The Society of Authors is responsible for administering external prizes from a range of sponsors.
Please use the webpages below to find out more about each of our external prizes.
If you are interested in sponsoring a prize and would like the SoA to oversee the administration, we would be happy to hear from you. Please email us at prizes@societyofauthors.org for any new prize enquiries.
The ALCS Educational Writers’ Award
For an outstanding example of traditionally published non-fiction that stimulates and enhances learning
The Encore Award
For the best second novel
The Ilse Schwepcke Prize for Women’s Travel Writing
For a travel book by a woman writing in English.
The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award
For full-length fiction, non-fiction or poetry by a British or Irish author aged 18-35
The Windrush Prize for British Caribbean Playwrights
Encouraging the next generation of playwrights from the Caribbean diaspora to tell the stories of their community in their way.