Many thanks to everyone that entered the competition in December. I’ve been busy reading away this month and am excited to announce the long and shortlists. Again the standard was high so if your story appears here then you should know that it’s really got a lot going for it!

Congratulations to everyone that made the longlist and if your novel is on the shortlist, it is now on Susan Armstrong’s desk. She judges them anonymously so don’t say too much on Twitter or Facebook about whose story is whose!

Longlist

• Almost Flying
• Angel Cake
• Ashes of Roses
• Balancing Eggs
• Clockwork Evangeline
• Disarray
• Dust to Dust
• Ebolowa
• Echo Hall
• Filthy Luca
• Glorious Endeavour
• Grievance
• His Path of Colour
• Home
• Hundreds of Butterflies
• Lockhart College
• Mother Love
• Mountains
• One Dark Night
• One Pure Man
• Only I Can Tell This Story
• Punch Town
• Searching for Elizabeth Loaming
• Secondhand
• The Choice
• The Day After Yesterday
• The Salvaged Heart

Shortlist

• Almost Flying
• Ashes of Roses
• Balancing Eggs
• Clockwork Evangeline
• Disarray
• Grievance
• His Path of Colour
• Hundreds of Butterflies
• Mother Love
• Mountains
• The Day After Yesterday

Good luck to all writers who have made the shortlist. Winners will be announced soon!