The Desmond Elliott Prize is an annual award for a first novel written in English and published in the UK. Worth £10,000 to the winner, the prize is named after the literary agent and publisher, Desmond Elliott. The judges look for a novel which has a compelling narrative, arresting character, and which is both vividly written and confidently realised.

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This list is for novels that have been longlisted for the prize since it was first awarded in 2008.


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message 1: by Phillip (new)

Phillip Edwards The Desmond Elliott Prize longlists:


2008

Broken by Daniel Clay
Submarine by Joe Dunthorne
The Truth About These Strange Times by Adam Foulds
The Outcast by Sadie Jones
Gifted by Nikita Lalwani
Kill Your Friends by John Niven
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
Random Acts of Heroic Love by Danny Scheinmann
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Sunday at The Cross Bones by John Walsh
The Messenger of Athens by Anne Zouroudi


2009

A Girl Made of Dust by Nathalie Abi-Ezzi
The Behaviour of Moths by Poppy Adams
Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold
Mr Toppit by Charles Elton
Never Never by David Gaffney
Blackmoor by Edward Hogan
The Redemption of Alexander Seaton by Shona MacLean
The Rescue Man by Anthony Quinn
Little Gods by Anna Richards
The Alternative Hero by Tim Thornton


2010

The Upright Piano Player by David Abbott
Before the Earthquake by Maria Allen
The Hungry Ghostsby Anne Berry
Rupture by Simon Lelic
The Shadow of a Smileby Kachi A. Ozumba
Talk of the Town by Jacob Polley
The Breaking of Eggs by Jim Powell
Designs for a Happy Home by Matthew Reynolds
Beauty by Raphael Selbourne
The Girl with Glass Feet by Ali Shaw


2011

The Afterparty by Leo Benidictus
Boxer, Beetle by Ned Beauman
Coconut Unlimited by Nikesh Shukla
The Collaborator by Mirza Waheed
Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
Pub Walks in Underhill Country by Nat Segnit
Saraswati Park by Anjali Joseph
The Spider Truces by Tom Connolly
A Vision of Loveliness by Louise Levene
Who is Mr Satoshi? by Jonathan Lee


2012

Absolution by Patrick Flanery
Bed by David Whitehouse
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin Wood
Care Of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles
The Land Of Decoration by Grace McCleen
The Last Hundred Days by Patrick McGuinness
The Missing Shade of Blue by Jennie Erdal
The Spider King’s Daughter by Chibundu Onuzo
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce


message 2: by Phillip (last edited Apr 25, 2013 05:30AM) (new)

Phillip Edwards The longlist for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2013 has been announced.
Here it is:

The Marlowe Papers by Ros Barber
The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence
The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan
The Palace of Curiosities by Rosie Garland
Petite Mort by Beatrice Hitchman
The Fields by Kevin Maher
Signs of Life by Anna Raverat
Seldom Seen by Sarah Ridgard
Jammy Dodger by Kevin Smith
The Painted Bridge by Wendy Wallace

#DEP2013


message 3: by Phillip (new)

Phillip Edwards The shortlist for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2013
is:

The Marlowe Papers by Ros Barber
The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence
and
The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan.

#DEP2013


message 4: by Phillip (new)

Phillip Edwards The longlist for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2014 has been announced.
It looks quite brilliant:

The Letter Bearer by Robert Allison
Idiopathy by Sam Byers
Meeting the English by Kate Clanchy
The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer
Sedition by Katharine Grant
The Dynamite Room by Jason Hewitt
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride
The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
Marriage Material by Sathnam Sanghera
Ballistics by D. W. Wilson


message 5: by Phillip (new)

Phillip Edwards Another excellent longlist!


The Desmond Elliott Prize 2015:

The A to Z of You and Me by James Hannah (Doubleday)
The Bees by Laline Paull (Fourth Estate)
Chop Chop by Simon Wroe (Viking)
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey (Viking)
Glass by Alex Christofi (Serpent’s Tail)
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Picador)
Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller (Fig Tree)
Randall Jonathan Gibbs (Galley Beggar Press)
A Song for Issy Bradley: A Novel by Carys Bray (Hutchinson)
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth (Unbound)


message 6: by Phillip (new)

Phillip Edwards The Desmond Elliott Prize 2016 longlist:


Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume (Windmill)
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon (Borough Press)
The Honours by Tim Clare (Canongate)
The Butcher’s Hook by Janet Ellis (Two Roads)
Things We Have in Common by Tasha Kavanagh (Canongate)
Disclaimer by Renée Knight (Doubleday)
Mrs Engels by Gavin McCrea (Scribe)
The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney (John Murray)
The House at the Edge of the World by Julia Rochester (Viking)
The Weightless World by Anthony Trevelyan (Galley Beggar Press)


message 7: by Phillip (new)

Phillip Edwards The Desmond Elliott Prize 2017 longlist:


Harmless Like You by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (Sceptre)
My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal (Viking)
Little Deaths by Emma Flint (Picador)
Montpelier Parade by Karl Geary (Harvill Secker)
The Transition by Luke Kennard (4th Estate)
Ithaca by Alan McMonagle (Picador)
The Sacred Combe by Thomas Maloney (Scribe UK)
They are Trying to Break Your Heart by David Savill (Bloomsbury)
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford (Faber & Faber)
Forbidden Line by Paul Stanbridge (Galley Beggar Press)


message 8: by Phillip (new)

Phillip Edwards The Desmond Elliott Prize 2018 longlist:


The Clocks in This House All Tell Different Times by Xan Brooks (Salt)
How to be Human by Paula Cocozza (Hutchinson)
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar (Harvill Secker)
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (HarperCollins)
Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak (Piatkus)
Peculiar Ground by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (4th Estate)
How Saints Die by Carmen Marcus (Harvill Secker)
One Star Awake by Andrew Meehan (New Island)
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney (Faber & Faber)
We That Are Young by Preti Taneja (Galley Beggar Press)


message 9: by Phillip (new)

Phillip Edwards The Desmond Elliott Prize 2019 longlist:


Golden Child by Claire Adam (Faber & Faber)
A Perfect Explanation by Eleanor Anstruther (Salt)
Hold by Michael Donkor (4th Estate)
The Chameleon by Samuel Fisher (Salt)
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson (Jonathan Cape)
Devoured by Anna Mackmin (Propolis Books)
Future Popes of Ireland by Darragh Martin (4th Estate)
Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford (New Island Books)
Stubborn Archivist by Yara Rodrigues Fowler (Fleet)
Testament by Kim Sherwood (riverrun)


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