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The Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, established in 2022, [1] is an annual literary award presented by British bookseller Waterstones to the best debut fiction published in the previous 12 months. The award is intended to "celebrate[] the very best fresh voices in fiction and share[] the joy and magic of discovering new authors."
The Waterstones Book of the Year, established in 2012, [1] is an annual award presented to a book published in the previous 12 months. Waterstones' booksellers nominate and vote to determine the winners and finalists for the prize. Award winners receive "full and committed backing" from Waterstones both in-person and online. [2]
The Waterstones 11 was a literary book prize aimed at promoting debut authors, run and curated by British bookseller Waterstones. [1] It ran from 2011–13. The list of 11 authors are selected from a list of 100 authors submitted by publishers. [2]
The Waterstones Children's Book Prize is an annual award given to a work of children's literature published during the previous year. First awarded in 2005, the purpose of the prize is "to uncover hidden talent in children's writing" and is therefore open only to authors who have published no more than two or three books, depending on which category they are in. [1] The prize is awarded by ...
Waterstones maintains and supports various literary awards, including the Waterstones Book of the Year, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, [17] the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, Waterstones Irish Book of the Year, the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize, [154] and the Waterstones Children's Laureate, [16] as well as now-defunct awards ...
Children's Laureate, now known as the Waterstones Children's Laureate, [1] is a prestigious position awarded in the United Kingdom once every two years to a "writer or illustrator of children's books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field." The role promotes the importance of children’s literature, reading, creativity and ...
The Barker Book Awards - Celebrating Dogs in Literature; Brunel University African Poetry Prize; Caine Prize for African Fiction; Commonwealth Short Story Prize, for unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words) SI Leeds Literary Prize, for unpublished fiction (more than 30,000 words) by Black and Asian women in the UK
Martyr! is the 2024 debut novel by Iranian American poet Kaveh Akbar.A New York Times bestseller [1] and one of the paper's Best Books of the Year So Far, [2] it was a finalist for the 2024 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize. [3]