The Orange Prize for Fiction was founded in 1996 to celebrate the best novel written in English by a woman of any nationality.
Now in its fourteenth year, the prize continues this work. Since 2005, Orange has also recognised emerging talent with the Orange Award for New Writers.
Booktrust has administered the Orange Prize for Fiction since it was first awarded in 1996, and the Orange Award for New Writers since its inception in 2005.
2009 winners
The winner of the 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction is Marilynne Robinson for Home (Virago).
The winner of the 2009 Orange Award for New Writers is Francesca Kay for An Equal Stillness (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
2009 shortlists
Orange Prize for Fiction
Scottsboro by Ellen Feldman (Picador)
The Wilderness by Samantha Harvey (Jonathan Cape)
The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt (Harvill Secker)
Molly Fox's Birthday by Deirdre Madden (Faber)
Home by Marilynne Robinson (Virago)
Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie (Bloomsbury)
Orange Award for New Writers
An Equal Stillness by Francesca Kay (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Miles from Nowhere by Nami Mun (Virago)
The Personal History of Rachel Dupree by Ann Weisgarber (Macmillan New Writing)
2008 prize
The 2008 Orange Prize for Fiction was won by Rose Tremain for The Road Home (Chatto & Windus).
The 2008 Orange Award for New Writers was won by Joanna Kavenna for Inglorious (Faber)
To find out more, visit the Orange Prize website
Prize administration
Prize information
Tarryn McKay
t 020 8516 2972
e tarryn@booktrust.org.uk
