Any authors out there? The Bookseller reports:
The 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the global fiction award for both
established and new writers, is calling for entries, with a deadline of
15th November.
The prize covers the Commonwealth regions of
Africa; the Caribbean and Canada; Europe and South Asia; and South East
Asia and the Pacific. A Best Book and Best First Book prize will be
awarded to two writers from each region, with each winner awarded
£1,000. The eight winners will go forward to be judged by a
pan-Commonwealth panel for the £10,000 Best Book prize and £5,000 Best
First Book prize
The shortlists will be announced in February
2009, and the eight regional winners will be judged in May, when the
overall winners will be announced.
Last year, Canadian Lawrence Hill won the overall Best Book prize for The Book of Negroes (Doubleday) and Tahmima Anam from Bangladesh took the overall Best First Book prize for A Golden Age (John Murray).
The 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the global fiction award for both
established and new writers, is calling for entries, with a deadline of
15th November.
The prize covers the Commonwealth regions of
Africa; the Caribbean and Canada; Europe and South Asia; and South East
Asia and the Pacific. A Best Book and Best First Book prize will be
awarded to two writers from each region, with each winner awarded
£1,000. The eight winners will go forward to be judged by a
pan-Commonwealth panel for the £10,000 Best Book prize and £5,000 Best
First Book prize
The shortlists will be announced in February
2009, and the eight regional winners will be judged in May, when the
overall winners will be announced.
Last year, Canadian Lawrence Hill won the overall Best Book prize for The Book of Negroes (Doubleday) and Tahmima Anam from Bangladesh took the overall Best First Book prize for A Golden Age (John Murray).
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