The Climate Fiction Prize has announced its shortlist for 2025, featuring six novels that explore the climate crisis through imaginative storytelling. The winner will receive £10,000.
Among the shortlisted authors are Madeleine Thien for The Book of Records, which follows a girl fleeing flooding in near-future China, and Robbie Arnott for Dusk, about twins hunting a puma in Tasmania. Other nominees include Keshava Guha's The Tiger's Share, set in polluted Delhi; Susanna Kwan's Awake in the Floating City, set in a flooded San Francisco; Maria Reva's Endling, which addresses environmental collapse and the war in Ukraine; and Helen Phillips's Hum, about a future with toxic air and water.
The judging panel includes Guardian critic Arifa Akbar, novelists Kit de Waal and Jessie Greengrass, climate scientist Friederike Otto, and broadcaster Simon Savidge. Lucy Stone, founder of Climate Spring which funds the prize, noted the shortlist spans from intimate family stories to sweeping political narratives.
The prize was launched in 2024, with the inaugural winner being Abi Daré's And So I Roar. The 2025 winner will be announced on 27 May.
