The Climate Fiction Prize shortlist has been announced, with the judges picking five titles representing the depth and range of climate fiction on offer to readers. The titles, selected from the all-female longlist announced last November, encompass a range of genres, with each tackling the climate crisis differently.
- The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (Sceptre, Hodder)
- And So I Roar by Abi Daré (Sceptre, Hodder)
- Briefly Very Beautiful by Roz Dineen (Bloomsbury Circus)
- Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Jonathan Cape, PRH)
- The Morningside by Téa Obreht (W&N, Orion)
Speaking at the London Book Fair, Chair of the Judges Madeleine Bunting acknowledged the real challenge to communicating the ‘freakish and unpredictable’ weather caused by climate change and putting this at the heart of a novel. However, she said she was impressed how these shortlisted novels had risen to the challenge with their inventiveness and ingenuity.
The Prize f £10,000 is a literary award for climate fiction, launched in June 2024 at the Hay Festival in Wales. It aims to showcase novels that engage with themes concerning the climate crisis.
It is supported by Climate Spring, whose mission statement describes it as “a global organisation with the aim to harness the storytelling power of film and TV to shift how society perceives and responds to the climate crisis”.
The judges in the first year are writers Madeleine Bunting (chair of the judges) and Nicola Chester; Andy Fryers, Global Sustainability Director of the Hay Festival; David Lindo, known as the Urban Birder; and author and climate activist Tori Tsui.
The winner will be announced in May 2025 at the Hay Festival
‘Change starts with the imagination, and no subject so urgently needs new stories of repair and care than the climate crisis.’ Madeleine Bunting, chair of judges, Climate Fiction Prize.
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