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The UK trade union for all types of writers, illustrators and literary translators.

12,500 members strong.

Empowering authors since 1884.

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2024 SoA Awards and Summer Party

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Celebrating the winners of over £140,000 in prizes for fiction, non-fiction and poetry – 20 June 2024.

ADCI Literary Prize  |  ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award  |  Betty Trask Prize & Awards  |  Cholmondeley Awards  |  Eric Gregory Awards  |  McKitterick Prize  |  Paul Torday Memorial Prize  |  Queen’s Knickers Award  |  Somerset Maugham Awards  |  Volcano Prize  |  Travelling Scholarships

The Society of Authors’ Awards 2025 – Winner Announcement

Event hosted by Helen Epega with a keynote from Joseph Coelho
The SoA Awards will be streamed live from Southwark Cathedral from 6.55pm

18 June 2025 - 9AM BST

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The ADCI Literary Prize | The ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award | The Betty Trask Prize
The Cholmondeley Awards | The Eric Gregory Awards | The McKitterick Prize
The Queen’s Knickers Award | The Somerset Maugham Awards
The Travelling Scholarships | The Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize