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The 2025 W.S. Porter Prize Longlist

The longlisted titles for our 2025 W. S. Porter Prize:

Whistling Thorns and Other Stories by David Brennan

Hello, Goodbye by Carrie Brown

Down at the Old Arcade by Owen Duffy

Inventory by Helen Georgas

Hymn to Sri Devi and Other Stories by Arthur Mandal

The Bones of the Mouse Make the Cat by Jessica Roeder

Miracles of Modern Life by Jenn Rossmann

The Singing Bones of Braehouse by Marjorie Sandor

Planting in Flowerpots by David Smith

Rendezvous and Other Stories by Thomas Wisniewski

Thank you to all the fine writers who submitted their work this year. The winner of our 2025 W. S. Porter Prize will be announced February 15.

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Regal House Publishing is the parent company to the following imprints:

Fitzroy Books publishing finely crafted MG, YA and NA fiction.

Pact Press publishing finely crafted anthologies and full-length works that focus upon issues such as diversity, immigration, racism and discrimination.

The Regal House Initiative, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that conducts project-based literacy and educational outreach in support of underserved communities.

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