Judges describe second novel set between south-east London and Ghana as ‘symphonic’ and ‘viscerally moving’

The six-strong list of titles include novels, short stories and poetry, with the winning writer to receive £20,000 when revealed in May

The writer took the £20,000 award for writers under 39 with his debut short story collection, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

Three British writers are among the six nominees including Saba Sams for her short story collection, Send Nudes, and Warsan Shire for Bless the Daughter Raised By a Voice in Her Head

Patricia Lockwood follows acclaimed memoir Priestdaddy with book focusing on a life lived on social media

US author wins £20,000 award for writers under 39 – the age Thomas died – for her debut about a black woman who starts dating an older white man in an open marriage

Six ‘bold, inventive’ writers including Raven Leilani and Kate Elizabeth Russell are in line for the £20,000 award

Debut collection Lot, focused on Houston’s marginalised communities, praised for opening up an ‘otherwise unknowable’ world

British-Sri Lankan’s debut In Our Mad and Furious City, set on a housing estate during riots sparked by the murder of a British soldier, wins £30,000 award

Sally Rooney, Sarah Perry and Michael Donkor among those longlisted for £30,000 prize for books by writers aged 39 or under

Short story collection The High Places, which skips continents, eras and genre, takes £30,000 award

Grief Is the Thing With Feathers – a book about bereavement ‘like nothing else’ – takes £30,000 award

An ‘astounding array’ of work by six young writers, including Sunjeev Sahota and the Guardian first book award winner Andrew McMillan, will compete for the £30,000 prize in May

Chair of judges Peter Florence hails 'a formidable year' for prize, with Eimear McBride, Eleanor Catton and Joshua Ferris among the contenders