This is the most wonderful news. Huge congratulations to the hugely talented Melissa Oliver-Powell, Lecturer in Film and Literature in @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social!
Jennie Batchelor
Huge congratulations to our brilliant colleague, Dr Melissa Oliver Powell, whose first work of fiction has been shortlisted for the Women's Prize Discoveries 2026 competition in a large and extremely competitive field. Read more here: www.york.ac.uk/english/abou...
www.york.ac.uk
Discoveries is the writer development programme of the Women's Prize, and is awarded annually from an entrant pool of thousands.
