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Call for Entries as Prize for New Fiction goes Annual
Posted on: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 / 00:10 hrs
The trustees of The Desmond Elliott Charitable Trust are delighted to announce today (Tuesday 23rd September) that the Desmond Elliott Prize will now be an annual event.
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Nikita Lalwani Gifts £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize money to Liberty
Posted on: Friday, June 27, 2008 / 00:00 hrs
In a moving speech at the announcement of the inaugural Desmond Elliott Prize last night (Thursday 26th June), winner Nikita Lalwani asked the trustees of the Prize to donate her £10,000 prize money to the human rights organisation, Liberty.
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Nikita Lalwani + Gifted = winner of inaugural £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize
Posted on: Thursday, June 26, 2008 / 19:50 hrs
Nikita Lalwani was tonight (Thursday, 26th June) named the winner of the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize for Gifted, a story about a maths prodigy growing up in 1980s Cardiff, published by Penguin Books.
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THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2008 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
Posted on: Thursday, May 22, 2008 / 00:00 hrs
William Hill has given odds on the shortlist: Child 44 is the favourite at 1/ 2; Gifted is at 2/1; and Sunday at the Cross Bones is at 3/1. Graham Sharpe of William Hill comments: '1/2 is the shortest price we have ever quoted a book at to win a literary award, so Child 44 is the hot favourite.'
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The 2008 Longlist is announced
Posted on: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 / 00:00 hrs
The longlist for the inaugural Desmond Elliott Prize, a new award for a first novel published in the UK, is announced today, 24 April 2008.
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Judges Announced
Posted on: Friday, January 25, 2008 / 00:00 hrs
The judges for the inaugural Desmond Elliott Prize are announced today, 25 January 2008. Best-selling author, Penny Vincenzi will chair the panel of judges and is joined by Tatler Editor, Geordie Greig and author and journalist Cristina Odone.
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Desmond Elliot Prize is launched
Posted on: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 / 00:00 hrs
Launched today, in honour of one of the most charismatic and successful men in recent publishing history, The Desmond Elliott Prize is a new biennial prize for a first novel published in the UK.
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