12/08/2013 by Joshua Farrington
The longlist for the Dylan Thomas Prize features the best new writers under 30
The longlist for the Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced, with a playwright, Polly Stenham, being nominated for the first time.
The prize is open to any writer publishing in English under the age of 30, with novels, poetry and drama all being recognised this year, the seventh in which the prize has been given.
Nine of this year's works are debuts. The winner will receive £30,000 and a bronze bust of Dylan Thomas. Sponsored by the University of Swansea, the shortlist will be announced in the autumn, with the winner announced at a ceremony in Swansea in November.
The judges said: "Every year of the Prize is different from the previous one but this year, the sheer volume of new talent we've discovered leaves me with a feeling that we are going to have an exceptional year. These are books that readers will definitely want to get their hands on."
The full shortlist:
Novels:
How To Be A Good Wife by Emma Chapman
The Last King Of Lydia by Tim Leach
The Gurkha's Daughter by Prajwal Parajuly
Call It Dog by Marli Roode
Dear Lucy by Julie Sarkissian
Beneath The Darkening Sky by Majok Tulba
Watkins Battleborn by Claire Vaye
Ballistics by D.W. Wilson
Poetry:
Sins Of The Leopard by James Brookes
The Shape Of A Forest by Jemma L. King
Our Obsidian Tongues by David Shook
Drama
No Quarter by Polly Stenham
via We Love This Book
The prize is open to any writer publishing in English under the age of 30, with novels, poetry and drama all being recognised this year, the seventh in which the prize has been given.
Nine of this year's works are debuts. The winner will receive £30,000 and a bronze bust of Dylan Thomas. Sponsored by the University of Swansea, the shortlist will be announced in the autumn, with the winner announced at a ceremony in Swansea in November.
The judges said: "Every year of the Prize is different from the previous one but this year, the sheer volume of new talent we've discovered leaves me with a feeling that we are going to have an exceptional year. These are books that readers will definitely want to get their hands on."
The full shortlist:
Novels:
How To Be A Good Wife by Emma Chapman
The Last King Of Lydia by Tim Leach
The Gurkha's Daughter by Prajwal Parajuly
Call It Dog by Marli Roode
Dear Lucy by Julie Sarkissian
Beneath The Darkening Sky by Majok Tulba
Watkins Battleborn by Claire Vaye
Ballistics by D.W. Wilson
Poetry:
Sins Of The Leopard by James Brookes
The Shape Of A Forest by Jemma L. King
Our Obsidian Tongues by David Shook
Drama
No Quarter by Polly Stenham
via We Love This Book
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