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- The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize, established in 2022, is an annual, English-language literary award presented in honor of Ursula K. Le Guin. The $25,000 prize is awarded to an author for a single work of "imaginative fiction". The award is meant to honor authors who "can imagine real grounds for hope and see alternatives to how we live now".
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The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction is a $25,000 cash prize given to a writer for a single work of imaginative fiction. This award is intended to recognize those writers Ursula spoke of in her 2014 National Book Awards speech—realists of a larger reality, who can imagine real grounds for hope and see alternatives to how we live now.
- 2023 Prize for Fiction
Award program revealing the winner of the 2023 Ursula K. Le...
- 2022 Prize for Fiction
Award program revealing the winner of the 2022 Ursula K. Le...
- 2023 Prize for Fiction
The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize, established in 2022, is an annual, English-language literary award presented in honor of Ursula K. Le Guin. The $25,000 prize is awarded to an author for a single work of "imaginative fiction". The award is meant to honor authors who "can imagine real grounds for hope and see alternatives to how we live now".
Award program revealing the winner of the 2023 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, hosted by Alicia Vikander. This 37-minute program includes remarks from Ursula's literary executor Theo Downes-Le Guin, author (and selector) Shruti Swamy, and readings from all nine shortlisted authors.
Award program revealing the winner of the 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, hosted by Anthony Rapp. This 37-minute program includes remarks from Ursula's literary executor Theo Downes-Le Guin, author (and juror) Becky Chambers, and readings from all nine shortlisted authors.
Jul 11, 2023 · Leah Schnelbach. Share article. Today, the Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust announces the shortlist for the second annual Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. The recipient of the $25,000 prize will be chosen by authors William Alexander, Alexander Chee, Karen Joy Fowler, Tochi Onyebuchi, and Shruti Swamy from nine nominees selected by the Trust.
Oct 21, 2021 · Today, on what would have been Ursula K. Le Guin’s 92nd birthday, the Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust announced a new annual prize in honor of the beloved writer: the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be awarded for the first time in 2022 and come with a $25,000 cash prize.
In October 2021, the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction was announced. The award is managed by the Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust and a panel of jurors. The prize is worth US$25,000 and will be awarded annually to "a single book-length work of imaginative fiction." The inaugural shortlist was announced on July 28, 2022.
