The Orange Award for New Writers was a prize given by telecommunications company Orange UK 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]
| Orange Award for New Writers | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | a great debut novel by a woman, written in English |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | Orange UK |
| First awarded | 2006 |
| Last awarded | 2010 |
| Website | Website |
Winners and shortlisted nominees
edit| Year | Winner | Work | Shortlisted nominations | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b 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.