James Fenton awarded Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry
Date: April 26, 2007 | Discussion: No Comments
James Fenton has been awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2007. Established in 1933 by the British King Edward V, the award is given for a book of verse published by someone from the United Kingdom or a Commonwealth realm. Recommendations to the Queen are made by a committee of eminent scholars and authors [...]
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Locus Awards finalists named
Date: April 26, 2007 | Discussion: No Comments
The 2007 Locus Awards finalists have been chosen. The prize awards science fiction and fantasy writing through a popular vote.
For a full list of finalists, see here.
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Antonio Gamoneda receives the Cervantes Prize
Date: April 26, 2007 | Discussion: No Comments
Spanish poet Antonio Gamoneda has been awarded Spain’s top literature award, the Cervantes Prize. The winner of the 90,000 euro lifetime achievement award is chosen annually by the Spanish Ministry of Culture from candidates nominated by the various Language Academies of Spanish speaking countries around the world.
Gamoneda, who had his first works published in the [...]
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Julian Gough wins the National Short Story Prize
Date: April 26, 2007 | Discussion: No Comments
Julian Gough has won the £15,000 British National Short Story Prize with his piece ‘The Orphan and the Mob’. The story, which the judges praised for the “comedy, energy and originality of both plot and voice set[ting] him ahead of the other contenders”, is available for online reading at the Prospect website.
David Almond was named [...]
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Miles Franklin Award shortlist
Date: April 20, 2007 | Discussion: No Comments
A four-novel shortlist for the 2007 Miles Franklin Award has been announced. Established in 1954 with a bequest from author Miles Franklin, the prize is awarded for the novel that presents Australian life in any of its phases with the highest literary merit.
The winner of the $42,000 (Australian) award will be known on Thursday 21 [...]
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Orange Broadband Prize shortlist announced
Date: April 18, 2007 | Discussion: No Comments
The 2007 shortlist for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction has been announced. The highly prestigious UK award is given annually to the best original full-length novel written by a female author in English, and published in the UK in the preceding year. The winner of the prize receives £30,000.
This year’s shortlisted authors are:
Half of [...]
