'The Award was launched in 2005 in partnership with Arts Council England. Renewing their commitment to the partnership with Orange, Arts Council England has committed a further £30,000 over the next three years (£10,000 per year) for bursary awards for the winners of the Orange Award for New Writers. By offering a bursary to a novelist or short story writer for her first publication, the Arts Council is able to support the professional development of a writer at a crucial stage in her career.
'Authors who have written their first work of fiction can be entered for both the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Award for New Writers.'
Source: Orange Prize website, http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/
Sighted: 27/04/2010
