The longlist has been announced for the 2022 Republic of Consciousness Prize, United States and Canada, which aims "to support small presses for their on-going commitment to work of high literary merit."
Lori Feathers, prize director, book critic and co-owner of Interabang Books, Dallas, Texas, said, "The quality of submissions for this, our inaugural year, was extraordinary. It says much about the novelty and creative range of small press literary fiction that we can highlight these superb, longlisted titles."
The prize fund for the awards is $35,000, of which $20,000 will be distributed equally among the 10 presses on the longlist. The remaining $15,000 will be split equally among the five titles on the shortlist, with half of it going to the press and half to the author. For a translated book, the press, author and translator will each share a third of the amount.
The shortlist will be announced March 14 and winner on March 28.