Dylan Thomas prize

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Debut novelist wins £20,000 Dylan Thomas prize for No One Is Talking About This
Patricia Lockwood follows acclaimed memoir Priestdaddy with book focusing on a life lived on social media

Sarah Shaffi

12, May, 2022 @6:30 PM

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Raven Leilani wins Dylan Thomas prize for ‘fearless’ novel Luster
US author wins £20,000 award for writers under 39 – the age Thomas died – for her debut about a black woman who starts dating an older white man in an open marriage

Alison Flood

13, May, 2021 @6:45 PM

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Debut authors dominate on 'extraordinary' Dylan Thomas prize shortlist
Six ‘bold, inventive’ writers including Raven Leilani and Kate Elizabeth Russell are in line for the £20,000 award

Alison Flood

25, Mar, 2021 @1:52 PM

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Bryan Washington's 'kickass' short stories win £30,000 Dylan Thomas prize
Debut collection Lot, focused on Houston’s marginalised communities, praised for opening up an ‘otherwise unknowable’ world

Alison Flood

14, May, 2020 @6:30 PM

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Guy Gunaratne wins Dylan Thomas prize for 'urgent' London novel
British-Sri Lankan’s debut In Our Mad and Furious City, set on a housing estate during riots sparked by the murder of a British soldier, wins £30,000 award

Alison Flood

16, May, 2019 @7:31 PM

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Dylan Thomas prize: teacher and nurse among 'starburst' of young talent
Sally Rooney, Sarah Perry and Michael Donkor among those longlisted for £30,000 prize for books by writers aged 39 or under

Alison Flood

31, Jan, 2019 @1:32 PM

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Kayo Chingonyi wins Dylan Thomas prize with poems of 'vexed celebration'
Kumukanda, a poetry collection exploring black masculinity, wins £30,000 prize for the best literary work by authors aged 39 or under

Alison Flood

10, May, 2018 @8:00 PM

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Dylan Thomas prize goes to Australian 'genius' Fiona McFarlane
Short story collection The High Places, which skips continents, eras and genre, takes £30,000 award

Sian Cain

10, May, 2017 @8:00 PM

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Dylan Thomas award goes to Max Porter's 'extraordinary feat'
Grief Is the Thing With Feathers – a book about bereavement ‘like nothing else’ – takes £30,000 award

Alison Flood

14, May, 2016 @3:00 PM

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International Dylan Thomas prize 2016 unveils 'phenomenally talented' shortlist
An ‘astounding array’ of work by six young writers, including Sunjeev Sahota and the Guardian first book award winner Andrew McMillan, will compete for the £30,000 prize in May

Alison Flood

22, Mar, 2016 @6:30 AM

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Joshua Ferris wins Dylan Thomas prize
Ferris beats favourites Eleanor Catton and Eimear McBride to win the £30,000 prize for his novel, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, writes Nicholas Wroe

Nicholas Wroe

07, Nov, 2014 @7:00 AM

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Joshua Ferris novel wins International Dylan Thomas prize
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour fights off competition from prize-winning books by Eleanor Catton and Eimear McBride

Hannah Ellis-Petersen

06, Nov, 2014 @10:30 PM

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