Barbarians on an Ancient Sea: A Nicholas Fallon Sea Novel, William Westbrook, Rowman & Littlefield

Hillbilly Hustle, Wesley Browne, West Virginia University Press

I Am Faithful, Jenny Irish, Black Lawrence Press

Jesus and John, Adam McOmber, Lethe Press

Life’s Tumultous Party Reduced to its Essential Partycycles, Marvin Cohen, Sagging Mensicus Press

Moon Trees and Other Orphans, Leigh Camacho Rourks, Black Lawrence Press

Neotenica, Joon Oluchi Lee, Nightboat Books

The OK End of Funny Town, Mark Polanzak, BOA Editions LTD

Skyland, Andrew Durbin, Nightboat Books

A Small Thing to Want, Shuly Xóchitl Cawood, Press 53

Wolf, Douglas A. Martin, Nightboat Books

The World Doesn’t Work that Way but It Could, Yxta Maya Murray, University of Nevada Press