Five books have been shortlisted for the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. (Carol Shields Prize for Fiction)

Canadian authors Dominique Fortier and Canisia Lubrin have been shortlisted for the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.

Canadian translator Rhonda Mullins is also on the shortlist for her translation of Fortier’s novel.

The $150,000 (U.S.) prize, named after the American-born and Canadian-based author Carol Shields, acknowledges, celebrates, and promotes the best works of fiction written by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States. In addition to a cash prize, the winner will also receive a five-night stay at Fogo Island Inn. The four finalists receive $12,500 (U.S.). This is the third year it will be awarded.

The five titles on the shortlist were selected from a 15-book longlist announced last month. This year’s books were selected by a jury comprised of writers Diana Abu-Jaber, Norma Dunning, Kim Fu, Tessa McWatt, and Jeanne Thornton.

The shortlisted books are:

• Pale Shadows by Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda Mullins (Coach House Books)
• All Fours by Miranda July (Riverhead Books/Penguin Random House)
• Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin (Knopf Canada/PRHC)
• Liars by Sarah Manguso (Hogarth/Penguin Random House)
• River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure (William Morrow/Harpercollins Publishers)

The winner will be announced at an event in Chicago on May 1.