We are delighted to announce the longlist for the 2024 SI Leeds Literary Prize, as follows:
- Nia Acquaye – Mothers, We Three
- Maeve Clarke – Trapped Between Two Worlds
- Nicola Godlieb – The Sun Sets Twice
- Nazish Khan-Lane – God in a Butcher’s Shop
- Angelita Lapuz Bradney – Wildwood
- Arathi Menon – Da
- Jade Mutyora – Make Me Feel
- Vayu Naidu – The Shakespeare Girl
- Chikodi Nwaiwu – The Unknown African
- Taslin Pollock – When Home is Not a Place
- Jac Shreeves-Lee – The House that Jack Built and other stories
- Pauline Walker – Welcome Home
Congratulations to all the longlisted writers! Our shortlist of six will be announced in September.