Posted on March 10, 2021 at 1:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The longlist for the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction is out, and it contains a milestone moment.
For the first time, a trans woman has been nominated for the £30,000 ($41,700) award: Torrey Peters.
The prize had faced some heat last year from nominated author Akwaeke Emezi — who is nonbinary and transgender — who criticized organizers for seeking information on their sex as defined “by law.”
Organizers later said that any “cis woman, a transgender woman or anyone who is legally defined as a woman or of the female sex” could apply.
Peters is also notable in that her novel is among the six debut books on the list, notes the Guardian.
Here’s a complete list of the nominees; the shortlist comes out April 28, with a winner revealed July 7.
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Because of You, by Dawn French
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Burnt Sugar, by Avni Doshi
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Consent, by Annabel Lyon
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Detransition, Baby, by Torrey Peters
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Exciting Times, by Naoise Dolan
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How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House, by Cherie Jones
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Luster, by Raven Leilani
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No One is Talking About This, by Patricia Lockwood
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Nothing But Blue Sky, by Kathleen MacMahon
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Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke
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Small Pleasures, by Clare Chambers
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Summer, by Ali Smith
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The Golden Rule, by Amanda Craig
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The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
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Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi
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Unsettled Ground, by Claire Fuller
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