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Dylan Thomas Prize

British literary prize for young English language writers presented annually

British literary prize for young English language writers presented annually

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. 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. Surplus income from a fund-raising concert sponsored by the television company HTV were donated to allow a prize of £1,000 to be awarded annually.

The prize honours its shortlisted 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.

Recipients

YearAuthorTitlePublisherResultRef.20062008201020112012201320142016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Fresh ApplesWinner
Outside ValentineShortlist
The Amnesia Clinic
Unfeeling
Utterly Monkey and To a Fault
Where They Were Missed
The BoatWinner
BlackmoorShortlist
Blood Kin
Children of the Revolution
God's Own Country
Trouble Came to the Turnip
ClamorWinner
And This Is TrueShortlist
Black Mamba Boy
Family Planning
The Rehearsal
Watering Can
The Meeting PointWinner
FolkShortlist
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore
The Tiger's Wife
Seating ArrangementsWinner
Once You Break A KnuckleShortlist
The Doll Princess
The Spider King's Daughter
The White Shadow
BattlebornWinnerdate=November 7, 2013title=Dylan Thomas Prize: US writer Claire Vaye Watkins wins £30,000newspaper=BBC Newsurl=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-24855534accessdate=November 8, 2013archive-date=November 9, 2013archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109071533/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-24855534url-status=live}}
Beneath the Darkening SkyShortlist
Call It Dog
Land Where I Flee
Sins of the Leopard
The Last King of Lydia
The Shape of a Forest
To Rise Again at a Decent HourWinnerlast1=Wroefirst1=Nicholasdate=7 November 2014title=Joshua Ferris wins Dylan Thomas prizeurl=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/nov/07/joshua-ferris-wins-dylan-thomas-prizewebsite=The Guardianpublisher=Guardian News and Mediaaccessdate=13 November 2014archive-date=12 November 2014archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112231640/http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/nov/07/joshua-ferris-wins-dylan-thomas-prizeurl-status=live}}
A Girl Is a Half-formed ThingShortlist
Mametz
Mrs. Hemingway
Snow in May
The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion
The Luminaries
Grief Is the Thing with FeathersWinner
DisinformationShortlist
Physical
Pond
The Tusk that did the Damage
The Year of the Runaways
The High PlacesFarrar, Straus & GirouxWinner
The Story of a Brief MarriageGrantaShortlist
PigeonParthian Books
CainPenned in the Margins
The Essex SerpentSerpent's Tail
Dog Run Moon: StoriesGranta
CannibalUniversity of Nebraska PressLonglist
Here I AmFarrar, Straus & Giroux
HomegoingAlfred A. Knopf
The Fat Artist and Other StoriesPicador / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
The Outside LandsPicador / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
What Is Not Yours Is Not YoursPicador / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
KumukandaChatto & WindusWinner
Conversations with FriendsFaber & FaberShortlist
First LoveGranta
Her Body and Other PartiesGraywolf Press
IdahoVintage Books
My Absolute DarlingFourth Estate / HarperCollins
In Our Mad and Furious CityTinder Press / Headline Publishing GroupWinner
FolkBloomsbury PublishingShortlist
Friday BlackHoughton Mifflin Harcourt (US); Riverrun (UK)
House of StoneAtlantic Books
MelmothSerpent's Tail
TrinityEcco Press
Eye LevelGraywolf PressLonglist
HoldFourth Estate / HarperCollins
How the Light Gets InInflux Press
Normal PeopleFaber & Faber
PeachBloomsbury Publishing
SohoFaber & Faber
LotAtlantic BooksWinner
FlècheFaber & FaberShortlist
If All the World and Love Were YoungPenguin Random House
InlandWeidenfeld & Nicolson
On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousJonathan Cape / Vintage Books
SurgeChatto & Windus
Black Car BurningChatto & WindusLonglist
Exquisite CadaversAtlantic Books
Stubborn ArchivistFleet Publishing / Little, Brown and Company
The Far FieldAtlantic Books
Things We Say in the DarkHarvill Secker / Vintage Books
VirtuosoSerpent's Tail
LusterPicador / Farrar, Straus and GirouxWinner
Alligator and Other StoriesPicador / Farrar, Straus and GirouxShortlist
KingdomtideFourth Estate / HarperCollins
My Dark VanessaFourth Estate / HarperCollins
PewGranta
The Death of Vivek OjiFaber & Faber
Antiemetic for HomesicknessChatto & WindusLonglist
Exciting TimesWeidenfeld & Nicolson
If I Had Your FaceViking / Penguin Random House
RendangGranta
The Wild LaughterOneworld Publications
Who They WasFourth Estate / HarperCollins
No One Is Talking About ThisBloomsbury PublishingWinner
Open WaterViking PressShortlist
The Sweetness of WaterTinder Press / Headline Publishing Group
Filthy AnimalsDaunt Books Publishing
Auguries of a Minor GodFaber & Faber
A Passage NorthGrantaLonglist
Acts of DesperationJonathan Cape
Hot StewJohn Murray Press
Keeping the HouseAnd Other Stories
Milk Blood HeatAtlantic Books
PeacesFaber & Faber
What Noise Against the CaneYale University Press
God's Children Are Little Broken ThingsWinner
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her HeadShortlist
I'm a Fan
Send Nudes
Seven Steeples
Limberlost
Small WorldsWinner
A Spell of Good ThingsShortlist
The Glutton
Bright Fear
Local Fires
Biography of X
The CoinWinner
Rapture's Road—Shortlist
Glorious Exploits—
The Safekeep—
I Will Crash—
Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good—

References

References

  1. (29 November 2010). "Dylan Thomas shortlisted writers reach out to young". BBC News Wales.
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  3. 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.[http://newwritinginternational.com/2006/09/22/eds-dylan-thomas-prize-shortlist-announced/ New Writing International]{{dead link. (September 2017)
  4. Ezard, John. (October 28, 2006). "Welsh novelist is first winner of £60,000 Dylan Thomas award". The Guardian.
  5. Jury, Louise. (September 23, 2006). "Young writers come of age on shortlist for Thomas prize". The Independent.
  6. Lea, Richard. (November 11, 2008). "£60,000 Dylan Thomas prize goes to globetrotting debut author". The Guardian.
  7. Flood, Alison. (September 16, 2008). "Young literary stars contend for £60,000 award". The Guardian.
  8. (December 1, 2010). "US poet wins £30,000 Dylan Thomas prize". BBC News.
  9. Flood, Alison. (September 22, 2012). "Women dominate Dylan Thomas prize shortlist". The Guardian.
  10. "Lucy Caldwell wins 2011 Dylan Thomas Prize". The University of Wales.
  11. (October 20, 2011). "Dylan Thomas Prize 2011 shortlist is announced". BBC News.
  12. (November 10, 2012). "Dylan Thomas Prize for Maggie Shipstead with first novel". BBC News.
  13. Schaub, Michael. (2023-03-25). "Finalists for Dylan Thomas Prize Are Revealed".
  14. (October 19, 2012). "Top 5 Under 30: Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist Highlights the Rising Stars of the Literary World". The University of Wales Dylan Thomas Prize.
  15. (November 7, 2013). "Dylan Thomas Prize: US writer Claire Vaye Watkins wins £30,000". BBC News.
  16. (7 November 2014). "Joshua Ferris wins Dylan Thomas prize". [[Guardian News and Media]].
  17. [http://www.swansea.ac.uk/media-centre/news-archive/2014/2014shortlistannouncedforinternationaldylanthomasprize.php "2014 shortlist announced for International Dylan Thomas Prize"] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-11-11 , Swansea University.)
  18. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-35863026 "£30k Dylan Thomas prize shortlist for young writers revealed"] {{Webarchive. link. (2019-04-11 , BBC News, Wales, 22 March 2016.)
  19. Flood, Alison. (22 March 2016). "International Dylan Thomas prize 2016 unveils 'phenomenally talented' shortlist". The Guardian.
  20. "2017: Fiona McFarlane, 'The High Places'".
  21. [http://www.swansea.ac.uk/dylan-thomas-prize/news/longlistannouncedforthe2017internationaldylanthomasprize.php "Longlist announced for the 2017 International Dylan Thomas Prize"] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-02-11, [[Swansea University]].)
  22. "Dylan Thomas Prize 2018 shortlist announced".
  23. "Dylan Thomas Prize 2018 shortlist announced".
  24. Flood, Alison. (2019-05-16). "Guy Gunaratne wins Dylan Thomas prize for 'urgent' London novel". The Guardian.
  25. (17 May 2019). "'Stunning' debut scoops Dylan prize".
  26. (2019-04-03). "2019 Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist announced".
  27. Flood, Alison. (2019-01-31). "Dylan Thomas prize: teacher and nurse among 'starburst' of young talent". The Guardian.
  28. (May 2024). "Award Ceremony 2020 - Swansea University".
  29. Mem: 9020728. "Washington wins 2020 Dylan Thomas Prize {{!}} Books+Publishing".
  30. (8 April 2020). "Dylan Thomas Prize 2020 shortlist announced".
  31. "2020 shortlist". [[Swansea University]].
  32. "2020 Longlist - Swansea University".
  33. (13 May 2021). "Dylan Thomas Prize: New Yorker Raven Leilani wins accolade".
  34. "Shortlist for Dylan Thomas Prize Is Revealed".
  35. (2021-01-21). "Dylan Thomas Prize 2021: Longlist Announced".
  36. (2022-05-13). "Lockwood wins Dylan Thomas prize for 'No One is Talking About This'".
  37. (2022-04-04). "Dylan Thomas Prize 2022 shortlist announced".
  38. "Diverse and global voices dominate the longlist for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize".
  39. Schaub, MIchael. (2023-05-11). "Winner of the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize Is Revealed".
  40. Schaub, Michael. (2024-05-17). "Winner of the 2024 Dylan Thomas Prize Is Revealed".
  41. (2024-03-26). "Dylan Thomas Prize 2024 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing.
  42. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/01/publishing-is-a-dream-but-this-has-also-been-one-of-the-hardest-years-of-my-life-palestinian-author-yasmin-zaher
  43. "2025 Shortlist - Swansea University".
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