Winner: Owen Sheers, The Dust Diaries (Faber)

The Welsh-language prize was awarded to Caryl Lewis for Martha Jac a Sianco, published by Y Lolfa.
The Short List
Owen Sheers, The Dust Diaries (Faber)
Trezza Azzopardi, Remember Me (Picador)
Richard Collins, The Land as Viewed from the Sea (Seren Books)

The writers on the Welsh-language Short List were Caryl Lewis, Bethan Gwanas and Elin Llwyd Morgan
The Long List
Trezza Azzopardi, Remember Me (Picador)
Des Barry, Cressida’s Bed (Jonathan Cape)
Richard Collins, The Land as Viewed From the Sea (Seren)
Stevie Davies, Kith and Kin (Weidenfield & Nicolson)
Trevor Fishlock, Conquerors of Time (John Murray)
Mike Jenkins, The Language of Fight (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch)
Deryn Rees-Jones, Quiver (Seren)
Kym Lloyd, The Book of Guilt (Sceptre)
Owen Sheers, The Dust Diaries (Faber)
John Williams, Temperance Town (Bloomsbury)
The Judges
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PANEL: Charlotte Williams (Chair), Tony Brown and Patrick Hannan

The Welsh-language panel of judges were Meg Elis (Chair), Tony Bianchi and Hafina Clwyd.
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