Idra Novey is a finalist for the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize, which "celebrates emerged and continually emerging authors of major consequence—short stories and/or novels—at the relative midpoint of a burgeoning career.” The NewLit Board of Directors will announce the winner in mid-April. Viking published TAKE WHAT YOU NEED on March 14, 2023.

COUPLETS by Maggie Millner is a finalist for the 2024 Lambda Literary Awards in the Lesbian Poetry category. The awards ceremony will be held at Sony Hall in New York City on June 11, 2024. Farrar, Straus and Giroux published COUPLETS on February 7, 2023.

CJ Leede's debut novel MAEVE FLY has been nominated for two awards: KillerCon's Splatterpunk Award for Best Novel and the Horror Writers of America's Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. The Splatterpunk Award finalists will be chosen by a panel of judges and named at KillerCon Austin in June, while the 2,000+ members of the Horror Writers of America will vote on their winners, who will be announced at the Annual Bram Stoker Awards Banquet during StokerCon™ 2024 in San Diego, California. MAEVE FLY was published by Tor/Nightfire on June 6, 2023.

Monica Heisey’s breakout debut novel REALLY GOOD, ACTUALLY has been shortlisted for The British Book Award for Debut Fiction. The awards ceremony will take place on May 13 at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House London and will be streamed online. William Morrow published the novel in the US and Fourth Estate published the novel in the UK on January 17, 2023.

COUPLETS by Maggie Millner is a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry. The awards ceremony will take place on April 19 at USC’s Bovard Auditorium on the eve of the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Farrar, Straus and Giroux published the book on February 7, 2023.

SAME BED DIFFERENT DREAMS by Ed Park is a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction. The awards ceremony will take place on April 19 at USC’s Bovard Auditorium on the eve of the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Random House published the book on November 7, 2023.

Antonia Angress is a National Endowment for the Arts 2024 Creative Writing Fellow in Prose. In a statement, Angress said: “When I received the call informing me that I had been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, I was six months pregnant with my first child, knee-deep in revisions on my second novel, and consumed with worries about the future. Once my initial elation and disbelief had worn off, I felt a great weight lift from my shoulders. Even amidst the huge life changes coming my way, the NEA Literature Fellowship will give me financial security, sustained time to focus on my novel-in-progress, and the freedom to immerse myself in the work I love. I am so grateful for this support, this vote of confidence. What an honor. What a tremendous gift.” Ballantine published Angress’ novel SIRENS & MUSES on July 12, 2022.

Erica Berry’s WOLFISH is a finalist for the Literary Arts Oregon Book Award’s Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction. The 2024 Oregon Book Awards ceremony takes place April 8, 2024. Flatiron Books published WOLFISH on February 21, 2023.

Library of Michigan selected GIRLS AND THEIR MONSTERS by Audrey Clare Farley as one of its 2024 Michigan Notable Books, praising it as “intimate and compassionate.” Grand Central Publishing published the book on June 13, 2023.

Idra Novey's TAKE WHAT YOU NEED was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, which is “one of the most significant literature prizes in the world.” The winner will be announced as part of the International Literature Festival Dublin 2024 in May. TAKE WHAT YOU NEED, which publishes in paperback in February, was longlisted for 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book of 2023, a Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, L.A. Times, Boston Globe, NPR, The Guardian Author Pick, and Today. Viking published the book on March 14, 2023.