The Jury selected the shortlist of the Angelus Central European Award 2020. The winner will be announced during the gala on 16 October 2021.

1. Kateryna Babkina, Мій дід танцював краще за всіх [My Grandfather Danced the Best]| UKRAINE
   Transl. into Polish by Bohdan Zadura, published by Warsztaty Kultury
2. Petro Yatsenko, Магнетизм [Magnetism] | UKRAINE
   Transl. into Polish by Marcin Gaczkowski, published by Wydawnictwo Warstwy
3. Michał Komar, Skrywane [Hidden] | POLAND
   Published by Czuły Barbarzyńca Press
4. Sergey Lebedev, Дебютант [Debutant] | RUSSIA
   Transl. into Polish by Grzegorz Szymczak, published by Wydawnictwo Claroscuro
5. Sigitas Parulskis, Tamsa ir partneriai [Darkness and Company] | LITHUANIA
   Transl. into Polish by Izabela Korybut-Daszkiewicz, published by Wydawnictwo Czarne
6. Volodymyr Rafiejenko, Долгота дней. Городская баллада [Longest Times] | UKRAINE
   Transl. into Polish by Anna Ursulenko and Marcin Gaczkowski, published by Wydawnictwo Kolegium Europy Wschodniej
7. Mirosław Tryczyk, Drzazga. Kłamstwa silniejsze niż śmierć [Splinter. Lies Stronger Than Death | POLAND
   Published by Wydawnictwo Znak Literanova