Congratulations to Aifric Campbell, Emma Donoghue and Anne Enright on being included in the long list for the Orange Prize for Fiction. The Orange Prize for Fiction, the UK's only annual book award for fiction written by a woman. Now in its seventeenth year, the Prize celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women's writing throughout the world. The announcement coincides with International Women's Day 2012.

Aifric Campbell was nominated for her novel On the Floor , Emma Donoghue was nominated for novel The Sealed Letter and Anne Enright was nominated for her novel The Forgotten Waltz.

The Short List will be announced on the 17th April.