Betty Trask left a bequest to the Society of Authors in 1983 to fund prizes for first novels written by authors under the age of 35 in a traditional or romantic style.
Each year a single prize winner receives £10,000 and the remaining fund is split between the shortlist.
Entry Criteria
Applicants must be under the age of 35 on 31 December 2022
Applicants must be resident in Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the Commonwealth for three years prior to the date of submission for the award, or a British National
Applicants must not have had any other novel published
Submissions must be in English and must not be a translation
Submissions must be of a romantic or traditional nature (i.e. not experimental)
Submissions must have been first published in 2022, or be unpublished
If unpublished, the work must not have been previously submitted for the Betty Trask Prize.
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Deadline: 30 November 2022