The McKitterick Prize is given annually to an author over the age of 40 for a first novel, published or unpublished.
Tom McKitterick, the former editor of Political Quarterly and author of an unpublished novel, endowed the McKitterick Prize which was first awarded in 1990. It is also generously supported by Hawthornden Literary Retreat.
The prize money is £4,000 for the winner and £2,000 for the runner-up, with each shortlisted author receiving £1,000 (up to four authors).
Entry criteria
Applicants must be living and over the age of 40 on the 31 October 2022
Applicants must not have had any other novel published (excluding works for children)
Submissions must be a full length novel in the English language by one author
Submissions must be a work of ‘fiction or imagination or substantially of fiction or imagination’
Submissions must either have been published or self published in the UK between 1 Jan 2022 and 31 October 2022 (and not first published abroad) or unpublished
If unpublished, the work must not have been previously submitted for the McKitterick Prize.
Find out more here
Deadline: 31 October 2022