Year-End Lists

The Story Prize: 2025

Winner

• Other Worlds

  Stories
  André Alexis

Finalists

• Atavists

  Stories
  Lydia Millet
• Long Distance

  Stories
  Aysegül Savas

Longlist

• The Words of Dr. L

  And Other Stories
  Karen E. Bender
• Exit Zero

  Stories
  Marie-Helene Bertino
• Whites

  Stories
  Mark Doten
• A Love Story from the End of the World

  Stories
  Juhea Kim
• Save Me, Stranger

  Stories
  Erika Krouse
• Guatemalan Rhapsody

  Stories
  Jared Lemus
• Code Noir

  Fictions
  Canisia Lubrin
• Make Your Way Home

  Stories
  Carrie R. Moore
• Open Up
  Thomas Morris
• Are You Happy?

  Stories
  Lori Ostlund
• Waiting for the Long Night Moon

  Stories
  Amanda Peters
• Stag Dance

  A Quartet
  Torrey Peters
• Show Don't Tell

  Stories
  Curtis Sittenfeld
• Small Scale Sinners

  Stories
  Mahreen Sohail
• Portalmania

  Stories
  Debbie Urbanski
• The Pelican Child

  Stories
  Joy Williams

Spotlight Award

• Trying to Be

  A Collection
  John Haskell