Oksana Vasiakina for Rana.
Vladimir Shpakov
for Plenniki amal'gamy. M., 2021.
Long list (20 books) was announced in September.
Short list was announced in November:
Oksana Vasiakina. Rana.
Ol'ga Medvedkova. Tri personazha v poiskakh liubvi i bessmertiia.
Evgeniia Nekrasova. Kozha.
Valerii Pecheikin. Zloi mal'chik.
Aleksei Poliarinov. Rif.
Artem Serebriakov. Fistula.
Andrei Tomilov. Taiga dalekaia.
Islam Khanipaev. Tipa ia.
Ivan Shipnigov. Strim.
Roman Shmarakov. Alkinoi.