Warwick Prize for Writing
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The Warwick Prize for Writing is an international cross-disciplinary prize, worth £50,000, that will be given biennially for an excellent and substantial piece of writing in the English language, in any genre or form, on a theme that will change with every award. It was launched and sponsored by the University of Warwick
in July 2008. It is the only cross-disciplinary writing competition in existence, including things such as: scientific research, novels, poems, websites, movies and plays. Works are open to be nominated by everyone at Warwick University, including professors, students, alumni and staff.
Michael Rosen will chair the panel of five judges for the 2011 Warwick Prize for Writing. He is joined by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick, Professor Nigel Thrift, award winning author Jenny Uglow, Times Literary Editor Erica Wagner and writer, cultural critic, public speaker and broadcaster Baroness Lola Young.
Winner is bold.
. A longlist of 20 candidate titles was announced in November 2008 followed by the shortlist of six titles announced on 22 January 2009. The winner, Naomi Klein
's The Shock Doctrine
, was announced on 24 February 2009.
China Miéville
, award-winning writer of weird fiction
, chaired the panel of five judges. Professor Ian Stewart
, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, provided a vital link between the Prize Management Group and the Judging Panel. The journalist Maya Jaggi, the author and translator Maureen Freely
and the literary blogger Stephen Mitchelmore completed the Judging Panel.
Winner is bold.
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
in July 2008. It is the only cross-disciplinary writing competition in existence, including things such as: scientific research, novels, poems, websites, movies and plays. Works are open to be nominated by everyone at Warwick University, including professors, students, alumni and staff.
The Prize Management Group
The Prize Management Group of the Warwick Prize for Writing is made up of senior professors and administrative staff drawn from across the faculties and includes the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick. The Prize Management Group is responsible for the administration of the Prize including agreeing the Rules, the guidelines for the Judges and the arrangements for the award of the Prize. The Prize Management Group is also responsible for choosing the Judging Panel.2011
The theme for the 2011 award will be "colour".Michael Rosen will chair the panel of five judges for the 2011 Warwick Prize for Writing. He is joined by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick, Professor Nigel Thrift, award winning author Jenny Uglow, Times Literary Editor Erica Wagner and writer, cultural critic, public speaker and broadcaster Baroness Lola Young.
Winner is bold.
| Author | Shortlist Titles |
|---|---|
| Nadeem Aslam Nadeem Aslam Nadeem Aslam is a prize-winning British Pakistani novelist.-Biography:Aslam moved with his family to England aged 14, when his father, a Communist, fled President Zia's regime. The family settled in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire... |
The Wasted Vigil |
| Peter Forbes | Dazzled and Deceived: Mimicry and Camouflage |
| Aminatta Forna Aminatta Forna Aminatta Forna is a British writer of Sierra Leonean and Scottish heritage. She is the author of a memoir, The Devil that Danced on the Water and two novels, Ancestor Stones and The Memory of Love... |
The Memory of Love |
| Peter D McDonald | The Literature Police: Apartheid Censorship and its Cultural Consequences |
| Michael Taussig Michael Taussig Michael Taussig earned a medical degree from the University of Sydney, received his PhD. in anthropology from the London School of Economics and is a professor at Columbia University and European Graduate School... |
What Color is the Sacred? |
| Derek Walcott Derek Walcott Derek Alton Walcott, OBE OCC is a Saint Lucian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992 and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2011 for White Egrets. His works include the Homeric epic Omeros... |
White Egrets |
| Author | Longlist Titles |
|---|---|
| Nadeem Aslam Nadeem Aslam Nadeem Aslam is a prize-winning British Pakistani novelist.-Biography:Aslam moved with his family to England aged 14, when his father, a Communist, fled President Zia's regime. The family settled in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire... |
The Wasted Vigil |
| Mark Bradley | Colour and Meaning in Ancient Rome |
| Jasper Fforde Jasper Fforde Jasper Fforde is a British novelist. Fforde's first novel, The Eyre Affair, was published in 2001. Fforde is mainly known for his Thursday Next novels, although he has written several books in the loosely connected Nursery Crime series and begun two more independent series: The Last Dragonslayer... |
Shades of Grey Shades of Grey 1: The Road to High Saffron Shades of Grey 1: The Road to High Saffron is a dystopian novel, the first in the "Shades of Grey" series by novelist Jasper Fforde... |
| Peter Forbes | Dazzled and Deceived: Mimicry and Camouflage |
| Aminatta Forna Aminatta Forna Aminatta Forna is a British writer of Sierra Leonean and Scottish heritage. She is the author of a memoir, The Devil that Danced on the Water and two novels, Ancestor Stones and The Memory of Love... |
The Memory of Love |
| Peter D McDonald | The Literature Police: Apartheid Censorship and its Cultural Consequences |
| Rachel Polonsky | Molotov's Magic Lantern |
| Lisa Robertson Lisa Robertson Lisa Robertson is a Canadian poet who is best known for a collection a poem entitled The Weather, which was inspired by the shipping forecasts announced on BBC radio. She currently lives in France.-Life:... |
Lisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip |
| Iain Sinclair Iain Sinclair Iain Sinclair FRSL is a British writer and filmmaker. Much of his work is rooted in London, most recently within the influences of psychogeography.-Life and work:... |
Hackney, That Rose Red Empire |
| Michael Taussig Michael Taussig Michael Taussig earned a medical degree from the University of Sydney, received his PhD. in anthropology from the London School of Economics and is a professor at Columbia University and European Graduate School... |
What Color is the Sacred? |
| Derek Walcott Derek Walcott Derek Alton Walcott, OBE OCC is a Saint Lucian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992 and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2011 for White Egrets. His works include the Homeric epic Omeros... |
White Egrets |
2009
The theme for the inaugural Warwick Prize for Writing was complexityComplexity
In general usage, complexity tends to be used to characterize something with many parts in intricate arrangement. The study of these complex linkages is the main goal of complex systems theory. In science there are at this time a number of approaches to characterizing complexity, many of which are...
. A longlist of 20 candidate titles was announced in November 2008 followed by the shortlist of six titles announced on 22 January 2009. The winner, Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein is a Canadian author and social activist known for her political analyses and criticism of corporate globalization.-Family:...
's The Shock Doctrine
The Shock Doctrine
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is a 2007 book by Canadian author Naomi Klein, and is the basis of a 2009 documentary by the same name....
, was announced on 24 February 2009.
China Miéville
China Miéville
China Tom Miéville is an award-winning English fantasy fiction writer. He is fond of describing his work as "weird fiction" , and belongs to a loose group of writers sometimes called New Weird. He is also active in left-wing politics as a member of the Socialist Workers Party...
, award-winning writer of weird fiction
Weird fiction
Weird fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction written in the late 19th and early 20th century. It can be said to encompass the ghost story and other tales of the macabre. Weird fiction is distinguished from horror and fantasy in that it predates the niche marketing of genre fiction...
, chaired the panel of five judges. Professor Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart (mathematician)
Ian Nicholas Stewart FRS is a professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick, England, and a widely known popular-science and science-fiction writer. He is the first recipient of the , awarded jointly by the LMS and the IMA for his work on promoting mathematics.-Biography:Stewart was born...
, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, provided a vital link between the Prize Management Group and the Judging Panel. The journalist Maya Jaggi, the author and translator Maureen Freely
Maureen Freely
Maureen Freely is a U.S. journalist, novelist, translator and professor.-Biography:Born in Neptune, New Jersey, Freely grew up in Turkey and now lives in England, where she lectures at the University of Warwick and is an occasional contributor to The Guardian and The Independent newspapers. Among...
and the literary blogger Stephen Mitchelmore completed the Judging Panel.
Winner is bold.
| Author | Shortlist Titles |
|---|---|
| Lisa Appignanesi Lisa Appignanesi Lisa Appignanesi is a British writer, novelist, and campaigner for free expression. She is president of the writers’ organization English PEN. Her latest book is All About Love: Anatomy of an Unruly Emotion... |
Mad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800 |
| Francisco Goldman Francisco Goldman Francisco Goldman is an American novelist, journalist, and Allen K. Smith Professor of Literature and Creative Writing, Trinity College. He is workshop director at , the journalism school for Latin-America created by Gabriel García Márquez... |
The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi? |
| Stuart A Kauffman | Reinventing the Sacred |
| Naomi Klein Naomi Klein Naomi Klein is a Canadian author and social activist known for her political analyses and criticism of corporate globalization.-Family:... |
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism |
| Alex Ross | The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century |
| Enrique Vila-Matas Enrique Vila-Matas Enrique Vila-Matas is a Spanish novelist who has had a long and outstanding literary career and is one of the most prestigious and original writers in contemporary Spanish fiction... (trans. Jonathan Dunne) |
Montano's Malady |
| Author | Longlist Titles |
|---|---|
| Michael Blastland & Andrew Dilnot Andrew Dilnot Andrew Dilnot CBE is British economist and broadcaster. He has been Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford since October 2002. He was for several years the presenter of BBC Radio 4's series on numbers, More or Less and of documentaries for British television. Dilnot was Director of the Institute... |
The Tiger That Isn't |
| Rachel Blau DuPlessis Rachel Blau DuPlessis Rachel Blau DuPlessis an American poet and essayist, is known as a feminist critic and scholar with a special interest in modernist and contemporary poetry.-Life and work:... |
Torques: Drafts 58-76 |
| John Burnside John Burnside John Burnside is a Scottish writer, born in Dunfermline.-Background:Burnside studied English and European Languages at Cambridge College of Arts and Technology. A former computer software engineer, he has been a freelance writer since 1996... |
Glister |
| Mike Davies Mike Davis (scholar) Mike Davis is an American Marxist social commentator, urban theorist, historian, and political activist. He is best known for his investigations of power and social class in his native Southern California.-Life:... |
Planet of Slums |
| John Hughes John Hughes (writer) John Hughes is a Sydney-based Australian writer and teacher. His first book of autobiographical essays, The Idea Of Home, published by Giramondo in 2004, was widely acclaimed and won both the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards for Non-Fiction and the National Biography Award .-The Idea of... |
Someone Else |
| Thomas Legendre | The Burning |
| David Livingstone David N. Livingstone David N. Livingstone , OBE, MRIA, FBA, AcSS, MAE, is Professor of Geography and Intellectual History, at Queen's University Belfast.- Personal background :... |
Adam's Ancestors: Race, Religion and the Politics of Human Origins |
| Robert Macfarlane Robert Macfarlane Robert Macfarlane, , is a British travel writer and literary critic. Educated at Nottingham High School, Pembroke College, Cambridge and Magdalen College, Oxford, he is currently a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and teaches in the Faculty of English at Cambridge.-Books:Macfarlane's first... |
The Wild Places |
| James Martin James Martin (author) James Martin is a British Information Technology consultant and author, who was nominated for a Pulitzer prize for his book, The Wired Society: A Challenge for Tomorrow .- Biography :... |
The Meaning of the 21st Century |
| Ian McDonald Ian McDonald (author) Ian McDonald is a British science fiction novelist, living in Belfast. His themes include nanotechnology, postcyberpunk settings, and the impact of rapid social and technological change on non-Western societies.- Biography :... |
Brasyl Brasyl Brasyl is a 2007 novel by British author Ian McDonald. It was nominated for the 2008 Hugo Awards in the best novel category. In 2008 it was nominated for, and made the longlist of, the £50,000 Warwick Prize for Writing. It was also nominated for the Locus Award and John W... |
| Joseph O'Neill Joseph O'Neill (born 1964) Joseph O'Neill is a Irish novelist and non-fiction writer. O'Neill's novel Netherland was awarded the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.-Life:... |
Netherland |
| Juan Gabriel Vasquez (trans. Anne McLean) | The Informers |
| Ivan Vladislavic Ivan Vladislavic Ivan Vladislaviċ is a South African short story writer and novelist of Croatian origin. He lives in Johannesburg where he also works as an editor. In the eighties he worked as a fiction and social studies editor at Ravan Press... |
Portrait with Keys Portrait with Keys A book about a city that has been described as the 'Venice of the South', Portrait with Keys is a portrait of life in Johannesburg – and ‘what-what’: home, habit, change, memory, mortality, friendship, ghosts, gardens, walking, falling, selling, stealing ..... |
| James Walvin | The Trader The Owner The Slave |
See also
- University of WarwickUniversity of WarwickThe University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
- List of British literary awards
- List of literary awards