Long list was announced in January 2019.
Short list:
Mikhail Trofimenkov. XX vek predstavliaet. Kadry i kadavry.
Andrei Rubanov. Finist – iasnyi sokol.
Upyr Likhoi. Slavianskie otaku.
Evgenia Nekrasova. Kalechina-malechina.
Alexander Etoev. Ia budu vsegda s toboi.
Alexander Pelevin. Chetvero.