This year’s longlisted writers are:
- Farah Ahamed
- Shazia Altaf
- Jane Archer
- Amanda Caswell-Robinson
- Becky Docton
- Imogen Fraser
- Cathy Gale
- Anne Hamilton
- Simmy Chana Hodson
- Claire Hughes
- Gayathiri Kamalakanthan
- Kate Kemp
- Brigid McConville
- Hazel Meredith-Lloyd
- Samantha Orciel
- Naomi Paulus
- Ariana Musiol Poole
- Julie Rea
- Josephine Rose
- Helen Sant