1. longlist - Noun
2. longlist - Verb
longlist (plural longlists)
An initial, relatively long, shortlist, from which a further shortlist is selected.
longlist (third-person singular simple present longlists, present participle longlisting, simple past and past participle longlisted)
(transitive) To add to a longlist; to consider prior to a later and narrower shortlist.
In 1993, two of the judges threatened to walk out when Trainspotting appeared on the longlist; Irvine Welsh 's novel was pulled from the shortlist to satisfy them. Source: Internet
A nice response too from Fiona Mozley when reflecting on her on the 2017 Man Booker Prize longlist: ‘I already feel like I’ve won,’ she said recently. Source: Internet
The longlist has been unveiled for the $75,000 Cundill History Prize, administered by McGill University in Montreal. Source: Internet
Because the novel was not published when the longlist was announced, there had been no build up. Source: Internet
"Nine readers of varied backgrounds, taste and experience came together to create an awards longlist reflecting just that," said fiction judge Patrick Smith. Source: Internet
The books on this year's longlist for the Children's Fiction Prize are "challenging, funny, exciting, beautiful, thoughtful, bonkers," said judge and author Gillian Cross. Source: Internet