2007 Award

Winner - Lloyd Jones, Mr Cassini (Seren)

The Welsh-language prize was awarded to Llwyd Owen for his novel, Ffydd, Gobaith, Cariad published by Y Lolfa.

The Short List

Lloyd Jones, Mr Cassini (Seren)      
Jim Perrin, The Climbing Essays (In Pinn)
Christine Evans, Growth Rings (Seren)

The writers on the Welsh-language Short List were T Robin Chapman, Gwen Pritchard Joens and Llwyd Owen.

The Long List

Dannie Abse, Running Late (Hutchinson)
Daniel G. Williams, Ethnicity and Cultural Authority: From Arnold to Du Bois (Edinburgh University Press)
Christine Evans, Growth Rings (Seren Books)
Byron Rogers, The Man Who Went Into the West (Aurum Press)
Jim Perrin, The Climbing Essays (The In Pinn)
Lloyd Jones, Mr Cassini (Seren)
Merryn Williams, The First Wife’s Tale (Shoestring Press)
Jeremy Hooker, The Cut of the Light (Enitharmon Press)
Sarah Waters, The Night Watch (Virago)
Tristan Hughes, Send My Cold Bones Home (Parthian)

The Judges

ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PANEL: Carolyn Hitt (Chair), Katie Gramich and Patrick McGuinness

The Welsh-language panel were John Rowlands, Gwion Hallam and Elinor Jones