Name	Orange Prize for Fiction
Description	Arts Council England is providing ￡30,000 over three years (￡10,000 per year) for bursary awards for the winners of the Orange Award for New Writers. By offering a bursary to a novelist or short story writer for her first publication, the Arts Council is able to support the professional development of a writer at a crucial stage in her career. All first works of fiction, including novels, short story collections and novellas, written by women of any age or nationality and published as a book in the UK between 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2006 are eligible for the Award. Its emphasis is on emerging talent and the evidence of future potential. Books can be entered for both the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Orange Award for New Writers in any given year. Judges look for writers whose work demonstrates excellence, originality and accessibility.
Deadline	November 26
URL	http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/news/index.html
Prize	￡30,000
Eligibility	By a woman of any nationality