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It Was The Orange Prize, Then The Baileys Prize, And Now It Needs A New Sponsor

WORDS Posted: January 30, 2017 6:15 am

Not only that, but it may not be a prize anymore: “Organisers of the women’s prize have said they want its next sponsor to pay for a year-long boost for women’s fiction, rather than a once-a-year celebration when the winner is declared.”

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WORDS Published: 01.30.17

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