The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) recently posted its longlist for the 2026 RSL Ondaatje Prize (see below). Our whole-hearted congratulations to Jamaica’s Diana McCaulay, whose novel, A House for Miss Pauline, is on the list! The 2026 shortlist will be announced on Monday, May 11, 2026, and a winner will be presented with the prize at a celebratory event at the beginning of June.
The RSL Ondaatje Prize is an annual award of £10,000 for a distinguished work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, evoking the spirit of a place. This year’s prize will be awarded by judges Claire Armitstead, Emma Dabiri and Ekow Eshun.
Longlist:
- A Granite Silence by Nina Allan
- A House for Miss Pauline by Diana McCaulay
- Big Time by Jordan Prosser
- Enchanted Ground: Growing Roots in a Broken World by Steven Lovatt
- Frogs For Watchdogs by Seán Farrell
- Greyhound by Joanna Pocock
- Helm by Sarah Hall
- Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
- Lifelines: Searching for Home in the Mountains of Greece by Julian Hoffman
- Love, Sex & Frankenstein by Caroline Lea
- Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal
- The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine
- The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan by Lyse Doucet
- The Whispers of Rock by Anjana Khatwa
- Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser
- Goonie by Michael Mullen
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The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) recently posted its longlist for the 2026 RSL Ondaatje Prize (see below). Our whole-hearted congratulations to Jamaica’s Diana McCaulay, whose novel, A House for Miss Pauline, is on the list! The 2026 shortlist will be announced on Monday, May 11, 2026, and a winner will be presented with the