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      • Founded in 2014 in memory of the late literary agent of the same name, the Deborah Rogers Foundation aims to seek out and support emerging talent specifically by means of two biennial awards: the Writers Award, which gives £10,000 to an unpublished writer to enable them to complete a first book, and the DRF David Miller Bursary, which offers work placements in publishing houses and literary agencies worldwide together with £10,000 to help a young agent or publisher gain international work...
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  2. Deborah’s particular genius lay in identifying and supporting talented young people. The Deborah Rogers Foundation (DRF) was therefore set up in her memory to continue to seek out and support emerging talent in the publishing world specifically by means of two awards:

    • David Miller Internship

      Hannah Asikhia (2022) After completing the internship,...

    • Writer's Award

      The Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award was the first...

    • The Board

      The Deborah Rogers Foundation (DRF) is a registered charity...

    • Funding

      The Deborah Rogers Foundation is funded entirely by...

    • News

      April 2024 marks the tenth anniversary of the death of...

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    In 2023 judges Abdulrazak Gurnah (chair), Claire Adam and Annalena McAfee judged a longlist of nine entries, and pronounced Neil Rollison as the winner of the 2023 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award for his novel, The Dead Don ’t Bleed. The two runners up were Michelle Alipao Chikaonda for The Dying Embers of Our Setting Sunand Alicia McAuley ...

    Sharlene Teowas the winner of the inaugural 2016 DRF Writers Award for her novel Ponti. Pontiwas published by Picador (UK) and Simon and Schuster (US) in 2018. It was shortlisted for the Hearst Big Book Award and Edward Stanford Award, and longlisted for the Jhalak Prize. It has been translated into eleven languages. Sharlene said: “Winning the Deb...

    Deepa Anapparawas the winner of the 2018 DRF Writers Award for her novel Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line.Published by Chatto & Windus (UK) and Random House (US) in 2020, it has been translated into 22 languages and was hailed by the New York Times Book Review as “a Literary Supernova”. Named as one of the best books of the year by The New York Time...

    ‘Pemi Agudawas the winner of the 2020 DRF Writers Award was for her novel, The Suicide Mothers. The novel, and a collection of short stories, Ghostrootshas been acquired by Virago (UK), WW Norton (US) and Masobe in Nigeria. Ghostrootswill be published in the US on 7 May 2024 and in the UK on 6 June 2024. The Suicide Mothers will be published in 202...

    Mathelinda Nabugodiwas the winner of the 2021 DRF Writers Award for The Trembling Hand: Reflections of a Black Woman in the Romantic Archive, a work of non-fiction to be published by Hamish Hamilton (UK) and Knopf (US) in 2024. Mathelinda said: ‘Winning the DRF Writers Award is such a wonderful validation of my work. I am so gratified to know that ...

  3. April 2024 marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Deborah Rogers, after which this Foundation was set up in her memory. So this seems the appropriate moment to celebrate the positive impact that the DRF has made to our industry by supporting emerging talent in the publishing world.

  4. Deborah Rogers Foundation. Founded in 2014 in memory of the late literary agent of the same name, the Deborah Rogers Foundation aims to seek out and support emerging talent specifically by means of two biennial awards: the Writers Award, which gives £10,000 to an unpublished writer to enable them to complete a first book, and the DRF David ...

  5. Dec 11, 2015 · Deborah’s particular genius lay in identifying and supporting talented young people. The Deborah Rogers Foundation (DRF) has therefore been set up in her memory to continue to seek out and nurture that talent.

  6. Oct 9, 2015 · The Deborah Rogers Foundation, whose members include authors William Fiennes and Ian McEwan, launches with a new Writers' Award. Rogers died in May. Her "genius lay in identifying and...

  7. Nov 10, 2023 · As Publishing Perspectives readers will recall, the Deborah Rogers Foundation, created in 2015, honors the memory of the late Deborah Rogers (1938-2014) who opened her own literary agency in 1967 and, in 1987, formed the influential agency Rogers Coleridge & White.