Orange Award for New Writers

Orange Award for New Writers
Awarded fora great debut novel by a woman, written in English
LocationUnited Kingdom
Presented byOrange UK
First awarded2006
Last awarded2010
WebsiteWebsite

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]

Winners and shortlisted nominees

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

  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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.