We’re delighted that The Submission by Amy Waldman has been longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2011.

Lisa Allardice, editor of Guardian Review is joined on the judging panel by the authors David Nicholls and Antonia Fraser, the critic Sarah Churchwell, Waterstone’s Stuart Broom and Guardian deputy editor Katharine Viner.

Supported by Waterstone’s, the award is open to all first-time authors writing in or translated into English, across all genres. A series of regional reading groups, run in partnership with Waterstone’s bookshops, will now assist the judging panel with choosing a shortlist. The shortlist will be announced in early November.

See the full longlist here