Dylan Thomas Prize
The Dylan Thomas Prize is a leading prize for young writers presented annually. The prize, named in honour of the Welsh writer and poet Dylan Thomas, brings international prestige and a remuneration of £30,000 (~$46,000). It is open to published writers in the English language under the age of forty. The prize was originally awarded biennially, but became an annual award in 2010.[1] Entries for the prize are submitted by the publisher, editor, or agent; for theatre plays and screenplays, by the producer.
A Dylan Thomas literary prize was first awarded during the 1980s, known as the Dylan Thomas Award, following the campaign to have a plaque in the poet's memory placed in Westminster Abbey.[2] Surplus income from a fund-raising concert sponsored by the television company HTV were donated to allow a prize of £1000 to be awarded annually.[2] After several years, the prize was discontinued for lack of finance. It was revived, in a different form, in 2004, sponsored by Electronic Data Systems, at that time one of Swansea's largest employers.[3]
The Prize honours its shortlist finalists and annual winner for published work in the broad range of literary forms in which Dylan Thomas excelled, including poetry, prose, fictional drama, short story collections, novels, novellas, stage plays and screenplays. “We want the world to be aware of the Welsh interest in promoting new writing. Our Prize provides an inspiration for a whole new generation of writers throughout the English-speaking world,” said Peter Stead, Chair of The Dylan Thomas Prize.
2021[]
- Winner
- Raven Leilani, Luster (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Picador)[4]
Shortlist[5]
- Dima Alzayat, Alligator and Other Stories (Picador)
- Rye Curtis, Kingdomtide (HarperCollins, 4th Estate)
- Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji (Faber)
- Catherine Lacey, Pew (Granta)
- Raven Leilani, Luster (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Picador)
- Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa (HarperCollins, 4th Estate)
Longlist[6]
- Romalyn Ante, Antiemetic for Homesickness (Chatto & Windus)
- Frances Cha, If I Had Your Face (Viking, Penguin Random House UK)
- Naoise Dolan, Exciting Times (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
- Will Harris, Rendang (Granta)
- Caoilinn Hughes, The Wild Laughter (Oneworld)
- Gabriel Krauze, Who They Was (HarperCollins, 4th Estate)
2020[]
Winner[7]
- Bryan Washington, Lot (Atlantic Books)[8]
Shortlist[9]
- Jay Bernard, Surge (Chatto & Windus)
- Mary Jean Chan, Flèche (Faber & Faber)
- Téa Obreht, Inland (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
- , If All the World and Love were Young (Penguin Random House)
- Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Jonathan Cape, Vintage)
- Bryan Washington, Lot (Atlantic Books)
Longlist[10]
- Meena Kandasamy, Exquisite Cadavers (Atlantic Books)
- Kirsty Logan, Things we say in the Dark (Harvill Secker, Vintage)
- Helen Mort, Black Car Burning (Chatto & Windus)
- , Virtuoso (Serpent's Tail)
- , Stubborn Archivist (Fleet)
- Madhuri Vijay, The Far Field (Atlantic Books)
2019[]
Winner[11]
- Guy Gunaratne, In Our Mad and Furious City (Tinder Press, Headline)[12]
Shortlist[13]
- Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in US and Riverrun in UK)
- Zoe Gilbert, Folk (Bloomsbury)
- Louisa Hall, Trinity (Ecco)
- Sarah Perry, Melmoth (Serpent's Tail)
- Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, House of Stone (Atlantic Books)
Longlist[14]
- Michael Donkor, Hold (Fourth Estate)
- Clare Fisher, How the Light Gets In (Influx Press)
- Emma Glass, Peach (Bloomsbury)
- Sally Rooney, Normal People (Faber & Faber)
- Richard Scott, Soho (Faber & Faber)
- Jenny Xie, Eye Level (Graywolf Press)
2018[]
Winner[15]
- Kayo Chingonyi, Kumukanda (Chatto & Windus)
Shortlist[16]
- Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body & Other Parties (Graywolf Press)
- Gwendoline Riley, First Love (Granta)
- Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends (Faber)
- Emily Ruskovich, Idaho (Vintage)
- Gabriel Tallent, My Absolute Darling (Fourth Estate)
2017[]
Winner
- Fiona McFarlane, The High Places (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Longlist[17]
- Anuk Arudpragasam, The Story of a Brief Marriage (Granta)
- Alys Conran, Pigeon (Parthian)
- Jonathan Safran Foer, Here I Am (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
- Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing (Alfred A Knopf)
- Benjamin Hale, The Fat Artist and Other Stories (Picador)
- Luke Kennard, Cain (Penned in the Margins)
- Hannah Kohler, The Outside Lands (Picador)
- Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours (Picador)
- Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent (Serpent's Tail)
- Safiya Sinclair, Cannibal (University of Nebraska Press)
- Callan Wink, Dog Run Moon: Stories (Granta)
2016[]
Winner
- Max Porter, Grief is the Thing with Feathers
Shortlist[18]
- Claire-Louise Bennett, Pond
- Tania James, The Tusk that did the Damage
- Frances Leviston, Disinformation
- Andrew McMillan, Physical
- Sunjeev Sahota, The Year of the Runaways
2014[]
Winner
Shortlist[20]
- Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
- Eimear McBride, A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
- , Snow in May
- Kei Miller, The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion
- Owen Sheers, Mametz
- , Mrs.Hemingway
2013[]
Winner
- Claire Vaye Watkins, Battleborn[21]
Shortlist[21]
- , The Last King Of Lydia
- , Call It Dog
- , Beneath The Darkening Sky
- , Sins Of The Leopard
- , The Shape Of A Forest
- Prajwal Parajuly,
2012[]
Winner
- Maggie Shipstead, Seating Arrangements[22]
Shortlist[23]
- , The Doll Princess
- , The White Shadow
- Chibundu Onuzo, The Spider King’s Daughter
- D.W. Wilson, Once You Break A Knuckle
2011[]
Winner
- Lucy Caldwell, The Meeting Point[24]
Shortlist[25]
- Benjamin Hale, The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore
- Jacob McArthur Mooney, Folk
- Téa Obreht, The Tiger’s Wife
- Annabel Pitcher, My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
2010[]
Winner
- Elyse Fenton, Clamor[26]
Shortlist[27]
- Caroline Bird, Watering Can
- Eleanor Catton, The Rehearsal
- Karan Mahajan, Family Planning
- Nadifa Mohamed, Black Mamba Boy
- , And this is true
2008[]
Winner
- Nam Le, The Boat[28]
Shortlist[29]
- Caroline Bird, Trouble Came to the Turnip
- Ross Raisin, God’s Own Country
- Ceridwen Dovey, Blood Kin
- Edward Hogan, Blackmoor
- Dinaw Mengestu, Children of the Revolution
2006[]
Winner
Shortlist[31]
- Lucy Caldwell, Where They Were Missed
- Ian Holding,
- Nick Laird, and (Two entries)
- James Scudamore,
- , Outside Valentine
References[]
- ^ "Dylan Thomas shortlisted writers reach out to young". BBC News Wales. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b About Archived 2012-04-12 at the Wayback Machine, The Dylan Prize website
- ^ New Writing International[permanent dead link], 22 Sept 2006
- ^ "Dylan Thomas Prize: New Yorker Raven Leilani wins accolade". BBC News. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Shortlist for Dylan Thomas Prize Is Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- ^ "Dylan Thomas Prize 2021: Longlist Announced". Wales Arts Review. 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- ^ "Award Ceremony 2020 - Swansea University". www.swansea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ Mem: 9020728. "Washington wins 2020 Dylan Thomas Prize | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ "Dylan Thomas Prize 2020 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ "2020 Longlist - Swansea University". www.swansea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ Flood, Alison (2019-05-16). "Guy Gunaratne wins Dylan Thomas prize for 'urgent' London novel". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
- ^ "'Stunning' debut scoops Dylan prize". 17 May 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-11 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "2019 Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
- ^ Flood, Alison (2019-01-31). "Dylan Thomas prize: teacher and nurse among 'starburst' of young talent". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
- ^ "Chingonyi wins Dylan Thomas Prize 2018". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
- ^ "Dylan Thomas Prize 2018 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
- ^ "Longlist announced for the 2017 International Dylan Thomas Prize" Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, Swansea University.
- ^ "£30k Dylan Thomas prize shortlist for young writers revealed", BBC News, Wales, 22 March 2016.
- ^ Wroe, Nicholas (7 November 2014). "Joshua Ferris wins Dylan Thomas prize". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "2014 shortlist announced for International Dylan Thomas Prize", Swansea University.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Dylan Thomas Prize: US writer Claire Vaye Watkins wins £30,000". BBC News. November 7, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
- ^ "Dylan Thomas Prize for Maggie Shipstead with first novel". BBC News. November 10, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ^ "Top 5 Under 30: Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist Highlights the Rising Stars of the Literary World" (PDF) (Press release). The University of Wales Dylan Thomas Prize. October 19, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Lucy Caldwell wins 2011 Dylan Thomas Prize" (PDF). The University of Wales. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ "Dylan Thomas Prize 2011 shortlist is announced". BBC News. October 20, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ^ "US poet wins £30,000 Dylan Thomas prize". BBC News. December 1, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ^ (September 22, 2012). "Women dominate Dylan Thomas prize shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ^ (November 11, 2008). "£60,000 Dylan Thomas prize goes to globetrotting debut author". The Guardian. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ^ Flood, Alison (September 16, 2008). "Young literary stars contend for £60,000 award". The Guardian. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ^ (October 28, 2006). "Welsh novelist is first winner of £60,000 Dylan Thomas award". The Guardian. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ^ (September 23, 2006). "Young writers come of age on shortlist for Thomas prize". The Independent. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
External links[]
- The Dylan Thomas Prize, official website
Categories:
- Welsh literary awards
- Awards established in 2004
- Literary awards honouring young writers
- 2004 establishments in Wales
- English-language literary awards
- Dylan Thomas