Orange Prize for Fiction

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Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction Homepage

• UK
• found in 1996
• annual
• novel by a female author of any nationality, written in English and published in the UK in the preceding year
• prize: £30,000, and a bronze sculpture called the "Bessie" created by artist Grizel Niven, the sister of actor/writer David Niven
• intention: "to try to introduce a prize that would be less traditional and that would put readers at the centre"
• related prizes (also Booktrust): New Writing Ventures (National prizes and awards for emerging writers in poetry, fiction and non-fiction, launched by The New Writing Partnership), The Kim Scott Walwyn Prize (A prize for women in publishing in Britain), Early Years Awards (formerly Sainsbury's Baby Book Award), Booktrust Teenage Prize (Recognising and celebrating contemporary teenage fiction), Nestlé Children's Book Prize (For the best work of fiction or poetry for children in three age categories - up to 11 years, formerly the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize), John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

2008

Dates

Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction longlist 18 March 2008 — Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction shortlist 15 April 2008 — Orange Broadband Award for New Writers shortlist 8 April 2008 — Shortlist readings 2/3 June 2008 — Award ceremony 4 June 2008

Longlist

• Anita Amirrezvani, The Blood of Flowers (2007) - Headline Review
• Stella Duffy, The Room of Lost Things (2008) - Virago
• Jennifer Egan, The Keep (2006) - Knopf
• Anne Enright, The Gathering (2007) - Jonathan Cape
• Linda Grant, The Clothes on Their Backs (2008) - Virago
• Tessa Hadley, The Master Bedroom (2007) - Henry Holt and Co.
• Nancy Huston, Fault Lines (2007) - McArthur & Company
• Gail Jones, Sorry (2007) - Harvill Secker
• Sadie Jones, The Outcast (2008) - Chatto and Windus
• Lauren Liebenberg, The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam (2008) - Virago Press Ltd
• Charlotte Mendelson, When We Were Bad (2007) - Picador
• Deborah Moggach, In The Dark (2007) - Chatto and Windus
• Anita Nair, Mistress (2006) - Penguin India
• Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals (2006) - HarperCollins
• Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul (2007) - Viking
• Dalia Sofer, The Septembers of Shiraz (2007) - Ecco
• Scarlett Thomas, The End of Mr Y (2007) - Canongate Books
• Carol Topolski, Monster Love (2008) - Fig Tree
• Rose Tremain, The Road Home (2008) - Chatto and Windus
• Patricia Wood, Lottery (2007) - Putnam Adult

Links

• guardian.co.uk, "First-time authors find favour on Orange longlist", Lindesay Irvine, Tuesday March 18, 2008
• The Guardian, Comment, "Literature is alright, still", by Maya Jaggi, December 13, 2007 incl. a discussion the literary status of the Orange
• Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - books, "Do we really need stars to shed light on literature?", by Nicholas Lezard, December 12, 2007
• Guardian Unlimited, "'Passionate reader' Lily Allen joins Orange prize judges", by Michelle Pauli, December 12, 2007

Judges

• the broadcaster Kirsty Lang, (chair)
• the novelist Philippa Gregory
• the writer Bel Mooney
• Lisa Allardice, editor of the Guardian Review
• 22-year old musician and youngest other judge on the panel, Lily Allen

2007

• dates: longlist-19 March 2007 — shortlist-17 April 2007 — Award ceremony-6 June 2007

Winner

• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun (2006)

Judges

• Muriel Gray (chair)
• Kathryn Hughes
• Maya Jaggi
• Marian Keyes
• Kate Saunders

2006

Winner

• Zadie Smith, On Beauty (2005)

Shortlist

• Sarah Waters, The Night Watch Virago (2006)
• Hilary Mantel, Beyond Black (2005)
• Ali Smith, The Accidental (2004)

2005

Orange of Oranges

• Andrea Levy, Small Island (2004)

Winner

• Lionel Shriver, We need to Talk About Kevin (2003)

Shortlist

• Marina Lewycka, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (2005)

2004

Winner

• Andrea Levy, Small Island (2004)

Shortlist

• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus (2003)

2003

Winner

• Valerie Martin, Property (2003)

Shortlist

• Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man (2002)

2002

Winner

• Ann Patchett, Bel Canto (2001)

2001

Winner

• Kate Grenville, The Idea of Perfection (1999)

Shortlist

• Zadie Smith, White Teeth (2000)

2000

Winner

• Linda Grant, When I Lived in Modern Times (2000)

1999

Winner

• Suzanne Berne, A Crime in the Neighborhood (1997)

1998

Winner

• Carol Shields, Larry's Party (1997)

1997

Winner

• Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces (1997)

1996

Winner

• Helen Dunmore, A Spell of Winter (1995)