New SoA fiction prize encourages positive representation of disability in literature
The first prize of its kind, founded by author Penny Batchelor and publisher Clare Christian, open to authors with disabilities or chronic illnesses
SoA members recognised in 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours list
Joanne Harris, Daljit Nagra and Ian Rankin among those named in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
Help direct your union: join the SoA board
The 2022 Management Committee nominations are now open. Help us make sure the SoA board is representative of our diverse author community.
Graphic novel wins at the 2022 Society of Authors’ Awards
Cartoonist Will McPhail, Welsh poet Menna Elfyn and previous winner Maame Blue among this year’s SoA Award-winners.
‘Valuable time to write’ – 55 writers share £184,750 in grants for work in progress
Louisa Adjoa Parker, Leo Boix and Rachel Trethewey are among the recipients of our first round of Authors Foundation and K Blundell Trust awards for 2022.
‘Exit loss, enter hope’ – Lemn Sissay announced as 2022 SoA Awards keynote speaker
Keynote speaker Lemn Sissay reflects on themes of hope and connection as the Society of Authors prepares for its first in-venue awards ceremony since 2019.
‘A strange, rich and often dazzling collection’ – 2022 SoA Awards shortlists announced
The SoA has announced shortlists for the ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award, the Betty Trask Prize and Awards, the Paul Torday Memorial Prize, the Queen’s Knickers Award, the McKitterick Prize and – in its first year – the Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize.
Writers’ unions call for reform of the ‘hybrid’ / paid-for publishing sector
The Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain publish joint report exposing widespread bad practice among companies that charge writers for publication
UK broadcasters agree on new copyright code of practice for proposals
BBC, ITV, Channel Four and Channel 5 among those adopting APC’s updated code of practice for handling submissions.
SoA increases fees for event speakers
The Society of Authors’ Management Committee has agreed to increase fees again for event speakers and panellists.
SoA’s Scriptwriters Group welcomes three new committee members
Award-winning scriptwriters Robin Mukherjee, Trish Cooke and award-winning narrator Imogen Church are the most recent recruits to the SoA’s Scriptwriters Group (SWG) committee, which lobbies on behalf of UK scriptwriters.
Universal Credit: are you affected by the rule change?
The SoA seeks urgent feedback on the new requirement that claimants must look more widely for jobs after four weeks of benefits.