We administer prizes to celebrate authors of all genres at every stage of their careers. Our awards for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, translation and drama, most awarded annually, are worth over £85,000 in prize money.

Prizes consultation

We want to recognise and reward as many authors as possible for the contribution they make to literature. We believe to do so we need to change some of the eligibility criteria regarding citizenship and birthplace. To this we need your help. Please add your voice to our Prizes consultation