And the winner of the Fray Bentos prize for postmodern fiction is . . .
Sam Leith
Sam Leith: Literary prizes might be 'posh bingo' but at least they direct money to writers
June 2011
Books blog
We can't afford to lose the John Llewellyn Rhys prize
John Llewellyn Rhys prize 'suspended'
December 2010
Amy Sackville, accidental novelist
The author of The Still Point explains to Richard Lea how her debut book, which has just won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize, began 'out of desperation'
November 2010
Amy Sackville wins John Llewellyn Rhys prize for The Still Point
Judges call novel 'breathtaking', predicting a future littered with international awards for the first-time author
October 2010
Shortlist announced for John Llewellyn Rhys prize
Finalists revealed for £5,000 young writers' award
November 2009
Bookseller's debut novel wins John Llewellyn Rhys prize
Evie Wyld's After the Fire, a Still Small Voice beats Aravind Adiga and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to £5,000 prize
October 2009
Doctor's notes in running for John Llewellyn Rhys prize
Book that grew out of blog by Canadian doctor James Maskalyk shortlisted for award alongside Booker and Orange winners
November 2008
Rare victory for non-fiction book in John Llewellyn Rhys prize
Henry Hitchings's The Secret Life of Words is the first non-fiction book in six years to win the award
Books blog
Is the books world short-changing its bright young women?
Brian Schofield: Do men have an unfair advantage in our literary prize shortlists?
Booker winner squares up to narrative poem for John Llewellyn Rhys prize
Aravind Adiga shortlisted for this year's John Llewellyn Rhys prize alongside Adam Foulds's The Broken Word
December 2007
Survivor's tale
Sarah Hall, who won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize this week, on how the controversial, post-apocalyptic, 1970s children's book Z for Zachariah inspired her love of reading and her own futuristic novel
November 2007
Vision of post-oil world scoops award
Sarah Hall has won the 2006/7 John Llewellyn Rhys prize, which celebrates the best fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama from the UK and the Commonwealth, with her third novel, The Carhullan Army, a tough portrait of life in a near-future Britain after the oil runs out.
October 2007
Poetry ignored by Llewellyn Rhys shortlist
Fiction goes head to head with non-fiction on the shortlist for this year's John Llewellyn Rhys prize, with no space on the list for either poetry or drama.
December 2006
Llewellyn Rhys award for tale of African child soldier
23-year-old Uzodinma Iweala joins VS Naipal and William Boyd in winning the John Llewellyn Rhys prize for young writers.
November 2006
Debut novelists shine on John Llewellyn Rhys shortlist
Fiction dominates the shortlist of this year's John Llewellyn Rhys prize, which awards the best work of literature by a UK or Commonwealth writer aged 35 or under.
December 2005
Prize with record of talent spotting names its choice
The most personal and second oldest of UK book awards, the £5,000 John Llewellyn Rhys prize, yesterday chose Boy A, a first novel about a teenager called Jack, by Jonathan Trigell as its 2005 winner.
November 2005
Nigerian debut makes John Llewellyn Rhys shortlist
She was longlisted for the Booker, shortlisted for the Orange and now Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has a third bite of the prize cherry. Her novel, Purple Hibiscus, has been shortlisted for this year's John Llewellyn Rhys prize, one of Britain's oldest and most prestigious literary awards.
November 2004
Literary prize for Oxford farce
The 2004 John Llewellyn Rhys prize, awarded annually to the best work of literature by a writer under the age of 35, has gone to Charlotte Mendelson for Daughters of Jerusalem, the story of a dysfunctional family told through the eyes of an Oxford academic and mother.
December 2003
Virgins of Venice wins Kunzru's rejected prize
The John Llewellyn Rhys prize has been awarded for a second time this year, this time to Mary Laven for Virgins of Venice.
