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{{short description|British literary award for best debut novel}}
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The Desmond Elliott Prize was inaugurated at the bequest of Desmond Elliott, who died in August 2003. He stipulated that his literary estate should be invested in a charitable trust that would fund a literary award "to enrich the careers of new writers".<ref>Katie Allen, [http://www.thebookseller.com/news/shukla-connolly-kelman-desmond-elliott-longlist.html "Shukla, Connolly, Kelman on Desmond Elliott longlist"], ''The Bookseller'', 19 April 2011.</ref> The prize is therefore dedicated to supporting and celebrating aspiring authors and their fiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookprizeinfo.com/showprize.php?prize=48|title=Book Prize Information - Desmond Elliott Prize|publisher=|accessdate=10 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025838/http://www.bookprizeinfo.com/showprize.php?prize=48|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The Desmond Elliott Prize was inaugurated at the bequest of Desmond Elliott, who died in August 2003. He stipulated that his literary estate should be invested in a charitable trust that would fund a literary award "to enrich the careers of new writers".<ref>Katie Allen, [http://www.thebookseller.com/news/shukla-connolly-kelman-desmond-elliott-longlist.html "Shukla, Connolly, Kelman on Desmond Elliott longlist"], ''The Bookseller'', 19 April 2011.</ref> The prize is therefore dedicated to supporting and celebrating aspiring authors and their fiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookprizeinfo.com/showprize.php?prize=48|title=Book Prize Information - Desmond Elliott Prize|publisher=|accessdate=10 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025838/http://www.bookprizeinfo.com/showprize.php?prize=48|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>


The Desmond Elliott Prize was launched in 2007 as a biennial award for a first novel published in the UK. The inaugural prize was won by [[Nikita Lalwani]] for her novel, ''[[Gifted (novel)|Gifted]]'', in June 2008.<ref>Amber Pearson, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-1029927/First-winner-Desmond-Elliott-Prize.html "A Gifted winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize"], ''Daily Mail'', 27 June 2008.</ref> After the successful launch of the prize, the trustees decided to make it an annual award.<ref>Katie Allen, [http://www.thebookseller.com/news/desmond-elliott-prize-goes-annual.html "Desmond Elliott Prize goes annual"], ''The Bookseller'', 23 June 2008.</ref> [[Edward Hogan (writer)|Edward Hogan]] won the prize in 2009 for his novel ''Blackmoor'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/5627490/Leicester-Square-placard-holder-Edward-Hogan-becomes-literary-prize-winner.html|work=The Telegraph|title=Leicester Square placard holder Edward Hogan becomes literary prize winner|date=25 June 2009|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref> [[Ali Shaw]] the 2010 prize for his novel ''The Girl with Glass Feet''<ref>Maggie Hartford, [http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/8241831.Desmond_Elliott_prize_for_novel_goes_to_former_Bodleian_employee/ "Desmond Elliott prize for novel goes to former Bodleian employee"], ''The Oxford Times'', 28 June 2010.</ref> and [[Anjali Joseph]] in 2011 for her novel ''Saraswati Park''.<ref>Anupama Krishnakumar, [http://www.sparkthemagazine.com/?p=2158 "Discovering Saraswati Park – An Interview with Anjali Joseph"], ''Spark Magazine'', 5 August 2011.</ref>
The Desmond Elliott Prize was launched in 2007 as a biennial award for a first novel published in the UK. The inaugural prize was won by [[Nikita Lalwani]] for her novel, ''[[Gifted (novel)|Gifted]]'', in June 2008.{{cn|date=May 2020}} After the successful launch of the prize, the trustees decided to make it an annual award.<ref>Katie Allen, [http://www.thebookseller.com/news/desmond-elliott-prize-goes-annual.html "Desmond Elliott Prize goes annual"], ''The Bookseller'', 23 June 2008.</ref> [[Edward Hogan (writer)|Edward Hogan]] won the prize in 2009 for his novel ''Blackmoor'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/5627490/Leicester-Square-placard-holder-Edward-Hogan-becomes-literary-prize-winner.html|work=The Telegraph|title=Leicester Square placard holder Edward Hogan becomes literary prize winner|date=25 June 2009|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref> Ali Shaw the 2010 prize for his novel ''The Girl with Glass Feet''<ref>Maggie Hartford, [http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/8241831.Desmond_Elliott_prize_for_novel_goes_to_former_Bodleian_employee/ "Desmond Elliott prize for novel goes to former Bodleian employee"], ''The Oxford Times'', 28 June 2010.</ref> and [[Anjali Joseph]] in 2011 for her novel ''Saraswati Park''.<ref>Anupama Krishnakumar, [http://www.sparkthemagazine.com/?p=2158 "Discovering Saraswati Park – An Interview with Anjali Joseph"], ''Spark Magazine'', 5 August 2011.</ref>


The prize is administered by Emma Manderson and the trustees of [[The Desmond Elliott Charitable Trust]], a UK [[charitable foundation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://opencharities.org/charities/1115496|title=THE DESMOND ELLIOTT CHARITABLE TRUST :: OpenCharities|publisher=|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref> The Trust is chaired by Dallas Manderson, former Group Sales Director of the [[Orion Publishing Group]]. He is joined by Christine Berry, a partner in the charities group at Taylor Vinters, a Cambridge-based law firm, and Liz Thomson, an arts journalist and author. Both Dallas and Christine worked with Desmond Elliott at Arlington Books.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}
The prize is administered by Emma Manderson and the trustees of [[The Desmond Elliott Charitable Trust]], a UK [[charitable foundation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://opencharities.org/charities/1115496|title=THE DESMOND ELLIOTT CHARITABLE TRUST :: OpenCharities|publisher=|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref> The Trust is chaired by Dallas Manderson, former Group Sales Director of the [[Orion Publishing Group]]. He is joined by Christine Berry, a partner in the charities group at Taylor Vinters, a Cambridge-based law firm, and Liz Thomson, an arts journalist and author. Both Dallas and Christine worked with Desmond Elliott at Arlington Books.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}
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== Winners and shortlists ==
== Winners and shortlists ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
* 2008 '''''[[Gifted (novel)|Gifted]]'' by [[Nikita Lalwani]] ([[Penguin Books]])'''
|-
** ''[[Child 44]]'' by [[Tom Rob Smith]] ([[Simon & Schuster]])
! Year || Author || Book || Publisher
** ''Sunday at The Cross Bones'' by [[John Walsh (writer)|John Walsh]] ([[Fourth Estate (imprint)|Fourth Estate]])
!Ref.
* 2009 '''''Blackmoor'' by [[Edward Hogan (writer)|Edward Hogan]] ([[Simon & Schuster]])'''
|-style="background:#cddeff"
** ''A Girl Made of Dust'' by [[Nathalie Abi-Ezzi]] (Fourth Estate)
! rowspan="3" | 2008
** ''The Rescue Man'' by [[Anthony Quinn]] ([[Jonathan Cape]])
| {{Sortname|first=Nikita|last=Lalwani}} || ''[[Gifted (novel)|Gifted]]'' || [[Penguin Books]]
* 2010 '''''The Girl with Glass Feet'' by [[Ali Shaw]] ([[Atlantic Books]])'''
|
** ''Before the Earthquake'' by [[Maria Allen]] ([[Tindal Street Press]])
|-
** ''Talk of the Town'' by [[Jacob Polley]] ([[Picador (imprint)|Picador]])
| {{Sortname|first=Tom Rob|last=Smith}} || ''[[Child 44]]'' || [[Simon & Schuster]]
* 2011 '''''[[Saraswati Park]]'' by [[Anjali Joseph]] ([[Fourth Estate (imprint)|Fourth Estate]])'''
|
** ''[[Boxer, Beetle]]'' by [[Ned Beauman]] ([[Sceptre (imprint)|Sceptre]])
|-
** ''[[Pigeon English]]'' by [[Stephen Kelman]] ([[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]])
| {{Sortname|first=John|last=Walsh|link=John Walsh (writer)}}|| ''Sunday at The Cross Bones''|| [[Fourth Estate (imprint)|Fourth Estate]]
* 2012 '''''[[The Land of Decoration]]'' by [[Grace McCleen]] ([[Chatto & Windus]])'''
|
** ''The Last Hundred Days'' by [[Patrick McGuinness]] ([[Seren Books|Seren]])
|-style="background:#cddeff"
** ''The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry'' by Rachel Joyce ([[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]])
! rowspan="3" | 2009
* 2013 '''''[[The Marlowe Papers]]'' by [[Ros Barber]] ([[Sceptre (imprint)|Sceptre]])'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/27/desmond-elliott-prize-ros-barber |title=Desmond Elliott prize goes to former computer programmer |work=[[The Guardian]] |author=Alison Flood |date=27 June 2013 |accessdate=27 June 2013}}</ref>
| {{Sortname|first=Edward|last=Hogan|link=Edward Hogan (writer)}} || ''Blackmoor'' || [[Simon & Schuster]]
** ''The Panopticon'' by [[Jenni Fagan]] ([[Heinemann (publisher)|Heinemann]])
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-06-25 |title=Awards: Desmond Elliott Prize |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=950 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>
** ''The Universe Versus Alex Woods'' by [[Gavin Extence]] ([[Hodder & Stoughton]])
|-
* 2014 '''''[[A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing]]'' by [[Eimear McBride]]''' ([[Galley Beggar Press]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.desmondelliottprize.org/2014-prize-winner/ |title=The 2014 Prize |website=The Desmond Elliott Prize |date=3 July 2014 |accessdate=19 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20140725200849/http://www.desmondelliottprize.org/2014-prize-winner/ |archivedate=25 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| {{Sortname|first=Nathalie|last=Abi-Ezzi}}|| ''A Girl Made of Dust''|| [[Fourth Estate (imprint)|Fourth Estate]]
** ''The Letter Bearer'' by [[Robert Allison (writer)|Robert Allison]] ([[Granta]])
|
** ''Ballistics'' by [[D. W. Wilson]] (Bloomsbury)
|-
* 2015 '''''[[Our Endless Numbered Days (novel)|Our Endless Numbered Days]]'' by [[Claire Fuller]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33345747|title=Claire Fuller wins debut-novel Desmond Elliott Prize|date=1 July 2015|accessdate=2 July 2015|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>
| {{Sortname|first=Anthony|last=Quinn|link=Anthony Quinn (writer)}}|| ''The Rescue Man''|| [[Jonathan Cape]]
** ''[[Elizabeth is Missing]]'' by Emma Healey
|
** ''A Song for Issy Bradley'' by Carys Bray
|-style="background:#cddeff"
* 2016 '''''The Glorious Heresies'' by [[Lisa McInerney]]''' (John Murray)<ref>Alison Flood, [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/22/lisa-mcinerneys-debut-novel-wins-desmond-elliott-prize-the-glorious-heresies "Lisa McInerney's 'astounding' debut novel wins Desmond Elliott prize"], ''The Guardian'', 22 June 2016.</ref>
! rowspan="3" | 2010
** ''Mrs. Engels'' by Gavin McCrea
| {{Sortname|first=Ali|last=Shaw|link=Ali Shaw (writer)}} || ''The Girl with Glass Feet'' || [[Atlantic Books]]
** ''The House at the Edge of the World'' by Julia Rochester
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-06-24 |title=Awards: Desmond Elliott Prize; Indigo Teen Read Awards |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1217 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>
* 2017 '''''Golden Hill'' by [[Francis Spufford]]''' (Faber & Faber)<ref>Natasha Onwuemezi, [http://www.thebookseller.com/news/golden-hill-wins-10k-desmond-elliott-prize-572301 "Golden Hill wins £10k Desmond Elliott Prize"], ''The Bookseller'', 21 June 2017.</ref>
|-
** ''My Name is Leon'' by [[Kit de Waal]] (Viking)
| {{Sortname|first=Maria|last=Allen}}|| ''Before the Earthquake''|| [[Tindal Street Press]]
** ''Harmless Like You'' by [[Rowan Hisayo Buchanan]] (Sceptre)
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-05-24 |title=Awards: Desmond Elliott Shortlist; Theakstons Longlist |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1193 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>
* 2018 '''''We that are Young'' by [[Preti Taneja]]''' (Galley Beggar Press)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907021808/http://www.desmondelliottprize.org.uk/preti-taneja-wins-2018-desmond-elliott-prize-awe-inspiring-young/ |title=PRETI TANEJA WINS 2018 DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE FOR “AWE-INSPIRING” WE THAT ARE YOUNG |publisher=www.desmondelliottprize.org.uk }}</ref>
|-
** ''How to be Human'' by Paula Cocozza (Metropolitan Books)
| {{Sortname|first=Jacob|last=Polley}}|| ''Talk of the Town''|| [[Picador (imprint)|Picador]]
** ''Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine'' by Gail Honeyman (Viking)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" | 2011
| {{Sortname|first=Anjali|last=Joseph}} || ''[[Saraswati Park]]'' || [[Fourth Estate (imprint)|Fourth Estate]]
|
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Ned|last=Beauman}} || ''[[Boxer, Beetle]]'' || [[Sceptre (imprint)|Sceptre]]
|
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Stephen|last=Kelman}} || ''[[Pigeon English]]'' || [[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]]
|
|-style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" | 2012
| {{Sortname|first=Grace|last=McCleen}} || ''[[The Land of Decoration]]'' || [[Chatto & Windus]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-06-29 |title=Award: Desmond Elliott Prize |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1773 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Patrick|last=McGuinness}}|| ''The Last Hundred Days''|| [[Seren Books|Seren]]
|
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Rachel|last=Joyce|link=Rachel Joyce (writer)}} || ''[[The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry]]'' || [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]
|
|-style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" | 2013
| {{Sortname|first=Ros|last=Barber}} || ''[[The Marlowe Papers]]'' || [[Sceptre (imprint)|Sceptre]]
|<ref>{{cite web |author=Alison Flood |date=27 June 2013 |title=Desmond Elliott prize goes to former computer programmer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/27/desmond-elliott-prize-ros-barber |work=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=27 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-06-28 |title=Awards: Desmond Elliott; Scottish Children's Books |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2028 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Jenni|last=Fagan}} || ''[[The Panopticon (novel)|The Panopticon]]'' || [[Heinemann (publisher)|Heinemann]]
|
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Gavin|last=Extence}} || ''[[The Universe Versus Alex Woods]]'' || [[Hodder & Stoughton]]
|
|-style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" | 2014
| {{Sortname|first=Eimear|last=McBride}} || ''[[A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing]]'' || Galley Beggar Press
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-07-07 |title=Awards: SIBA, Desmond Elliott |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2290 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=3 July 2014 |title=The 2014 Prize |url=http://www.desmondelliottprize.org/2014-prize-winner/ |url-status=dead |website=The Desmond Elliott Prize |accessdate=19 July 2014 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140725200849/http://www.desmondelliottprize.org/2014-prize-winner/ |archivedate=25 July 2014 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Robert|last=Allison|link=Robert Allison (writer)}} || ''[[The Letter Bearer]]'' || Catapult Press
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-05-29 |title=Awards: Desmond Elliott Shortlist |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2262 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=D. W.|last=Wilson}}|| ''Ballistics''|| [[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" | 2015
| {{Sortname|first=Claire|last=Fuller}} || ''[[Our Endless Numbered Days (novel)|Our Endless Numbered Days]]'' || [[Penguin Books]]
|<ref>{{cite web |date=1 July 2015 |title=Claire Fuller wins debut-novel Desmond Elliott Prize |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33345747 |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=2 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-07-02 |title=Awards: Desmond Elliott; CWA Daggers |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2541 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Emma|last=Healey}}|| ''Elizabeth Is Missing''|| [[Harper Publishing]]
|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-05-20 |title=Awards: Man Booker International; Wodehouse; Desmond Elliott |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2511 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Carys|last=Bray}}|| ''A Song for Issy Bradley''|| [[Ballantine Books]]
|<ref name=":2" />
|-style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" | 2016
| {{Sortname|first=Lisa|last=McInerney}} || ''[[The Glorious Heresies]]'' || [[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flood |first=Allison |date=2016-06-22 |title=Lisa McInerney's 'astounding' debut novel wins Desmond Elliott prize |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/22/lisa-mcinerneys-debut-novel-wins-desmond-elliott-prize-the-glorious-heresies |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pearson |first=Ridley |title=Shelf Awareness for Friday, June 24, 2016 |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2782 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=www.shelf-awareness.com}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Gavin|last=McCrea}}|| ''Mrs. Engels''|| [[Scribe Publications]]
|<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-05-10 |title=Awards: British Book Industry; Ondaatje; Desmond Elliott; CrimeFest |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2750 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Julia|last=Rochester}}|| ''The House at the Edge of the World''|| [[Penguin Books]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" | 2017
| {{Sortname|first=Francis|last=Spufford}} || ''[[Golden Hill (novel)|Golden Hill]]'' || [[Faber & Faber]]
|<ref>Natasha Onwuemezi, [http://www.thebookseller.com/news/golden-hill-wins-10k-desmond-elliott-prize-572301 "Golden Hill wins £10k Desmond Elliott Prize"], ''The Bookseller'', 21 June 2017.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-06-26 |title=Awards: Desmond Elliott Winner |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3030 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Kit|last=de Waal}}|| ''My Name Is Leon''|| [[Viking Press]]
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-05-12 |title=Awards: Desmond Elliott; Bread & Roses |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3000 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Rowan Hisayo|last=Buchanan}}|| ''Harmless Like You''|| [[Sceptre (imprint)|Sceptre]]
|-style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" | 2018
| {{Sortname|first=Preti|last=Taneja}} || ''We That Are Young'' || Galley Beggar Press
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Preti Taneja Wins 2018 Desmond Elliot Prize for "Awe-Inspiring" We That Are Young |url=http://www.desmondelliottprize.org.uk/preti-taneja-wins-2018-desmond-elliott-prize-awe-inspiring-young/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907021808/http://www.desmondelliottprize.org.uk/preti-taneja-wins-2018-desmond-elliott-prize-awe-inspiring-young/ |archive-date=2018-09-07 |publisher=Desmond Elliot Prize}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-06-21 |title=Awards: Desmond Elliott Winner; Midwest Booksellers Choice Finalists |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3275 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Paula|last=Cocozza}}|| ''How to Be Human''|| [[Metropolitan Books]]
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-05-08 |title=Awards: Desmond Elliott; Judith A. Markowitz |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3244 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Gail|last=Honeyman}} || ''[[Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine]]'' || [[Viking Press]]
|-style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" | 2019
| {{Sortname|first=Claire|last=Adam}} || ''[[Golden Child (novel)|Golden Child]]'' || [[Faber & Faber]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-06-20 |title=Awards: Desmond Elliott, Society of Authors Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3520 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Golden Child Claire Adam |url=https://desmondelliottprize.org.uk/the-2019-prize/the-2019-longlist/golden-child-claire-adam/}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Michael|last=Donkor}}|| ''Hold''|| [[Fourth Estate (imprint)|Fourth Estate]]
|<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-05-13 |title=Awards: Desmond Elliott Shortlist |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3493 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Anna|last=Mackmin}}|| ''Devoured''|| Propolis Press
|<ref name=":4" />
|-style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" | 2020
| {{Sortname|first=Derek|last=Owusu}} || ''[[That Reminds Me (novel)|That Reminds Me]]'' || Merky Books
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-02 |title=Merky author Derek Owusu wins Desmond Elliott prize for 'profound' debut |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/02/merky-author-derek-owusu-desmond-elliott-prize-that-reminds-me-stormzy |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-07-06 |title=Awards: Desmond Elliott Winner |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3774 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Okechukwu|last=Nzelu}}|| ''The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney''|| Dialogue Books
|<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-06-03 |title=Awards: Desmond Elliott Shortlist; IndieReader Discovery Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3752 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Abi|last=Daré}}||''[[The Girl with the Louding Voice]]''|| [[Sceptre]]
|<ref name=":5" />
|-style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" | 2021
| {{Sortname|first=A. K.|last=Blakemore}} || ''The Manningtree Witches'' || [[Granta]]
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Flood |first1=Alison |title=AK Blakemore wins Desmond Elliott prize for ‘stunning’ debut novel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jul/01/ak-blakemore-wins-desmond-elliott-prize-debut-the-manningtree-witches |access-date=21 March 2022 |website=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Rebecca|last=Watson|link=Rebecca Watson (writer)}}|| ''little scratch''<!-- leave stylize low case -->|| [[Faber & Faber]]
|
|-
| {{Sortname|first=Eley|last=Williams}}||''The Liar's Dictionary''|| [[William Heinemann]]
|
|-style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" |2022
|{{Sortname|first=Maddie|last=Mortimer}}
|''Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies''
|[[Picador (imprint)|Picador]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-07-04 |title=Mortimer wins 2022 Desmond Elliott Prize |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/07/04/216690/mortimer-wins-2022-desmond-elliott-prize/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU}}</ref>
|-
|{{Sortname|first=Luke|last=Cassidy}}
|''Iron Annie''
|[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]]
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==References==
==References==

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The Desmond Elliott Prize is an annual award for the best debut novel written in English and published in the UK.[1] The winning novel can be from any genre of fiction and must exhibit depth and breadth with a compelling narrative.[2] The winner receives £10,000. The prize is named in honour of the distinguished late publisher and literary agent, Desmond Elliott.[3]

History and administration

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The Desmond Elliott Prize was inaugurated at the bequest of Desmond Elliott, who died in August 2003. He stipulated that his literary estate should be invested in a charitable trust that would fund a literary award "to enrich the careers of new writers".[4] The prize is therefore dedicated to supporting and celebrating aspiring authors and their fiction.[5]

The Desmond Elliott Prize was launched in 2007 as a biennial award for a first novel published in the UK. The inaugural prize was won by Nikita Lalwani for her novel, Gifted, in June 2008.[citation needed] After the successful launch of the prize, the trustees decided to make it an annual award.[6] Edward Hogan won the prize in 2009 for his novel Blackmoor,[7] Ali Shaw the 2010 prize for his novel The Girl with Glass Feet[8] and Anjali Joseph in 2011 for her novel Saraswati Park.[9]

The prize is administered by Emma Manderson and the trustees of The Desmond Elliott Charitable Trust, a UK charitable foundation.[10] The Trust is chaired by Dallas Manderson, former Group Sales Director of the Orion Publishing Group. He is joined by Christine Berry, a partner in the charities group at Taylor Vinters, a Cambridge-based law firm, and Liz Thomson, an arts journalist and author. Both Dallas and Christine worked with Desmond Elliott at Arlington Books.[citation needed]

Judging

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The panel of three judges, which changes each year, is selected by the trustees of the prize.

When selecting a winner, the judges look for a novel with a compelling narrative, arresting character, and which is both vividly written and confidently realised.[11]

Previous chairs of the prize include author Sam Llewellyn (2012), BBC broadcaster and presenter Edward Stourton (2011), and authors Elizabeth Buchan (2010), Candida Lycett Green (2009) and Penny Vincenzi (2008).

Rules and entry

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The prize is awarded annually for the best first full-length work of fiction written in English published in book form in the UK, written by an author whose permanent place of residence is in the UK or Ireland. Entries are considered from all fiction genres.

The prize is selected from a longlist of 10 titles, followed by a shortlist of three outstanding books. For inclusion in this shortlist, a novel must have the full support of at least one judge in whose opinion it is a valid contender for the Prize. Each shortlisted author receives a hamper from Fortnum & Mason.

The winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize is announced at an awards ceremony held at Fortnum & Mason, Desmond Elliott's local grocer.[12]

Winners and shortlists

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Year Author Book Publisher Ref.
2008 Nikita Lalwani Gifted Penguin Books
Tom Rob Smith Child 44 Simon & Schuster
John Walsh Sunday at The Cross Bones Fourth Estate
2009 Edward Hogan Blackmoor Simon & Schuster [13]
Nathalie Abi-Ezzi A Girl Made of Dust Fourth Estate
Anthony Quinn The Rescue Man Jonathan Cape
2010 Ali Shaw The Girl with Glass Feet Atlantic Books [14]
Maria Allen Before the Earthquake Tindal Street Press [15]
Jacob Polley Talk of the Town Picador [15]
2011 Anjali Joseph Saraswati Park Fourth Estate
Ned Beauman Boxer, Beetle Sceptre
Stephen Kelman Pigeon English Bloomsbury
2012 Grace McCleen The Land of Decoration Chatto & Windus [16]
Patrick McGuinness The Last Hundred Days Seren
Rachel Joyce The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Doubleday
2013 Ros Barber The Marlowe Papers Sceptre [17][18]
Jenni Fagan The Panopticon Heinemann
Gavin Extence The Universe Versus Alex Woods Hodder & Stoughton
2014 Eimear McBride A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing Galley Beggar Press [19][20]
Robert Allison The Letter Bearer Catapult Press [21]
D. W. Wilson Ballistics Bloomsbury [21]
2015 Claire Fuller Our Endless Numbered Days Penguin Books [22][23]
Emma Healey Elizabeth Is Missing Harper Publishing [24]
Carys Bray A Song for Issy Bradley Ballantine Books [24]
2016 Lisa McInerney The Glorious Heresies John Murray [25][26]
Gavin McCrea Mrs. Engels Scribe Publications [27]
Julia Rochester The House at the Edge of the World Penguin Books [27]
2017 Francis Spufford Golden Hill Faber & Faber [28][29]
Kit de Waal My Name Is Leon Viking Press [30]
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan Harmless Like You Sceptre
2018 Preti Taneja We That Are Young Galley Beggar Press [31][32]
Paula Cocozza How to Be Human Metropolitan Books [33]
Gail Honeyman Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Viking Press
2019 Claire Adam Golden Child Faber & Faber [34][35]
Michael Donkor Hold Fourth Estate [36]
Anna Mackmin Devoured Propolis Press [36]
2020 Derek Owusu That Reminds Me Merky Books [37][38]
Okechukwu Nzelu The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney Dialogue Books [39]
Abi Daré The Girl with the Louding Voice Sceptre [39]
2021 A. K. Blakemore The Manningtree Witches Granta [40]
Rebecca Watson little scratch Faber & Faber
Eley Williams The Liar's Dictionary William Heinemann
2022 Maddie Mortimer Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies Picador [41]
Luke Cassidy Iron Annie Bloomsbury [42][43]
Tice Cin Keeping the House And Other Stories [42][43]

References

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  2. ^ "Harper Collins". Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  3. ^ "'Overnight success' in line for Desmond Elliott prize". BBC News. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  4. ^ Katie Allen, "Shukla, Connolly, Kelman on Desmond Elliott longlist", The Bookseller, 19 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Book Prize Information - Desmond Elliott Prize". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  6. ^ Katie Allen, "Desmond Elliott Prize goes annual", The Bookseller, 23 June 2008.
  7. ^ "Leicester Square placard holder Edward Hogan becomes literary prize winner". The Telegraph. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  8. ^ Maggie Hartford, "Desmond Elliott prize for novel goes to former Bodleian employee", The Oxford Times, 28 June 2010.
  9. ^ Anupama Krishnakumar, "Discovering Saraswati Park – An Interview with Anjali Joseph", Spark Magazine, 5 August 2011.
  10. ^ "THE DESMOND ELLIOTT CHARITABLE TRUST :: OpenCharities". Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Foyles". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  12. ^ "About the Prize - The Desmond Elliott Prize". 20 December 2013. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
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  16. ^ "Award: Desmond Elliott Prize". Shelf Awareness. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  17. ^ Alison Flood (27 June 2013). "Desmond Elliott prize goes to former computer programmer". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
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  27. ^ a b "Awards: British Book Industry; Ondaatje; Desmond Elliott; CrimeFest". Shelf Awareness. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  28. ^ Natasha Onwuemezi, "Golden Hill wins £10k Desmond Elliott Prize", The Bookseller, 21 June 2017.
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  30. ^ "Awards: Desmond Elliott; Bread & Roses". Shelf Awareness. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  31. ^ "Preti Taneja Wins 2018 Desmond Elliot Prize for "Awe-Inspiring" We That Are Young". Desmond Elliot Prize. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018.
  32. ^ "Awards: Desmond Elliott Winner; Midwest Booksellers Choice Finalists". Shelf Awareness. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  33. ^ "Awards: Desmond Elliott; Judith A. Markowitz". Shelf Awareness. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  34. ^ "Awards: Desmond Elliott, Society of Authors Winners". Shelf Awareness. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  35. ^ "Golden Child Claire Adam".
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  37. ^ "Merky author Derek Owusu wins Desmond Elliott prize for 'profound' debut". the Guardian. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
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  39. ^ a b "Awards: Desmond Elliott Shortlist; IndieReader Discovery Winners". Shelf Awareness. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
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