Shortlist 2022

The First Five Pages Prize had more than 800 entries from around the world. Our judges were blown away by the quality of entries across genres, and the discussions to narrow down the longlist to our shortlist were extensive and difficult. Congratulations to everyone recognized here!

 

Shortlist

(alphabetical by surname)

No genre assigned

Thick - Rick Bland

The Stone - Kate Henzell-Thomas

Flat Coins in a Jar - Donna Moreau

Sci-Fi or Fantasy

The Fire Line - Damian Caudill

Them Indoors - Lynda Clark

45°W, 135°S - Kit Kirkstone

Harvest - Jeffrey Ricker

Blue Silent Freedom - Luke Shepherd

Historical Fiction

Muerta - Erato Ioannou

Truth Be Told - Kay McLoughlin

Forty Flowers - Penny Grace Young

Romance

Sweatshop in the Sky - Guy Baldwin

Photographing Nell - Sandra Jensen

If This Were a Milonga - Marie McGinley

Something Happening Above My Head - Julia Smith

Crime or Thriller

Snatching Sheila - Laura Brennan

Papercut - Deborah Murphy

The Sheep of Lodmundarfjord - Jon Palsson

The Unmaking - Anna Simoni

The Secret Life of Phaedra Fox - Paulette Zander