2003 - 2004 Nominations
| Book | Author | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Brick Lane | Monica Ali | Doubleday |
| Offcomer | Jo Baker | Heinemann |
| Special | Bella Bathurst | Picador |
| The Sixth Lamentation | William Brodrick | Time Warner |
| Deadwater | Sean Burke | Serpent’s Tail |
| Running From The Darkness | Richard Byron | Pegasus |
| What Goes Round | Maeve Clarke | Tindal St Press |
| Wanderers and Islanders | Steve Cockayne | Orbit |
| The Last Girl | Stephen Collishaw | Sceptre |
| An English Superhero | Mark Cooke | Pegasus |
| The Navigation Log | Martin Corrick | Scribner/Random House |
| Thinking of England | Nicola Daly | Pegasus |
| English Correspondence | Janet Davey | Chatto & Windus |
| Buddha Da | Anne Donovan | Canongate |
| Backlash | Roderic Duncan | |
| Spencer's List | Lisa Evans | Penguin |
| The Executioner’s Art | David Fine | Tindal St Press |
| Homage To A Firing Squad | Tariq Goddard | Sceptre |
| Monument | Ian Graham | Orbit |
| Disturbance of the Inner Ear | Joyce Hackett | Time Warner |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Mark Hadden | Jonathan Cape |
| Accidents In The Home |
Tessa Halbey | Jonathan Cape |
| Twelve Step Fandango | Chris Haslam | Time Warner |
| Sundoom | Tony Hollett | Pegasus |
| Sleb | Andrew Holmes | Sceptre |
| Massive | Mickey Hutton | Blake |
| London Dust | Lee Jackson | Arrow |
| Skywalking | Jemma Kennedy | Penguin |