Announcing the 2023 Granum Prize Longlist

November 6, 2023 — We are delighted to announce the longlist for the 2023 Granum Foundation Prize.

The Granum Foundation Prize was established to help U.S.-based writers complete substantive literary works and to help launch these works. Funding is meant to provide a writer with the tools, time, and freedom to help ensure their success.

This year, we received more than 1,100 applications from 49 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., and the standard of work was exceptionally high among the entries. The longlist represents roughly the top 5% of entries from all genres.

The shortlist will be made available next Monday, and the winner and finalists will be announced on November 17, 2023. Finalists for the Granum Foundation Translation Prize also will be announced soon. Applications for our next round of prizes are expected to open in May, 2024.

Longlist: Andres Aceves, Dur e Aziz Amna, Derrick Austin, Amber Wheeler Bacon, Rebekah Bergman, Lynette D'Amico, Carina del Valle Schorske, Molia Dumbleton, Emma Copley Eisenberg, Gillian Esquivia-Cohen, Maia Evrona, Abby Geni, Kathleen Gibbons, Janet Goldberg, Jerakah Greene, Casey Guerin, Samina Hadi-Tabassum, Pete Hsu, Vanessa Hua, Jared Jackson, John Jeffire, Margaret Kelly, Stella Lei, Bronson Lemer, Jiadai Lin, Mengyin Lin, Su-Yee Lin, Angie Sijun Lou, Kelly Luce, Claire Luchette, Sandina Martinez, Yesenia Montilla, Hadley Moore, Emily Nemens, Susan Nguyen, Gina Ochsner, Cindy Juyoung Ok, Tochukwu Okafor, Wendy Oleson, CaitlinRoach Orduña, Itto & Mekiya Outini, Tamara Panici, Jesus Pena, Stephen Policoff, Gretchen Potter, Nen Ramirez, Tanya Rey, A.J. Rodriguez, Erika Ross, Heather Rounds, Rasheeda Saka, Mark Sarvas, TatianaSchlote-Bonne, William Shih, Naomi Shuyama-Gómez, Kevin Christopher Snipes, Jennifer Solheim, JenSoong, Shruti Swamy, Mollie Swayne, Kyla Walker, Amber Wardzala, Olivia Wolfgang-Smith