Even though it’s daunting to send off a work-in-progress piece to be judged in this way, it’s a relief to know that this strange story has the potential to speak to other readers.’ My novel, Build Her With Green, has quite simply made its home under my skin and continuously slithers around, asking me what happens next. Louisa Ashton: ‘I’m insanely overwhelmed and surprised to be longlisted for Discoveries. Keep reading to meet this year’s 16 longlisted authors and find out how it feels to be longlisted: The 2023 longlisted authors are:
Each of these authors has an exciting journey ahead and we can’t wait to see how each of these novels progresses in the months and years to come.’ We were thrilled by the imagination, the ambition of the writers, the diverse and exciting range of storytelling, the writing styles and inspirations. Kate Mosse, Chair of Judges, said: ‘This is our third year of Discoveries, and the quality and number of submissions has continued to grow and grow as the programme becomes known.
Her fellow judges are writers Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Chibundu Onuzo Lucy Morris, Curtis Brown literary agent and Anna Davis, Founder and Managing Director of Curtis Brown Creative writing school.
Tasked with selecting this year’s longlist was a judging panel chaired by Kate Mosse, international bestselling novelist and Founder Director of the Women’s Prize. We are delighted to announce the longlist for Discoveries 2023! The Discoveries programme, run by the Women’s Prize Trust in partnership with Curtis Brown literary agency, the Curtis Brown Creative writing school and Audible, aims to find emerging female writing talent from across the UK and Ireland.īetween September and January, women writers were invited to submit up to 10,000 words of a novel-in-progress – with an emphasis on promise over polish and no limits on genre – and we were thrilled to receive nearly 3000 entries from aspiring writers up and down the country.
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