The Center for Fiction

⭐ 185 submissions. 29 books. The Center for Fiction 2025 First Novel Prize Longlist!⭐ centerforfiction.org/book-recs/2025…

🎉CONGRATULATIONS to Honor Jones and SLEEP🎉 Longlisted for the @Center4Fiction First Novel Prize! Start reading SLEEP now: bit.ly/41bdi1U

Thrilled to see THE FANTASIES OF FUTURE THINGS by the brilliant Doug Jones on this list!! 🩶 @haleyeheidemann @yahdonisrael @SimonBooks

The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize longlist is announced. Kris Neville wins the Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award. Ozzy Osbourne has died at age 76; his memoir LAST RITES is due to be published posthumously on October 7. hubs.ly/Q03yBSgX0

The Center for Fiction revealed the longlist for its First Novel Prize, with Rob Franklin, Yrsa Daley-Ward, and Kate Folk among the 29 nominated authors. A shortlist will be announced in the fall, with the winner revealed on December 9. @Center4Fiction ow.ly/NJeO50WubtV

WORK NIGHTS is longlisted for the Center for Fiction Prize! Congratulations @ericapeplin !!! ❤️‍🔥

Congratulations to @LydiConklin for making the @Center4Fiction 2025 First Novel Prize longlist for SONGS OF NO PROVENANCE! Check out the full longlist here: buff.ly/uU02n71

Was very excited to get to read submissions for this year's @Center4Fiction longlist! Some amazing books on here. 👏👏👏

Congratulations, Shubha Sunder! OPTIONAL PRACTICAL TRAINING has made the @Center4Fiction First Novel Prize longlist 🎉🎉🎉 centerforfiction.org/book-recs/2025…

A huge congrats to Rob Franklin, Doug Jones, Alejandro Heredia, and Erica Peplin for being longlisted for the Center for Fiction 2025 First Novel Prize!

We are thrilled to share that Rickey Fayne's (MCW '22) THE DEVIL THREE TIMES was longlisted for the 2025 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize! Congratulations, Rickey!

We’re thrilled to share that nine Penguin Random House titles have been longlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. This prestigious recognition honors outstanding debut fiction—and we’re so proud of the talented authors who’ve made their mark with powerful, original…

To the many readers, librarians, booksellers, and writers who narrowed this list from 189 to 29, thank you for your attention to my work and for your commitment to the art of fiction writing. I am honored to have made the long list for the Center's 2025 First Novel prize.

We’re thrilled to share that 3 HBG titles are longlisted for the 2025 @Center4Fiction First Novel Prize! 🎉📚 ✨ This Is the Only Kingdom - Jaquira Díaz (@AlgonquinBooks) ✨ The Devil Three Times - Rickey Fayne (@littlebrown) ✨ Liquid: A Love Story - Mariam Rahmani (Algonquin)

📚 (9.8 & 9.29) Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray Delve into Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray—including the uncensored original—to explore what it reveals about art and censorship today. tinyurl.com/2rx4x6k4

8/11: The Surreal World of Haruki Murakami Through writing exercises and close readings, let Murakami’s oeuvre inspire your creative work. tinyurl.com/ymtuhwp7

C. S. Lewis, once again correct & on point

Publishers expect writers in all genres to take a leading role in promoting their books. So what do you need to do? Learn how to build community, identify your audience, and create a plan to connect with readers in this weekend intensive. Register here tinyurl.com/3nh94f6k!

📚 (8.12 - 8.26) Craft in Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules Explore the technical brilliance behind works from Flannery O’Connor, Joyce Carol Oates, and Jhumpa Lahiri in a collection of unforgettable short fiction curated by David Sedaris. tinyurl.com/mrxtaz4t

📚 (7.27 - 8.31) The Summer of Shirley Hazzard Spend 6 Sunday afternoons immersing yourself in Hazzard's immaculate prose and intellectual depth, exploring love, betrayal, loss, and the effects of war. tinyurl.com/3fkhfvt8