What kind of qualities are the judges looking for?

What kind of qualities are the judges looking for?

Derek Johns (Managing Director - AP Watt Literary Agency) gives expert video advice on: Can a first-time writer win a literary prize?; Why are prizes important?; How are books submitted for judging? and more...

If we take the Booker Prize, the leading literary prize in the English language actually, then the judges are simply looking for literary quality. They are looking for what they consider to be the best book of the year.