British literary award
Award
Hawthornden Prize Awarded for "imaginative literature" (poetry or prose) by British, Irish or British-based authors First award 1919; 106 years ago (1919 ) Website www
TheHawthornden Prize is a British literary award given annually to a British, Irish or British-based author for a work of "imaginative literature" – including poetry, novels, history, biography and creative non-fiction – published in the previous calendar year.
The prize is for a book in English, not for a translation. Previous winners of the prize are excluded from the shortlist. Unlike other major literary awards, the Hawthornden Prize does not solicit submissions.[ 1] [ 2]
The Hawthornden Prize was established in 1919 byAlice Warrender . It, and theJames Tait Black Memorial Prizes , are Britain's oldestliterary awards .[ 3] [ 4]
The award offered £100 in 1936. It had increased to £2,000 by 1995, and by 2017 it was worth £15,000.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] Drue Heinz .[ 7] [ 1]
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