The long list was announced in September 2018.
The short list was announced in November 2018:
Kseniia Buksha. Otkryvaetsia vovnutr’.
Alla Gorbunova. Veshchi i ushi.
Denis Gorelov. Rodina slonikov.
Iurii Leiderman. Moabitskie khroniki.
Natal’ia Meshchaninova. Rasskazy.
Evgeniia Nekrasova. Kalechina-Malechina.
Anna Nemzer. Raund.
Viktor Pelevin. iPhuck 10.
Liudmila Petrushevskaia. Nas ukrali. Istoriia prestuplenii.
Mariia Stepanova. Pamiati pamiati.