2023 DRF Writers Award Winner Announced
- Judges Abdulrazak Gurnah, Claire Adam and Annalena McAfee announce Neil Rollison as the winner of the 2023 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award for his work, The Dead Don’t Bleed.
- Two runners up were congratulated: Michelle Alipao Chikaonda for The Dying Embers of Our Setting Sun and Alicia McAuley for The Caul.
- Neil Rollinson receives £10,000, the two runners up £1,000 each
- 864 entries were considered.
- A shortlist of three was chosen from a longlist of nine.
- Chair of the judges, Abdulrazak Gurnah announced the news at a ceremony at Faber, The Bindery, London on Thursday 9 November.
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