Literary fifteen

My reading challenge focusing on 15 literary awards each year. Started in 2022 on Bookstagram.

2024 challenge

The 2024 challenge consist of the following literary awards (prompts):

  1. Aspen Words – Longlist announced on November 8th, 2023
  2. Dublin Literary Award – Longlist announced on January 16th
  3. OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Fiction – Longlist will be announced in March
  4. The International Booker – Longlist will be announced in March
  5. The Carol Shields for Fiction Prize – Longlist will be announced on March 8th
  6. Jhalak Prize – Longlist will be announced on March 14th
  7. Lambda Literary Award – Longlist will be announced in March
  8. Ignyte Awards – Longlist expected to be announced in spring
  9. The ACO Caine Prize for African writing – Longlist expected to be announced in summer
  10. The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction – Longlist expected to be announced in summer
  11. Polari Book Prize – Longlist expected to be announced in summer
  12. The JCB Prize for Literature – Longlist to be announced in September
  13. National Book Award for translated fiction – Longlist to be announced in September
  14. Warwick Prize for women in translation – Longlist expected to be announced in autumn
  15. Your choice – Add a literary prize of your choosing!

The intention is to read at least 1 book per this year’s longlist/shortlist. However, if you cannot get hold of any books from this year I will not stop anyone from reading a book from previous years.

For those using StoryGraph there is a reading challenge to help track your progress.