Orange Award for New Writers
| Orange Award for New Writers | |
|---|---|
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | Orange |
| First awarded | 2006 |
| Last awarded | 2010 |
| Official website | Website |
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 | Evans, DianaDiana Evans | 26a | Freudenberger, NellNell Freudenberger – Lucky Girls Meg Rosoff – How I Live Now |
[3] |
| 2006 | Alderman, NaomiNaomi Alderman | Disobedience | Grushin, OlgaOlga Grushin – The Dream Life of Sukhanov Yiyun Li – A Thousand Years of Good Prayers |
[4] |
| 2007 | Connelly, KarenKaren Connelly | The Lizard Cage | Allan, ClareClare Allan – Poppy Shakespeare Roopa Farooki – Bitter Sweets |
[5] |
| 2008 | Kavenna, JoannaJoanna Kavenna | Inglorious | Groff, LaurenLauren Groff – The Monsters of Templeton Lauren Liebenberg – The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam |
[5] |
| 2009 | Kay, FrancescaFrancesca Kay | An Equal Stillness | Mun, NamiNami Mun – Miles From Nowhere Ann Weisgarber – The Personal History of Rachel DuPree |
[6] |
| 2010 | Sabatini, IreneIrene Sabatini | The Boy Next Door | Borodale, JaneJane Borodale – The Book Of Fires Evie Wyld – After The Fire, A Still Small Voice |
[7] |
References
- ↑ "Orange Prize for New Writers – archive". Orange. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ↑ Page, Benedicte (14 October 2010). "Orange ditches Award for New Writers". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- 1 2 "Orange launches new writers prize". BBC News. 25 April 2005. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ↑ Adams, Stephen (7 December 2009). "Former teacher wins £15,000 short story prize". Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- 1 2 Dammann, Guy (5 June 2008). "Inglorious triumph in first novel award". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ↑ Pressley, James (3 June 2009). "Marilynne Robinson Wins 30,000-Pound Orange Prize for Fiction". Bloomberg. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ↑ Pressley, James (9 June 2010). "Kingsolver Wins 30,000-Pound Orange Prize for Fiction". Bloomberg. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
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