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The Society of Authors: Somerset Maugham Awards
Deadline: Wed 30 Nov 2022
Enabling young writers to enrich their work through experience of foreign countries.

W. Somerset Maugham set up a fund in 1947 to enable young writers to enrich their work by gaining experience of foreign countries. The awards are given for a published work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry.

Entry criteria
The author must be a British national, or resident in Great Britain and Northern Ireland for three years prior to the date of submission for the award, and writing in English.
The author must be under the age of 30 on 30 November 2022.
The work submitted must be a full-length book and have been first published in Britain in 2022.
The work submitted may be poetry, fiction, criticism, biography, history, philosophy, belles-lettres or a travel book. Dramatic works are not eligible.

For any queries relating to the prize please contact prizes@societyofauthors.org

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Deadline: 30 November 2022

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UK
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