Prizes

Over £120,000 in literary awards.

We administer prizes to celebrate authors of all genres at every stage of their careers.

Our annual awards for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, translation and drama were worth £123,000 in 2020.

Lemn Sissay (left) and Joanne Harris (right) with 2022 Betty Trask Prize winner Will McPhail at Southwark Cathedral (photograph © Adrian Pope)

The SoA Awards

Over £100,000 awarded annually for poetry, fiction, non-fiction and illustration

Winners of the 2023 Imison Award Connor Allen, and the 2023 Tinniswood Anita Sullivan at the BBC Audio Drama Awards on 19 March 2023

Audio Drama

Celebrating new talent and outstanding achievement in writing for audio drama