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Commonwealth Short Story Prize, for unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words) SI Leeds Literary Prize, for unpublished fiction (more than 30,000 words) by Black and Asian women in the UK; Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, judged in three categories: fiction, poetry, and life writing; open to anyone who has not published a complete book
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize, is an annual British book prize for the best non-fiction writing in the English language. It was founded in 1999 following the demise of the NCR Book Award. With its motto "All the best stories are true", the prize covers current affairs, history, politics, science ...
The Association also promotes crime writing of fiction and non-fiction by holding annual competitions, publicising literary festivals and establishing links with libraries, booksellers and other writer organisations, both in the UK such as the Society of Authors, and overseas. The CWA enables members to network at its annual conference and ...
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The awards are open to books published in the UK and Ireland, and at the time of entry the author must be alive and have been resident in the UK or Ireland for three years. The criteria for the awards are described as: "Our judges will be asked to choose the books they would most want to press into the hands of friends and family for their ...
The first longlist for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, of 16 titles, was announced on 15 February 2024. [8] The Guardian noted that the subject matter of the longlisted books included "Capitalism, artificial intelligence, Renaissance history and motherhood". [9] The shortlist was announced on 27 March 2024 and the winner on 13 June 2024. [7]
Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony.Many awards are structured with one organization (usually a non-profit organization) as the presenter and public face of the award, and another organization as the financial sponsor or backer, who pays the prize remuneration and the cost of the ceremony and public relations, typically a corporate sponsor who may sometimes attach ...
In each case, the winner is the short-listed entry which comes closest to George Orwell's own ambition to "make political writing into an art". [ 2 ] In 2014, the Youth Orwell Prize was launched, targeted at school years 9 to 13 in order to "support and inspire a new generation of politically engaged young writers". [ 3 ]