The Jury selected the longlist of the jubilee 20th edition of Angelus Central European Award. The shortlist will be announced in September, and the winner – during the gala on 18 October 2025.
- Rumena Bužarovska, Mojot maž [My Husband], translated into Polish by Dorota Jovanka Ćirlić, published by Biuro Literackie | Macedonia
- Darko Cvijetić, Shindlerov Lift, translated into Polish by Dorota Jovanka Cirlić, published by Oficyna Literacka Noir sur Blanc | Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Inga Gaile, Jaukumiņš [Delight], translated into Polish by Daniel Łubiński, published by Wydawnictwo Marpress | Latvia
- Eliza Kącka, Wczoraj byłaś zła na zielono [Yesterday, You Were Mad in Green], published by Wydawnictwo Karakter | Poland
- Lisa Kränzler, Nachhinein [Belatedly], translated into Polish by Dorota Stroińska, published by Biuro Literackie | Germany
- Eugenia Kuzniecowa, Драбина [Ladder], translated into Polish by Iwona Boruszkowska, published by Społeczny Instytut Wydawniczy Znak | Ukraine
- Fatos Lubonja, Ridënimi [The Re-Sentencing], translated into Polish by Dorota Horodyska, published by Fundacja “Pogranicze” i Ośrodek “Pogranicze – sztuk, kultur, narodów” | Albania
- Aneta Prymaka-Oniszk, Kamienie musiały polecieć. Wymazywana przeszłość Podlasia [Stones Had to Be Thrown. The Erased Past of Podlasie Region], published by Wydawnictwo Czarne | Poland
- Clemens J. Setz, Der Trost runder Dinge: Erzählungen [The Comfort of Round Things: Stories], translated into Polish by Agnieszka Kowaluk, published by Wydawnictwo Filtry | Austria
- Krzysztof Siwczyk, Na przecięciu arterii [At the Crossing of Arteries], published by Biuro Literackie | Poland
- Katarzyna Sobczuk, Mała empiria [Little Experiences], published by Wydawnictwo Dowody | Poland
- Slobodan Šnajder, Doba mjedi [The Age of Copper], translated into Polish by Siniša Kasumović, published by Wydawnictwo Warsztaty Kultury w Lublinie | Croatia
- Leelo Tungal, Samet ja saepuru ehk Seltsimees laps ja kirjatähed [Velvet and Sawdust or Comrade Child and Letters], translated into Polish by Marta Perlikiewicz, published by Wydawnictwo KEW | Estonia
- Joanna Wilengowska, Król Warmii i Saturna [The King of Warmia and Saturn], published by Wydawnictwo Czarne | Poland
