Literary contests from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
The author may have published other books in another genre - for example, poetry or a picture book - but eligibility for the prize requires that this is...
There have been many notable winners over the years. Faber was the first publisher of the year in 1990 and in...
The Costa Book Awards honour some of the most outstanding books of the year written by authors based in the UK and Ireland. There are five categories - First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children’s Book - with one of the five winners chosen as Book of the ...
Entries should be between 1,000 and 5,000 words in length.
The competition is judged by Rob Redman, editor of the anthology se...
The Prize was launched in Abu Dhabi in April 2007 with an intention to address the limited international avail...
7-11: 1000 word limit for fiction, 15 line max. for poetry 12-15: 1500 word limit for fiction, 20 line max. for poetry
Entry is ...
The prize, which is judged by a panel of travel writers, celebrates excellence in literary travel writing and is open to authors from all acro...
Stories may be on any theme but only humorous stories will be elig...
The Prize aims to inspire young people to read about science and promotes the writing of excellent, accessible books for under-14s.
Each shortlisted book ...