Book Awards And Winners Online - Orange Prize
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Judges
- Joanna Trollope (Chair)
- Lisa Appignanesi
- Victoria Derbyshire
- Natalie Haynes
- Natasha Kaplinsky
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Orange Prize
About the award
The Orange Prize for Fiction celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women's writing from throughout the world. The winner receives a cheque for £30,000 and a limited edition bronze known as a 'Bessie', created and donated by the artist Grizel Niven. Both are anonymously endowed.
Every June, a panel of five women, all passionate readers and at the top of their respective professions, choose the winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction. Booktrust - the Prize administrators - invites UK publishers to submit eligible books. The Project Director is responsible for approaching potential judges. Judges are appointed by the end of the year and read their allotted books, before meeting to decide the longlist, the shortlist and - shortly before the Award Ceremony - the winner.
The Prize aims to 'promote accessibility, originality and excellence' in writing by women. Judges are encouraged to form their own views, ignoring reviews, publicity and marketing spends, and previous works and reputations. They are advised to choose only books that they thoroughly enjoyed, that moved them and made the think about the subject or think about it in a different way.
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