The Orange Award For New Writers was launched in 2005, in partnership with Arts Council England. Any work of fiction can be entered, so long as it has been writen by a woman, of any age or nationality and it has been published as a book in the...
AFFINITY An upper-class woman recovering from a suicide attempt, Margaret Prior has begun visiting the women’s ward of Millbank prison, Victorian London’s grimmest jail, as part of her rehabilitative charity work. Amongst Millbank’s murderers and...
The Orange Prize is awarded for a work of fiction, written by a woman, of any age or nationality, so long as it is written in English. The winner is awarded a bronze statuette, which is nicknamed the “Bessie” and in 2010, the prize also...