Today, we are delighted to announce the entries that have been longlisted for the 2019 Berlin Writing Prize. In alphabetical order (by title) they are:
All American Ghost Busters, by Jenessa Abrams
Amidst A Ring of Fulcrum and Light, by Jenny Wong
Apricot Stones, by Chloe Gocool
A Wide Neon Yell, by S.K. Perry
Camel, by Victoria Manifold
Carnifrenesia, by Tina Henriksson
Caught in the Mechanism, by Edward Barnfield
Circus Freak, by Anbara Salam
Circus Movement Arrhythmia, by David Moody
Délphine, by Eliza Robertson
Echo, by Elizabeth O’Connor
Mira, by Eshrar Latif
On Bears (A Constellation), by Sarah Van Bonn
One in Eight, by Hannah Harper
Paul, by Emma Flynn
Someone with Something to Say, by Lucy Grace
Suddenly the Top Blew Off, by Stephanie Pushaw
The Ghost of Things, by Suzanne Scanlon
The High Wire Act, by T.L. Sherwood
The Life I Deserve, by Victoria Griffin
The Plumage, by Avrina Prabala-Joslin
The Streets our Brushes, the Squares our Palettes, by Will Studdert
Threshold, by Angela Hughes
Time is a Circus, by Elizabeth Forsyth
Ventimiglia, by Nicholas Ruddock
Honourable Mentions
Bread, by Sidney Walls
Circus Minimis, by Edward Hamlin
Don’t Feed the Bankers, by Laurane Marchive
How (not) to Leave, by Aisha Hamid
How the Circus Came to Be, by Jane Housham
The Flea-Trap, by Alice Ash
The Reverend’s Circus, by Jacqueline Parker
Turning Tricks, by Feline Charpentier
Second Glance, by Rachel Chipp
We will be announcing the shortlist of ten writers, including the winner and two runners up, after our judging dinner on September 29th 2019.
Congratulations to these wonderful writers and thanks to everyone who entered!
Best wishes,
The Reader Berlin
