexander
• “The Skeleton Coast” by Zara Callmann
• “The Breaking Wave” by Laura Trethewey
• “Habibi” by Maisie Jacobson
• “Goodbye and Goodbyes” by Alexis Marie Chute
• “Narrative Supplement” by Carolyn White
• “Vanishing Point” by Heather Tucker

We will announce the short list here on Tuesday, January 15, and the three prize winners on Wednesday January 16.

Congratulations again!