The nominees for the 2022 edition of the EUPL are:
- Austria: Peter Karoshi, Zu den Elefanten (The elephants), Publisher: Leykam Verlag
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Slađana Nina Perković, U Jarku (In the ditch), Publisher: Imprimatur
- Belgium: Gaea Schoeters, Trofee (Trophy), Publisher: Uitgeverij Querido
- Georgia: ივა ფეზუაშვილი (Iva Pezuashvili), ბუნკერი (A garbage chute), Publisher: ინტელექტი (Intellect)
- Greece: Τάκης Καμπύλης (Takis Kampylis), Γενικά Συμπτώματα (Generla Symptoms), Publisher: ΚΑΣΤΑΝΙΩΤΗΣ (Kastaniotis)
- Ireland: Tadhg Mac Dhonnagain, Madame Lazare, Publisher: Futa Fata
- Italy: Daniele Mencarelli, Sempre tornare (Always return), Publisher: Mondadori
- Lithuanie: Tomas Vaiseta, Ch., Publisher: Baltos lankos
- North Macedonia: Владимир Јанковски (Vladimir Jankovski), Скриени желби, немирни патувања (Hidden Desires, Restless Travels), Publisher: Антолог (Anthology)
- Norway: Kjersti Anfinnsen, Øyeblikk for evigheten (Moments for eternity), Publisher: Kolon forlag
- Romania: Raluca Nagy, Teo de la 16 la 18 (Cléo from 5 to 7), Publisher: Nemira
- Slovakia: Richard Pupala, Ženy aj muži, zvieratá (Women and men, animals), Publisher: Lindeni
- Spain: Jacobo Bergareche, Los días perfectos (Perfect days), Publisher: Libros del Asteroide
- Ukraine: Євгенія Кузнєцова (Eugenia Kuznetsova), Спитайте Мієчку (Ask Miyechka), Publisher: Видавництво Старого Лева (Old Lion Publishing House)