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

SoA Members protesting against Meta's use of LibGen. April 2025.
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On Thursday 3 April, SoA members protested outside Meta headquarters following allegations of the mass theft of authors’ work.
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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