In 2010, the Orange Prize for Fiction is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary and a youth panel of judges is being recruited to read all previous fourteen winning titles and ultimately choose the 'Orange Prize Winner of Winners.'
This list includes Rose Tremain, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zadie Smith, Lionel Shriver and Helen Dunmore.
The Orange Prize for Fiction was set up in 1996 to celebrate and promote international fiction by women. It is the UK’s only annual book award for international fiction written by a woman, celebrating excellence, innovation and accessibility.
If you are 16-20 years old, male or female, love reading and are confident about sharing your opinions about the books you read, click here to learn more about the Orange Prize for Fiction Youth Panel 2010.
To apply, you need to send three examples of your written, spoken or blogged opinion about three books you have read considering the three criteria that Orange Prize winning books are judged on: Originality, Accessibility and Excellence. The deadline is Sunday 31st January 2010.
