Literary Competitions 2006

Book Trust runs book prizes and projects to encourage readers of all ages and cultures to discover and enjoy books. Web Site

The Man Book Prize web site

Guild of Food Writers Award web site

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award web site

James Tait Black Memorial Prizes Web Site

Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards web site

Nobel Prize for Literature web site

Pulitzer Prizes web site

Scott Moncrieff Prize European Literary Translation Prizes The Translators Association (Dorothy Wright) 84 Drayton Gardens London SW10 9SB Tel: 020 7373 6642 Fax: 020 7373 5768

Somerset Maugham Awards The Awards Secretary The Society of Authors 84 Drayton Gardens London SW10 9SB Tel: 020 7373 6642 Fax: 020 7373 5768

Sir Banister Fletcher Award The Secretary Sir Bannister Fletcher Prize c/o British Architectural Library Royal Institute of British Architects 66 Portland Place London W1N 4AD Tel: 020 7307 3622 Fax: 020 7631 1802

Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year The Awards Secretary The Society of Authors 84 Drayton Gardens London SW10 9SB Tel: 020 7373 6642 Fax: 020 7373 5768

TS Eliot Prize web site

V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize Web Site

The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize web site

Prize Magic - web site Small listing of UK literary competitions

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Deadline for entries 31 July 2006 Asham Award open to new women writers throughout the United Kingdom. CONTACT Carole Buchan Asham Literary Endowment Trust c/o Lewes House 32 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LX 01273 484400. Web Site

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January 2007

The University of Hertfordshire has just launched its first Writing Award

The Award is free to enter and entrants are invited to submit a short story of up to 3,500 words on the theme of 'vision'. The deadline for entries is 15 January 2007.

Prizes
1st prize £1,000 2nd prize £500 3rd prize £300 4th prize £200

The winner will also be able to apply for the UH Writing Award three-year scholarship to the University of Hertfordshire, study commencing in 2007 (terms and conditions apply).

The top twenty stories will be published in an anthology by the University of Hertfordshire Press.

Judges
The Award is to be judged by Helen Oyeyemi, author of The Icarus Girl, which she wrote whilst studying for her A-levels. She will be joined by Philippa Milnes-Smith, Managing Director of LAW Literary Agency and Josh Lacey, commissioning editor on The Guardian’s Saturday Review.

The Entry Form and Rules can be downloaded from www.herts.ac.uk/uharts/uhwritingaward

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