BOOK AWARDS
Orange Prize for Fiction 2005
Established in 1995 to celebrate the excellence of women's writing and judged entirely by women, the Orange Prize for Fiction was founded by a group of individuals from all aspects of publishing to widen the opportunities for women writers who were frequently passed over by the major literary prizes. Since its inception, the Orange Prize for Fiction has had a major impact on the literary landscape.
Winner (announced June 2005)
We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver (Serpent's Tail) ISBN 1852428899.
Shortlist (announced April 2005)
Billie Morgan by Joolz Denby
Old Filth by Jane Gardam
The Mammoth Cheese by Sheri Holman
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy
We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
See below for full details
Longlist (announced March 2005)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Case Histories | Kate Atkinson | Doubleday | 03856079997 |
| The Great Stink | Clare Clark | Viking | 0670915300 |
| Escape Routes for Beginners | Kira Cochrane | Simon & Schuster | 074325225x |
| Billie Morgan | Joolz Denby | Serpent's Tail | 1852428651 |
| The Zigzag Way | Anita Desai | Chatto & Windus | 0701177438 |
| Tatty | Christine DwyerHickey | New Island | 1904301517 |
| It So Happens | Patricia Ferguson | Solidus | 1904529070 |
| Away From You | Melanie Finn | Penguin | 0141015349 |
| Old Filth | Jane Gardam | Chatto & Windus | 070117756x |
| The Mysteries of Glass | Sue Gee | Review | 0755303091 |
| Nelson's Daughter | Miranda Hearn | Sceptre | 0340827564 |
| The Mammoth Cheese | Sheri Holman | Virago | 1844081273 |
| A Short Histort of Tractors in Ukrainian | Marina Lewycka | Viking | 0670915602 |
| Black Dirt | Nell Leyshon | Picador | 0330420348 |
| The Remedy | Michelle Lovric | Virago | 1844081354 |
| Liars and Saints | Maile Meloy | John Murray | 0719566444 |
| The Falls | Joyce Carol Oates | Fourth Estate | 0007185146 |
| We Need to Talk about Kevin | Lionel Shriver | Serpent's Tail | 1852428899 |
| The River | Tricia Wastvedt | Viking | 0670915009 |
| Ursula, Under | Ingrid Hill | Jonathan Cape | 0224075012 |
