We’re delighted to announce The Peggy Chapman-Andrews Award for a First Novel long-list for 2026. Congratulations to all the authors featured here, it’s (officially) a huge achievement! We hope that whatever happens next, this is a special moment.
Only the titles are listed to preserve anonymity whilst judging continues.
Finally, to everyone who entered the novel award this year, thank you. Don’t give up. Please, keep writing.
The Top Twenty Long-list
A True Portrait of the Artist
Before the Revolution
Concept Contamination
Earnest
Fallen Sparrows
HuKaMa (Togetherness)
I am in love with all of my friends
Murmur
On Shakespeare Road
Patchwork Baby
Some Distant Revolution
Stars and Feathers
The Boding
The Jam Spoon
The Life and Times of a Doctoral Thesis
The Threshold
The Witness
What Tally Kept
Where We Go When It Hurts
You’re Welcome
