We are delighted to announce the longlist for the FT / OppenheimerFunds Emerging

Voices Awards, which recognise extraordinary artistic talent across more than 100

emerging market nations. 

• Adriana Maria Beatriz Carambia, Argentina 

• Cristina Planas, Peru

• Fabiola Menchelli Tejeda, Mexico 

• Gonzalo Fuenmayor, Colombia 

• Hugo Arquímedes Carrillo García, Mexico 

• Marcela Ramirez-Aza, Colombia 

• Pablo Mora Ortega, Colombia 

• Sebastian Castañeda, Peru

• Blackass by A. Igoni Barrett, Chatto & Windus, Nigeria

• Broken Mirrors: Sinalcol by Elias Khoury, Maclehose Press, Lebanon

• Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Granta Books, Kenya

• It Might Get Loud by Ingrid Winterbach, Human & Rousseau, South Africa

• Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga, Archipelago Books, Rwanda

• The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah, Faber & Faber, Zimbabwe

• The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma, Pushkin Press, Nigeria

• The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud, Oneworld Publications, Algeria

• The Texture of Shadows by Mandla Langa, Picador Africa, South Africa

• Women of Karantina by Nael Eltoukhy, The American University in Cairo Press, Egypt

• Endless Nameless by Mont Tesprateep, Thailand

• Exclaim by Jian Mei, China

• Kush by Shubhashish Bhutiani, India

• Scent of the Morning Sun by Harin Paesongthai & Monkum Khukhuntin, Thailand

• Selfie Girls by Huỳnh Nguyeễn Đăng Khoa, Vietnam

• The Concrete by Wei Liu, China

• The Last Mango Before the Monsoon by Payal Kapadia, India

• The Sea by Han Ting, China

• Trespassed by Yuhang Ho, Malaysia

• Under the Sun by Qiu Yang, China

Congratulations to all those that made it onto the longlist. 

We would also like to thank all those that entered the awards - Please see the full list here >>

Finalists for each category will be announced on 7 August and winners will be announced at a gala awards ceremony in New York on 5 October.