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    Here’s the shortlist for the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.

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    April 3, 2025, 8:00am

    Today, the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, which celebrates excellence in novels, short story collections, and graphic novels written by women and non-binary authors and published in the US and Canada, announced its 2025 shortlist. This year’s finalists were selected by a jury consisting of Diana Abu-Jaber, Norma Dunning, Kim Fu, Tessa McWatt, and Jeanne Thornton.

    The winner of the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction will be announced on May 1 and will be awarded $150,000; each finalist will receive $12,500. In the meantime, here’s the shortlist:

    Dominique Fortier, tr. Rhonda Mullins, Pale Shadows
    (Coach House Books)

    Miranda July, All Fours
    (Riverhead Books)

    Canisia Lubrin, Code Noir
    (Knopf Canada/Soft Skull Press)

    Sarah Manguso, Liars
    (Hogarth)

    Aube Rey Lescure, River East, River West
    (William Morrow)

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