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for first novels by authors under the age of 35
1984
Ronald Frame Winter Journey £6,750 accepted as MS Bodley Head 1984
Clare Nonhebel Cold Showers £6,750 MS Century Hutchinson 1985
James Buchan A Parish of Rich Women £1,000 accepted MS Hamish Hamilton 1985
Helen Harris Playing Fields in Winter £1,000 MS Century Hutchinson 1986
Gareth Jones The Disinherited £1,000 published by Gollancz 1984
Simon Rees The Devil's Looking Glass £1,000 MS Methuen 1986
1985
Susan Kay LEGACY £12,500 accepted MS Bodley Head 1985
Gary Armitage A SEASON OF PEACE £1,000 proof Secker & Warburg 1985
Elizabeth Ironside A VERY PRIVATE ENTERPRISE £1,000 published by Hodder & Stoughton 1984
Alice Mitchell INSTEAD OF EDEN £1,000 MS W H Allen 1986
Caroline Stickland THE STANDING HILLS £1,000 MS Gollancz 1986
George Schweiz THE EARTH ABIDES FOR EVER £1,000 MS
1986
Tim Parks TONGUES OF FLAMES £9,000 published by Heinemann 1985
Patricia Ferguson FAMILY, MYTHS AND LEGENDS £4,500 published by Deutsch 1985
Philippa Blake MZUNGU’S WIFE £1,000 MS Bodley Head 1988
Matthew Kneale WHORE BANQUETS £1,000 accepted MS Gollancz 1987
J F McLaughlin THE ROAD TO DILMUN £1,000 MS
Kate Saunders THE PRODIGAL FATHER £1,000 proof Cape 1987
1987
James Maw HARD LUCK £8,000 published by Quartet Books 1986
Peter Benson THE LEVELS £4,500 proof Constable 1987
Helen Flint RETURN JOURNEY £4,500 accepted MS Heinemann 1987
Catherine Arnold LOST TIME £1,000 published by Hodder & Stoughton 1986
H S Bhabra GESTURES £1,000 published by Michael Joseph 1986
Lucy Pinney THE PINK STALLION £1,000 MS Hodder & Stoughton 1988
1988
Alex Martin THE GENERAL INTERRUPTOR £6,500 MS Viking/Penguin
1989
Candia McWilliam A CASE OF KNIVES £6,500 published by Bloomsbury
Georgina Andrewes BEHIND THE WATERFALL £2,000 published by Pandora Press
James Friel LEFT OF NORTH £2,000 published by Macmillan
Glenn Patterson BURNING YOUR OWN £2,000 published by Chatto & Windus
Susan Webster SMALL TALES OF A TOWN £2,000 published by Simon & Schuster
1989
Nigel Watts THE LIFE GAME £10,000
published by Hodder & Stoughton
William Riviere WATERCOLOUR SKY £5,000
published by Hodder & Stoughton
Paul Houghton HARRY’S LAST WEDDING £2,000
unpublished typescript
Alasdair McKee UNCLE HENRY’S LAST STAND £2,000
published by Chatto & Windus
1990
Robert McLiam Wilson RIPLEY BOGLE £16,000
published by Andre Deutsch
Elizabeth Chadwick THE WILD HUNT £3,000
published by Michael Joseph
Rosemary Cohen NO STRANGE LAND £3,000
unpublished typescript
Nicholas Shakespeare THE VISION OF ELENA SILVES £3,000 published by Collins Harvill
1991
Amit Chaudhuri A STRANGE AND SUBLIME ADDRESS £10,000 published by Heinemann
Mark Swallow TEACHING LITTLE FANG £7,000 published by Macmillan
Suzannah Dunn QUITE CONTRARY £2,000 published by Sinclair Stevenson
Lesley Glaister HONOUR THY FATHER £2,000 published by Secker & Warburg
Nino Ricci LIVES OF THE SAINTS £2,000 published by W H Allen
Simon Mason THE GREAT ENGLISH NUDE £2,000
published by Constable
1992
Liane Jones THE DREAM STONE £10,000 published by Heinemann
Peter M Rosenburg KISSING THROUGH A PANE OF GLASS £5,000 published MS by Simon & Schuster
Tibor Fischer UNDER THE FROG £3,000 published by Polygon
Eugene Mullan THE LAST OF HIS LINE £3,000 unpublished
Edward St Aubyn NEVER MIND £3,000 published by Heinemann
1993
Mark Blackaby YOU’LL NEVER BE HERE AGAIN £10,000 MS published by Gollancz
Andrew Cowan PIG £7,000 MS published by Michael Joseph
Simon Corrigan TOMMY WAS HERE £5,000 published by Andre Deutsch 1992
Joanna Briscoe MOTHERS AND OTHER LOVERS £2,000 MS published by Phoenix
Olivia Fane LANDING ON CLOUDS £2,000 MS published by Mandarin
1994
Colin Bateman DIVORCING JACK £12,000
proof HarperCollins Nov. 1994
Nadeem Aslam SEASON OF THE RAINBIRDS £10,000
published by Andre Deutsch
Guy Burt AFTER THE HOLE £1,000 published by Transworld
Frances Liardet THE GAME £1,000 published by Macmillan
Jonathan Rix SOME HOPE £1,000 published by Andre Deutsch
1995
Robert Newman DEPENDENCE DAY £10,000
published by Century
Mark Behr THE SMELL OF APPLES £8,000
published by Little Brown
Martina Evans MIDNIGHT FEAST £3,000
accepted MS Heinemann
Rohit Manchanda A SPECK OF COALDUST £1,000
unpublished MS
Juliet Thomas HALLELUJAH JORDAN £1,000
unpublished MS
Philippa Walshe THE LATECOMER £1,000
unpublished MS
Madeleine Wickham THE TENNIS PARTY £1,000
published by Black Swan
1996
John Lanchester THE DEBT TO PLEASURE £8,000 Macmillan 1995
Meera Syal ANITA AND ME £7,000 Flamingo 1995
Rhidian Brook THE TESTIMONY OF TALIESIN JONES £5,000 Flamingo 1995
Louis Caron Buss THE LUXURY OF EXILE £5,000 Jonathan Cape 1996
1997
Alex Garland THE BEACH £12,000 Viking 1996
Josie Barnard POKER FACE £5,000 Virago 1996
Ardashir Vakil BEACH BOY £5,000 Hamish Hamilton 1997
Diran Adebayo SOME KIND OF BLACK £1,500 Virago 1996
Sanjida O’Connell THEORY OF MIND £1,500 Black Swan 1996
1998
Kiran Desai HULLABALOO IN THE GUAVA ORCHARD £10,000 Faber and Faber
Nick Earls ZIGZAG STREET £8,000 Macmillan
Phil Whitaker ECLIPSE OF THE SUN £5,000 Phoenix House
Gail Anderson-Dargatz THE CURE FOR DEATH BY LIGHTING £1,000 Virago
Tobias Hill UNDERGROUND £1,000 unpublished MS
1999
Elliot Perlman THREE DOLLARS £7,000 Faber AND Faber
Catherine Chidgey IN A FISHBONE CHURCH £6,000 Picador Macmillan
Giles Foden THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND £4,000 Faber and Faber
Dennis Bock OLYMPIA £3,000 Bloomsbury
Rajeev Balasubramanyam IN BEAUTIFUL DISGUISES £2,500 unpublished winner (to be published Bloomsbury)
Sarah Waters TIPPING THE VELVET £1,000 Virago
2000
Jonathan Tulloch THE SEASON TICKET £10,000 Jonathan Cape
Julia Leigh THE HUNTER £7,000 Faber AND Faber
Susan Elderkin SUNSET OVER CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS £4,000 Fourth Estate
Galaxy Craze BY THE SHORE £2,000 Jonathan Cape
Nicholas Griffin THE REQUIEM SHARK £2,000 Little, Brown
2001
Zadie Smith WHITE TEETH £6,000 Hamish Hamilton
Justin Hill THE DRINK AND DREAM TEAHOUSE £5,000 Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Maggie O’Farrell AFTER YOU’D GONE £5,000 Headline Review
Vivien Kelly TAKE ONE YOUNG MAN £4,000 Arrow
Mohsin Hamid MOTH SMOKE £2,500 Granta
Patrick Neate MUSUNGU JIM AND THE GREAT CHIEF TULOKO £2,500 Penguin
2002
Hari Kunzru THE IMPRESSIONIST £8,000 Hamish Hamilton
Rachel Seiffert THE DARK ROOM £5,000 William Heinemann
Shamim Sarif THE WORLD UNSEEN £4,000 The Women’s Press
Helen Cross MY SUMMER OF LOVE £2,000 Bloomsbury
Chloe Hooper A CHILD’S BOOK OF TRUE CRIME £2,000 Jonathan Cape
Susanna Jones THE EARTHQUAKE BIRD £2,000 Picador
Gwendoline Riley COLD WATER £2,000 Jonathan Cape
2003
Jon McGregor IF NOBODY SPEAKS OF REMARKABLE THINGS £10,000 Bloomsbury
Sarah Hall HAWESWATER £6,000 Faber and Faber
Stephanie Merritt GAVESTON £4,000 Faber and Faber
Elizabeth Garner NIGHTDANCING £2,000 Headline
Zoe Strachan NEGATIVE SPACE £2,000 Picador
Adam Thirlwell POLITICS £1,000 Jonathan Cape
2004
Louise Dean BECOMING STRANGERS £8,000 Scribner
Hannah MacDonald THE SUN ROAD £6,000 Little, Brown
Anthony Cartwright THE AFTERGLOW £3,000 Tindal Street Press
Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi THE LAST SONG OF DUSK £3,000 Weidenfeld & Nicolson
2005
Susan Fletcher EVE GREEN £16,000 Fourth Estate
Diana Evans 26a £2,000 Chatto & Windus
Helen Walsh BRASS £2,000 Canongate
2006
Nick Laird UTTERLY MONKEY £10,000 Fourth Estate/Harper Perennial
Peter Hobbs THE SHORT DAY DYING £5,000 Faber & Faber
Nicola Monaghan THE KILLING JAR £5,000 Chatto & Windus
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