TV Article Women's Prize for Fiction longlist announced By Stephan Lee Published on March 13, 2013 01:50PM EDT The Women’s Prize for Fiction — formerly the Orange Prize before the telephone corporation withdrew its funding — has announced its 20 contenders out of 140 submissions. The wide-ranging longlist of female authors includes literary heavyweights like Zadie Smith and Barbara Kingsolver as well as newcomers Shani Boianjiu and Francesca Segal. It includes Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel, which EW named the best novel of 2012, as well as Sheila Heti’s How Should a Person Be?, which EW named one of the worst. See the full list below: Kitty Aldridge, A Trick I Learned From Dead Men Kate Atkinson, Life After Life Ros Barber, The Marlowe Papers Shani Boianjiu, The People of Forever are Not Afraid Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl Sheila Heti, How Should A Person Be? AM Homes, May We Be Forgiven Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior Deborah Copaken Kogan, The Red Book Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies Bonnie Nadzam, Lamb Emily Perkins, The Forrests Michèle Roberts, Ignorance Francesca Segal, The Innocents Maria Semple, Where’d You Go, Bernadette Elif Shafak, Honor Zadie Smith, NW ML Stedman, The Light Between Oceans Carrie Tiffany, Mateship with Birds G Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen Follow @EWStephanLee on Twitter. Read more: On the Books June 9: Tea Obreht becomes youngest ever Orange Prize winner, J.K. Rowling builds her own Hagrid’s hut?, and more On the Books Mar. 16: Orange Prize longlist announced, James Frey weirdness, and more