2009 - 2010 Nominations
| Author | Book | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Akinti, Peter | Forest Gate | Jonathan Cape, Random House |
| Arnold, Gaynor | Girl in a Blue Dress | Tindal Street |
| Ashworth, Jenn | A Kind of Intimacy | Arcadia |
| Badoe, Yaba | True Murder | Jonathan Cape, Random House |
| Bakewell, Joan | All the Nice Girls | Virago, Little Brown |
| Beaton, Jane | Class | Sphere, Little Brown |
| Berry, Anne | The Hungry Ghosts | Blue Door Publishers |
| Bethell, Zillah | Seahorses Are Real | Seren |
| Brackston, Paula | The Book of Shadows | Snowbooks |
| Brooks, Charlie | Citizen Harper | Collins |
| Busby, Sian | McNaughten | Short Books |
| Campbell, Alastair | All in the Mind | Hutchinson, Random House |
| Cheeta | Me Cheeta | Fourth Estate |
| Connell, Rebecca | The Art of Losing | Fourth Estate |
| Crofts, Andrew | The Overnight Fame of Steffi McBride | John Blake |
| Davies, Daniel | The Isle of Dogs | Serpent's Tail & Profile |
| De Smith, Alice | Welcome to Life | Atlantic |
| Dinsdale, Robert | The Harrowing | Faber & Faber |
| Edwards, Michael | Wild Oats | Macmillan New Writing |
| Elton, Charles | Mr Toppit | Viking, Penguin |
| Farlane, Mia | Footnotes to Sex | Viking, Penguin |
| Gaffney, David | Never, Never | Tindal Street |
| Grant, Andrew | Even | Macmillan New Writing |
| Hall, Catherine | Days of Grace | Portobello |
| Hall, M R | The Coroner | Pan Macmillan |
| Harvey, Samantha | The Wilderness | Jonathan Cape, Random House |
| Holmes, Lucy-Anne | 50 Ways to Find a Lover | Pan Macmillan |
| Joso, Jayne | Soothing Music for Stray Cats | Alcemi, Y Lolfa Cyf |
| Kay, Francesca | An Equal Stillness | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Keegan, Nicola | Swimming | Chatto and Windus |
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