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The Desmond Elliott Prize 2022
NCW is delighted to announce Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies (Picador) by Maddie Mortimer as the winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize 2022. The book — a lyrical exploration of one woman’s body and the illness that inhabits it — was described by judges as a ‘precious and personal’ work from a ‘new and spectacular talent’.
The National Centre for Writing has today announced the 10-strong longlist for the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize, which will be awarded to the most outstanding first novel of the past 12 months.
This Year's Judges are award-winning writer and poet Derek Owusu (chair), award-winning news correspondent Symeon Brown and Lyndsey Fineran, Programme & Commissions Manager for The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival – the oldest, and one of the largest, book festivals in the world.
Find out more about the Desmond Elliott Prize and Early Career Writing Resources at nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk.
