New Literary Project Announces 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Shortlist
The New Literary Project has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize, now in its sixth year. The Joyce Carol Oates Prize is awarded to a mid-career author of fiction and comes with a $50,000 purse. The winner of the 2022 Prize also will be in residence at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Bay Area in October 2022.
The five finalists and their most recent publications are:
- Christopher Beha, The Index of Self-Destructive Acts (Tin House)
- Percival Everett, The Trees (Graywolf Press)
- Lauren Groff, Matrix (Riverhead Books)
- Katie Kitamura, Intimacies (Riverhead Books)
- Jason Mott, Hell of a Book (Dutton)
The winner will be announced in mid-April. Previous winners of the Joyce Carol Oates Prize include Danielle Evans, Laila Lalami, T. Geronimo Johnson, Anthony Marra, and Daniel Mason.