Thread by @RSLiterature

Today on our 200th birthday we launch #RSLOpen –celebrating the excellence of writers from communities under-represented in UK literary culture. We believe literature is at its best when it includes voices from the greatest breadth of backgrounds and experiences. (1/6)

#RSL200

We're celebrating the great diversity of outstanding writers & writing in Britain by electing 60 Fellows over 2 years from communities under-represented in UK literature. We're seeking recommendations of excellent writers from these communities for nomination to Fellowship. (2/6)

Recommendations of writers will be considered by a panel of RSL Fellows, led by @BernardineEvari & inc. Jay Bernard, Vahni Capildeo, @ianduhig, @cynan1975, @valmcdermid, Sinéad Morrissey, @DaljitNagra4, @nikeshshukla, Ali Smith, @jackthorne, Colm Tóibín and @GiantRatSumatra (3/6)

The heart of the RSL is its Fellowship, around 600 of the most eminent writers in the UK; new FRSLs will give support to the RSL’s ideals of openness and inclusivity, convey the multi-faceted character of literature as created today, and help shape the RSL’s activities. (4/6)

Guided by your recommendations, we seek to celebrate the great diversity of the UK’s literary writing and writers in our Fellowship. To recommend a writer for Fellowship for #RSLOpen, please complete the recommendation form on our website: bit.ly/RSLOPEN (5/6)

We are seeking recommendations of writers of diverse literary forms, including writers of drama, fiction, graphic fiction, non-fiction, poetry & screenplays. Fellows elected through #RSLOpen will be announced in 2022 and 2023. (6/6)