Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize 2025 shortlist announced
In the UK and Ireland, the 2025 Fitzcarraldo Editions/Mahler & LeWitt Studios Essay Prize shortlist has been announced.
Judges – Joanna Biggs, Brian Dillon, Sheila Heti, Joanna Kavenna and Jacques Testard – shortlisted six essayists from 119 entries. Shortlistees are:
- Phoebe Braithwaite for ‘Tesserae’
- Cassandre Greenberg for ‘My Great Novel’
- Sarai Kirshner for ‘On Refusal’
- Hana Loftus for ‘Crapes’
- Abhinav Ullal for ‘Gully Cricket’
- Claire Wilmot for ‘Show Us the Body’.
The prize is awarded annually to an unpublished resident of the UK or Ireland with a proposal for a book-length essay (minimum 25,000 words). ‘[The judges look for] essays that explore and expand the possibilities of the essay form, with no restrictions on theme or subject matter,’ said organisers.
The winner will receive £4,000 (A$8,375), a three-month residency in Italy, and publication with Fitzcarraldo Editions.
Last year’s winner was Lucy Mercer for Afterlife.
More information about the shortlist and the prize is available on the Fitzcarraldo Editions website.
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