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List Of British Literary Awards
This is a list of British literary awards. Literature in general *Barbellion Prize, for ill and disabled writers *Bristol Festival of Ideas#Winners of the Bristol Festival of Ideas Book Prize, Bristol Festival of Ideas Book Prize, for a book which "presents new, important and challenging ideas" *British Book Awards, the "Nibbies" *Costa Book Awards (formerly the Whitbread book awards) *Guardian First Book Award *International Rubery Book Award *Jhalak Prize *John Llewellyn Rhys Prize *Ondaatje Prize * The Orwell Prize *Saltire Society Literary Awards *Somerset Maugham Award *Warwick Prize for Writing, The Warwick Prize for Writing *Wellcome Book Prize Fiction Fiction in general *Bath Novel Award *Commonwealth Writers Prize *Dundee International Book Prize *Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize *Goldsmiths Prize *Hawthornden Prize *James Tait Black Memorial Prize, for fiction *Booker Prize (formerly the Man Booker Prize) *Rathbones Folio Prize *Republic of Consciousness Prize for small pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbellion Prize
The Barbellion Prize is a British literary award "dedicated to the furtherance of ill and disabled voices in writing". It is awarded annually to a writer, in any genre, who has a chronic illness or is living with a disability. The prize was founded in 2020 by Jake Goldsmith, who has cystic fibrosis and whose memoir ''Neither Weak nor Obtuse'' was published in 2022 by Sagging Meniscus Books (). It is named after the pseudonymous W. N. P. Barbellion (1889-1919; real name Bruce Frederick Cummings), the author of '' The Journal of a Disappointed Man'', who had multiple sclerosis and died at the age of 30. The prize is international and is open to new translations into English, and to self-published works, but not to unpublished work. Eligibility is "predicated on the author's presentation of life with a long-term chronic illness or disability ... that may substantially define one's life", and "Authors - such as those in a carer's capacity - who themselves are not disabled may be consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldsmiths Prize
The Goldsmiths Prize is a British literary award, founded in 2013 by Goldsmiths, University of London, in association with the ''New Statesman.'' It is awarded annually to a piece of fiction that "breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form." It is limited to citizens and residents of the United Kingdom and Ireland, and to novels published by presses based in the United Kingdom or Ireland. The winner receives £10,000. Tim Parnell of the Goldsmiths English department conceived and runs the prize, inspired by his research into Laurence Sterne and other eighteenth-century writers, like Denis Diderot, who experimented with the novel form. The prize "casts its net wider than most other prizes" and intends to celebrate "creative daring," but resists the phrase "experimental fiction," because it implies "an eccentric deviation from the novel’s natural concerns, structures and idioms." To date, Rachel Cusk Rachel Cusk (born 8 February 1967) is a British novelis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagger In The Library
The Dagger in the Library (Golden Handcuffs in 1992–1994) is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association to a particular "living author who has given the most pleasure to readers". Yearly shortlists are drawn up of the ten authors most nominated, online, by readers, and the final decision is made by a panel of librarians. It was sponsored by Random House until 2015. Winners 2020s * 2021 – Peter May * 2020 – Christopher Brookmyre 2010s * 2019 – Kate Ellis *2018 – Martin Edwards *2017 – Mari Hannah * 2016 – Elly Griffiths * 2015 – Christopher Fowler * 2014 – Sharon Bolton * 2013 – Belinda Bauer * 2012 – Steve Mosby * 2011 – Mo Hayder * 2010 – Ariana Franklin 2000s *2009 – Colin Cotterill *2008 – Craig Russell *2007 – Stuart MacBride *2006 – Jim Kelly *2005 – Jake Arnott *2004 – Alexander McCall Smith *2003 – Stephen Booth *2002 – Peter Robinson *2000 – 2001 – in abeyance 1990s *1997 – 1999 – in abeyan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CWA New Blood Dagger
__NOTOC__ The CWA New Blood Dagger is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association (CWA) for first books by previously unpublished writers. It is given in memory of CWA founder John Creasey and was previously known as The John Creasey Memorial Award. Publisher Chivers Press was the sponsor from the award's introduction in 1973 to 2002. BBC Audiobooks was the sponsor in 2003. Winners *1973 – Kyril Bonfiglioli, ''Don't Point That Thing at Me'' *1974 – Roger L. Simon, ''The Big Fix'' *1975 – Sara George, ''Acid Drop'' *1976 – Patrick Alexander, ''Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal'' *1977 – Jonathan Gash, ''The Judas Pair'' *1978 – Paula Gosling, ''A Running Duck'' *1979 – David Serafin, ''Saturday of Glory'' *1980 – Liza Cody, ''Dupe'' *1981 – James Leigh, ''The Ludi Victory'' *1982 – Eric Wright, ''The Night the Gods Smiled'' *1983 – Carol Clemeau, ''The Ariadne Clue'' *1984 – Elizabeth Ironside, ''A Very Private Enterprise'' *1985 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association for best thriller of the year. The award is sponsored by the estate of Ian Fleming. It is given to a title that fits the broadest definition of the thriller novel; these can be set in any period and include, but are not limited to, spy fiction and/or action/ adventure stories. Ian Fleming said there was one essential criterion for a good thriller – that “one simply has to turn the pages”; this is one of the main characteristics that the judges will be looking for. Winners 2020s ;2021 *Winner: Michael Robotham, ''When She Was Good'' ** Robert Galbraith, ''Troubled Blood'' ** Catherine Ryan Howard, ''The Nothing Man'' ** Stuart Turton, ''The Devil and the Dark Water'' ** Ruth Ware, ''One by One'' ** Chris Whitaker, ''We Begin at the End'' ;2020 * Winner: Lou Berney, ''November Road'' ** Tom Chatfield, ''This is Gomorrah{{Cite web, last=, first=, date=, title=The Ian Flemin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize is the United Kingdom's first literary award for comic literature. Established in 2000 and named in honour of P. G. Wodehouse, past winners include Paul Torday in 2007 with ''Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'' and Marina Lewycka with ''A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian'' 2005 and Jasper Fforde for ''The Well of Lost Plots'' in 2004. Gary Shteyngart was the first American winner in 2011. The Prize is sponsored and organized by Bollinger, a producer of sparkling wines from the Champagne region of France, and Everyman Library, a book imprint that is a division of Random House. The winner is announced at the annual Hay Festival in May and is presented with a jeroboam of Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvée and 52 volumes of the Everyman Wodehouse edition; a Gloucestershire Old Spots pig is named after the winning novel.< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Prize For Fiction
The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes. It is awarded annually to a female author of any nationality for the best original full-length novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom in the preceding year. History The prize was established in 1996, to recognise the literary achievement of female writers. The inspiration for the prize was the Booker Prize of 1991, when none of the six shortlisted books was by a woman, despite some 60% of novels published that year being by female authors. A group of women and men working in the industry – authors, publishers, agents, booksellers, librarians, journalists – therefore met to discuss the issue. Research showed that women’s literary achievements were often not acknowledged by the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize
The Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize was presented from 1967 until 2003 by the Royal Society of Literature for the best regional novel of the year. It is named after the novelist Winifred Holtby who was noted for her novels set in the rural scenes of her childhood. In 2003 it was superseded by the Ondaatje Prize The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize is an annual literary award given by the Royal Society of Literature. The £10,000 award is for a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry that evokes the "spirit of a place", and is written by someon .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize Royal Society of Literature awards Awards established in 1967 1967 establishments in the United Kingdom Awards disestablished in 2003 2003 disestablishments in the United Kingdom British fiction awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WH Smith Literary Award
The WH Smith Literary Award was an award founded in 1959 by British high street retailer W H Smith. Its founding aim was stated to be to "encourage and bring international esteem to authors of the British Commonwealth"; originally open to all residents of the UK, the Commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland, it latterly admitted foreign works in translation and works by US authors. The final three winners were Americans (Philip Roth, Donna Tartt and Richard Powers), and 2005 was the award's final year. The "W H Smith Illustration Award" ran from 1987 to 1994. The "W H Smith Mind-Boggling Book Award" for children's literature ran from 1993 to 1996. W H Smith currently sponsors the National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year (the "British Children's Book Award" through 2009). Winners 1959 Patrick White, ''Voss'' 1960 Laurie Lee, ''Cider With Rosie'' 1961 Nadine Gordimer, '' Friday's Footprint'' 1962 J. R. Ackerley, ''We Think the World of You'' 1963 Gabriel Fielding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wales Book Of The Year
The Wales Book of the Year is a Welsh literary award given annually to the best Welsh and English language works in the fields of fiction and literary criticism by Welsh or Welsh interest authors. Established in 1992, the awards are currently administered by Literature Wales, and supported by the Arts Council of Wales, Welsh Government and the Welsh Books Council. Competition format The longlist of ten works in each language is published in April and the shortlist of three works in each language at the Hay Festival in May. The winners are announced in June or July. Since 2006, the winners have each received £10,000. From 2007, four runners-up (two in each language) also each receive £1000. In 2009, Media Wales sponsored a voted "People's Choice" award for the English-language works.Academi: Wales Book of the Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Consciousness Prize
The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses is an annual British literary prize founded by the author Neil Griffiths. It rewards fiction published by UK and Irish small presses, defined as those with fewer than five full-time employees. The prize money – initially raised by crowdfunding and latterly augmented by sponsorship – is divided between the publishing house and the author. Winners, shortlists and longlists 2017 The shortlist for the 2017 award was announced on 11 January 2017. The winner was announced on 9 March 2017. *Winner: John Keene, ''Counternarratives'' (Fitzcarraldo Editions) *Elnathan John, '' Born on a Tuesday'' (Cassava Republic Press) * Mike McCormack, ''Solar Bones'' (Tramp Press) *KJ Orr, ''Light Box'' (Daunt Books) * Anakana Schofield, ''Martin John'' (And Other Stories) *Paul Stanbridge, ''Forbidden Line'' (Galley Beggar Press) * Diane Williams, ''Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine'' (CB Editions) *Lara Williams, ''Treats'' (Freight Books) Runner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rathbones Folio Prize
The Rathbones Folio Prize, previously known as the Folio Prize and The Literature Prize, is a literary award that was sponsored by the London-based publisher The Folio Society for its first two years, 2014–2015. Starting in 2017 the sponsor is Rathbone Investment Management. Folio Prize The prize came into being after a group in Britain "took umbrage at the direction they saw the Booker Prize taking – they saw it leaning toward popular fiction rather than literary fiction." The media compared the prize as a rival of the Booker Prize. Margaret Atwood said the Folio Prize is "much needed in a world in which money is increasingly becoming the measure of all things." Mark Haddon said it was "not a mechanism for generating publicity by propelling a single book into the spotlight but a celebration of literary fiction as a whole." The co-founders are Andrew Kidd and Kate Harvey. The Folio Prize during the first two years was presented to an English-language book of fiction publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |