We’re thrilled to announce our novel longlist for 2025. Congratulations to all the writers featured here, it’s (officially) a really big achievement! We hope that whatever happens next, this is a special moment.
Only the titles are published to preserve anonymity whilst judging continues.
Finally, to everyone who entered the novel, thank you. Don’t give up. Please, keep writing.
The Top Twenty Longlist
A Cloak of Raven’s Feathers
A Temporary Space
Confessions of an Alien
Hemepoult
Iniskrynt
Love. Woman. Girl.
On the Line
Parakeets Under a Grey Sky
Salt, Water and Air
Sepoy
Strangers
Tenderloin
The Amnicolists
The Blue Hour
The Checkout Girl
The Girl – The Sea
The Norwegian Girls
The Same Sea
Vernal Thaw
Viral
