The Jhalak prize, a British book prize created exclusively for writers of color, has released its inaugural longlist of twelve books in the genres of fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature, the Guardian reports.

The prize was launched after a writer’s development agency called Spread the Word published a revealing 2015 report on the poor representation of BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic) writers in UK publishing. The report found that out of 203 UK-based published novelists polled, only 30% are writers of color, only 47% received an agent for their debut compared to 64% of white novelists, and 53% of BAME writers worked without an agent once they began their publishing career.

Authors on the longlist include Chasing the Stars by Malorie Blackman, Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga, Nina Is Not OK by Shappi Khorsandi, Orangeboy by Patrice Lawrence, The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Harmless Like You by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, In the Bonesetter’s Waiting Room by Arathi Prasad, Speak Gigantular by Irenosen Okojie, Another Day in the Death of America by Gary Younge, The Bone Readers by Jacob Ross, Augustown by Kei Miller, and A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee.

The Jhalak prize is open to any published fiction or nonfiction writer of color in the UK.