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Neil Rollinson’s The Dead Don’t Bleed, winner of the 2025 Deborah Rogers Award is published by Jonathan Cape to great acclaim

Neil Rollison was our winner in 2023 for his novel, The Dead Don't Bleed. It was published by Jonathan Cape in 2026 to great acclaim.

Sarah Hall declared it “a thrilling, deep-song, high-proof novel that’s brilliantly imagined, gorgeously crafted and several cuts above the usual debut”, the Guardian that it is “extraordinarily tense and tender” while the Times called it “terse, bloody and vivid”.Neil Rollison was our winner in 2023 for his novel, The Dead Don't Bleed. It was published by Jonathan Cape in 2026 to great acclaim.

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Announcement of winner of the Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award
The winner of the inaugural Deborah Rogers Writers Award 2016 is Sharlene Wen-Ning Teo for Ponti, a work of fiction. This was announced today Thursday 5th May at a small ceremony in London. Shena Mackay (Chair of the Judges) introduced the shortlisted authors after which Ian McEwan announced the winner and presented her with the prize of £10,000.
Shortlist of three announced for the inaugural Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award.
Shena Mackay, Owen Sheers and Kate Summerscale announce the shortlist for the inaugural £10,000 DRF Award. Three are chosen out of 885 entries. Ian McEwan and Peter Carey to celebrate the winner at key events
Top writers back Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award.
Shena Mackay, Owen Sheers and Kate Summerscale to choose the winner of the inaugural £10,000 DRF award, Ian McEwan and Peter Carey to celebrate the winner at key events. Over 850 entries for the award.
Deborah Rogers Foundation launches with new Writers Award
It is now 18 months since the universally loved and respected literary agent, Deborah Rogers, died. Her sudden death sent a shockwave through the world of publishing and the many writers, publishers and agents whose lives she had touched.
2021 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award Winners Announced.
Colm Tóibín announces the winner of the 2021 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award. View the full article to see the results.