The Society of Authors is the UK’s largest trade union for all types of writers, illustrators and literary translators, at every stage of their careers.

Betty Trask Prize & Awards
The Betty Trask Prize and Awards are for first novels written by authors under 35, who reside in a current or former Commonwealth nation. The award wa...
Deadline: 2023-11-30

ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award
An annual award for a short story, financed by a bequest made by Miss Nellie Tom-Gallon in memory of her brother and generously supported by ALCS and ...
Deadline: 2023-10-31

Eric Gregory Awards
The Eric Gregory Awards, for a collection by poets under the age of 30, were founded in 1960 by the late Dr Eric Gregory for the encouragement of you...
Deadline: 2023-10-31

McKitterick Prize
Tom McKitterick, the former editor of Political Quarterly and author of an unpublished novel, endowed the McKitterick Prize which was first awarded in...
Deadline: 2023-10-31

Paul Torday Memorial Prize
Paul Torday published his first novel Salmon Fishing in the Yemen aged 60. The family have decided to set up this new prize in Torday’s honour, cele...
Deadline: 2023-11-30

The Queen's Knickers Award
This annual prize, generously funded by Nicholas Allan, author of The Queen’s Knickers, is awarded to an outstanding children’s original illustrat...
Deadline: 2023-11-30

Somerset Maugham Award
W. Somerset Maugham set up a fund in 1947 to enable young writers to enrich their work by gaining experience of foreign countries. The awards are give...
Deadline: 2023-11-30

Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize
A prize awarded to a UK or Irish writer, or a writer currently resident in those countries, for a novel focusing on the experience of travel away from...
Deadline: 2023-10-31