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Ali Shaw Wins £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize

Former bookseller from Dorset is named 'author of the future' by judges

Read more »Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The Desmond Elliott Prize 2010 Shortlist Announced

The shortlist for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2010, the award for a first novel published in the UK, is announced today, Friday 21 May, 2010.

Read more »Friday, May 21, 2010

The Desmond Elliott Prize 2010 Longlist Announced

The longlist for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2010, the award for a first novel published in the UK, was announced on Wednesday 14 April, 2010.

Read more »Wednesday, April 14, 2010

The Desmond Elliott Prize 2010 Judges Announced

The judges for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2010 were announced on Tuesday 2 February 2010.

Read more »Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Desmond Elliott Prize 2009 attains global coverage

The Desmond Elliott Prize 2009 gained coverage across the globe at every stage

Read more »Thursday, October 01, 2009

EDWARD HOGAN WINS £10,000 DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE

Former teacher's novel of hometown mining community leaves judges dazzled by its exceptional quality

Read more »Wednesday, June 24, 2009

THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2009 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED

First novelists go back to their roots

Read more »Tuesday, May 26, 2009

The Desmond Elliott Prize 2009 Longlist Announced

The longlist for the Desmond Elliott Prize, the award for a first novel published in the UK, is announced today, Monday 6 April 2009.

Read more »Monday, April 06, 2009

The Desmond Elliott Prize 2009 Judges announced

The judges for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2009 are announced today, Tuesday 17th March 2009.

Read more »Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Call for Entries as Prize for New Fiction goes Annual

The trustees of The Desmond Elliott Charitable Trust are delighted to announce today (Tuesday 23rd September) that the Desmond Elliott Prize will now be an annual event.

Read more »Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Nikita Lalwani Gifts £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize money to Liberty

In a moving speech at the announcement of the inaugural Desmond Elliott Prize last night (Thursday 26th June), winner Nikita Lalwani asked the trustees of the Prize to donate her £10,000 prize money to the human rights organisation, Liberty.

Read more »Friday, June 27, 2008

Nikita Lalwani + Gifted = winner of inaugural £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize

Nikita Lalwani was tonight (Thursday, 26th June) named the winner of the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize for Gifted, a story about a maths prodigy growing up in 1980s Cardiff, published by Penguin Books.

Read more »Thursday, June 26, 2008

The Desmond Elliott Prize 2008 Shortlist is announced

William Hill has given odds on the shortlist: Child 44 is the favourite at 1/ 2; Gifted is at 2/1; and Sunday at the Cross Bones is at 3/1. Graham Sharpe of William Hill comments: '1/2 is the shortest price we have ever quoted a book at to win a literary award, so Child 44 is the hot favourite.'

Read more »Thursday, May 22, 2008

The 2008 Longlist is announced

The longlist for the inaugural Desmond Elliott Prize, a new award for a first novel published in the UK, is announced today, 24 April 2008.

Read more »Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Judges Announced

The judges for the inaugural Desmond Elliott Prize are announced today, 25 January 2008. Best-selling author, Penny Vincenzi will chair the panel of judges and is joined by Tatler Editor, Geordie Greig and author and journalist Cristina Odone.

Read more »Friday, January 25, 2008

Desmond Elliott Prize is launched

Launched today, in honour of one of the most charismatic and successful men in recent publishing history, The Desmond Elliott Prize is a new biennial prize for a first novel published in the UK.

Read more »Tuesday, October 23, 2007