Our congratulations to the following writers competing for the prestigious award. The winner will be announced on November 5th.

Elliot Ackerman: Dark at the Crossing

Daniel Alarcón: The King Is Always Above the People: Stories

Charmaine Craig: Miss Burma

Jennifer Egan: Manhattan Beach

Lisa Ko: The Leavers

Min Jin Lee: Pachinko

Carmen Maria Machado: Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton: A Kind of Freedom

Jesmyn Ward: Sing, Unburied, Sing

Carol Zoref: Barren Island