The Armageddon Two-Step, Michael Loyd Gray, Redbat Books

The Bird Boys: A Delpha Wade & Tom Phelan Mystery, Lisa Sandlin Cinco Puntos Press

The Dog Seated Next to Me, Meg Pokrass, Pelekinesis

Extinction Events, Liz Breazeale, University of Nebraska Press

The Half-Freaks, Nicole Cushing, Grimscribe Press

Joy Time Kill Box, Brian Wood, BOA Editions LTD

The Lines, Anthony Varallo, University of Iowa Press

My Red Heaven, Lance Olsen, Dzanc Books

Posing Nude for the Saints, Elizabeth Genovise, Texas Review Press

Sun River, Ben Nickol, Black Lawrence Press

Take Daily as Needed, Kathryn Trueblood, University of New Mexico Press

The Theoretics of Love, Joe Taylor, NewSouth Books

Trial by Family, Roselee Blooston, Apprentice House Press

Unmaking Grace, Barbara Boswell, Catalyst Press

Vidui, David R. Slavitt, Livingston Press

When the Coin Is in the Air, John Young, Golden Antelope

The Year of the Return, Nathaniel Popkin, Open Books