The Dundee International Book Prize has established itself as the UK’s premier prize for emerging novelist.

Its £10,000 cash award together with publication by Birlinn Ltd, publishers of the Polygon imprint, make The Dundee International Book Prize highly valued by tomorrow’s great new writers seeking to break into the publishing world.

The 2010 prize will see the sixth winner being announced for an unpublished novel on any theme and in any genre.