Two Irish writers longlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction

Irish authors Kathleen McMahon and Naoise Dolan have made the longlist for the Women's Prize for Fiction in the United Kingdom.

Dolan is nominated for her debut novel Exciting Times, which Hot Press tipped as "one of the debut novels of the year", while McMahon received the nomination for Nothing But Blue Sky. 

The prize is awarded for the best full-length novel penned by a woman and published in the UK, and any female author writing in the English language is eligible. The final award will be announced on July 7, after the longlist is shortened to 6 writers (announced April 28). The prize is £30, 000.

View the full 2021 longlist below.

Because of You by Dawn French
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
Consent by Annabel Lyon
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones
Luster by Raven Leilani
No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
Nothing But Blue Sky by Kathleen MacMahon
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers
Summer by Ali Smith
The Golden Rule by Amanda Craig
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller