The Orange Prize was established in 1996 to celebrate the very best fiction written in English, by women, throughout the world. The Prize promotes excellence, accessibility and originality and aims to introduce writers of quality to the widest possible audience.

Each year a shortlist of six novels is selected from well over a hundred entries. The prize of £30,000 and a limited edition bronze figurine known as the ‘Bessie’ are both anonymously endowed.

The Prize is sponsored by Orange, the UK’s most popular mobile phone service. It is central to the overall commitment Orange has to the arts, education and continuous learning.

Complete List Of Shortlisted And Winning Titles

1996

H. Dunmore

A Spell Of Winter (Winner)

F/F

£25

J. Blackburn

A Book Of Colour

F/F

£14

P. Kennedy

Spinsters (P.B.O.)

F

£10

A. Tan

The Hundred Secret Senses

F/F

£14

A. Tyler

Ladder Of Years

F/F

£12

M. Wiggins

Eveless Eden

F/F

£12

1997

A. Michaels

Fugitive Pieces (Winner)

F/F

£30

M. Atwood

Alias Grace

F/F

£15

D. Madden

One By One In The Darkness

F/F

£12

J. Mendelssohn

I Was Amelia Earhart

F/F

£15

E. A. Proulx

Accordion Crimes

F/F

£15

M. Scott

Hen's Teeth (P.B.O.)

F

£10

1998

C. Shields

Larry's Party (Winner)

F/F

£20

K. Bakis

Lives Of The Monster Dogs (P.B.O.)

F

£12

P. Melville

The Ventriloquist's Tale

F/F

£18

A. Patchett

The Magician's Assistant

F/F

£15

D. Purcell

Love Like Hate Adore

F/F

£15

A. Shreve

The Weight Of Water

F/F

£15

1999

Suzanne Berne

A Crime in the Neighbourhood (Winner)

F/F

£18

Julia Blackburn

The Leper's Companions (Shortlisted)

F/F

£14

Marilyn Bowering

Visible Worlds P.B.O. (Shortlisted)

F

£12

Jane Hamilton

The Short History of a Prince P.B.O. (Shortlisted)

F

£12

Barbara Kingsolver

The Poisonwood Bible P.B.O. (Shortlisted)

F

£14

Toni Morrison

Paradise (Shortlisted)

F/F

£20

2000

Linda Grant

When I Lived in Modern Times (Winner)

F/F

£25

Zadie Smith

White Teeth (Shortlisted)

F/F

£40

Elizabeth Strout

Amy and Isabelle P.B.O. (Shortlisted)

F

£8

Judy Budnitz

If I Told You Once (Shortlisted)

F/F

£15

Rebecca Wells

The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (P.B.O) (Shortlisted)

F

£15

Ellis Ni Dhuibhne

The Dancers Dancing P.B.O. (Shortlisted)

F

£8

2001

Kate Grenville

The Idea of Perfection (1^ST UK paperback) P.B.O. (Winner)

F

£25

Margaret Atwood

The Blind Assassin

F/F

£25

Jill Dawson

Fred & Edie

F/F

£20

Rosina Lippi

Homestead

F/F

£18

2001 cont'd

Jane Smiley

Horse Heaven

F/F

£16

Ali Smith

Hotel World (P.B.O.)

F

£18

2002

Ann Patchett

Bel Canto (Winner) (PBO)

F

£20

Anna Burns

No Bones (PBO)

F

£20

Helen Dunmore

The Siege (Hardback)

F/F

£20

Maggie Gee

The White Family (PBO)

F

£14

Chloe Hooper

A Child’s Book Of True Crime (Hardback)

F/F

£20

Sarah Waters

Fingersmith (Hardback)

F/F

£25

2003 Longlist

Valerie Martin

Property Winner PBO

F

£25

Bella Bathurst

Special

F/F

£15

Sandra Cisneros

Caramelo

F/F

£15

Janet Davey

English Correspondence

F/F

£15

Anne Donovan

Buddha Da Shortlisted PBO

F

£20

Lucy Ellmann

Dot In The Universe

F/F

£12

Sonya Hartnett

What The Birds See (PBO)

F

£10

Siri Hustvedt

What I Loved

F/F

£18

Liz Jensen

War Crimes For The Home

F/F

£18

Haven Kimmel

The Solace Of Leaving Early

F/F

£15

Shena Mackay

Heligoland Shortlisted

F/F

£20

Edna O’brien

In The Forest

F/F

£15

Nora Okja Keller

Fox Girl

F/F

£20

Julie Otsuka

When The Emperor Was Divine

F/F

£10

Alice Sebold

The Lovely Bones

F/F

£30

Carol Shields

Unless Shortlisted

F/F

£30

Zadie Smith

The Autograph Man Shortlisted

F/F

£18

Donna Tartt

The Little Friend Shortlisted

F/F

£18

Louise Welsh

The Cutting Room (PBO)

F

£20

Crystal Wilkinson

Water Street (PBO)

F

£15

2004 Longlist

Andrea Levy

Small Island Winner

F/F

£45

Monica Ali

Brick Lane (1^st Novel)

F/F

£30

Margaret Atwood

Oryx And Crake Shortlisted

F/F

£20

Rupa Bajwa

The Sari Shop (1^st Novel)

F/F

£15

Stevie Davies

Kith And Kin

F/F

£15

Stella Duffy

The State Of Happiness

F/F

£15

Maggie Gee

The Flood

F/F

£15

Sarah Hall

The Electric Michelangelo (2^nd Novel) P.B.O.

F

£20

Shirley Hazzard

The Great Fire Shortlisted

F/F

£30

Zoe Heller

Notes On A Scandal (2^nd Novel)

F/F

£30

Jhumpa Lahiri

The Namesake (1^st Novel)

F/F

£15

Dinah Lee Kung

A Visit From Voltaire (1^st Novel)

F/F

£15

Joan London

Gilgamesh (1^st Novel)

F/F

£18

Sarah May

The Internationals (P.B.O.)

F

£15

Toni Morrison

Love

F/F

£20

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Purple Hibiscus (1^st Novel) Shortlisted

F/F

£20

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Purple Hibiscus Shortlisted Signed

F/F

£30

Audrey Niffenegger

The Time Traveler’s Wife (1^st Novel)

F/F

£40

Gillian Slovo

Ice Road Shortlisted

F/F

£20

Rose Tremain

The Colour Shortlisted

F/F

£20

Anne Tyler

The Amateur Marriage

F/F

£18

2005 Longlist

Lionel Shriver

We Need to Talk About Kevin (PBO) Winner

F

£15

Lionel Shriver

We Need to Talk About Kevin (PBO) Winner Signed

F

£40

Kate Atkinson

Case Histories

F/F

£25

Clare Clark

The Great Stink

F/F

£20

Clare Clark

The Great Stink (Signed)

F/F

£25

Kira Cochrane

Escape Routes for Beginners (PBO)

F

£15

Joolz Denby

Billie Morgan Shortlisted (PBO)

F

£12

Joolz Denby

Billie Morgan Shortlisted (PBO) Signed

F

£20

Anita Desai

The Zigzag Way

F/F

£15

Christine Dwyer Hickey

Tatty (PBO)

F

£10

Patricia Ferguson

It So Happens

Awaiting Stock

Melanie Finn

Away From You (PBO)

F

£10

Melanie Finn

Away From You (Signed) (PBO)

F

£16

Jane Gardam

Old Filth Shortlisted

F/F

£16

Jane Gardam

Old Filth Shortlisted Signed

F/F

£25

Sue Gee

The Mysteries of Glass

Awaiting Stock

Sue Gee

The Mysteries of Glass (Signed)

Awaiting Stock

Miranda Hearn

Nelson’s Daughter

F/F

£20

Miranda Hearn

Nelson’s Daughter (Signed)

F/F

£25

Ingrid Hill

Ursula, Under (PBO)

F

£15

Sheri Holman

The Mammoth Cheese Shortlisted (PBO)

F

£14

Sheri Holman

The Mammoth Cheese Shortlisted (PBO) Signed

F

£18

Marina Lewycka

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

F/F

£20

Marina Lewycka

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (Signed)

F/F

£25

Nell Leyshon

Black Dirt

F/F

£16

Michelle Lovric

The Remedy (PBO)

F

£14

Maile Meloy

Liars and Saints Shortlisted (Paperback Sim.)

F

£14

Maile Meloy

Liars and Saints Shortlisted (Hardback Sim)

F/F

£17

Joyce Carol Oates

The Falls

F/F

£16

Tricia Wastvedt

The River

F/F

£18

2005 SHORTLIST

NEW PRIZE

ORANGE AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS

Diana Evans

26a Winner

F/F

£18

Diana Evans

26a Winner Signed

F/F

£24

Nell Freudenberger

Lucky Girls (PBO)

F

£15

Meg Rosoff

How I Live Now

F/F

£30

2006 LONGLIST

Leila Aboulela

Minaret

£15

Lorraine Adams

Harbor

£15

Jill Dawson

Watch Me Disappear

£18

Helen Dunmore

House of Orphans

£20

Alice Greenaway

White Ghost Girls

£14

Philippa Gregory

The Constant Princess

£20

Gail Jones

Dreams of Speaking

£16

Nicole Krauss

The History of Love

£20

Hilary Mantel

Beyond Black

£25

Sue Miller

Lost in the Forest

£15

Joyce Carol Oates

Rape: A Love story

£15

Marilynne Robinson

Gilead

£21

Curtis Sittenfeld

Prep

£15

Ali Smith

The Accidental

£35

Zadie Smith

On Beauty

£25

Carrie Tiffany

Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living

£15

Celestine Hitiura Vaite

Frangipani

£14

Sarah Waters

The Night Watch

£20

Meg Wolitzer

The Position

£15

Orange Prize for Fiction

2006 Shortlist

Zadie Smith

On Beauty Winner

F/F

£30

Nicole Krauss

The History of Love

F/F

£30

Hilary Mantel

Beyond Black

F/F

£30

Ali Smith

The Accidental

F/F

£40

Carrie Tiffany

Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living

F/F

£18

Sarah Waters

The Night Watch

F/F

£25

Orange Prize for Fiction

2006 Shortlist

New Writers Award

Naomi Alderman

Disobedience Winner

F/F

£30

Olga Grushin

The Dream Life of Sukhanov

F/F

£25

Yiyun Li

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

F/F

£20

Note: London, 1^ST March 2007: 'Orange is pleased to announce that with immediate effect from today the prestigious literary sponsorship - formerly the Orange Prize for Fiction - will be known as the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction.'

Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction

2007 Longlist

Patricia Ferguson

Peripheral Vision

£12

Margaret Forster

Over

£15

Nell Freudenberger

The Dissident

£15

Rebecca Gowers

When to Walk

£12

M J Hyland

Carry Me Down

£12

Lori Lansens

The Girls

£14

Lisa Moore

Alligator

£12

Catherine O'Flynn

What Was Lost

£15

Stef Penney

The Tenderness of Wolves

£25

Deborah Robertson

Careless

£16

Rachel Seiffert

Afterwards

£16

Jane Smiley

Ten Days in the Hills

£16

Melanie Wallace

The housekeeper

£14

Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction

2007 Shortlist

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun (Winner)

£30

Rachel Cusk

Arlington Park

£25

Kiran Desai

The Inheritance of Loss

£90

Xiaolu Guo

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers

£35

Xiaolu Guo

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (Signed)

£80

Jane Harris

The Observations

£25

Anne Tyler

Digging to America

£25

Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction

New Writers Award

2007 Shortlist

Clare Allan

Poppy Shakespeare (Winner)

F/F

£20

Karen Conelly

The Lizard Cage

F/F

£15

Roopa Farooki

Bitter Sweets

F/F

£15