The Absent, Rosalind Palermo Stevenson, Rain Mountain Press

Ahgottahandleonit, Donovan Mixon, Cinco Puntos Press

Autopsy of a Father, Pascale Kramer, Bellevue Literary Press

The Breaking of a Wave, Fabio Genovesi, Europa Editions

Genevieves, Henry Hoke, Subito Press

He Always Still Tastes Like Dynamite, Trevor Dodge, Subito Press

The Invented Part, Rodrigo Fresán, Open Letter

The Killer’s Dog, Gary Fincke, Elixir Press

Let the Dead Bury the Dead, Joan King, Beating Windward Press

Life and Adventures of Jack Engle, Walt Whitman, University of Iowa Press

Marlena, Julie Buntin, Henry Holt and Company