Shortlist Announcement - The Owned Voices Novel Award 2022

We are delighted to be announcing here the shortlist for the Owned Voices Novel Award 2022. We wish to commend all shortlisted authors on the strength of their submissions, particularly given the impressive quality and volume of submissions this year.

Our shortlisted writers demonstrated the ability to generate exciting ideas, write with confidence and style, and hook us into the story with their first few pages. Every writer shortlisted should be exceptionally proud to be amongst such a strong cohort.

The shortlisted writers for the Owned Voices Novel Award 2022 are as follows:

Penny Young

FQ Yeoh

Laide Akaso

Jonathon Ackroyd

Amber Boothe

Letitia Jarrett

Jaya Martin

Emily Gaywood-James

Ronan Rooney

Zahirra Dayal

Nasheema Lennon

Our thanks go out once more to all the writers who applied. We would encourage all unsuccessful applicants to keep an eye out for future opportunities from us!