The longlist for the 2013 Miles Franklin Literary Award has just been announced, and we’re delighted that Romy Ash’s debut novel, Floundering, is in the running to win this $60,000 prize.

The shortlist will be announced on 30 April at the State Library of New South Wales, with the winner presented at the National Library of Australia in Canberra on 19 June.

You can see the full list of longlisted titles—on which, it should be noted, eight of the ten books listed are by women—here.