Orange Award for New Writers
LocationUnited Kingdom
Presented byOrange
First awarded2006
Last awarded2010
WebsiteWebsite

The Orange Award for New Writers was a prize given by telecommunications company Orange between 2006 and 2010. It was launched to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Orange Prize for Fiction.[1] The award was supported by Arts Council England and was accompanied by a bursary of £10,000.[2] It was open to any female authors who had written their debut novel in the English language.[3]

Winners and shortlisted nominees

Year Winner Work Shortlisted nominees and works Ref (s)
2005 Diana Evans 26a Nell Freudenberger Lucky Girls
Meg Rosoff How I Live Now
[3]
2006 Naomi Alderman Disobedience Olga Grushin The Dream Life of Sukhanov
Yiyun Li A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
[4]
2007 Karen Connelly The Lizard Cage Clare Allan Poppy Shakespeare
Roopa Farooki Bitter Sweets
[5]
2008 Joanna Kavenna Inglorious Lauren Groff The Monsters of Templeton
Lauren Liebenberg The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam
[5]
2009 Francesca Kay An Equal Stillness Nami Mun Miles From Nowhere
Ann Weisgarber The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
[6]
2010 Irene Sabatini The Boy Next Door Jane Borodale The Book Of Fires
Evie Wyld After The Fire, A Still Small Voice
[7]

References

  1. "Orange Prize for New Writers archive". Orange. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  2. Page, Benedicte (14 October 2010). "Orange ditches Award for New Writers". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Orange launches new writers prize". BBC News. 25 April 2005. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  4. Adams, Stephen (7 December 2009). "Former teacher wins £15,000 short story prize". Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  5. 1 2 Dammann, Guy (5 June 2008). "Inglorious triumph in first novel award". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  6. Pressley, James (3 June 2009). "Marilynne Robinson Wins 30,000-Pound Orange Prize for Fiction". Bloomberg. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  7. Pressley, James (9 June 2010). "Kingsolver Wins 30,000-Pound Orange Prize for Fiction". Bloomberg. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
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