The VCU Cabell First Novelist Award announced PARIS IS A PARTY, PARIS IS A GHOST by David Hoon Kim as one of 20 debut novels to make the award’s 2022 longlist. The award “honors an outstanding debut novel published in the preceding calendar year. Symbolized by a three-dimensional compass, the award is a tribute to writers who have navigated their way through the maze of imagination and delivered a great read, taking the reader someplace new.” Farrar, Straus and Giroux published the novel on August 3, 2021.

The VCU Cabell First Novelist Award announced THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV by Dawnie Walton as one of 20 debut novels to make the award’s 2022 longlist. The award “honors an outstanding debut novel published in the preceding calendar year. Symbolized by a three-dimensional compass, the award is a tribute to writers who have navigated their way through the maze of imagination and delivered a great read, taking the reader someplace new.” 37 Ink published the novel on March 30, 2021.

THE PROPHETS by Robert Jones, Jr. is a finalist for The Publishing Triangle’s Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction. The award “celebrates the future of LGBTQ literature by awarding a prize to an outstanding first novel or story collection.” Winners will be announced via a virtual ceremony on May 11. G.P. Putnam’s Sons published the book on January 5, 2021.

CHINA ROOM by Sunjeev Sahota was shortlisted for The Rathbones Folio 2022 Prize. The prize “celebrates the best literary talent from the UK and around the world,” and “is also known as the ‘writer’s prize’ – the only major literary award for which all the books in contention are selected and judged by an academy of peers.” Viking published the novel on July 13, 2021.

EVERYBODY by Olivia Laing was longlisted for The Rathbones Folio 2022 Prize. The prize “celebrates the best literary talent from the UK and around the world,” and “is also known as the ‘writer’s prize’ – the only major literary award for which all the books in contention are selected and judged by an academy of peers.” W. W. Norton & Company published the book on May 4, 2021.

Sarah Manguso was announced as the winner of the 2022 Arts and Letters Awards in Literature by The American Academy of Arts and Letters. The prize honors “exceptional accomplishment in any genre.” The awards will be presented at the Academy’s annual Ceremonial in May. Hogarth published Manguso’s debut novel VERY COLD PEOPLE on February 8, 2022.

The audiobook of Dawnie Walton’s debut THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV is the winner of the 2022 Audie Award for Fiction. The winners were announced via the 2022 Audie Awards program on March 4. The book was also longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022, which aims to “empower all women to raise their voice and own their story, shining a spotlight on outstanding and ambitious fiction by women from anywhere in the world, regardless of their age, race, nationality or background.” The shortlist for the award will be announced on April 27, and the winner will be announced on June 15. 37 Ink published THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV on March 30 2021.

THE ONES WHO DON’T SAY THEY LOVE YOU was longlisted for the 2021 The Story Prize award, Bookshop.org’s annual award for book-length short story collections. One World published the book on August 17, 2021.

LONG DIVISION by Kiese Laymon is winner of the 53rd NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction. In his acceptance speech, Laymon said: “Black writers do not say this out loud enough, but this award is the award that most of us dream of being nominated for if we’re lucky enough to win.” Scribner published the novel on June 1, 2021.

EVERYBODY by Olivia Laing is an “octafinalist” for the 2022 BookTube Prize Award for Fiction. The prize was established in 2019 “to bring an award to everyday readers who are active content producers and participants in the bookish community on YouTube and other social media—called BookTube.” Quarterfinalists will be announced in April/May, semifinalists in June/July, finalists in August/September, and the winners will be announced on October 8, 2022. W.W. Norton & Company published the book on May 4, 2021.