News items categorized under “Award information” are the ones that in one way or another discuss additions or changes to the literary awards that I track.
To see all the latest literary awards news, see the front page of The Burnt Ones: Literary Awards News.
The Burnt Ones: Service Indefinitely Suspended
Date: September 16, 2007 | Discussion: 5 Comments
Due to the lack of time that I have to properly run this website, I have decided to stop actively working on it. The Burnt Ones, therefore, effectively closes its doors.
I am currently at a point in life where I don’t have the amount of time and energy for my hobby projects as I used to. Consequently, I am forced to more carefully choose what I want to do, and while The Burnt Ones has always been both a lot of fun and very interesting to work on, I am sorry to announce that it is now one of the things that I have decided to drop from my daily schedule. Simply put, the service eats up more of my time than I am really able to give it at the moment.
While I could probably run the website half-heartedly (as I have admittedly been forced to do in the past few months), I don’t frankly see any point in doing so. A poorly run news service, even when done with the best intentions, is still a poorly run web service, and it wouldn’t in the end serve anyone’s interests.
The website and the archives will remain as they are now. As for the future, I may at some point re-launch The Burnt Ones if I find myself once again with more time at my disposal. But that at the moment looks like a big ‘maybe’.
Thanks for the ride, everyone. I hope it was at least somewhat useful to some of you!
Filed under Award information
The Sobol Award: A New Fiction Award for Unpublished Manuscripts
Date: September 14, 2006 | Discussion: 2 Comments
News have been making rounds about a new American fiction award designed to discover new authors. The Sobol Award, which is open to all unpublished authors, has received special attention because of its enormous $100,000 prize. The entries this year should be sent before December 31, 2006, although the deadline may close earlier if the maximum number of submissions is received.
More information about the award can be found at the Sobol Award homepage
Filed under American literature, Award information, English literature, Fiction, Novels
New literary prize aims to promote Japanese literature outside of Japan
Date: June 5, 2006 | Discussion: No Comments
Tokyo’s Kodansha Ltd. and the New York based Random House Inc. have announced a joint-venture with a literary prize called New Writers Award, which is to annually award a Japanese author who is deemed as potentially appealing to a worldwide audience.
First to be awarded next year (deadline for submissions is 31 March), the winner does not receive a cash prize, but instead has his or her work translated into English, and will receive 10% of the sales in Japan. Additionally, an advance of roughly $5,000 is offered.
For more details in English, see this Asahi article. For information in Japanese, head to the prize’s official website.
Filed under Asian literature, Award information, World literature
Whitbread Book Awards now Costa Book Awards
Date: June 2, 2006 | Discussion: No Comments
One of UK’s biggest literary awards, the Whitbread Award, has been taken over by Costa Coffee. The name of the literary prize is consequently changed to “Costa Book Awards”, while the format of the award remains the same as before.
The new website of the Costa Book Awards can be found at http://www.costabookawards.com/.
Filed under Award information, British literature, English literature
European Strega prize in 2008
Date: June 1, 2006 | Discussion: 2 Comments
Organizers of the Strega prize, one of Italy’s most important literary awards, have announced a new version of the award, awarded yearly to the best in European literature. One of the aims is to encourage the translation of literary works from across the continent, with European Union funding available for the task. The prize will first be awarded next year, with the first round of voting taking place in February 2008. (Source: Ansa.it)
