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Announcing the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist

The 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist has been announced! The list is comprised of 16 novels chosen from almost 200 eligible titles.

Pierce Alquist Mar 8, 2018

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The 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist has been announced! The list is comprised of 16 novels that meet the award criteria of “excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women in English from throughout the world.” This year’s longlist has a mixture of both well-established writers (notably Arundhati Roy, Jennifer Egan, and the force to be reckoned with that is Jesmyn Ward) and debut authors like Gail Honeyman. The list also spans a range of genres and four continents.

Sarah Sands, the 2018 Chair of Judges commented, “What is striking about the list, apart from the wealth of talent, is that women writers refuse to be pigeon-holed. We have searing social realism, adventure, comedy, poetic truths, ingenious plots and unforgettable characters. Women of the world are a literary force to be reckoned with.”

The shortlist will be announced on April 23rd and the winner will be announced on June 6th.

And here’s the list!