| Directory > Arts > Literature > World Literature > British > Organisations and Events > Awards Orange Prize for Fiction
A UK annual literary award for books by women writers of any nationality.
http://www.orangeprize.com/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Aventis Prizes for Science Books
Annual book prizes, which celebrate the best in popular science writing for adults and children.
The prizes, the winners, entry form and rules, articles and media coverage, and a variety of
related links.
http://www.aventisprizes.com/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The CILIP Children's Book Awards
The Carnegie Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal are awarded for outstanding writing and
illustration, respectively, in books for children and young people. Presented by CILIP for books
first published in the UK. Background, winners, archives, and eligibility criteria.
http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Boardman Tasker Charitable Trust
Provides an annual prize to the author of a work which has made an outstanding contribution to
mountain themed literature. Rules and list of previous winners.
http://www.boardmantasker.com/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Thomas Cook Travel Book Award
Awarded annually for the best narrative travel book. Includes history, entry details, judges,
nominees, and previous winners.
http://www.thetravelbookaward.com/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Booker Prize - 1999
Special report from a UK newspaper website. Includes articles on the competition, and on the year's
shortlisted authors and books. Links to excerpts, biographies, and list of past shortlists.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/booker/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Guardian First Book Award
Annual prize administered by Guardian Unlimited, for a first book, whether fiction, non-fiction or
poetry. Includes articles on the 2002 competition, winner and shortlisted works. Links to pages on
previous years' awards.
http://books.guardian.co.uk/firstbook2002
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Royal Society of Literature
Administers three literary awards, for nonfiction, regional novel and short story. Winners and
entry requirements. Links to the Society and its activities.
http://www.rslit.org/prizes/prizes.html
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Booktrust
Designed to encourage UK readers and writers. Administers several book prizes - national and
international. Database of other literary prizes. Information on grants and funding for writers.
Recommended books, author profiles, literary projects, events, issues, and related links.
http://www.booktrust.org.uk/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Best of Young British Novelists
The 2003 list of the twenty most promising young British novelists in contemporary realist fiction,
by Granta Magazine. Links to articles and information, to the 1993 and 1983 lists, further links to
Granta.
http://www.granta.com/back-issues/81
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Associated Independent Publishers
Awards for fiction and non-fiction books. Focuses on authors from the West of England. Presents
previous winners and entry details.
http://www.associatedpublishers.co.uk/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Kraszna - Krausz Book Awards
International prize for books on still photography or the moving image, awarded on alternating
years by the Kraszna - Krause Foundation. Awards, winners, applications, and related links.
http://www.editor.net/k-k/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The CWA Dagger Awards
The annual Crime Writers' Association awards for crime writing - fiction, non-fiction, thrillers,
short stories. Special awards for lifetime achievement and first time novelists. Winners list,
reviews, events calendar, and related links.
http://www.thecwa.co.uk/awards/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Commonwealth Writers Prize
Annual award sponsored by the Commonwealth Foundation, to new writers from the British
Commonwealth, for prose fiction (novel or short stories). Presents winners, events, judges, and
entry details.
http://www.commonwealthwriters.com/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Orange Prize for Fiction
International award for the best full-length novel, written in English, by a woman. Presents
background, winners, judges, and entry requirements.
http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Whitbread Book Awards
Annual awards for the best new books, by British residents, published in the UK. Poetry, novels,
biographies, and children's books. Special awards for Book of the Year, and for first novels.
Winners, articles, partners, entry guidelines, and a calendar of UK literary awards with links to
official sites.
http://www.whitbread-bookawards.co.uk/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Man Booker Prize
Official site for the annual contemporary fiction award, to writers from the British Commonwealth
and Ireland. Offers information about the prize, judges, and history.
http://www.bookerprize.co.uk/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
|
