| 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 |
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. The award was supported by Arts Council England and was accompanied by a bursary of £10,000. It was open to any female authors who had written their debut novel in the English language.
Winners and shortlisted nominees
| Year | Winner | Work | Shortlisted nominations | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Diana Evans | 26a | Nell Freudenberger – Lucky Girls Meg Rosoff – How I Live Now |
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| 2006 | Naomi Alderman | Disobedience | Olga Grushin – The Dream Life of Sukhanov Yiyun Li – A Thousand Years of Good Prayers |
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| 2007 | Karen Connelly | The Lizard Cage | Clare Allan – Poppy Shakespeare Roopa Farooki – Bitter Sweets |
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| 2008 | Joanna Kavenna | Inglorious | Lauren Groff – The Monsters of Templeton Lauren Liebenberg – The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam |
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| 2009 | Francesca Kay | An Equal Stillness | Nami Mun – Miles from Nowhere Ann Weisgarber – The Personal History of Rachel DuPree |
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| 2010 | Irene Sabatini | The Boy Next Door | Jane Borodale – The Book of Fires Evie Wyld – After the Fire, a Still Small Voice |
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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.