They've announced a new British literary prize, The Goldsmiths Prize -- meant to recognize: "Fiction at its most novel" (yeah, there's a great start ...):
The annual prize of £10,000 will go to a book that is genuinely novel, and which embodies the spirit of invention that characterises the genre at its best.It is limited to UK and Irish writers, and in addition the books must be published by a UK-based publisher, which rather limits the competition and the ambition of the prize; still, a fun idea, and with a judging panel consisting of Nicola Barker, Jonathan Derbyshire, Gabriel Josipovici, and Tim Parnell there should be a decent shortlist emerging here.