Georgia Writers, Southern Voices

The finalists for the 2018 Townsend Prize represent the very best achievements in letters by Georgia writers over the course of the preceding two years, reflecting the prize’s celebration of the Southern voice in all its intricacies and incarnations. The finalists for the 2018 Townsend Prize for Fiction are:

The Guineveres by Sarah Domet

Over the Plain Houses by Julia Franks

The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

The Lemon Jell-O Syndrome by Man Martin

Lightning Men by Thomas Mullen

The Half Wives by Stacia Pelletier

Among the Living by Jonathan Rabb

Shadow of the Lions by Christoper Swann

The Hidden Light of Northern Fires by Daren Wang

The awards ceremony will be held 19 April!