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• taking up complaints on behalf of members on any issue concerned with the business of authorship;

Chief Executive Nicola Solomon

President Philip Pullman

We have two membership bands: Full and Associate membership.

Full membership is available to professional writers, poets, translators and illustrators working in any genre or medium. This includes those who have: had a full-length work traditionally published, broadcast or performed commercially; self-published or been published on a print-on-demand or ebook-only basis and who meet sales criteria; published or had broadcast or performed an equivalent body of professional work; or administrators of a deceased author’s estate.

Authors at the start of their careers are invited to join as Associates.

Associate membership is available to anyone actively working to launch a career as an author. This includes: authors who are starting out in self-publishing but who are not yet making a profit; authors who have been offered a contract for publication or agent representation but who are not yet published; students engaged on a course of at least one academic year’s duration that will help them develop a career as an author, as well as other activities that mark the early stages of an author’s career. Associate members enjoy all the same services and benefits as Full members. Full eligibility details can be found at www.societyofauthors.org/join.

Membership is subject to election and payment of subscription fees.

The subscription fee (tax deductible) starts at £25.50 per quarter, or £18 for those aged 35 or under. From the second year of subscription there are concessionary rates for over 65s who are no longer earning a significant amount of income from writing. Annual payment schedules are also available.

• pursuing legal actions for breach of contract, copyright infringement, and the nonpayment of royalties and fees, when the risk and cost preclude individual action by a member and issues of general concern to the profession are at stake;

• conferences, seminars, meetings and other opportunities to network and learn from other authors;

• regular communications and a comprehensive range of publications, including the SoA’s quarterly journal, the Author;

• discounts on books, exclusive rates on specialist insurance, special offers on products and services, and free membership of the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS; see here);

• Academic and Medical Writers Groups – investigating and highlighting the issues faced by these authors, including confusion and concern around Open Access requirements and Creative Commons licensing.

• Broadcasting Group – representing members working in radio, TV and film;

• Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group – a professional community of writers and illustrators who create content for the children’s publishing market;

• Educational Writers Group – protecting the interests of educational authors in professional matters, especially contracts, rates of pay, digitalisation and copyright;

• Poetry and Spoken Word Group – a new, increasingly active group to which all new member poets are subscribed on joining SoA;

• Society of Authors in Scotland – organises a varied and busy calendar of activities in Scotland through a committee of volunteers;

• Translators Association – a source of expert advice for individual literary translators and a collective voice representing the profession. See here;

• Writers as Carers Group – a new group designed to help keep writers writing when they take on caring responsibilities for someone with an illness or disability.

The SoA also facilitates many local groups across the UK.

Campaigning and lobbying

The SoA is a voice for authors and works at a national and international level to improve terms and treatment of authors, negotiating with all parties including publishers, broadcasters, agents and governments. Current areas of campaigning include contract terms, copyright, freedom of expression, tax and benefits arrangements and Public Lending Right (PLR, see here) – which the SoA played a key role in establishing. It also campaigns on wider matters which affect authors, such as libraries, literacy and a fair playing field for publishing.

In the UK the SoA lobbies parliament, ministers and departments and makes submissions on relevant issues, working closely with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the All Party Parliamentary Writers Group. The SoA is a member of the British Copyright Council and was instrumental in setting up ALCS. It is recognised by the BBC in the negotiation of rates for authors’ contributions to radio drama, as well as for the broadcasting of published material.

The SoA is highly active and influential at a European level and is a member of the European Writers’ Council and applies pressure globally, working with sister organisations as part of the international Authors Foundation.

The SoA also works closely with other professional bodies, including the Association of Authors Agents, the Booksellers Association, the Publishers Association, the Independent Publishers Guild, the British Council, the National Union of Journalists and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain. (See the societies listings that start here)

Awards and grants

The SoA supports authors through a wide range of awards and grants. Over £100,000 is given in prizes each year and more than £230,000 is distributed in grants. As of 2018, the SoA administers:

• the Authors’ Foundation and K Blundell Trust, which give grants to assist authors working on their next book;

• the Francis Head Bequest and the Authors’ Contingency Fund, which assist authors who, through physical mishap, are temporarily unable to maintain themselves or their families;

• the Women’s Prize for Fiction;

• the Sunday Times/Peters, Fraser & Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award;

• the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award;

• Travelling Scholarships, which give honorary awards;

• two prizes for first novels: the Betty Trask Awards and the McKitterick Prize;

• the Somerset Maugham Awards for a full-length published work;

• two poetry awards: the Eric Gregory Awards and the Cholmondeley Awards;

• the Tom-Gallon Award for short story writers;

• two audio drama prizes: the Imison Award for a writer new to radio drama and the Tinniswood Award;

• awards for translations from Arabic, Dutch/Flemish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish and Swedish into English;

• the ALCS Educational Writers Awards.

WGGB (Writers’ Guild of Great Britain)

The WGGB is the TUC-affiliated trade union for writers.

WGGB represents writers working in film, television, radio, theatre, books, poetry, animation, comedy and videogames. Formed in 1959 as the Screenwriters’ Guild, the union gradually extended into all areas of freelance writing activity and copyright protection. In 1974, when book authors and stage dramatists became eligible for membership, substantial numbers joined. In June 1997 the Theatre Writers’ Union membership unified with that of the WGGB to create a larger, more powerful writers’ union.

Apart from necessary dealings with Government and policies on legislative matters affecting writers, the WGGB is, by constitution, non-political, has no involvement with any political party, and members pay no political levy.

WGGB employs a permanent general secretary and other permanent staff and is administered by an Executive Council of around 20 members. WGGB comprises professional writers in all media, united in common concern for one another and regulating the conditions under which they work.

WGGB agreements

WGGB’s core function is to negotiate minimum terms in those areas in which its members work. Those agreements form the basis of the individual contracts signed by members. Further details are given below. WGGB also gives individual advice to its members on contracts and other matters which the writer encounters in his or her professional life. It also maintains a benevolent fund to help writers in financial trouble.

Television

WGGB negotiates minimum terms agreements with the BBC, ITV, Pact (Producers’ Alliance for Cinema and Television, see here) and has also talked to Channel 4 about internet services. There is also a minimum terms agreement in place with TAC (representing Welsh-language television producers).

Membership

The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB)

First Floor, 134 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TU

tel 020-7833 0777

email admin@writersguild.org.uk

website www.writersguild.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/thewritersguild

Twitter @The WritersGuild

General Secretary Ellie Peers

Full membership: Members pay approximately 1.2% of earnings from professional writing using a banding system (min. £198, max. £2,000 p.a.) Candidate membership: £108 p.a. restricted to writers who have not had work published or produced at WGGB-approved rates

Affiliate membership: £300 p.a. for people who work professionally with writers, e.g. agents, technical advisers

Members receive a weekly email newsletter. The WGGB website contains full details of collective agreements and WGGB activities, plus a ‘Find a Writer’ service and a dedicated Members’ area; information is also made available on Twitter and Facebook. Other benefits include: legal advice and contract vetting; free training; member events, discounts and special offers, including free entry to the British Library reading rooms.

WGGB TV agreements regulate minimum fees, residuals and royalties, copyright, credits, and general conditions for television plays, series and serials, dramatisations and adaptations, soaps, sitcoms and sketch shows. One of the WGGB’s most important achievements has been the establishment of pension rights for members. The BBC, ITV and independent producers pay a pension contribution on top of the standard writer’s fee on the understanding that the WGGB member also pays a contribution.

The switch to digital television, video-on-demand and download-to-own services, mobile phone technology and the expansion of the BBC’s commercial arm have seen WGGB in constant negotiation over the past decade. WGGB now has agreements for all of the BBC’s digital channels and for its joint venture channels. In May 2012 WGGB signed ground-breaking new agreements with the BBC extending minimum terms over online services such as iPlayer. From April 2015 the first payments under the Writers Digital Payments scheme were paid out to writers whose work had been broadcast on BBC iPlayer and ITV Player (Writers Digital Payments is a not-for-profit company set up by WGGB and the Personal Managers’ Association). In 2016 WGGB negotiated a 75% fee increase for writers working under its 2003 Pact agreement, and also started work on rewriting the agreement. In 2017 it negotiated a new script agreement for television and online with the BBC.

Film

In 1985 an agreement was signed with the two producer organisations: the British Film and Television Producers’ Association and the Independent Programme Producers’ Association (now known as Pact). Since then there has been an industrial agreement covering UK film productions. Pension fund contributions have been negotiated for WGGB members in the same way as for the BBC and ITV. The Agreement was renegotiated in February 1992 and consultations on an updated arrangement, led by the WGGB Film Committee, are in progress.

Radio

WGGB has a standard agreement for Radio Drama with the BBC, establishing a fee structure that is reviewed annually. This was comprehensively renegotiated in 2005, with input from the WGGB Radio Committee, resulting in an agreement covering various new developments such as digital radio. In 1985 the BBC agreed to extend the pension scheme already established for television writers to include radio writers. WGGB has special agreements for Radio 4’s The Archers and for BBC iPlayer. A separate agreement covers the reuse of old comedy and drama material on digital BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Books

WGGB fought long, hard and successfully for the loans-based Public Lending Right (PLR, see here) to reimburse authors for books lent in libraries. The scheme is now administered by the British Library and WGGB is represented on its advisory committee.

WGGB has a Books Committee, which works on behalf of book writers and poets. Issues affecting members include self-publishing, print-on-demand services and ebooks.

Theatre

In 1979 WGGB, together with the Theatre Writers’ Union, negotiated the first industrial agreement for theatre writers. The Theatres National Committee Agreement (TNC) covers the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre Company and the English Stage Company at the Royal Court. When their agreement was renegotiated in 2007, WGGB achieved a long-standing ambition of a minimum fee of £10,000 for a new play; this has since risen to £12,554.

In June 1986, a new agreement was signed with the Theatrical Management Association (now UK Theatre), which covers 95 provincial theatres. In 1993, this agreement was comprehensively revised and included a provision for a year-on-year increase in fees in line with the Retail Price Index. The agreement was renegotiated in 2015.

After many years of negotiation, an agreement was concluded in 1991 between WGGB and the Independent Theatre Council (ITC), which represents 200 of the smaller and fringe theatres as well as educational and touring companies. This agreement was revised in 2002 and the minimum fees are reviewed annually. WGGB is currently talking to the ITC about updating the agreement again and making it more user-friendly.

The WGGB Theatre Committee holds an annual forum for Literary Managers, runs the Olwen Wymark Theatre Encouragement Award scheme and meets with Arts Council England to inform its theatre policy.

Other activities

WGGB is in touch with Government and national institutions wherever and whenever the interests of writers are in question or are being discussed. It holds cross-party Parliamentary lobbies with Equity and the Musicians’ Union to ensure that the various artforms they represent are properly cared for. Working with the Federation of Entertainment Unions, WGGB makes its views known to Government bodies on a broader basis. It keeps in touch with Arts Council England, the BBC Trust, Ofcom and other national bodies.

WGGB is an active affiliate of the British Copyright Council, Creators’ Rights Alliance and other organisations whose activities are relevant to professional writers. An Anti-Censorship Committee has intervened strongly to protect freedom of speech.

Internationally, WGGB plays a leading role in the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds, which includes the American Guilds East and West, the Canadian Guilds (French and English), and the Irish, Mexican, French, Israeli, South African and New Zealand Guilds. When it is possible to make common cause, the Guilds act accordingly. WGGB takes a leading role in the European Writers’ Council and the Fédération des Scénaristes’d Europe. On a European level, WGGB continues to represent writers on issues like copyright, and since the referendum of 2016 has been lobbying government ministers on protecting writers’ rights during the Brexit negotiations.

On a day-to-day basis, WGGB gives advice on contracts, and takes up issues that affect the lives of its members as professional writers. Other benefits include access to free and discounted training, exclusive events and discounts, and a dedicated online members’ area. Full members are entitled to submit a profile for inclusion in the WGGB online Find A Writer directory; pay no joining fee for membership to Writers Guild of America East or West; and are eligible for Cannes accreditation. Regular committee meetings are held by various specialist WGGB Craft Committees. WGGB has active branches across the UK. They organise a range of events such as panel discussions, talks and social occasions.

Each year WGGB presents the much-prized Writers’ Guild Awards, covering all the areas in which its members work. These are the only cross-media awards in which writers are honoured by their peers, and as such are highly valued by the recipients.

The writer is an isolated creator in a world in which individual voices are not always heard. WGGB brings writers together to make common cause on many important matters, making full use of its collective strength.

Alliance of Independent Authors

The ALLi is a professional association of self-publishing writers and advisors.

The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) is a global collaborative collective of self-publishing writers. It was founded in 2012 at the London Book Fair by former trade published author and literary agent, Orna Ross, in response to her personal experience of self-publishing and she has been named ‘One of the 100 most influential people in publishing for this work.

ALLi has an Advisory Board of world-class authors and educators, bloggers and service providers, all of whom hold self-publishing in high esteem and all with exceptional knowledge and skills. Their contribution is supplemented by ALLi’s global ambassadors, who aid writers to create vibrant self-publishing literary communities in their local areas or online.

A rapidly growing organisation, with members all over the world, ALLi invites ‘indie authors to come together in a spirit of mutual cooperation, empowerment and service to the reading and writing community. As well as encouraging ethics and excellence in the writing, printing, formatting and promotion of self-published books, ALLi advances, supports and advocates for the interests of independent, self-publishing authors everywhere. Its ‘Open Up To Indie Authors Campaign promotes the interests of indie authors within the literary and publishing industries – engaging with booksellers, festivals, prize-giving committees, libraries, book clubs and the media.

ALLi’s core mission is the democratisation of writing and publishing.

Membership

The Alliance of Independent Authors

Freeword Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1G 2RA

email press@allianceindependentauthors.org

website http://allianceindependentauthors.org, www.SelfPublishingAdvice.org

At ALLi, ‘independent’ is an inclusive description, including trade-published, self-published and hybrid authors. There are four grades of membership:

Author membership (£75 p.a.) is open to writers or translators of books for adults who have self-published a full-length title (55,000+ words); writers of children’s/young adult books who have self-published; and previously trade-published writers or translators who are now preparing to self-publish.

Partner membership (100+ employees £399 p.a. 10–99 employees £299 p.a.; 1–9 employees £129 p.a.) is open to organisations or sole traders offering necessary services to self-publishing authors and bloggers (e.g. editing, design, publicity, printing, distribution, etc) or an individual who works within an organisation that offers such services. All partner members are vetted by the ALLi watchdog desk.

Professional membership (£99 p.a.) is open to full-time self-publishing authors who earn their living through book sales, though this may be in some cases combined with service to the writing and reading community. All applications for professional membership are carefully assessed.

Associate membership (£55 p.a.) is open to writing/publishing students with an interest in self-publishing and non-published writers (or translators) preparing a book for self-publication.

Benefits include self-publishing advice and guidance; collaboration and contacts; discounts and deals; author promotion and advancement; and campaigns on behalf of indie authors. See website for full information.

Societies, associations and clubs

This list is divided into the following sections: Representation and publishing; Arts councils, Royal Societies and funding; Copyright and licensing; Editorial, journalism and broadcasting; Literacy; Libraries and information; Literary; Art, illustration and photography; Film, theatre and television; Translation; Bibliographical and academic; Members’Clubs; Writers’organisations; and Music. Some also offer prizes and awards (see here).

REPRESENTATION AND PUBLISHING

Association of American Publishers

website www.publishers.org

Twitter @AmericanPublish

President & Ceo Maria A. Pallante

AAP is the largest trade association for US books and journal publishers, providing advocacy and communications on behalf of the industry and its priorities nationally and worldwide. Founded 1970.

The Association of Authors’ Agents

c/o Watson, Little Ltd, Suite 315 ScreenWorks, 22 Highbury Grove, London N5 2ER

tel 020-7388 7529

website www.agentsassoc.co.uk

President Gordon Wise, Secretary Donald Winchester

The AAA exists to provide a forum which allows member agencies to discuss issues arising in the profession; a collective voice for UK literary agencies in public affairs and the media; and a code of conduct to which all members commit themselves. Founded 1974.

Association of Authors’ Representatives Inc.

302A West 12th Street, #122, New York, NY 10014

email administrator@aaronline.org

website www.aaronline.org

A professional organisation of over 400 agents who work with book authors and playwrights. Founded 1991.

Association of Canadian Publishers

174 Spadina Avenue, Suite 306, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C2

tel + 1 416-487-6116

email admin@canbook.org

website www.publishers.ca

Executive Director Kate Edwards

Represents approximately 120 Canadian-owned and controlled book publishers from across the country. Founded 1976.

Australian Publishers Association

60–89 Jones Street, Ultimo, NSW 2007

website www.publishers.asn.au

Twitter @AusPublish

The APA is the peak industry body for Australian book, journal and electronic publishers. Founded 1948.

The Australian Society of Authors

Suite C1.06, 22–36 Mountain Street, Ultimo, NSW 2007

tel +61 (0)2 9211 1004

email asa@asauthors.org

website www.asauthors.org

The ASA is the professional association for Australia’s authors and illustrators. Provides advocacy, support and advice for authors and illustrators in matters relating to their professional practice. Founded 1963.

Australian Writers’ Guild

Level 4, 70 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

tel +61 (0)2 9319 0339

email admin@awg.com.au

website www.awg.com.au

The professional association for all performance writers, including writers for film, TV, radio, theatre, video and new media. The AWG is recognised throughout the industry in Australia as being the voice of performance writers. Founded 1962.

The Booksellers Association of the United Kingdom & Ireland Ltd

6 Bell Yard, London WC2A 2JR

tel 020-7421 4640

email mail@booksellers.org.uk

website www.booksellers.org.uk

Managing Director Meryl Hall

A membership organisation for all booksellers in the UK and Ireland, representing over 95% of bookshops. Key services include National Book Tokens and World Book Day. Founded 1895.

Canadian Authors Association

6 West Street North, Suite 203, Orillia, Ontario L3V 5B8

tel +1 705-325-3926

website www.canadianauthors.org

National Chair Margaret A. Hume, Executive Director Anita Purcell

Provides writers with a wide variety of programmes, services and resources to help them develop their skills in both the craft and the business of writing. A membership-based organisation for writers in all areas of the profession. Branches across Canada. Founded 1921.

Canadian Publishers’ Council

3080 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3N1

email dswail@pubcouncil.ca

website www.pubcouncil.ca

Executive Director David Swail

Represents the interests of Canadian publishing companies that publish books and other media for schools, colleges and universities, professional and reference markets, the retail and library sectors. Founded 1910.

CANSCAIP (Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators & Performers)

720 Bathurst Street, Suite 503, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2R4

tel +1 416-515-1559

email office@canscaip.org

website www.canscaip.org

Administrative Director Helena Aalto Membership $85 p.a.

A non-profit support network for Canadian children’s artists. Promotes children’s literature and performances throughout Canada and internationally. Founded 1977.

Creative Access

9th Floor, London Television Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 9LT

email info@creativeaccess.org.uk

website https://creativeaccess.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/CreativeAccessUK

Twitter @_CreativeAccess

Creative Access aims to help young people from black, Asian and other non-white minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds to secure paid training opportunities in the creative industries and support them into full-time employment. Working with the UK’s most successful creative companies in publishing, film, museums and galleries, music, broadcasting, PR, advertising and threatre, Creative Access provides a range of services to help bring diverse talent to organisations, including internships and employer training. Founded 2012.

Creative Industries Federation

22 Endell Street, London WC2H 9AD

tel 020-3771 0350

website www.creativeindustriesfederation.com

Twitter @Creative_Fed

The national organisation for the UK’s creative industries, cultural education and arts, spanning advertising and architecture to video games, performance and publishing. The Federation is entirely independent and works with members in towns, cities and the rural economy nationwide, as well as with politicians, mayors and local authorities on a wide range of policy issues. Founded 2014.

Cwlwm Cyhoeddwyr Cymru

Elwyn Williams, Bryntirion Villa, Ffordd Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 2EU

tel 07866 834109

email elwyn_williams@btinternet.com

website www.bedwen.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/bedwenlyfrau

Represents and promotes Welsh-language publishers and organises Bedwen Lyfrau, the only national Welsh-language book festival, held annually in April. Founded 2002.

Equality in Publishing

The Publishers Association, 50 Southwark Street, London SE1 1UN

website www.publishers.org.uk/activities/inclusivity/equip

Equality in Publishing (EQUIP) is a joint initiative of the Publishers Association and the Independent Publishers Guild to promote inclusivity across UK publishing, bookselling and agenting.

Federation of European Publishers

Rue Montoyer 31 Bte 8, B–1000 Brussels, Belgium

tel +32 2-7701110

email info@fep-fee.eu

website www.fep-fee.eu

President Henrique Mota, Director Anne

Bergman-Tahon

Represents the interests of European publishers on EU affairs; informs members on the development of EU policies which could affect the publishing industry. Founded 1967.

Independent Publishers Guild

PO Box 12, Llain, Login SA34 0WU

tel (01437) 563335

email info@ipg.uk.com

website www.ipg.uk.com

Chief Executive Bridget Shine

Membership Open to new and established publishers and book packagers

Provides an information and contact network for independent publishers. Also voices concerns of member companies within the book trade. Founded 1962.

International Authors Forum

1st Floor, Barnard’s Inn, 86 Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1EN

tel 020-7264 5707

email luke.alcott@internationalauthors.org

website www.internationalauthors.org

Executive Administrator Luke Alcott

A forum for discussion, where authors’ organisations can share information and take action on issues affecting them worldwide. Organises events, publications and discussions, and collaborates with other organisations representing authors to promote the importance of creative work financially, socially and culturally. Keeps members up to date with international developments in copyright law.

International Publishers Association

23 Avenue de France, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland

tel +41 22-704 1820

email info@internationalpublishers.org

website www.internationalpublishers.org

President Dr Michiel Kolman, Secretary-General José Borghino

The IPA is a federation of national, regional and international publishers associations. It promotes and protects publishing worldwide, with a focus on copyright and freedom to publish. Its membership comprises 76 organisations from 65 countries worldwide. Founded 1896.

Irish Writers Centre

19 Parnell Square, Dublin D01 E102, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)1 872 1302

email info@writerscentre.ie

website www.irishwriterscentre.ie

Director Valerie Bistany, Manager Bernadette Greenan

The national resource centre for Irish writers, the Irish Writers Centre supports and promotes writers at all stages of their development. It runs workshops, seminars and events related to the art of writing which are run by established writers across a range of genres. It hosts professional development seminars for writers, and provides space for writers, writing groups and other literary organisations.

Irish Writers’ Union/Comhar na Scríbhneoirí

Irish Writers’ Centre, 19 Parnell Square, Dublin D01 E102, Republic of Ireland

email info@irishwritersunion.org

website www.irishwritersunion.org

Chairperson Helen Dwyer, Secretary Lissa Oliver, Treasurer Roy Hunt

The Union aims to advance the cause of writing as a profession, to achieve better remuneration and more favourable conditions for writers and to provide a means for the expression of the collective opinion of writers on matters affecting their profession. Offers free contract advice and negotiation for members. Founded 1986.

New Zealand Association of Literary Agents

PO Box 6292, Dunedin North 9059

email tfs@elseware.co.nz

website www.elseware.co.nz/nzala

Set up to establish standards and guidelines for literary agents operating in New Zealand. All members subscribe to a code of ethics which includes working on commission and not charging upfront fees for promotion or manuscript reading.

New Zealand Writers Guild

PO Box 47 886, Ponsonby, Auckland 1144

tel +64 (0)9 360 1408

email guildhq@nzwg.org.nz

website www.nzwg.org.nz

Represents the interests of New Zealand writers (TV, film, radio and theatre); to establish and improve minimum conditions of work and rates of compensation for writers; to provide professional services for members. Founded 1975.

The Personal Managers’ Association Ltd

30 Bristol Gardens, Brighton, BN2 5JR

tel 0845 602 7191

email info@thepma.com

website www.thepma.com

Membership organisation for agents representing talent in film, television and theatre.

Professional Publishers Association

2nd Floor, 35–38 New Bridge Street, London EC4V 6BW

tel 020-7404 4166

email info@ppa.co.uk

website www.ppa.co.uk

Chief Executive Barry McIlheney

Represents around 250 companies, ranging from consumer and online magazine publishers to business-to-business data and information providers, customer magazine publishers and smaller independent companies.

The Publishers Association

First Floor, 50 Southwark Street, London SE1 1UN

tel 020-7378 0504

email mail@publishers.org.uk

website www.publishers.org.uk

Twitter @PublishersAssoc

Ceo Stephen Lotinga,

President Charlie Redmayne, Deputy Ceo Emma House, Director of Operations Mark Wharton

The leading representative voice for book, journal, audio and electronic publishers in the UK. The Association has over 100 members and its role is to support publishers in their political, media and industry stakeholder communications. Founded 1896.

Publishers Association of New Zealand

PO Box 33319, Takapuna, Auckland 0740

tel +64 (0)9 280 3212

email catriona@publishers.org.nz

website www.publishers.org.nz

Association Director Catriona Ferguson

PANZ represents book, educational and digital publishers in New Zealand. Members include both the largest international publishers and companies in the independent publishing community.

Publishers’ Association of South Africa

House Vincent, Wynberg Mews, 1st Floor, Unit 104, Brodie Road, Wynberg

tel +27 (0)21 762 9083

email pasa@publishsa.co.za

website www.publishsa.co.za

PASA is the largest publishing industry body in South Africa and is committed to creativity, literacy, the free flow of ideas and encouraging a culture of reading. It aims to promote and protect the rights and responsibilities of the publishing sector in South Africa.

Publishers Publicity Circle

email publisherspublicitycircle@gmail.com

Secretary/Treasurer Madeline Toy

Enables all book publicists to meet and share information regularly. Monthly meetings provide a forum for press journalists, TV and radio researchers and producers to meet publicists collectively. Awards are presented for the best PR campaigns. Monthly newsletter includes recruitment advertising. Founded 1955.

Publishing Ireland/Foilsiú Éireann

63 Patrick Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin A96 WF25, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)1 6394868

email info@publishingireland.com

website www.publishingireland.com

Publishing Ireland enables publishers to share expertise and resources in order to benefit from opportunities and solve problems that are of common concern to all. It comprises most of the major publishing houses in Ireland with a mixture of trade, general and academic publishers as members.

Publishing Scotland

Scott House, 10 South St Andrew Street, Edinburgh EH2 2AZ

tel 0131 228 6866

email enquiries@publishingscotland.org

website www.publishingscotland.org

Chief Executive Marion Sinclair

A network for trade, training and development in the Scottish publishing industry. Founded 1973.

Society of Artists Agents

website www.saahub.com

Formed to promote professionalism in the illustration industry and to forge closer links between clients and artists through an agreed set of guidelines. The Society believes in an ethical approach through proper terms and conditions, thereby protecting the interests of the artists and clients. Founded 1992.

The Society of Authors – see here

Society of Young Publishers

c/o The Publishers Association, First Floor, 50 Southwark Street, London SE1 1UN

email sypchair@thesyp.org.uk

website www.thesyp.org.uk

Twitter @SYP_UK

Membership Open to anyone employed in publishing or hoping to be soon, catering specifically to those in the first 10 years of their career; £30 p.a. standard; £24 student/unwaged; £18 digital only

Organises monthly events which offer the chance to network, develop skills and hear senior figures talk on topics of key importance to the publishing industry. Organises industry mentor schemes, book clubs and two annual conferences. Publishes a quarterly print magazine InPrint. Provides a job database advertising the latest vacancies and internships; online forum The Network; and a blog, PressForward. Has branches in London, Oxford, Scotland, Ireland and North (Manchester/Leeds), overseen by a UK steering committee. Founded 1949.

Theatre Writers’ Union – see here

Women in Publishing

website www.womeninpublishing.org.uk

Promotes the status of women within publishing; encourages networking and mutual support among women; provides a forum for the discussion of ideas, trends and subjects to women in the trade; offers advice on publishing careers; supports and publicises women’s achievements and successes. Each year WiP presents two awards: the Pandora Award is given in recognition of significant and sustained contribution to the publishing industry, and the New Venture Award is given for pioneering work on behalf of under-represented groups in society. Founded 1979.

Writers Guild of America, East Inc.

250 Hudson Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10013

tel +1 212-767-7800

website www.wgaeast.org/

WGAE represents writers in screen, TV and new media for collective bargaining. It provides member services including pension and health, as well as educational and professional activities. Founded 1954.

Writers Guild of America, West Inc.

7000 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048

tel +1 323-951-4000

website www.wga.org

WGAW represents and services 12,000 writers in film, broadcast, cable and multimedia industries for purposes of collective bargaining, contract administration and other services, and functions to protect and advance the economic, professional and creative interests of writers. Bi-monthly publication, Written By, published in January, February/March, April/May, Summer, September/October, November/December. Available by subscription. Founded 1933.

Writers Guild of Canada

366 Adelaide Street West, Suite 401, Toronto, Ontario M5V 1R9

tel + 1 416-979-7907; toll free +1-800-567-9974

email info@wgc.ca

website www.writersguildofcanada.com

Represents professional screenwriters. Negotiates and administers collective agreements with independent producers and broadcasters. The Guild also publishes Canadian Screenwriter magazine.

WGGB - The Writers’ Union – see here

Writers Guild of Ireland

Art House, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)1 6709970

email info@script.ie

website http://script.ie/

Chairperson Thomas McLaughlin, Ceo David

Kavanagh

Represents writers’ interests in theatre, radio and screen. Founded 1969.

The Writers’ Union of Canada

600–460 Richmond Street West, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario M5V 1Y1

tel + 1 416-703-8982

email info@writersunion.ca

website www.writersunion.ca

National arts service organisation for professionally published book authors. Founded 1973.

ARTS COUNCILS, ROYAL SOCIETIES AND FUNDING

Arts Council England

tel 0845 300 6200

email enquiries@artscouncil.org.uk

website www.artscouncil.org.uk

The national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery. Arts Council England’s main funding programme is Grants for the Arts, which is open to individuals, arts organisations, national touring companies and other people who use the arts in their work. Founded 1946.

East

24 Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge CB2 8BU

tel 0845 300 6200

East Midlands

Room 005-005A, Arkwright Building, Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, Nottingham

NG1 4BU

tel 0845 300 6200

London

21 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3HF

tel 0845 300 6200

North East

Central Square, Forth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 3PJ

tel 0845 300 6200

North West

The Hive, 49 Lever Street, Manchester M1 1FN

tel 0845 300 6200

South East

New England House, New England Street, Brighton

BN1 4GH

tel 0845 300 6200

South West

Third Floor, St Thomas Court, Thomas Lane, Bristol

BS1 6JG

tel 0845 300 6200

West Midlands

82 Granville Street, Birmingham B1 2LH

tel 0845 300 6200

Yorkshire

1st Floor South, Marshall’s Mill, Marshall Street, Leeds LS11 9YJ

tel 0845 300 6200

Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon

70 Merrion Square, Dublin D02 NY52, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)1 6180200

website www.artscouncil.ie

The national development agency for the arts in Ireland. Founded 1951.

Arts Council of Northern Ireland

1 The Sidings, Antrim Road, Lisburn BT28 3AJ

tel 028-9262 3555

email info@artscouncil-ni.org

website www.artscouncil-ni.org

Chief Executive Roisín McDonough

Promotes and encourages the arts throughout Northern Ireland. Artists in drama, dance, music and jazz, literature, the visual arts, traditional arts and community arts can apply for support for specific schemes and projects. The value of the grant will be set according to the aims of the programme. Artists of all disciplines and in all types of working practice, who have made a contribution to artistic activities in Northern Ireland for a minimum period of one year within the last five years, are eligible.

Arts Council of Wales

Bute Place, Cardiff CF10 5AL

tel 0845 873 4900

email info@arts.wales

website www.arts.wales

National organisation with specific responsibility for the funding and development of the arts in Wales; operates in both English and Welsh languages. Arts Council of Wales receives funding from the Welsh Government and also distributes National Lottery funds for the arts in Wales. Makes grants to support arts activities and facilities, including annual revenue grants to full-time arts organisations such as Literature Wales and to individual artists or projects. Wales Arts International is the international arm of the Arts Council of Wales and works in partnership with the British Council, which works to promote knowledge about contemporary arts and culture from Wales and encourages international exchange and collaboration.

North Wales Regional Office

Princes Park II, Princes Drive, Colwyn Bay LL29 8PL

tel (01492) 533440

Mid and West Wales Regional Office

The Mount, 18 Queen Street, Carmarthen SA31 1JT

tel 0845 873 4900

Central Office

Bute Place, Cardiff CF10 5AL

tel 0845 873 4900

Australia Council

PO Box 788, Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012

tel +61 (0)2 9215 9000

website www.australiacouncil.gov.au

Ceo Tony Grybowski

Provides a broad range of support for the arts in Australia, embracing music, theatre, literature, visual arts, crafts, Aboriginal arts, community and new media arts.

British Academy

10–11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH

tel 020-7969 5200

email enquiries@britac.ac.uk

website www.britishacademy.ac.uk

Twitter @britac_news

Chief Executive Alun Evans

The British Academy is the voice of humanities and social sciences. The Academy is an independent fellowship of world-leading scholars and researchers; a funding body for research, nationally and internationally; and a forum for debate and engagement. It produces a wide range of publications, for academic and more general readerships.

The British Council

10 Spring Gardens, London SW1A 2BN

tel 020-7389 3194

email general.enquiries@britishcouncil.org

website www.britishcouncil.org

Twitter @BritishCouncil

Chief Executive Ciarán Devane, Director of Arts

Graham Sheffield

The British Council connects people worldwide with learning opportunities and creative ideas from the UK. It has 6,000 staff in offices, teaching centres, libraries and information and resource centres in the UK and over 100 countries and territories worldwide. Working in close collaboration with book trade associations, British Council offices participate in major international book fairs.

The British Council Literature Department works with hundreds of writers and literature partners in the UK and collaborates with offices overseas to broker relationships and create activities which link artists and cultural institutions around the world. The Department works with writers, publishers, producers, translators and other sector professionals across literature, publishing and education.

The Visual Arts Department promotes the UK’s visual arts sector internationally. It stages and supports contemporary art projects in areas of the developing world via exhibitions, training and development, professional study visits and the management of the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and an expansive collection of British art.

Creative Scotland

Waverley Gate, 2–4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh EH1 3EG

tel 0330 333 2000 (switchboard); 0345 603 6000 (enquiries line)

email enquiries@creativescotland.com

website www.creativescotland.com

Creative Scotland is the public body that supports the arts, screen and creative industries across all parts of Scotland on behalf of everyone who lives, works or visits there. Through distributing funding from the Scottish Government and the National Lottery, Creative Scotland enables people and organisations to work in and experience the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland by helping others to develop great ideas and bring them to life.

The Gaelic Books Council/Comhairle nan Leabhraichean

32 Mansfield Street, Glasgow G11 5QP

tel 0141 337 6211

email rosemary@gaelicbooks.org

website www.gaelicbooks.org

Director Rosemary Ward

Stimulates Scottish Gaelic publishing by awarding publication grants for new books, commissions new works from established and emerging authors and provides editorial advice and guidance to Gaelic writers and publishers. Has a bookshop in Glasgow that stocks all Gaelic and Gaelic-related books in print. All stock is listed on the website. Founded 1968.

Guernsey Arts Commission

North Esplanade, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 2LQ

tel (01481) 709747

email info@arts.gg

The Commission’s aim is to help promote, develop and support the arts in Guernsey through exhibitions, a community arts programme and public events.

Literature Wales

Glyn Jones Centre, Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff CF10 5AL

tel 029-2047 2266

email post@literaturewales.org

website www.literaturewales.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/LlenCymruLitWales/

Twitter @LitWales

Chief Executive Lleucu Siencyn

The National Company for the development of literature in Wales. It works collaboratively, bilingually, and in a wide range of communities.

The organisation’s many projects and activities include Wales Book of the Year, the National Poet of Wales, Bardd Plant Cymru and Young People’s Laureate Wales, Literary Tourism initiatives, Writers on Tour funding scheme, creative writing courses at Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre, Services for Writers (including bursaries and mentoring) and Young People’s Writing Squads. Works with the support of the Arts Council of Wales and the Welsh Government.

Literature Works

Peninsula Arts, Plymouth University, Roland Levinsky Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA

tel (01752) 585073

email info@literatureworks.org.uk

website www.literatureworks.org.uk

Literature Works is the strategic literature charity for South West England and is a national portfolio organisation of Arts Council England. It helps develop both writers and readers, providing a central resource for literature in the South West. It supports the wider literature sector through large-scale projects and evaluation. A small grants scheme known as the Annual Fund supports community-based literature initiatives around the region.

Royal Academy of Arts

Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD

tel 020-7300 8000

website www.royalacademy.org.uk

President Christopher Le Brun, Keeper Eileen Cooper

Royal Academicians are elected from the most distinguished artists in the UK. Holds major loan exhibitions throughout the year including the Annual Summer Exhibition (June–Aug). Also runs Royal Academy Schools for 60 postgraduate students in painting and sculpture.

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists

RBSA Gallery, 4 Brook Street, St Paul’s, Birmingham B3 1SA

tel 0121 236 4353

email rbsagallery@rbsa.org.uk

website www.rbsa.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/Royal-Birmingham-Society-of-Artists/143050305709122

Twitter @rbsgallery

Membership Friends £34 p.a.

The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) is an artist-led charity, which supports artists and promotes engagement with the visual arts through a range of exhibitions, workshops and events. The Society is one of the oldest in the UK. It owns and runs its own exhibition venue, the RBSA Gallery, which has a changing programme of exhibitions including various yearly, two-yearly and three-yearly open exhibitions, providing opportunities for all artists working in all media. The Gallery is open seven days a week and admission is free.

Royal Institute of Oil Painters

17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5BD

tel 020-7930 6844

email enquiries@theroi.org.uk

website www.theroi.org.uk

President Tim Benson

Promotes and encourages the art of painting in oils. Open Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1.

Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours

17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5BD

tel 020-7930 6844

The Royal Musical Association

website www.royalinstituteofpaintersinwatercolours.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/RIwatercolours

Twitter @RIwatercolours

President Rosa Sepple

Membership Elected from approved candidates’ list

Promotes the appreciation of watercolour painting in its traditional and contemporary forms, primarily by means of an annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1 of members’ and non-members work and also by members’ exhibitions at selected venues in Britain and abroad. The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours is one of the oldest watercolour societies in the world. Founded 1831.

Dr Jeffrey Dean, 4 Chandos Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 0ST

tel 0161 861 7542

email exec@rma.ac.uk

website www.rma.ac.uk

Twitter @RoyalMusical

President Prof. Simon McVeigh Membership See website for details

Promotes the investigation and discussion of subjects connected with the art and science of music. Sponsors conferences, study days, and research training events. Publishes the Journal of the Royal Musical Association, Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, and the RMA Monographs series. Founded 1874.

The Royal Photographic Society

Fenton House, 122 Wells Road, Bath BA2 3AH

tel (01225) 325733

email reception@rps.org

website www.rps.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/royalphotographicsociety

Twitter @The_RPS

Membership UK £120; overseas £106; discounts for over 65s, under 25s, students, the disabled

The Society promotes photography in all its forms and supports and encourages individuals to develop their skills, which it does through exhibitions, workshops and a distinctions and qualifications programme. It also acts as an advocate for photography and photographers and speaks to the media on relevant matters. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in photography. Founded 1853.

The Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture

The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL

tel 0131 225 6671

website www.royalscottishacademy.org

Director Colin R. Greenslade

Led by eminent artists and architects, the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) is an independent voice for cultural advocacy and one of the largest supporters of artists in Scotland. It administers a number of scholarships, awards and residencies and has an historic collection of Scottish artworks and an archive, recognised by the Scottish Government as being of national significance. The Academy cherishes its independence from local or national government funding, relying instead on bequests, legacies, sponsorship and earned income. For information on open submission exhibitions, artist scholarships and residencies, or to discuss making a bequest to the Academy visit the website. Founded 1826.

The Royal Society

6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG

tel 020-7451 2500

email library@royalsociety.org

website royalsociety.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/theroyalsociety

Twitter @royalsociety

President Sir Venki Ramakrishnan PRS, Treasurer Prof. Andrew Hopper FRS, Biological Secretary Sir John Skehel FRS, Physical Secretary Prof. Alex Halliday FRS, Foreign Secretary Prof. Richard Catlow FRS, Executive Director Dr Julie Maxton

The independent scientific academy of the UK and the Commonwealth, dedicated to promoting excellence in science.

Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)

8 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6EZ

tel 020-7930 5115

email general@rsa.org.uk

website www.thersa.org

The RSA works to remove the barriers to social progress, driving ideas, innovation and social change through an ambitious programme of projects, events and lectures. Supported by over 27,000 Fellows, an international network of influencers and innovators from every field and background across the UK and overseas. Welcomes women and men of any nationality and background who will support the organisation’s aims. Its activities are detailed in the RSA Journal. Founded 1754.

Royal Society of British Artists

email info@royalsocietyofbritishartists.org.uk

website www.royalsocietyofbritishartists.org.uk

Hon. Secretary Judith Gardner

Incorporated by Royal Charter for the purpose of encouraging the study and practice of the arts of painting, sculpture and architectural design. Annual Open Exhibition at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1, open to artists working in any two- or three-dimensional medium.

Royal Society of Literature

Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA

tel 020-7845 4679

Royal Society of Marine Artists

Membership £50 p.a.; £30 for those aged 18–30

The RSL is Britain’s national charity for the advancement of literature. It encourages and honours writers, engages people in appreciating literature and acts as a voice for the value of literature through its events programme, awards and prizes and schools outreach programme. Founded 1820.

17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5BD

tel 020-7930 6844

email rmsa.contact@gmail.com

website www.rsma-web.co.uk

The aim of the society is to promote and encourage the highest standards of marine art and welcomes submissions for their Annual Open Exhibition at The Mall Galleries in London, which is usually held in October (more information at www.mallgalleries.org.uk). Membership is achieved by a consistent record of success in having work selected and hung at this event and ultimately by election by the members.

The Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers

email info@royal-miniature-society.org.uk

website www.royal-miniature-society.org.uk

Twitter @royalminiature

President Rosalind Pierson, Executive Secretary Claire Hucker

Membership By selection and standard of work over a period of years (ARMS associate, RMS full member)

Annual Open Exhibition in November at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1. Submission date 18 November; entry forms available from the website. Applications and enquiries to the Executive Secretary. Founded 1895.

Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers

Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH

tel 020-7928 7521

email info@banksidegallery.com

website www.banksidegallery.com

website www.re-printmakers.com

Open to British and overseas artists. An election of Associates is held annually; for details check the website. New members are elected by the Council of the Society based on the quality of their work alone, in a tradition reaching back over one hundred years. Holds three members’ exhibitions per year. Founded 1880.

Royal Society of Portrait Painters

17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5BD

tel 020-7930 6844

email enquiries@therp.co.uk

website www.therp.co.uk

website www.mallgalleries.org.uk

President Richard Foster

Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1, of members’ work and work drawn from an open section. Six artists’ awards are made: the Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture (£10,000), the De Laszlo Prize (£3,000), the Prince of Wales’s Award for Portrait Drawing (£2,000), the Changing Faces Prize (£2,000), the Burke’s (£2,000), Smallwood Architects’ Contextual Portraiture Prize (£1,000). A commissions consultancy service to help those wishing to commission portraits runs throughout the year. Founded 1891.

Royal Watercolour Society

Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH

tel 020-7928 7521

email info@banksidegallery.com

website www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk

President Jill Leman PRWS, HON HE

Membership Open to British and overseas artists; election of Associates held annually. Friends membership is open to all those interested in watercolour painting.

Arranges lectures and courses on watercolour painting; holds an annual open exhibition in February. Exhibitions in the spring and autumn. Founded 1804.

Royal West of England Academy

Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1PX

tel 0117 973 5129

email info@rwa.org.uk

website www.rwa.org.uk

Director Alison Bevan

An art academy/gallery/museum and drawing school whose objectives are to advance the education of the public in the fine arts and in particular to promote the appreciation and practice of the fine arts and to encourage and develop talent in the fine arts. Founded 1844.

Welsh Books Council/Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

Castell Brychan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 2JB

tel (01970) 624151

email castellbrychan@books.wales

website www.books.wales

website www.gwales.com

Ceo Helgard Krause

A national body funded directly by the Welsh Government which provides a focus for the publishing industry in Wales. Awards grants for publishing in Welsh and English. Provides services to the trade in the fields of editing, design, marketing and distribution. The Council is a key enabling institution in the world of books and provides services and information in this field to all who are associated with it. Founded 1961.

Australian Copyright Council

PO Box 1986, Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012

tel +61 (0)2 9101 2377

email info@copyright.org.au

website www.copyright.org.au

Facebook www.facebook.com/

Twitter @AusCopyright

Chief Executive Officer Grant McAvaney

Provides easily accessible and affordable practical information, legal advice, education and forums on Australian copyright law for content creators and consumers. It represents the peak bodies for professional artists and content creators working in Australia’s creative industries and Australia’s major copyright collecting societies, including the Australian Society of Authors, the Australian Writers’ Guild and the Australian Publishers Association.

The Council advocates for the contribution of creators to Australia’s culture and economy; the importance of copyright for the common good. It works to promote understanding of copyright law and its application, lobby for appropriate law reform and foster collaboration between content creators and consumers. Founded 1968.

Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society Ltd – see here

British Copyright Council

2 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG

tel 020-3290 1444

email info@britishcopyright.org

website www.britishcopyright.org

Vice-President Geoffrey Adams, President of Honour Maureen Duffy, Chairman Trevor Cook

Aims to defend and foster the true principles of copyright and its acceptance throughout the world, to bring together bodies representing all who are interested in the protection of such copyright, and to keep watch on any legal or other changes which may require an amendment of the law.

222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA

tel +1 978-646-2600

email info@copyright.com

website www.copyright.com

Aims to remove the complexity from copyright issues and make it easy for businesses and academic institutions to use copyright-protected materials while compensating publishers and content creators for their work.

The Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd – see here

DACS (Design and Artists Copyright Society) – see here

Federation Against Copyright Theft Ltd

Regal House, 70 London Road, Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 3QS

tel 020-8891 1217

email contact@fact-uk.org.uk

website www.fact-uk.org.uk

Twitter @factuk

FACT protects the interests of its members and others against infringement in the UK of copyright in cinematograph films, TV programmes and all forms of audiovisual recording. Founded 1982.

The Irish Copyright Licensing Agency

63 Patrick Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin A96 WF25, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)1 6624211

email info@icla.ie

website www.icla.ie

Executive Director Samantha Holman

Licences schools and other users of copyright material to photocopy or scan extracts of such material, and distributes the monies collected to the authors and publishers whose works have been copied. Founded 1992.

Picture Industry Collecting Society for Effective Licensing (PICSEL)

112 Western Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 2AB

email info@picsel.org.uk

website www.picsel.org.uk

PICSEL is a not-for-profit organisation that ensures that all visual artists, creators and representative rights holders of images receive fair payment for various uses of their works. It works to ensure that all licence fees collected are distributed equitably, efficiently and in a transparent manner. Founded 2016.

EDITORIAL, JOURNALISM AND BROADCASTING

American Society for Indexing

1628 E. Southern Ave. 9-223, Tempe, AZ 85282, USA

tel +1 480-245-6750

email info@asindexing.org

website www.asindexing.org

Executive Director Gwen Henson

Increases awareness of the value of high-quality indexes and indexing; offers members access to educational resources that enable them to strengthen their indexing performance; keeps members up to date on indexing technology; advocates for the professional interests of indexers.

Association of American Correspondents in London

PO Box 645, Pinner HA5 9JJ

email secretary@theaacl.co.uk

website www.theaacl.co.uk

An independent, not-for-profit organisation whose members represent North American media organisations with staff based in London.

Association of Freelance Editors, Proofreaders and Indexers of Ireland

Contact 1 Averill Buchanan (Chair)

tel 07875 857278

email averill@averillbuchanan.com

Contact 2 Kate Murphy (Treasurer/Secretary)

tel +353 (0)87 2363922

email kate@katemurphy-indexing.ie

Contact 3 Bernadette Kearns (Vice-Chair) +353 (0)85 8887253

email booknannyeditor@gmail.com

website www.afepi.ie

Twitter @AFEPI_Ireland

AFEPI protects the interests of members, and serves as a point of contact between publishers/independent authors and members. Membership is available to experienced professional editors, proofreaders and indexers. For services for publishers and authors, see our directory of freelance professional editors, proofreaders and indexers based in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Founded 1985

British Association of Journalists

website www.bajunion.org.uk

Non-political trade union for professional journalists. Aims to protect and promote the industrial and professional interests of journalists. Founded 1992.

British Guild of Agricultural Journalists

444 Westwood Heath Road, Coventry CV4 8AA

tel 07584 022909

email gajsec@gmail.com

website www.gaj.org.uk

Twitter @gajinfo

President Lord Curry of Kirkharle, Chairman Ben Briggs, General Secretary Nikki Robertson Membership £68 p.a.

The Guild promotes high standards among journalists, photographers and communicators who specialise in agriculture, horticulture, food production and other rural affairs, and contributes towards a better understanding of agriculture. Founded 1944.

British Society of Magazine Editors

137 Hale Lane, Edgware, Middlesex HA8 9QP

tel 020-8906 4664

email admin@bsme.com

website www.bsme.com

Twitter @bsmeinfo

The only society in the UK exclusively for magazine and digital editors. Represents the needs and views of editors and acts as a voice for the industry.

Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom

2nd Floor, Vi & Garner Smith House, 23 Orford Road, London E17 9NL

tel 07729 846146

email freepress@cpbf.org.uk

website www.cpbf.org.uk

Organisation dedicated to the promotion of diverse, democratic and accountable media. Founded 1979.

The Chartered Institute of Journalists

2 Dock Offices, Surrey Quays Road, London SE16 2XU

tel 020-7252 1187

email memberservices@cioj.co.uk

website www.cioj.co.uk

The senior organisation of the profession, the Chartered Institute has accumulated funds for the assistance of members. A Freelance Division links editors and publishers with freelances and a Directory is published of freelance writers, with their specialisations. There are special sections for broadcasters, motoring correspondents, public relations practitioners and overseas members. Occasional contributors to the media may qualify for election as Affiliates. Founded in 1884; incorporated by Royal Charter in 1890.

Editors’ and Proofreaders’ Alliance of Northern Ireland

tel 07875 857278

email info@epani.org.uk

website www.epani.org.uk

Twitter @epa_ni Coordinator Averill Buchanan

The Alliance aims to establish and maintain high professional standards in editorial skills in Northern Ireland. Membership is free, but a small fee is charged for inclusion in EPANI’s online directory. For services for authors, see our directory of freelance professional editors, proofreaders and indexers based in Northern Ireland. Founded 2011.

European Broadcasting Union

L’Ancienne Route 17A, CH–1218 Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland

tel +41 (0)22-717 2111

email ebu@ebu.ch

website www.ebu.ch

Twitter @EBU_HQ Director General Noel Curran

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is the world’s foremost alliance of public service media (PSM). Its mission is to make PSM indispensable. It has 73 members in 56 countries in Europe, and an additional 33 Associates in Asia, Africa and the Americas. Members operate over 2,000 television and radio channels, broadcasting in more than 120 different languages and reach audiences of more than one billion people around the world. EBU’s television and radio services operate under the trademarks of Eurovision and Euroradio.

Foreign Press Association in London

website www.fpalondon.net

The first and oldest association of foreign journalists in the world. All major news outlets are represented. Provides access and accreditation to a wide variety of events in the UK. See website for membership details. Founded 1888.

Association of Freelance Writers

8–10 Dutton Street, Manchester M3 ILE

tel 0161 819 9922

email studentservices@writersbureau.com

website www.writersbureau.com/writing/association-of-freelance-writers.htm

Membership £24.99 p.a.

Members to the association receive resources to help with their writing career including: a membership card identifying them as a freelance writer, free online course, bi-annual newsletter, plus discounts on writing resources, competitions, courses, self-publishing and more.

Independent Press Standards Organisation

Gate House, 1 Farringdon Street, London EC4M 7LG

tel 0300 1232220

email inquiries@ipso.co.uk

website www.ipso.co.uk

IPSO is the independent regulator of the newspaper and magazine industry. It exists to promote and uphold the highest professional standards of journalism in the UK and to support members of the public in seeking redress where they believe that the Editors’ Code of Practice has been breached.

Journalists’ Charity

Dickens House, 35 Wathen Road, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1JY

tel (01306) 887511

email enquiries@journalistscharity.org.uk

website www.journalistscharity.org.uk

Director David Ilott

For the relief of hardship amongst journalists, their widows and dependants. Financial assistance and retirement housing are provided.

Magazines Canada (Canadian Magazine

Publishers Association)

425 Adelaide Street West, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M5V 3C1

tel + 1 416-504-0274

email info@magazinescanada.ca

website www.magazinescanada.ca

Chief Executive Officer Matthew Holmes

The national trade association representing Canadian-owned, Canadian-content consumer, cultural, speciality, professional and business media magazines.

The Media Society

Broadgate Tower, 3rd Floor, 20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2RS

email admin@themediasociety.com

website www.themediasociety.com

Hon. President Peter York

Membership £60 p.a., retired members £45 p.a., students £5 p.a.

Exists to promote and encourage collective and independent research into the standards, performance, organisation and economics of the media and hold regular discussions and debates on subjects of topical or special interest and concern to print and broadcast journalists and others working in or with the media. Up to 15 evening debates and events organised throughout the year. Founded 1973.

Mediawatch-UK

3 Willow House, Kennington Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 0NR

tel (01233) 633936

email info@mediawatchuk.org

website www.mediawatchuk.org

website mediawatch-UK.blogspot.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/MediawatchUK

Twitter @mediawatch_uk

Director Helen Lewington

Membership £15 p.a.

Aims to encourage viewers and listeners to react effectively to broadcast content; to initiate and stimulate public discussion and parliamentary debate concerning the effects of broadcasting, and other mass media, on the individual, family and society; to work for effective legislation to control obscenity and pornography in the media. Founded 1965.

National Association of Press Agencies

c/o Cavendish Press (Manchester) Ltd, 5th Floor, The Landing, BLUE, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, Manchester M50 2ST

email enquiries@napa.org.uk

website www.napa.org.uk

Membership £250 p.a.

NAPA is network of independent, established and experienced press agencies serving newspapers, magazines, TV and radio networks. Founded 1983.

National Council for the Training of Journalists

The New Granary, Station Road, Newport, Essex CB11 3PL

tel (01799) 544014

email info@nctj.com

website www.nctj.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/nctjpage

Twitter @NCTJ_news

The NCTJ is a registered charity and awarding body which provides multimedia journalism training. Fulltime accredited courses run at various colleges/independent providers/universities in the UK. Distance learning programmes and short courses are also available.

National Union of Journalists

Headland House, 72 Acton Street, London WC1X 9NB

tel 020-7843 3700

email info@nuj.org.uk

website www.nuj.org.uk

Trade union for journalists and photographers, including freelances, with over 30,000 members and branches in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Paris, Brussels and the Netherlands. It covers the newspaper press, news agencies, magazines, broadcasting, periodical and book publishing, public relations departments and consultancies, information services and new media. The NUJ mediates disputes, organises campaigns, provides training and general and legal advice. Official publications: The Journalist (bi-monthly), e-newsletters called NUJ Active and NUJ Informed, the online Freelance Directory and Freelance Fees Guide, The NUJ Ethical Code of Conduct and policy pamphlets and submissions.

News Media Association

292 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1AE

tel 020-7963 7480

email nma@newsmediauk.org

website www.newsmediauk.org

Serves and promotes the shared interests of national, regional and local news media publishers in the UK by working across a broad range of issues which affect the industry.

Scottish Newspaper Society

17 Polwarth Grove, Edinburgh EH11 1LY

email info@scotns.org.uk

website www.scotns.org.uk

Represents the interests of the Scottish newspaper industry.

Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP)

Apsley House, 176 Upper Richmond Road, London SW15 2SH

tel 020-8785 6155

email administrator@sfep.org.uk

website www.sfep.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/EditProof

Twitter @TheSfEP

The SfEP works to promote high editorial standards and achieve recognition of its members’ professional status, through local and national meetings, an annual conference, discussion forums and a regular e-magazine. The Society publishes an online directory of experienced members. It also runs online courses and workshops and offers in-house training, which help newcomers to acquire basic editorial skills, and enable experienced editors and proofreaders to update their skills or broaden their competence. Training also covers aspects of professional practice and business for the self-employed. The Society supports moves towards recognised standards of training and accreditation for editors and proofreaders and is working towards chartership. It has close links with the Publishing Training Centre and the Society of Indexers, is represented on the BSI Technical Committee dealing with copy preparation and proof correction (BS 5261), and works to foster good relations with all relevant bodies and organisations in the UK and worldwide. Founded 1988.

Society of Editors

University Centre, Granta Place, Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1RU

tel (01223) 304080

email office@societyofeditors.org

website www.societyofeditors.org

Director Ian Murray

Membership up to £230 p.a. depending on category

Formed from the merger of the Guild of Editors and the Association of British Editors, the Society of Editors has members in national, regional and local newspapers, magazines, broadcasting and digital media, journalism education and media law. It campaigns for media freedom, self regulation, the public’s right to know and the maintenance of standards in journalism.

Society of Indexers – see here

Society of Women Writers & Journalists (SWWJ)

email enquiries@swwj.co.uk

website www.swwj.co.uk

The SWWJ aims to encourage literary achievement, to uphold professional standards, to promote social contact with fellow writers and to defend the dignity and prestige of the writing profession in all its aspects. Founded 1894.

Sports Journalists’ Association

tel 020-8916 2234

email info@sportjournalists.co.uk

website www.sportsjournalists.co.uk

The SJA represents sports journalists across the country and is Britain’s voice in international sporting affairs. Offers advice to members covering major events, acts as a consultant to organisers of major sporting events on media requirements. Member of the BOA Press Advisory Committee. Founded 1948.

Voice of the Listener & Viewer Ltd

The Old Rectory Business Centre, Springhead Road, Northfleet DA11 8HN

tel (01474) 338716

email info@vlv.org.uk

website www.vlv.org.uk

Twitter @vlvuk

Administrator Sue Washbrook

VLV’s mission is to campaign for accountability, diversity and excellence in UK broadcasting, seeking to sustain and strengthen public service broadcasting to the benefit of civil society and democracy in the UK. It holds regular conferences and seminars and publishes a Bulletin and an e-newsletter. Founded 1983.

Yachting Journalists’ Association

website www.yja.co.uk

President The Lord Greenway, Honorary Secretary Chris English Membership £50 p.a.

Aims to further the interests of yachting, sail and power, and yachting journalism. Members vote annually for the Yachtsman of the Year and the Young Sailor of the Year Award and host several important functions annually on both the British and international maritime calendar. Founded 1969.

LITERACY

BookTrust

G8 Battersea Studios, 80 Silverthorne Road, London

SW8 3HE

tel 020-7801 8800

email query@booktrust.org.uk

website www.booktrust.org.uk

Director Diana Gerald, Chair of Board Karen Brown

BookTrust is the UK largest children’s reading charity dedicated to getting children reading. Children who read are happier, healthier, more empathetic and more creative. They also do better at school.

BookTrust works with a variety of partners to get children excited about books, rhymes and stories because if reading is fun, children will want to do it. BookTrust administers the Blue Peter Book Awards, Children’s Book Weeks and the Waterstones Children’s Laureate.

The Children’s Book Circle

website www.childrensbookcircle.org.uk

Membership £25 p.a.

Provides a discussion forum for anybody involved with children’s books. Monthly meetings are addressed by a panel of invited speakers and topics focus on current and controversial issues. Holds the annual Patrick Hardy lecture and administers the Eleanor Farjeon Award. Founded 1962.

Children’s Books Ireland

17 North Great George’s Street, Dublin D01 R2F1, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)1 8727475

email info@childrensbooksireland.com

website www.childrensbooksireland.ie

Director Elaina Ryan, Publications & Projects Manager

Jenny Murray, Programme & Events Manager Aoife

Murray, Administrator Ciara Houlihan

Children’s Books Ireland (CBI) is the national children’s books resource organisation of Ireland. Its mission is to make books part of every child’s life. It champions and celebrates the importance of authors and illustrators and works in partnership with the people and organisations who enhance children’s lives through books. Core projects include: the CBI Annual Conference; the CBI Book of the Year Awards and its shadowing scheme for school groups and book clubs; the annual nationwide reading campaign which promotes books and reading and which coincides with the publication of the Inis Reading Guide, a guide to the best books of the year; nationwide Book Clinics, the Robert Dunbar Memorial Libraries and Inis magazine in print and online, a forum for discussion, debate and critique of Irish and international books. CBI administers the Laureate na nóg project on behalf of the Arts Council and runs live literature events throughout the year. Founded 1996.

Free Word

Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA

tel 020-7324 2570

email info@freewordcentre.com

website www.freewordcentre.com

Free Word is an international centre for literacy, literature and free expression. Provides a home for organisations working across literature, literacy and free expression. Current residents are: Apples & Snakes, ARTICLE 19, Arvon, English PEN, The Literary Consultancy and The Reading Agency. Free Word promotes, protects and democratises the power of words. With residents, associates and other partners, Free Word develops a year-round programme of cultural projects and events to explore important contemporary issues. Works worldwide with writers and thinkers.

National Literacy Trust

68 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1RL

tel 020-7587 1842

email contact@literacytrust.org.uk

website www.literacytrust.org.uk

An independent charity that aims to help change lives through literacy. It campaigns to improve public understanding of the importance of literacy, as well as delivering projects and working in partnership to reach those most in need of support.

Read for Good

26 Nailsworth Mills, Avening Road, Nailsworth, Glos. GL6 0BS

tel (01453) 839005

email reading@readforgood.org

website www.readforgood.org

Read for Good aims for all children in the UK to be given the opportunity, space and motivation to develop their own love of reading, benefiting them throughout their lives. Many studies show that reading changes lives: from educational outcomes and social mobility to emotional wellbeing. Runs a readathon programme in schools and a hospital programme, which focuses on the supply of books and storyteller visits to brighten up the days of children in the UK’s main children’s hospitals.

The Reading Agency

Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA

email info@readingagency.org.uk

website www.readingagency.org.uk

Twitter @readingagency

A charity whose mission is to inspire more people to read more, encourage them to share their enjoyment of reading and celebrate the difference that reading makes to everyone’s lives. It has a close partnership with public libraries in creating equal access to reading, and works closely with publishers to bring author events and reading promotions to every kind of community. Funded by the Arts Council.

The Reading Agency supports a wide range of reading initiatives for children, young people and adults including: the Summer Reading Challenge, run in partnership with libraries, which helps get three-quarters of a million children reading each year; Reading Ahead, designed to build people’s reading confidence and motivation; and World Book Night, an annual celebration of books and reading which takes place on 23 April.

Scottish Book Trust (SBT)

Sandeman House, Trunk’s Close, 55 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR

tel 0131 524 0160

email info@scottishbooktrust.com

website www.scottishbooktrust.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/scottishbktrust

Twitter @ScottishBkTrust

Scottish Book Trust (SBT) is Scotland’s national agency for the promotion of reading, writing and literature. Programmes include: Bookbug, a free universal book-gifting programme which encourages families to read with their children from birth; an ambitious school’s programme including national tours, the virtual events programme Authors Live and the Scottish Children’s Book Awards; the Live Literature funding programme, a national initiative enabling Scottish citizens to engage with authors, playwrights, poets, storytellers and illustrators; a writer development programme, offering mentoring and professional development for emerging and established writers; and a readership development programme featuring a national writing campaign as well as Book Week Scotland during last week in November.

Seven Stories – The National Centre for Children’s Books

30 Lime Street, Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon

Tyne NE1 2PQ

tel 0300 330 1095

email info@sevenstories.org.uk

website www.sevenstories.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/7stories

Twitter @7stories

Seven Stories champions the art of children’s books to ensure its place as an integral part of childhood and national cultural life. The world of children’s books is celebrated through unique exhibitions, events for all ages and a national archive. The work of over 200 British authors and illustrators, including Judith Kerr, Enid Blyton, Michael Morpurgo and David Almond is cared for in the archive collection –and it is still growing. Seven Stories is a charity – all the money earned and raised is used to save, celebrate and share children’s books so that future generations can enjoy Britain’s rich literary heritage. Arts Council England and Newcastle Culture Fund regularly fund Seven Stories’ work, giving children’s literature status and establishing new ways of engaging young audiences.

LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION

Campaign for Freedom of Information

Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA

tel 020-7324 2519

email admin@cfoi.demon.co.uk

website www.cfoi.org.uk

Twitter @CampaignFOI

A non-profit organisation working to improve public access to official information and to ensure that the Freedom of Information Act is implemented effectively. The Campaign is a non-profit organisation which seeks to improve and defend the Freedom of Information. Advises members of the public about their rights to information under FOI and related laws, helps people challenge unreasonable refusals to disclose information, encourages good practice by public authorities and provides FOI training.

CILIP (The Library and Information Association)

7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE

tel 020-7255 0500

website www.cilip.org.uk

Twitter @CILIPinfo

Membership Varies according to income

The leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers, with members in the UK and internationally. CILIP’s objective is to put library and information skills at the heart of a democratic, equal and prosperous information society. Offices in London, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

English Association

University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH

tel 0116 229 7622

email engassoc@leicester.ac.uk

website www.le.ac.uk/engassoc

Chair Martin Halliwell,

Chief Executive Helen Lucas

Aims to further knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of English literature and the English language, by working towards a fuller recognition of English as an essential element in education and in the community at large; by encouraging the study of English literature and language by means of conferences, lectures and publications; and by fostering the discussion of methods of teaching English of all kinds.

English Speaking Board (International)

Ltd

9 Hattersley Court, Burscough Road, Ormskirk L39 2AY

tel (01695) 573439

email customer@esbuk.org

website www.esbuk.org

Ceo Tina Renshaw

English Speaking Board (International) Ltd is a national awarding body and charity, with a mission to promote clear, effective communication at all levels by providing high quality educational products and training services, domestically and internationally. Produces products for schools and vocational and business contexts. Qualifications include Graded Examinations in speech and drama, presentation skills, debating qualifications, interview and employability skills, English for speakers of other languages (ESOL).

ESB assessments are designed for enterprises who teach English as a second language, who want to use spoken language to raise pupil achievement or those who wish to develop their enrichment programmes to include spoken language skills.

The English-Speaking Union

Dartmouth House, 37 Charles Street, London W1J 5ED

tel 020-7529 1550

email esu@esu.org

website www.esu.org

Aims to promote international understanding and human achievement through the widening use of the English language throughout the world. The ESU is an educational charity which sponsors scholarships and exchanges, educational programmes promoting the effective use of English, and a wide range of international and cultural events. Members contribute to its work across the world. Founded 1918.

Institute of Internal Communication

Suite G10, Gemini House, Sunrise Parkway, Linford Wood, Milton Keynes MK14 6PW

tel (01908) 232168

email enquiries@ioic.org.uk

website www.ioic.org.uk

The only independent professional body solely dedicated to promoting a deeper understanding of internal communication and helping its members to be the best they can be. Founded 1949.

Private Libraries Association

29 Eden Drive, Hull HU8 8JQ

email maslen@maslen.karoo.co.uk

website www.plabooks.org

President Giles Mandelbrote, Hon. Secretary Jim

Maslen, Hon. Journal Editors David Chambers, David Butcher, James Freemantle

Membership £30 p.a.

International society of book collectors and lovers of books. Publications include The Private Library (quarterly), annual Private Press Books, and other books on book collecting. Founded 1956.

LITERARY

Alliance of Literary Societies

website www.allianceofliterarysocieties.wordpress.com

President Claire Harman

Aims to act as a valuable liaison body between member societies as a means of sharing knowledge, skills and expertise, and may also act as a pressure group when necessary. The Alliance can assist in the preservation of buildings, places and objects which have literary associations. Its publications include a twice-yearly newsletter, Not Only But... , as well as it annual journal, ALSo. Holds an annual literary weekend, hosted by a different member society each year.

Association for Scottish Literary Studies

c/o Dept of Scottish Literature, 7 University Gardens, University of Glasgow G12 8QH

tel 0141 330 5309

email office@asls.org.uk

website www.asls.org.uk

President Alison Lumsden, Secretary Craig Lamont, Director Duncan Jones

Membership £50 p.a. individuals; £12 UK students; £75 corporate

ASLS promotes the study, teaching and writing of Scottish literature and furthers the study of the languages of Scotland. Publishes annually New Writing Scotland, an anthology of new Scottish writing; an edited text of Scottish literature; a series of academic journals; the online e-zine The Bottle Imp; and a newsletter (two p.a.). Also publishes Scotnotes (comprehensive study guides to major Scottish writers), literary texts and commentaries designed to assist the classroom teacher, and a series of occasional papers. Organises three conferences a year. Founded 1970.

The Jane Austen Society

Sospiri, 9 George Street, Dunfermline, Fife KY11 4TQ

tel (01383) 727491

email memsec@jasoc.org.uk

website www.janeaustensociety.org.uk

Membership Secretary Sharron Bassett

Membership £28 from 1 January to 31 December each year; £33 joint membership for 2 people living at the same address; £12 student membership (UK), on production of tutor reference or ID; £38 overseas.

Joint overseas rate £43.

Promotes interest in, and enjoyment of, the life and works of Jane Austen (1775–1817). Regular publications, meetings and conferences. Eleven branches and groups in UK. Founded 1940.

The Beckford Society

The Timber Cottage, Crockerton, Warminster BA12 8AX

tel (01985) 213195

email sidney.blackmore@btinternet.com

website www.beckfordsociety.org

Membership from £20 p.a.

Promotes an interest in the life and works of William Beckford of Fonthill (1760–1844) and his circle. Encourages Beckford studies and scholarship through exhibitions, lectures and publications, including The Beckford Journal (annual) and occasional newsletters. Founded 1995.

Arnold Bennett Society

4 Field End Close, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 8DA

email arnoldbennettscty@btinternet.com

website www.arnoldbennettsociety.org.uk

Facebook Arnold Bennett Society

Twitter @BennettSoc Secretary Carol Gorton

Membership £15 p.a. individuals; £17.50 p.a. family. Add £2 if living outside Europe

Promotes the study and appreciation of the life, works and times not only of Arnold Bennett (1867–1931), but also of other provincial writers with a particular relationship to north Staffordshire.

The E.F. Benson Society

The Old Coach House, High Street, Rye, East Sussex TN31 7JF

tel (01797) 223114

email info@efbensonsociety.org

website www.efbensonsociety.org

Secretary Allan Downend

Membership £12 p.a. single; £15 p.a. for two people at same address; £20 overseas

Promotes interest in the author E.F. Benson (1867–1940) and the Benson family. Arranges annual literary evening, annual outing to Rye (July) and other places of Benson interest, talks on the Bensons and exhibitions. Archive includes the Austin Seckersen Collection, transcriptions of the Benson diaries and letters. Publishes postcards, anthologies of Benson’s works, a Mary Benson biography, books on Benson and an annual journal, The Dodo. Also sells out-of-print Bensons to members. Founded 1984.

The George Borrow Society

60 Upper Marsh Road, Warminster, Wilts. BA12 9PN

email mkskillman@blueyonder.co.uk

website http://georgeborrow.org/home.html

Membership Secretary Michael Skillman

Membership £25 p.a.; £37.50 joint members at same address; £10 students

Promotes knowledge of the life and works of George Borrow (1803–81), traveller and author. Publishes Bulletin (bi-annual). Founded 1991.

The Brontë Society

Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD22 8DR

tel (01535) 642323

email bronte@bronte.org.uk

website www.bronte.org.uk

The Society cares for and promotes the accredited collections and literary legacy of the Brontë family. It is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation and presents an exciting contemporary arts programme, alongside changing exhibitions and learning and engagement programmes. Brontë Studies and the Brontë Gazette are published three times a year. The museum is open all year round, except in January.

The Browning Society

64 Blyth Vale, London SE6 4NW

email browningsociety@hotmail.co.uk

website www.browningsociety.org

Honorary Secretary Jim Smith Membership £15 p.a.

Aims to widen the appreciation and understanding of the lives and poetry of Robert Browning (1812–89) and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–61), as well as other Victorian writers and poets. Founded 1881; refounded 1969.

The John Buchan Society

72 Ravensdowne, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland TD15 1DQ

tel (01573) 229068

email akgallico@gmail.com

website www.johnbuchansociety.co.uk

Membership Secretary Alison Gallico

Membership £20 p.a. full; overseas and other rates on application

Promotes a wider understanding of the life and works of John Buchan (1875–1940). Encourages publication of Buchan’s works and supports the John Buchan Story Museum in Peebles, EH45 8AG (www.johnbuchanstory.co.uk). Also holds regular meetings and social gatherings; produces a newsletter and a journal. Founded 1979.

Byron Society (Newstead Abbey)

Acushla, Halam Road, Southwell, Notts. NG25 0AD

website www.newsteadabbeybyronsociety.org

Chairman P.K. Purslow

Membership £25 p.a.

Promotes research into the life and works of Lord Byron (1788–1824) through seminars, discussions, lectures and readings. Publishes The Newstead Review (annual, £12.50 plus postage). Founded 1988.

Randolph Caldecott Society

website www.randolphcaldecott.org.uk

Membership £12.50 p.a. individual; £17.50 p.a. families/corporate

Aims to encourage an interest in the life and works of Randolph Caldecott (1846–86), the Victorian artist, illustrator and sculptor. Meetings held in Chester. Liaises with the American Caldecott Society. Founded 1983.

The Lewis Carroll Society

6 Chilton Street, London E2 6DZ

email membership@lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk

website www.lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/68678994062/

Twitter @LewisCarrollSoc

Membership £20 p.a. UK; £23 Europe; £26 elsewhere. Special rates for institutions

Promotes interest in the life and works of Lewis Carroll (Revd Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (1832–98) and to encourage research. Activities include regular meetings, exhibitions, and a publishing programme that includes the first annotated, unexpurgated edition of his diaries in nine volumes, the Society’s journal The Carrollian (two p.a.), a newsletter, Bandersnatch (quarterly) and the Lewis Carroll Review (occasional). Founded 1969.

Lewis Carroll Society (Daresbury)

email secretary@lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk

website www.lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk

Membership £7 p.a.; £10 families/corporate

Encourages an interest in the life and works of Lewis Carroll (1832–98), author of Alice’s Adventures. Meetings take place at Carroll’s birth village (Daresbury, Cheshire). Founded 1970.

The John Clare Society

tel (01353) 668438

email sueholgate@hotmail.co.uk

website http://johnclaresociety.blogspot.com/

Membership £15 p.a. UK individual; other rates on application

Promotes a wider appreciation of the life and works of the poet John Clare (1793–1864). Founded 1981.

The William Cobbett Society

6 Lynch Road, Farnham, Surrey GU9 8BD

email information@williamcobbett.org.uk

website www.williamcobbett.org.uk

Twitter @RuralRides

Aims to make the life and work of William Cobbett (1763-1835) better known. Founded 1976.

The Wilkie Collins Society

4 Ernest Gardens, London W4 3QU

email paul@paullewis.co.uk

website www.wilkiecollins.org

Secretary Paul Lewis

Membership £16 p.a. EU; £28 international

Aims to promote interest in the life and works of Wilkie Collins (1824–89). Publishes a newsletter, an annual scholarly journal and reprints of Collins’s lesser known works. Founded 1981.

The Joseph Conrad Society (UK)

c/o The Polish Social and Cultural Association, 238–246 King Street, London W6 0RF

email theconradian@aol.com

website www.josephconradsociety.org

Chairman Robert Hampson, Honorary Secretary Hugh Epstein, Editor of The Conradian Alex Fachard

Activities include an annual international conference; publication of The Conradian and a series of pamphlets; and maintenance of a substantial reference library as part of the Polish Library at the Polish Social and Cultural Association. Administers the Juliet McLauchlan Prize, a £200 annual award for the winner of an essay competition, and travel grants for scholars wishing to attend Conrad conferences. Founded 1973.

Walter de la Mare Society

3 Hazelwood Close, New River Crescent, Palmers Green, London N13 5RE

website www.walterdelamare.co.uk

Hon. Secretary & Treasurer Frances Guthrie

Membership £15 p.a.

Established to promote the study and deepen the appreciation of the works of Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) through a magazine, talks, discussions and other activities. Founded 1997.

Dickens Fellowship

The Charles Dickens Museum, 48 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LX

tel 020-7405 2127

email postbox@dickensfellowship.org

website www.dickensfellowship.org

Hon. Secretary Paul Graham

Membership £17 p.a.

Based in the house occupied by Charles Dickens (1812–70) during the period 1837–9. Publishes The Dickensian (3 p.a.). Founded 1902.

The Arthur Conan Doyle Society

PO Box 1360, Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0, Canada

tel + 1 250-453-2045

email sirhenry@telus.net

website www.ash-tree.bc.ca/acdsocy.html

Promotes the study of the life and works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930). Publishes ACD journal (bi-annual) and occasional reprints of Conan Doyle material. Occasional conventions. Founded 1989.

The George Eliot Fellowship

39 Lower Road, Barnacle, Coventry CV7 9LD

tel 024-7661 9126

email johnkburton43@gmail.com

website www.georgeeliot.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/TheGeorgeEliotFellowship/

Twitter @GeorgeEliotLove

President Jonathan G. Ouvry, Chairman John Burton

Membership £18 p.a. (£15 concessions) individuals; £23 p.a. (£20 concessions) for couples; £15 p.a. students (under 25)

Promotes an interest in the life and work of George Eliot (1819–80) and helps to extend her influence; arranges meetings, study days and conferences; produces an annual journal ( The George Eliot Review), newsletters and other publications. Back numbers of all editions of the George Eliot Review are now online, via the website. Works closely with educational establishments in the Nuneaton area. Awards the annual George Eliot Fellowship Prize (£500) for an essay on Eliot’s life or work, which must be previously unpublished and not exceed 4,000 words. The Fellowship is planning a wide variety of events and activities during 2019 to celebrate the bicentenary of George Eliot’s birth in 1819. Founded 1930.

The Folklore Society

c/o The Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB

tel 020-7862 8564

email thefolkloresociety@gmail.com

website www.folklore-society.com

Collection, recording and study of folklore. Founded 1878.

The Gaskell Society

37 Buckingham Drive, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8LH

tel (01565) 651761

email pamgriff54@gmail.com

website www.gaskellsociety.co.uk

Twitter @EGaskell

Secretary Mrs Pam Griffiths Membership £23 p.a.; £28 joint annual member/European member/institutions; £15 student in full time education; £30 non-European member

Promotes and encourages the study and appreciation of the work and life of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810–65). Holds regular meetings in Knutsford, London, Manchester and Bath, visits and residential conferences; produces an annual journal and biannual newsletters. Founded 1985.

Graham Greene Birthplace Trust

website www.grahamgreenebt.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/Graham-Greene-International-Festival-55327438605/

Twitter @GreeneFestival

Membership £12, £16 and £20 p.a. for the UK, Europe and ROW respectively; £32, £38 and £50 respectively for three years, all including the quarterly newsletter.

Exists to study the works of Graham Greene (1904–91). The Trust promotes the Annual Graham Greene Festival (20–23 September 2018) and Graham Greene trails in Berkhamsted. It publishes a quarterly newsletter, occasional papers, videos and CDs, and maintains a small library. It administers the Graham Greene Memorial Awards. Founded 1997.

The Thomas Hardy Society

c/o Dorset County Museum, High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1XA

tel (01305) 251501

email info@hardysociety.org

website www.hardysociety.org

Membership £24 p.a.; £35 overseas

Promotes and celebrates the work of Thomas Hardy (1840–1928). Publishes The Thomas Hardy Journal (annual) and The Hardy Society Journal (2 p.a.). Biennial conference held in Dorchester. Founded 1967.

The James Hilton Society

22 Well House, Woodmansterne Lane, Banstead, Surrey SM7 3AA

website www.jameshiltonsociety.co.uk

Chairman R. Hughes

Membership £13 p.a.; £10 concessions; £18 overseas

Promotes interest in the life and work of novelist and scriptwriter James Hilton (1900–54). Publishes a newsletter three times a year and a bi-annual scholarly journal, and organises conferences. Founded 2000.

The Sherlock Holmes Society of London

email shjournal@btinternet.com

website www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk

Press & Publicity Officer Roger Johnson

The Society is open to anyone with an interest in Sherlock Holmes, Dr John H. Watson and their world. A literary and social society, publishing a biannual scholarly journal and occasional papers, and holding meetings, dinners and excursions. Founded 1951.

Housman Society

Abberley Cottage, 7 Dowles Road, Bewdley DY12 2EJ

email info@housman-society.co.uk

website www.housman-society.co.uk

Membership £15 p.a. UK; £20 p.a. overseas

Aims to foster interest in and promote knowledge of A.E. Housman (1859–1936) and his family. Sponsors a lecture at the Hay Festival. Publishes an annual journal and bi-annual newsletter. Founded 1973.

The Johnson Society

Johnson Birthplace Museum, Breadmarket Street, Lichfield, Staffs. WS13 6LG

tel (01543) 264972

email info@thejohnsonsociety.org.uk

website www.johnsonnew.wordpress.com

General Secretary Marilyn Davies

Aims to encourage the study of the life and works of Dr Samuel Johnson (1709–84); to preserve the memorials, associations, books, manuscripts and letters of Dr Johnson and his contemporaries; and to work with the local council in the preservation of his birthplace.

Johnson Society of London

email memsec@johnsonsocietyoflondon.org

website www.johnsonsocietyoflondon.org

President Lord Harmsworth

Membership £25 p.a. individual; £30 joint, £20 student

Promotes the study the life and works of Dr Johnson (1709–84) and perpetuates his memory in the city of his adoption. Founded 1928.

Keats-Shelley Memorial Association

website www.keats-shelley.co.uk

Owns and supports house in Rome where John Keats died, as a museum open to the public; celebrates the poets Keats (1795–1821), Shelley (1792–1822) and Leigh Hunt (1784–1859). Regular meetings; poetry competitions; annual Review; two literary awards; and progress reports. The Keats-Shelley Memorial Association runs the annual Keats-Shelley Poetry and Essay Prize, and the Young Romantics Poetry and Essay Prize, open to young writers aged 16–18. Founded 1903.

The Kipling Society

31 Brookside, Billericay, Essex CM11 1DT

email john.lambert1@btinternet.com

website www.kipling.org.uk

Hon. Secretary John Lambert

Membership £29 p.a.; £14 under age 23

Encourages discussion and study of the work and life of Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), to assist in the study of his writings, to hold discussion meetings, to publish a quarterly journal and website, with a Readers’ Guide to Kipling’s work, and to maintain a Kipling Library in London.

The Charles Lamb Society

BM-ELIA, London WC1N 3XX

website www.charleslambsociety.com

Chairman Nicholas Powell, Membership Secretary Cecilia Powell

Membership Personal: £24/$45 p.a. individual; £32 couple; £32/$60 corporate

Publishes the academic journal The Charles Lamb Bulletin (twice a year). The Society’s extensive library of books and MSS by and about Charles Lamb (1775–1834) is housed at the Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2P 2EJ. Founded 1935.

The D.H. Lawrence Society

email dhlawrencesociety@gmail.com

website www.dhlawrencesociety.com

Chairman M.J. Gray, Treasurer Sheila Bamford

Membership £20 p.a. ordinary; £22 overseas; £18 UK retired persons and students

Aims to bring together people interested in D.H. Lawrence (1885’1930), to encourage study of his work, and to provide information and guides for people visiting Eastwood. Founded 1974.

The T.E. Lawrence Society

PO Box 728, Oxford OX2 9ZJ

email chairman@telsociety.org.uk

website www.telsociety.org.uk

Membership £24 p.a. UK; £32 overseas (discounts available for membership benefits received via email)

Promotes the memory of T.E. Lawrence (1888–1935) and furthers education and knowledge by research into his life; publishes Journal (bi-annual) and Newsletter (three p.a.). Founded 1985.

The Marlowe Society

email kenneth.pickering@marlowe-society.org

website www.marlowe-society.org

Chairman Ken Pickering, Secretary Peter Cherry

Aims to extend appreciation and widen recognition of Christopher Marlowe (1564–93) as the foremost poet and dramatist preceding Shakespeare, whose development he influenced. Holds meetings and cultural visits, and issues a bi-annual magazine and an occasional research journal. See website for subscription rates. Founded 1955.

The John Masefield Society

40 Mill Way, Bushey, Herts. WD23 2AG

tel (01923) 246047

email robert.vaughan110@gmail.com

website www.ies.sas.ac.uk/node/496

Chairman Bob Vaughan

Membership £5 p.a.; £10 overseas; £8 family/institution

Promotes the life and works of the poet John Masefield (1878–1967). Holds an annual lecture and other, less formal, readings and gatherings; publishes an annual journal and frequent newsletters. Founded 1992.

William Morris Society

Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, London W6 9TA

tel 020-8741 3735

email info@williammorrissociety.org.uk

website www.williammorrissociety.org

Honorary Secretary Natalia Martynenko-Hunt

Spreads knowledge of the life, work and ideas of William Morris (1834–96); publishes newsletter (quarterly) and journal (two p.a.). Library and collections open to the public Thurs and Sat, 2–5pm. Founded 1955.

The Edith Nesbit Society

21 Churchfields, West Malling, Kent ME19 6RJ

email edithnesbit@gmail.com

website www.edithnesbit.co.uk

Membership £10 p.a. individual; £12 p.a. joint; £15 organisations

Promotes an interest in the life and works of Edith Nesbit (1858–1924) by means of talks, a regular newsletter and other publications, and visits to relevant places. Founded 1996.

Wilfred Owen Association

email woa@1914-18.co.uk

website www.wilfredowen.org.uk

Commemorates the life and work of Wilfred Owen (1893–1918); encourages and enhances appreciation of his work through visits, public events and a biannual journal. Founded 1989.

The Beatrix Potter Society

email info@beatrixpottersociety.org.uk

website www.beatrixpottersociety.org.uk

Membership £30 p.a. UK; £36 overseas; £35/£41 commercial/institutional

Promotes the study and appreciation of the life and works of Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) as author, artist, diarist, farmer and conservationist. Regular lecture meetings, conferences and events in the UK and USA. Quarterly newsletter. Small publishing programme. Founded 1980.

The Powys Society

Flat D, 87 Ledbury Road, London W11 2AG

tel 020-7243 0168

email chris.d.thomas@hotmail.co.uk

website www.powys-society.org

Hon. Secretary Chris Thomas

Membership £22 p.a. UK; £26 overseas

Promotes the greater public recognition and enjoyment of the writings, thought and contribution to the arts of the Powys family, particularly John Cowper (1872–1963), Theodore (1875–1953) and Llewelyn (1884–1939) Powys, and the many other family members and their close friends. Publishes an annual scholarly journal ( The Powys Journal) and three newsletters per year as well as books by and about the Powys family, and holds an annual weekend conference in August, as well as organising other activities throughout the year. Founded 1967.

The J.B. Priestley Society

Eldwick Crag Farm, High Eldwick, Bingley, W. Yorkshire BD16 3BB

email reavill@globalnet.co.uk

website www.jbpriestleysociety.com

General Secretary Rod Slater (rodslater7@gmail.com), Information Officer Roger Statham (stathamwass@btinternet.com), Membership Secretary Tony Reavill

Membership £15 p.a. single; £20 family; £10 concessions

Promotes the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the published works of J.B. Priestley (1894–1984) and the study of his life and career. Holds lectures and discussions and shows films. Publishes a newsletter and journal. Organises walks to areas with Priestley connections, Annual Priestley Luncheon and other social events. Founded 1997.

The Ruskin Society

email info@theruskinsociety.com

website www.theruskinsociety.com

Membership £15 p.a.

Celebrates the life, work and legacy of John Ruskin (1819–1900). Organises lectures and events exploring Ruskin’s ideas and placing them in a modern context. Awards an annual book prize for new books about Ruskin. Founded 1997.

The Malcolm Saville Society

11 Minster Court, Windsor Close, Taunton TA1 4LW

email mystery@witchend.com

website www.witchend.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/MalcolmSaville

Twitter @MSavilleSociety

Membership £15 p.a. UK; £17.50 Europe; £21 elsewhere

Promotes interest in the work of Malcolm Saville (1901–82), children’s author. Regular social activities, library, contact directory and magazine (four p.a.). Founded 1994.

The Dorothy L. Sayers Society

Gimsons, Kings Chase, Witham, Essex CM8 1AX

tel (01376) 515626

email info@sayers.org.uk

website www.sayers.org.uk

Chair Seona Ford, Secretaries Lenelle Davis, Jasmine Simeone

Membership £20 p.a. UK and worldwide for electronic version of Bulletin. Paper version (mailed): £24 UK, £27 Europe, £30 rest of world; under 25s £10 for electronic version of Bulletin only.

Aims to promote and encourage the study of the works of Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957); to collect archive materials and reminiscences about her and make them available to students and biographers; to hold an annual conference and other meetings; to publish Proceedings, pamphlets and a bi-monthly Bulletin; to make grants and awards. Founded 1976.

The Shaw Society

tel 020-7435 6497

email contact@shawsociety.org.uk

website www.shawsociety.org.uk

Chairman Dr Anne Wright CBE

Membership £25/$40 p.a.

Works towards the improvement and diffusion of knowledge of the life and works of Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) and his circle. Publishes The Shavian. Meets monthly (not July, August or December) at The Actors Centre, 1A Tower Street, off Earlham Street, London WC2H 9NP for script-in-hand performances and discussion. Play-reading Group meets on the first Thursday (for details see website or telephone).

The Robert Louis Stevenson Club

website www.robert-louis-stevenson.org

Aims to foster interest in Robert Louis Stevenson’s life (1850–94) and works through various events and its newsletter. Founded 1920.

The Tennyson Society

Lincolnshire Archives, St Rumbold Street, Lincoln LN2 5AB

tel (01522) 687837

email kathleen.jefferson@lincolnshire.gov.uk

website www.tennysonsociety.org.uk

Membership £14 p.a.; £16 family; £25 institutions

Promotes the study and understanding of the life and work of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–92) and supports the Tennyson Research Centre in Lincoln. Holds lectures, visits and seminars; publishes the Tennyson Research Bulletin (annual), Monographs and Occasional Papers; tapes/recordings available. Founded 1960.

Angela Thirkell Society

website www.angelathirkellsociety.co.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/angelathirkellappreciationgroup

Membership £10 p.a.

The Society aims ‘to honour the memory of Angela Thirkell (1890–1960) as a writer, and to make her works available to new generations’ . Publishes an annual journal, encourages Thirkell studies and works in cooperation with its North American branch (www.angelathirkell.org). Founded 1980.

The Edward Thomas Fellowship

Fairlands, Finchmead Lane, Stroud, Petersfield, Hampshire GU32 3PF

email mitchjd.etf@outlook.com

website www.edward-thomas-fellowship.org.uk

Chairman Jeremy Mitchell

Membership £15 p.a.

Celebrates the life and work of Edward Thomas (1878–1917), poet and writer, and assists in the preservation of places associated with him and arranges events which extend fellowship amongst his admirers. In partnership with Petersfield Museum, the Fellowship has established the Edward Thomas Study Centre at the museum based around the Tim Wilton-Steer collection of books by and about Edward Thomas. There are over 2,000 books and artefacts in the collection, which are available to researchers and readers. Contact Jeremy Mitchell for access arrangements. Founded 1980.

Dylan Thomas Society

email info@dylandthomassociety.com

website dylanthomassociety.com

Chairman Geoff Haden

Membership £10 p.a. single; £15 p.a. double; Patrons £25

Promotes an interest in the works of Dylan Thomas (1914–53) and other writers. Founded 1977.

The Tolkien Society

email membership@tolkiensociety.org

website www.tolkiensociety.org

Membership £30 p.a.; £10 student; £2 p.a. Entings (under 16s)

The Trollope Society

PO Box 505, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 9RW

tel (01747) 839799

email info@trollopesociety.org

website www.trollopesociety.org

Chairman Michael Williamson JP DL

Membership £26 p.a. UK; £36 international

Has produced the first ever complete edition of the novels of Anthony Trollope (1815–82). Founded 1987.

The Turner Society

BCM Box Turner, London WC1N 3XX

website www.turnersociety.com

Membership £30 p.a. individuals; £30 p.a. overseas surface mail; £45 p.a. overseas airmail; Life Member £600

Fosters a wider appreciation of all aspects of the work of J.M.W. Turner RA (1775–1851); to encourage exhibitions of his paintings, drawings and engravings. Publishes Turner Society News (two p.a.). Founded 1975.

The Walmsley Society

April Cottage, 1 Brand Road, Hampden Park, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN22 9PX

website www.walmsleysoc.org

Secretary Fred Lane

Promotes and encourages an appreciation of the literary and artistic heritage left to us by Leo Walmsley (1892–1966) and J. Ulric Walmsley (1860–1954). Founded 1985.

Mary Webb Society

Old Barn Cottage, 10 Barrow Hall Farm, Village Road, Great Barrow, Chester, Cheshire CH3 7JH

tel (01829) 740592

email suehigginbotham@yahoo.co.uk

website www.marywebbsociety.co.uk

Secretary Sue Higginbotham

For devotees of the literature and works of Mary Webb (1881–1927) and of the Shropshire countryside of her novels. Publishes two newsletters p.a., organises four events p.a. including a two-day Summer School in various locations related to Webb’s life and works. Lectures and tours arranged for individuals and groups. The Society archive is continually being added to. Founded 1972.

The H.G. Wells Society

153 Kenilworth Crescent, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 3RG

email secretaryhgwellssociety@hotmail.com

website www.hgwellssociety.com

Chairman Dr Emelyne Godfrey (emelynegodfrey@yahoo.com), Secretary Brian Jukes

Membership £20 p.a. UK (£13 retired/student/unwaged); £24 EU (£17); £27 rest of world (£20); Institutions: £25 p.a. UK, £30 EU, £35 rest of world

Promotes an active interest in and an appreciation of the life, work and thought of H.G. Wells (1866–1946). Publishes The Wellsian (annual) and The Newsletter (bi-annual). Founded 1960.

The Oscar Wilde Society

email secretary@oscarwildesociety.co.uk

website www.oscarwildesociety.co.uk

Membership Secretary Veronika Binoeder, Hon. Secretary Vanessa Heron

Promotes knowledge, appreciation and study of the life, personality and works of the writer and wit Oscar Wilde (1854–1900). Activities include meetings, lectures, readings and exhibitions, and visits to associated locations. Members receive a journal, The Wildean (two p.a.), a newsletter/journal, Intentions (four p.a.) and regular e-newsletters. Founded 1990.

The Henry Williamson Society

General Secretary Will Harris, 46 Brambledown Road, Wallington SM6 0TF 020-8395 9978

email wjh@blueyonder.co.uk

Membership Secretary Margaret Murphy, 16 Doran

Drive, Redhill, Surrey RH1 6AX (01737) 763228

email margaretmurphy567@gmail.com

website www.henrywilliamson.co.uk

Encourages a wider readership and greater understanding of the literary heritage left by Henry Williamson (1895–1977). Founded 1980.

The P.G. Wodehouse Society (UK)

email info@pgwodehousesociety.org.uk

website www.pgwodehousesociety.org.uk

Membership £22 p.a.

Promotes the enjoyment of P.G. Wodehouse (1881’1975). Publishes Wooster Sauce (quarterly) and By The Way papers (four p.a.) which cover diverse subjects of Wodehousean interest. Holds events, entertainments and meetings throughout Britain. Founded 1997.

Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain

Fairhaven, Charnleys Lane, Banks, Southport PR9 8HJ

tel (01704) 225232

email stuart.n.clarke@btinternet.com

website www.virginiawoolfsociety.co.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/VWSGB

Membership Secretary Stuart N. Clarke

Membership £18 p.a.; £23 Europe; £26 outside Europe

Acts as a forum for British admirers of Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) to meet, correspond and share their enjoyment of her work. Publishes the Virginia Woolf Bulletin. Founded 1998.

Francis Brett Young Society

92 Gower Road, Halesowen, West Midlands B62 9BT

tel 0121 422 8969

email michael.hall10@gmail.com

website www.fbysociety.co.uk

Chairman Dr Michael Hall, Secretary Mrs J. Hadley

Membership £7 p.a., £70 life for individual; £10 p.a., £100 life joint; £5 p.a. full-time students; £7 p.a. societies and institutions

Provides opportunities for members to meet, correspond, and to share the enjoyment of the works of Francis Brett Young (1884’1954). Publishes a journal (two p.a.). Founded 1979.

ART, ILLUSTRATION AND PHOTOGRAPHY

The Association of Illustrators

Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA

tel 020-7759 1010

email info@theaoi.com

website www.theaoi.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/theaoi

Twitter @theaoi

Trade association which supports illustrators, promotes illustration and encourages professional standards in the industry. Publishes Varoom magazine (two p.a.); presents an annual programme of events; annual competition, exhibition and tour of the World Illustration Awards in partnership with the Directory of Illustration (www.theaoi.com/awards). Founded 1973.

The Association of Photographers

Studio 9, Holborn Studios, 49/50 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED

tel 020-7739 6669

email info@aophoto.co.uk

website www.the-aop.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/

AssociationOfPhotographers

Twitter @AssocPhoto

Membership See website for options

Exists to protect and promote the interests of fashion advertising and editorial photographers. Founded 1968.

Axisweb

email hello@axisweb.org

website www.axisweb.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/axisweb.org

Twitter @axisweb

Axisweb is an indepedent charity providing a platform to support artists and profile what they do. Axisweb’s programme reflects the artists’ voice, presenting new aspects and forms of expression to local, national and international audiences. Through membership, Asixweb supports artists and art professionals with insurance, networking, space, opportunities, awards, profiling, advice and mentoring.

BAPLA (British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies)

59 Tranquil Vale, Blackheath, London SE3 0BS

tel 020-8297 1198

email enquiries@bapla.org.uk

website www.bapla.org.uk

Membership Manager Susanne Kittlinger

The British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies (BAPLA) is the trade association for picture libraries in the UK, and has been a trade body since 1975. Members include the major news, stock and production agencies as well as sole traders and cultural heritage institutions.

The Blackpool Art Society

The Studio, Wilkinson Avenue, Off Woodland Grove, Blackpool FY3 9HB

tel (01253) 768297

email sec@blackpoolartsociety.co.uk

website www.blackpoolartsociety.co.uk

Various exhibitions (members’ work only). Studio meetings, demonstrations, workshops, lectures, out-of-door sketching. New members always welcome. See website for more details. Founded 1884.

British Institute of Professional Photography

Ardenham Court, Oxford Road, Aylesbury, Bucks HP19 8HT

tel (01296) 642020

email info@bipp.com

website www.bipp.com

Chief Executive Chris Harper

Represents all who practise photography as a profession in any field; to improve the quality of photography; establish recognised qualifications and a high standard of conduct; to safeguard the interests of the public and the profession. Admission can be obtained by submission of work and other information to the appropriate examining board.

Fellows, Associates and Licentiates are entitled to the designation FBIPP, ABIPP or LBIPP in accordance with the qualification awarded. Organises numerous meetings and conferences in various parts of the country throughout the year; publishes The Photographer magazine (bi-monthly), plus various pamphlets and leaflets on professional photography. Founded 1901; incorporated 1921.

British Interactive Media Association

49 Greek Street, London W1D 4EG

tel 020-3538 6607

website www.bima.co.uk

Membership Open to any organisation or individual with an interest in multimedia

BIMA is Britain’s digital community which connects, develops and champions the industry. Membership of BIMA can lead to the extension of professional networks, attracting and developing talent, business growth and raising professional profiles. It also gives members a voice on issues affecting the industry. Founded 1985.

Bureau of Freelance Photographers

Vision House, PO Box 474, Hatfield AL10 1FY

tel (01707) 651450

email mail@thebfp.com

website www.thebfp.com

Chief Executive John Tracy

Membership £54 p.a. UK; £70 p.a. overseas

Exists to help the freelance photographer by providing information on markets, and free advisory service. Publishes Market Newsletter (monthly). Founded 1965.

Cartoonists Club of Great Britain

email secretary@thecartoonistsclub.com

email membership@thecartoonistsclub.com

website www.ccgb.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/TheCartoonistsClub/

The UK’s largest cartoonists’ organisation, started by Fleet Street cartoonists in the 1960s and providing a social base for cartoonists wherever they may live/work. It has grown to include many different types of cartoonist. In addition to events around the country, members also visit events abroad, including a regular annual convention in Malta. It has a thriving online presence with its own website with several forums, including one for non-members that helps interested budding cartoonists to raise their game. Members have their own private forum and a members portfolio so that they can promote their work. The club’s Facebook page is another lively cartoon-related news source as is the monthly magazine The Jester.

The Chartered Society of Designers

1 Cedar Court, Royal Oak Yard, Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3GA

tel 020-7357 8088

email info@csd.org.uk

website www.csd.org.uk

Works to promote and regulate standards of competence, professional conduct and integrity, including representation on government and official bodies, design education and awards. The services to members include general information, publications, guidance on copyright and other professional issues, access to professional indemnity insurance, as well as the membership magazine The Designer. Activities in the regions are included in an extensive annual programme of events and training courses.

Event & Visual Communication Association (EVCOM)

23 Golden Square, London W1F 9JP

tel 020-7287 1002

email info@evcom.org.uk

website www.evcom.org.uk

Twitter @EVCOMUK

Created from two highly successful organisations, eventia and IVCA, EVCOM is comprised of a wide variety of leading professionals, agencies, freelances, destinations, production companies and suppliers; all working throughout the events and visual communications sector.

Federation of British Artists

17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5BD

tel 020-7930 6844

website www.railart.co.uk

website www.mallgalleries.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/mallgalleries

Twitter @mallgalleries

Administers nine major National Art Societies as well as the Threadneedle Prize at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1.

Fine Art Trade Guild

2 Wye House, 6 Enterprise Way, London SW18 1FZ

tel 020-7381 6616

email info@fineart.co.uk

website www.fineart.co.uk

Managing Director Louise Hay

Promotes the sale of fine art prints and picture framing in the UK and overseas markets; establishes and raises standards amongst members and communicates these to the buying public. The Guild publishes Art + Framing Today, the trade’s longest established magazine, and various specialist books. Founded 1910.

FOCAL International Ltd (Federation of Commercial AudioVisual Libraries International Ltd)

79 College Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 1BD

tel 020-7663 8090

email info@focalint.org

website www.focalint.org

A not-for-profit trade association for the commercial audio visual library industry, with over 300 members. Founded 1985.

Free Painters & Sculptors

Registered office 14 John Street, London WC1N 2EB

email info@freepaintersandsculptors.co.uk

website www.freepaintersandsculptors.co.uk

Promotes group shows twice a year in prestigious galleries in London. Sponsors all that is exciting in contemporary art.

The Greeting Card Association

United House, North Road, London N7 9DP

tel 020-7619 0396

email gca@max-publishing.co.uk

website www.greetingcardassociation.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/

GreetingCardAssociation

Twitter @GCAUK

Chief Executive Sharon Little

The trade association for greeting card publishers. See website for information and contacts for freelance designing and writing for greeting cards. Official magazine: Progressive Greetings Worldwide. Founded 1919.

The Guild of Aviation Artists

(incorporating the Society of Aviation Artists) Studio 100, Rye House, 113 High Street, Ruislip HA4 8JN

tel (03331) 302223

email admin@gava.org.uk

website www.gava.org.uk

President Michael Turner

Membership £65 p.a. Full (by invitation); £50

Associates (by selection); £30 Friends; £15 Young Friends (aged under 25 years and in continuing education)

Formed to promote aviation art through the organisation of exhibitions and meetings. Holds annual open exhibition in July in London; £1,000 prize for ‘Aviation Painting of the Year’. Quarterly members’ newsletter. Founded 1971.

Guild of Railway Artists

Aims to forge a link between artists depicting railway subjects and to give members a corporate identity; also stages railway art exhibitions and members’ meetings and produces books of members’ works. Founded 1979.

Hesketh Hubbard Art Society

17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5BD

tel 020-7930 6844

website www.mallgalleries.org.uk

President Simon Whittle

Membership £225 p.a.

Offers both amateur and professional artists the opportunity to work from life models in untutored sessions. Membership includes 48 drawing sessions and no cover charge. Prospective members are invited to attend one session free before deciding if they wish to apply for membership.

The Hilliard Society of Miniaturists

c/o 26 St Cuthbert Avenue, Wells, BA5 2JW

email hilliardsociety@aol.com

website www.hilliardsociety.org

President Joyce Rowsell, Executive Secretary Heather Webb

Membership £60 p.a.; Friend Member £25 p.a.

Aims to increase knowledge and promote the art of miniature painting. Annual exhibition held in June at Wells; produces a newsletter. Founded 1982.

Institute of Designers in Ireland

Fumbally Exchange, 5 Dame Lane, Dublin D02 HC67, Republic of Ireland

email info@idi-design.ie

website www.idi-design.ie

Irish design profession’s representative body, covering every field of design. Founded 1972.

International Society of Typographic Designers

ISTD Ltd, PO Box 7002, London W1A 2TY

website www.istd.org.uk

Working closely with graphic design educationalists and the professional community, the International Society of Typographic Designers establishes, maintains and promotes typographic standards through the forum of debate and design practice.

Membership is awarded to practising designers, educators and students who demonstrate, through the quality of their work, their commitment to achieving the highest possible quality of visual communication. It publishes a journal, Typographic. Students of typography and graphic design are encouraged to gain membership of the Society by entering the annual student assessment scheme. Founded 1928.

Master Photographers Association

Jubilee House, 1 Chancery Lane, Darlington, Co. Durham DL1 5QP

tel (01325) 356555

email membership@thempa.com

website www.thempa.com

Promotes and protects professional photographers. With over 60 years in the professional photography industry, the MPA prides itself in developing some of the industry’s leading photographers.

National Acrylic Painters’ Association

website www.napauk.com

Director Anthony Gribbin

Promotes interest in, and encourages excellence and innovation in, the work of painters in acrylic. Holds an annual exhibition and regional shows: awards are made. Worldwide membership. Publishes a newsletter known as the International NAPA Newspages. Founded 1985 by Ken Hodgson; American Division established 1995, now known as International Society of Acrylic Painters (ISAP).

National Society for Education in Art and Design

3 Mason’s Wharf, Potley Lane, Corsham, Wilts. SN13 9FY

tel (01225) 810134

email info@nsead.org

website www.nsead.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/NSEADOnline

Twitter @LBNSEAD

General Secretary Lesley Butterworth, Assistant General Secretary Sophie Leach

The leading national authority concerned with art, craft and design across all phases of education in the UK. Offers the benefits of membership of a professional association, a learned society and a trade union. Has representatives on national and regional committees concerned with art and design education. Publishes International Journal of Art and Design Education online (three p.a.; Wiley Blackwell) and AD magazine for teachers. Founded 1888.

National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers

website www.nationalsociety.org

Formed to communicate innovative painting, sculpture and printmaking with a wide audience. Founded 1931.

The Pastel Society

Meets on Monday evenings upstairs in the North London Tavern, 375 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7QB; 7.30p.m., just turn up. The society reads, performs and discusses plays and scripts submitted by members, with a view to assisting the writers in improving and marketing their work and enabling actors to showcase their talents. New writers and new acting members are always welcome. Founded 1948.

website www.thepastelsociety.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/thepastelsociety

Twitter @pastelsociety

Pastel and drawings in all dry media. Annual Exhibition open to all artists working in dry media held at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1. Members elected from approved candidates’ list. Founded 1898.

The Picture Research Association

tel 07825 788343

email chair@picture-research.org.uk

website www.picture-research.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/PictureResearchAssociation

Twitter @PRA_Association

The PRA is a professional organisation of picture researchers and picture editors specifically involved in the research, management and supply of visual material to the media industry. Its aims are:

• To promote the recognition of picture research, management, editing, picture buying and supplying as a profession requiring particular skills and knowledge.

• To bring together all those involved in the picture profession and provide a forum for information exchange and interaction.

• To encourage publishers, TV and video production organisations, internet companies, and any other users of images to use the PRA freelance register and engage a member of PRA to obtain them, thus ensuring that professional standards and copyright clearances are adhered to and maintained.

• To advise those specifically wishing to embark on a profession in the research and supply of pictures for all types of visual media information, providing guidelines and standards in so doing.

Registered members are listed on the website and can be located through the Find Researchers page, along with lots of useful information about the picture industry. Founded 1977.

Printmakers Council

Ground Floor Unit, 23 Blue Anchor Lane, London SE16 3UL

tel 07531 883250

email printpmc@gmail.com

website www.printmakerscouncil.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/PrintmakersCouncil/

Twitter @PMCouncil

Membership £75 p.a.; £30 students, join online

Artist-led group which aims to promote the use of both traditional and innovative printmaking techniques by: holding exhibitions of prints; providing information on prints and printmaking to both its membership and the public and; encouraging cooperation and exchanges between members, other associations and interested individuals.

Archives held by the V&A and Scarborough Museums Trust. Founded 1965.

Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation

email info@procartoonists.org

website www.procartoonists.org

Membership £80 p.a.

An organisation dedicated to the promotion of UK cartoon art in new media and old. Cartoons provide much-needed humour and satire to society and are a universally appreciated, effective method of communication for business. The organisation showcases UK cartoonists via its magazine, Foghorn, cartoon news blog (Bloghorn), and public events such as the annual Big Draw and cartoon festivals. Founded 2006.

SAA (Society for All Artists)

PO Box 50, Newark, Notts. NG23 5GY

tel 0800 980 1123

email info@saa.co.uk

website www.saa.co.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/WeAreTheSAA

Twitter @The_SAA

Membership from £32 p.a.

Aims to encourage and inspire all artists. Members range from complete beginners to professionals. SAA is the largest art society with over 43,000 members, and welcomes new members. Membership includes paintings insurance for exhibitions and third-party public liability, exclusive discounts and offers on art materials from the society’s Home Shop catalogue and the inspirational Paint magazine (bi-monthly). Founded 1992.

The Society of Botanical Artists

Registered office: 1 Knapp Cottages, Wyke, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4NQ

tel (01747) 825718

email pam@soc-botanical-artists.org

website www.soc-botanical-artists.org

President Sandra Wall Armitage, Executive Secretary Mrs Pam Henderson

Membership Through selection. £175 p.a.; £25 friend members

Aims to encourage the art of botanical painting. No open exhibition in 2018 in the UK, but entry details for 2019 will be available on the website. Founded 1985.

Society of Graphic Fine Art

email enquiries@sgfa.org.uk

website www.sgfa.org.uk

President Jackie Devereux PSGFA

The Society of Graphic Fine Art (The Drawing Society) exists to promote and exhibit works of high quality in colour or black and white, with the emphasis on good drawing and draughtsmanship, in pencil, pen, brush, charcoal or any of the forms of original printmaking. The Society holds an annual Open Exhibition with prizes and awards in many categories. The Society’s journal can be found at http://sgfajournal.wordpress.com. Founded 1919.

Society of Heraldic Arts

53 Hitchen Street, Baldock, Hertfordshire, SG7 6AQ

email sha.honsec@gmail.com

website www.heraldic-arts.com

Hon. Secretary John J. Tunesi of Liongam

Serves the interests of heraldic artists, craftsmen, designers and writers, to provide a ‘shop window’ for their work, to obtain commissions on their behalf and to act as a forum for the exchange of information and ideas. Also offers an information service to the public. Candidates for admission as craft members should be artists or craftsmen whose work comprises a substantial element of heraldry and is of a sufficiently high standard to satisfy the requirements of the Society’s advisory council. Founded 1987.

The Society of Limners

Contact Diana Altman, 41 Canal Wharf, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8EY

tel (01243) 527422

email societyoflimners@outlook.com

website www.societyoflimners.co.uk

Membership £45 p.a., £25 Friends (open to non-exhibitors); £55/£35 overseas

The Society’s aims are to promote an interest in miniature painting (in any medium), calligraphy and heraldry and encourage their development to a high standard. New members are elected after the submission of four works of acceptable standard and guidelines are provided for new artists. Members receive up to three newsletters a year and an annual exhibition is arranged. At least one painting weekend is held each year and occasional seminars. Founded 1986.

Society of Scribes and Illuminators

Hon. Secretary 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT

email honsec@calligraphyonline.org

website www.calligraphyonline.org

Membership £46 Fellows; £37 Lay members; £30 Friends

Aims to promote and preserve the art of calligraphy, bringing the beauty of handwritten letters to the modern world, moving with the times to embrace contemporary lettering whilst upholding the traditions of the craft. Education programme includes a correspondence course, an advanced training scheme, mentorship towards fellowship, a programme of study days, a series of masterclasses and recommendations for local learning opportunities. A specialist sales shop and an archive/library are available to members. Founded 1921.

Society of Wildlife Artists

17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5BD

tel 020-7930 6844

website www.swla.co.uk

President Harriet Mead

Aims to promote and encourage the art of wildlife painting and sculpture. Open Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1, for any artist whose work depicts wildlife subjects (botanical and domestic animals are not admissable).

The Society of Women Artists

Foxcote Cottage, Foxcote, Andoversford, Cheltenham, Glos. GL54 4LP

tel 07528 477002

email rebeccacottonswa@gmail.com

website www.society-women-artists.org.uk

President Soraya French, Executive Secretary Rebecca Cotton

Membership Election by invitation, based on work submitted to the exhibition

Receiving day in July for annual open exhibition held in September at Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1. Founded in 1855, the Society continues to promote art by women.

FILM, THEATRE AND TELEVISION

AITA/IATA asbl International Amateur Theatre Association

email secretariat@aitaiata.org

website www.aitaiata.net

Facebook www.facebook.com/aitaiata/

President Rob Van Genechten, Vice-President &

Councillor Tim Jebsen, Treasurer & Councillor Villy Dall

Encourages, fosters and promotes exchanges of community and non-professional theatre and of student, educational and adult theatre activities at international level. Organises international seminars, workshops, courses and conferences, and collates information of all types for national and international dissemination. Holds a biennial General Assembly and International Amateur Theatre Festival and a biennial World Festival of Children’s Theatre. Every other General Assembly is held in Monaco and every other Festival of Children’s Theatre is held in Lingen, Germany.

BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts)

195 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LN

tel 020-7734 0022

email info@bafta.org

website www.bafta.org

Chief Executive Amanda Berry OBE

The UK’s pre-eminent, independent charity supporting, developing and promoting the art forms of the moving image (film, TV and games) by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public. BAFTA’s awards are awarded annually by its members to their peers in recognition of their skills and expertise. BAFTA’s year-round learning programme offers unique access to some of the world’s most inspiring talent through workshops, masterclasses, lectures and mentoring schemes, connecting with audiences of all ages and backgrounds across the UK, Los Angeles and New York. Founded 1947.

BFI (British Film Institute)

21 Stephen Street, London W1T 1LN

tel 020-7255 1444

website www.bfi.org.uk

The BFI is the lead organisation for film in the UK with the ambition to create a flourishing film environment in which innovation, opportunity and creativity can thrive by:

• connecting audiences to the widest choice of British and World cinema;

• preserving and restoring the most significant film collection in the world for today and future generations;

• championing emerging and world class film-makers in the UK;

• investing in creative, distinctive and entertaining work;

• promoting British film talent to the world;

• growing the next generation of film makers and audiences.

The BFI is a Government arm’s-length body and distributor of Lottery funds for film. The BFI serves a public role which covers the cultural, creative and economic aspects of film in the UK. It delivers this role:

• as the UK-wide organisation for film, a charity core funded by Government;

• by providing Lottery and Government funds for film across the UK;

• by working with partners to advance the position of film across the UK. Founded 1933.

BECTU (Broadcasting Entertainment Communications and Theatre Union)

373–377 Clapham Road, London SW9 9BT

tel 020-7346 0900

email info@bectu.org.uk

website www.bectu.org.uk

Head of BECTUG. Morrissey

BECTU (a sector of the Prospect union) aims to defend the interests of writers in film, TV and radio. By virtue of its industrial strength, the Union is able to help its writer members to secure favourable terms and conditions. In cases of disputes with employers, the Union can intervene in order to ensure an equitable settlement. Its production agreement with Pact lays down minimum terms for writers working in the documentary area. Founded 1991.

Independent Theatre Council

The Albany, Douglas Way, London SE8 4AG

tel 020-7403 1727

email admin@itc-arts.org

website https://www.itc-arts.org/

Twitter @itc_arts

The Independent Theatre Council exists to enable the creation of high quality professional performing arts by supporting, representing and developing the people who manage and produce it. It has around 500 members from a wide range of companies, venues and individuals in the fields of drama, dance, opera, musical theatre, puppetry, mixed media, mime, physical theatre and circus. Founded 1974.

Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain

tel (01388) 730042

website www.littletheatreguild.org

Promotes closer cooperation amongst the little theatres constituting its membership; to act as a coordinating and representative body on behalf of the little theatres; to maintain and advance the highest standards in the art of theatre; and to assist in encouraging the establishment of other little theatres.

Pact (Producers’ Alliance for Cinema and Television)

3rd Floor, Fitzrovia House, 153–157 Cleveland Street, London W1T 6QW

tel 020-7380 8230

email info@pact.co.uk

website www.pact.co.uk

Twitter @PactUK

Chief Executive John McVay

The UK trade association that represents and promotes the commercial interests of independent feature film, television, animation and interactive media companies. Headquartered in London, it has regional representation throughout the UK, in order to support its members. An effective lobbying organisation, it has regular and constructive dialogues with government, regulators, public agencies and opinion formers on all issues affecting its members, and contributes to key public policy debates on the media industry, both in the UK and in Europe. It negotiates terms of trade with all public service broadcasters in the UK and supports members in their business dealings with cable and satellite channels. It also lobbies for a properly structured and funded UK film industry and maintains close contact with other relevant film organisations and government departments.

Player–Playwrights

email lynneplay@gmail.com

website www.playerplaywrights.co.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/playerplaywrights/

Secretary Lynne O’Sullivan

Membership £12 in first year and £8 thereafter (plus £2.50 per attendance). Guests and audience welcome (non-members £4 entrance).

The Society for Theatre Research

c/o Theatres Trust, 22 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0QL

email contact1@str.org.uk

website www.str.org.uk

Joint Hon. Secretaries Diana Fraser and Chris Abbot

Supporting and promoting theatre research since 1948. Publishes the journal Theatre Notebook along with at least one major book per year, holds public lectures, and makes annual research grants. Also awards an annual prize for best book published in English on British Theatre.

TRANSLATION

American Literary Translators Association

email elisabeth@literarytranslators.org

website www.literarytranslators.org

Executive Director Elisabeth Jaquette

ALTA is a broad-based professional association dedicated to the promotion of literary translation through services to literary translators, forums on the theory and practice of translation, collaboration with the international literary community, and advocacy on behalf of literary translators. Founded 1978.

British Centre for Literary Translation

School of Literature, Drama & Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ

tel (01603) 592785

email bclt@uea.ac.uk

website www.bclt.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/bcltuea

Twitter @bcltuea

The BCLT raises the profile of literary translation in the UK through events, publications, activities and research aimed at professional translators, the publishing industry, students and the general reader. Activities include the annual Sebald Lecture in London, Summer School and public talks and events. It is joint sponsor of the John Dryden Translation Prize. Member of the international RECIT literary translation network. Founded 1989.

Chartered Institute of Linguists

Dunstan House, 14A St Cross Street, London EC1N 8XA

tel 020-7940 3100

email info@ciol.org.uk

website www.ciol.org.uk

Twitter @ciolinguists

The Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) is the foremost international membership organisation for all language professionals and is the only one offering a pathway to Chartership. Its diverse membership includes translators and interpreters, language teachers, university lecturers and linguists who use their foreign language skills in business, the professions and government.

CIOL’s associated charity, IoL Educational Trust, is an Ofqual accredited awarding body offering professional qualifications in translation and public service interpreting. CIOL publishes a bi-monthly magazine, The Linguist,free to members and available to non-members by subscription. The Linguist offers its readers a wide range of articles that are of interest to anyone working with languages. Founded 1910.

The Institute of Translation & Interpreting

Milton Keynes Business Centre, Foxhunter Drive, Linford Wood, Milton Keynes MK14 6GD info@iti.org.uk

website www.iti.org.uk

The ITI is the independent professional association of practising translators and interpreters. With the aim of promoting the highest standards in the profession, ITI serves as a focal point for all those who understand the importance of translation and interpreting to the economy and community. It offers guidance to those entering the profession and advice to both people offering their language services and their potential customers. Founded 1986.

Translators Association

84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

The New English represents the very best of contemporary British figurative painting. Members of the public can send in work to the Annual Open Exhibition at The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1, open to all working in painting, drawing, pastels and prints.

website www.societyofauthors.org/translators-association

Specialist unit within the membership of the Society of Authors (see here), exclusively concerned with the interests of literary translators into English whose work is published or performed commercially in Great Britain. Members are entitled to advice on all aspects of their work, including remuneration and contractual arrangements with publishers, editors and broadcasting organisations. Members receive a free copy of the journal In Other Words. Founded 1958.

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND ACADEMIC

The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

Egale 1, 80 St Albans Road, Watford, Herts. WD17 1DL

email admin@alpsp.org

website www.alpsp.org

The ALPSP is the international membership trade body which works to support and represent not-forprofit organisations and institutions that publish scholarly and professional content around the world. Its membership also encompasses those that partner with and provide services to not-for-profit publishers. ALPSP has over 300 members in 30 countries. Its mission is to connect, inform, develop and represent the international scholarly and professional publishing community.

Bibliographical Society

c/o Institute of English Studies, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

tel 020-7782 3279

email admin@bibsoc.org.uk

website www.bibsoc.org.uk

Acquisition and dissemination of information on subjects connected with historical bibliography. Publishes the journal The Library. Founded 1892.

Cambridge Bibliographical Society

University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR

email cbs@lib.cam.ac.uk

website www.lib.cam.ac.uk/cambibsoc

Aims to encourage the study of bibliography, including book and MS production, book collecting and the history of libraries. It publishes Transactions (annual) and a series of monographs, and arranges a programme of lectures and visits. Founded 1949.

Classical Association

email canews@classicalassociation.org

website www.classicalassociation.org

Hon. Secretary Dr E.J. Stafford

Exists to promote and sustain interest in classical studies, to maintain their rightful position in universities and schools, and to give scholars and teachers opportunities for meeting and discussing their problems.

Early English Text Society

Faculty of English, St Cross Building, Manor Road, Oxford OX1 3UL

website www.eets.org.uk

Twitter @EEngTextSoc

Hon. Director Prof. V. Gillespie, Executive Secretary Prof. D. Wakelin

Membership £30 p.a.

Aims to bring unprinted early English literature within the reach of students in sound texts. Founded 1864.

Edinburgh Bibliographical Society

102A Findhorn Place, Edinburgh EH9 2NZ

email derek.annetaylor@gmail.com

website www.edinburghbibliographicalsociety.org.uk

Secretary D. Taylor, Treasurer R. Betteridge

Membership £18 p.a.; £25 corporate; £12 full-time students

Encourages bibliographical activity through organising talks for members, particularly on bibliographical topics relating to Scotland, and visits to libraries. See website for submission guidelines and prizes. Publishes Journal (annual, free to members) and other occasional publications. Founded 1890.

Oxford Bibliographical Society

Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG

email secretary@oxbibsoc.org.uk

website www.oxbibsoc.org.uk

Membership £30 p.a.

Exists to encourage bibliographical research. Publishes monographs. Founded 1922.

MEMBERS’ CLUBS

Arts Club

40 Dover Street, London W1S 4NP

tel 020-7499 8581

email membership@theartsclub.co.uk

website www.theartsclub.co.uk

Twitter @The_Arts_Club

A private members’ club for all those connected with or interested in the arts, literature and science. Founded 1863.

Authors’ Club

Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE

email info@authorsclub.co.uk

website www.authorsclub.co.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/authorsclub1891

Twitter @AuthorsClub

President John Walsh, Chairperson Sunny Singh

A club for all those professionally engaged with literature, the Authors’ Club welcomes as members writers, publishers, critics, journalists and academics. Administers the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award, the Art Book Prize and the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award. Founded 1891.

New English Art Club

email info@neac.co.uk

website www.newenglishartclub.co.uk

Scottish Arts Club

24 Rutland Square, Edinburgh EH1 2BW

tel 0131 229 8157

website www.scottishartsclub.com

The Scottish Arts Club has been a social hub for the arts and professional members include painters and sculptors, movie-makers and musicians, planners, playwrights and poets, novelists and journalists, architects and designers, dancers and diplomats. There are a number of lay members, all with an interest in the arts. Founded 1873.

WRITERS’ ORGANISATIONS

All Party Parliamentary Writers Group

tel 020-7264 5700

email barbara.hayes@alcs.co.uk

website www.allpartywritersgroup.co.uk

Chair John Whittingdale MP, Administrator Barbara Hayes

The Group has some 60 Members from both Houses and seeks to represent the interests of all writers; to safeguard their intellectual property rights and ensure they receive a fair level of recognition and reward for their contribution to the economy and society as a whole. Founded 2007.

Alliance of Independent Authors –see here

Association of British Science Writers

email info@absw.org.uk

website www.absw.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/Association-of-British-Science-Writers-ABSW-124733480870885/

Twitter @absw

Chair Mico Tatlovic, Hon. President Pallab Ghosh

Association of science writers, editors, and radio, film and TV producers concerned with the presentation and communication of science and technology. Aims to improve the standard of science journalism and to assist its members in their work. Runs the annual ABSW Science Writers’ Awards, the Biennial UK Conference of Science Journalists and Science Journalism Summer School. Membership details/application through website only.

Association of Christian Writers

email admin@christianwriters.org.uk

website www.christianwriters.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/24831838019

Twitter @ACW1971

Membership From 2019: £29 per annum with PayPal (because of fees levied); £26 PayPal auto. Renewal: £28 cash or cheque; £25 direct debit; £33 overseas. Membership year runs from 1 April to 31 March and includes quarterly issues of Christian Writer magazine sent by post.

ACW aims to inspire excellence in writing from a Christian world view. Equips Christian writers through writing days around the UK, workshops and writing competitions. Members encourage each other online and in affiliated local groups. Please note that ACW is not a publisher.

Authors Aloud UK

72 Castle Road, St Albans, Herts. AL1 5DG

tel (01727) 893992

email info@authorsalouduk.co.uk

website www.authorsalouduk.co.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/Authors-Aloud-UK-497942623573822/

Twitter @AuthorsAloudUK

Directors Anne Marley, Naomi Cooper, Annie Everall

Authors Aloud UK is an author booking agency which brings together authors, illustrators, poets, storytellers and trainers with schools, libraries and festivals to promote enthusiasm for reading, both for enjoyment and information. Happy to take on new speakers, published by mainstream children’s publishers, who meet the relevant criteria and guidelines. Keen to work with new and debut authors who wish to visit schools and libraries.

Book Aid International

39–41 Coldharbour Lane, London SE5 9NR

tel 020-7733 3577

email info@bookaid.org

website www.bookaid.org

Book Aid Interantional is the UK’s leading international book donation and library support charity. The group provides books, resources and training to support an environment in which reading for pleasure, study and lifelong learning can flourish.

Book Marketing Society

website www.bookmarketingsociety.co.uk

The Book Marketing Society was launched with the objective of becoming the representative body of marketing within the book industry. As such, it champions marketing professionalism with the ultimate goal of expanding the UK book market. Anyone who works for a book publisher, book retailer or book wholesaler is eligible for membership, including those working in associated areas of the publishing and book retailing industry. Founded 2004.

The British Fantasy Society

email secretary@britishfantasysociety.org

website www.britishfantasysociety.org

Membership £35 p.a. single; £40 joint; £45 Europe; £60 rest of world for the print editions. £10 p.a. for digital membership.

For readers, writers and publishers of fantasy, horror and related fields, in literature, art and the cinema. There is an annual convention, FantasyCon, and The British Fantasy Awards are sponsored by the Society. Founded 1971.

British Guild of Beer Writers

44 Hurst Road, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 2EP

tel (07841) 694137

email secretary@beerguild.co.uk

website www.beerwriters.co.uk

Twitter @Britbeerwriters Secretary Ros Shiel

Membership £40 p.a.

Aims to improve standards in beer writing and at the same time extend public knowledge of beer and pubs. Awards are given annually to writers, broadcasters and other communicators judged to have made the most valuable contribution to this end. Publishes a directory of members with details of their publications and their particular areas of interest, which is circulated to the media. Founded 1988.

The British Guild of Travel Writers

335 Lordship Road, London N16 5HG

tel 020-8144 8713

email secretariat@bgtw.org

website www.bgtw.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/TravelBGTW

Twitter @TravWriters

Arranges meetings, discussions and visits for its members (who are all professional travel journalists) to promote and encourage the public’s interest in travel. Publishes a monthly newsletter (for members only), website and annual Yearbook, which contains details of members and lists travel industry PRs and contacts. Annual awards for journalism (members only) and the travel trade. Founded 1960.

The British Haiku Society

79 Westbury Road, Barking, Essex IG11 7PL

email membership@britishhaikusociety.org.uk

website www.britishhaikusociety.org.uk

Pioneers the appreciation and writing of haiku in the UK, publishes books concerning haiku and related matters, and is active in promoting the teaching of haiku in schools and colleges. Publishes a quarterly journal, Blithe Spirit, an annual members’ anthology, and a newsletter. Also runs the prestigious annual British Haiku Society Awards in three categories: haiku, tanka, and haibun. Registered charity. Founded 1990.

British Science Fiction Association Ltd

email info@bsfa.co.uk

website www.bsfa.co.uk

Chair Donna Bond

For authors, publishers, booksellers and readers of science fiction, fantasy and allied genres. Publishes Focus, an amateur writers’ magazine; Vector, a critical magazine and the Orbiter Service, a network of email/postal writers’ workshops. Trophies are awarded annually to the winner in each category of the BSFA Awards: best UK-published novel (previous winners include Christopher Priest, Adam Roberts, China Mieville), best short story, best artwork, best non-fiction. Founded 1958.

British Society of Comedy Writers

61 Parry Road, Ashmore Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV11 2PS

tel (01902) 722729

email info@bscw.co.uk

website www.bscw.co.uk

President Kenneth Rock

Membership £75 p.a. full, £40 p.a. subscriber

Aims to bring together writers and industry representatives in order to develop new projects and ideas. Holds an annual international comedy conference, networking days and workshops to train new writers to professional standards. Founded 1999.

Circle of Wine Writers

tel (01753) 882320

email administrator@circleofwinewriters.org

website www.circleofwinewriters.org

Membership By election.

An association for those engaged in communicating about wines and spirits. Produces The Circlular (monthly online newsletter), organises tasting sessions as well as a programme of meetings, talks and trips. Founded 1960.

Crime Writers’ Association

email secretary@thecwa.co.uk

website www.thecwa.co.uk

Secretary Dea Parkin

Membership is open to traditionally published crime writers, plus anyone whose business is concerned with publishing, bookselling or representing crime writers. Provisional membership is available for writers with a valid contract whose first book will be published within the next two years. Associate and corporate membership is open to editors, reviewers, bloggers, publishers, journalists, booksellers specialising in crime literature and literary agents.

The CWA runs the world-renowed Dagger awards. Membership benefits include monthly magazine Red Herrings, local chapters for social events, Find an Author profile, blogging opportunities on the Crime Readers’ Association website and book promotional platforms such as Case Files and the CRA Newsletter, read by around 11,000 subscribers, plus diverse social media outlets. The CWA initiates National Crime Reading Month in May where members participate in library and bookshop events, and runs the Debut Dagger and Margery Allingham Short Story competitions. Founded 1953.

The Critics’ Circle

c/o Rick Jones, 17 Rosenthal Road, Catford, London SE6 2BX

tel 020-8698 2460

email criticscircleallsections@gmail.com

website www.criticscircle.org.uk

President Anna Smith, Hon. General Secretary Rick Jones, Hon. Treasurer Peter Cargin

Membership By invitation of the Council

Promotes the art of criticism, to uphold its integrity, to foster and safeguard the professional interests of its members, to provide opportunities for socialising and networking, and to support the advancement of the arts. Membership is by invitation only and granted only to persons engaged regularly and substantially in the writing or broadcasting of criticism of dance, drama, film, literature, music and the visual arts. Founded 1913.

TheFED – A Network of Writing and Community Publishers

Flat 2 Clydesdale, 5 College Road, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 9DZ

tel 07549 862495

email fedonline1@gmail.com

website www.thefed.btck.co.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/TheFEDfriends

Membership Secretary/Treasurer Louise Glasscoe

Membership £25 p.a. funded groups; £15 unfunded; £10 waged/higher income individuals; £5 unwaged/low income

The FED is a not-for-profit organisation, run by volunteers, and continues the work started by the Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers. Details of the 2019 annual Festival of Writing and AGM at Syracuse University’s London campus, as well as other activities associated with TheFED, will be advertised on the website.

TheFED runs a monthly writing challenge and hosts TheFED archive in collaboration with TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University and Syracuse University, New York; it has associations with other local and national events and encourages networking between member groups.

The Garden Media Guild

Katepwa House, Ashfield Park Avenue, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire HR9 5AX

tel (01989) 567393

email admin@gardenmediaguild.co.uk

website www.gardenmediaguild.co.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/gardenmediaguild

Twitter @gdnmediaguild

Chairman Clare Foggett

Membership £70 p.a.; associate membership £105 p.a.; probationary membership £52.50 p.a. Full membership is open to those who earn a significant part of their income from communicating information on the subject of gardening and horticulture.

Aims to raise the quality of garden writing, photography and broadcasting, to help members operate efficiently and profitably, to improve communication between members and to promote liaison between members and the broader horticultural industry. The Guild administers annual awards to encourage excellence in garden writing, photography, trade and consumer press journalism, TV and radio broadcasting. Founded 1991.

Gay Authors Workshop

BM Box 5700, London WC1N 3XX

email eandk2@btinternet.com

website http://gayauthorsworkshop.uk/

Contact Kathryn Bell

Membership £8 p.a.; £5 unwaged

Exists to encourage writers who are lesbian, gay or bisexual. Quarterly newsletter, bi-annual magazine and monthly meetings. Founded 1978.

Guild of Food Writers

255 Kent House Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 1JQ

tel 020-8659 0422

email guild@gfw.co.uk

website www.gfw.co.uk

Administrator Jonathan Woods

Membership £85 p.a.

Aims to bring together professional food writers including journalists, broadcasters and authors, to print and issue an annual list of members, to extend the range of members’ knowledge and experience by arranging discussions, tastings and visits, and to encourage the development of new writers by every means, including competitions and awards. There are 14 awards and entry is not restricted to members of the Guild. Founded 1984.

Guild of Health Writers

Dale Lodge, 88 Wensleydale Road, Hampton, Middlesex TW12 2LX

tel 020-8941 2977

email admin@healthwriters.com

website www.healthwriters.com

Twitter @HealthWritersUK

Membership £50 p.a.; students £12 p.a.

The Guild of Health Writers is a national, independent membership organisation representing Britain’s leading health journalists and writers. It was founded to encourage the provision of readable and accurate health information to the public. Members write on every aspect of health and wellbeing, from innovative medical science to complementary therapies and lifestyle issues. They value the training and networking opportunities that the Guild provides. Founded 1994.

The Guild of Motoring Writers

Secretariat, 40 Baring Road, Bournemouth BH6 4DT

tel (01202) 422424

email generalsec@gomw.co.uk

website www.gomw.co.uk/

Facebook www.facebook.com/gomwuk

Twitter @gomw_uk

The Guild of Motoring Writers is the largest organisation of its kind in the world representing automotive journalists, photographers, broadcasters and artists. Based in the UK, it represents more than 500 members. It aims to raise the standard of motoring journalism, to encourage motoring, motorsport and road safety, promote professional training of journalists, works closely with the motor industry and provides a link between fellow members around the world and to safeguard the interests of members in relation to the aims of the Guild. Founded 1944.

Hakluyt Society

c/o The Map Library, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB

tel (07568) 468066

email office@hakluyt.com

website www.hakluyt.com

Publication of original narratives of voyages, travels, naval expeditions, and other geographical records. Founded 1846.

Harleian Society

College of Arms, 130 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4BT

tel 020-7236 7728

email norroy&ulster@college-ofarms.gov.uk

website http://harleian.org.uk

Chairman T. Woodcock CVO, DL, FSA, Garter King of Arms, Hon. Secretary T.H.S. Duke, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms

Instituted for transcribing, printing and publishing the heraldic visitations of Counties, Parish Registers and any manuscripts relating to genealogy, family history and heraldry. Founded 1869.

Historical Novel Society

Marine Cottage, The Strand, Starcross, Devon EX6 8NY

tel (01626) 891962

email richard@historicalnovelsociety.org

website http://historicalnovelsociety.org/

Facebook www.facebook.com/historicalnovelsociety

Twitter @histnovsoc

Contact Richard Lee

Membership £40 p.a.

Promotes the enjoyment of historical fiction. Based in the US and UK but welcomes members (who can be readers or writers) from all over the world. Publishes print magazines, organises conferences and local chapters. Founded 1997.

Historical Writers’ Association

email admin@historicalwriters.org

website www.historicalwriters.org

Association created by authors, publishers and agents of historical writing, both fiction and non-fiction, which provides professional and social support to members and creates opportunities online and in person for members to meet with fellow writers and enthusiasts of all things historical. Ogranises a range of regional events.

Horror Writers Association

email hwa@horror.org

website www.horror.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/Horrorwritersassoc/

Twitter @horrorwriters

President Lisa Morton

The HWA is a worldwide organisation of 1,300 writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting the interests of writers of horror and dark fantasy. There are five levels of membership: for new writers, established writers, professionals, academics and non-writing horror professionals. The HWA gives the iconic Bram Stoker Awards® on an annual basis, as well as hosting horror conventions, and provides a range of services to its horror writer, editor and publisher membership base. Founded 1987.

International Association of Conscious & Creative Writers

PO Box 3703, Trowbridge BA14 6ZW

tel (01380) 871331

email iaccw@juliamccutchen.com

website www.iaccw.com

Founder & Creative Director Julia McCutchen

Membership Free

Membership-based organisation for writers offering monthly teleseminar training and interviews with bestselling authors and experts from around the world. Topics include all aspects of creativity, writing and contemporary publishing options, plus marketing and building an author platform. Highlights the importance of discovering your authentic voice both on the page and in the world. Founded 2010.

The Mythopoeic Society

secretary@mythsoc.org

website www.mythsoc.org

A non-profit international literary and educational organisation for the study, discussion and enjoyment of fantastic and mythic literature, especially the works of Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams. The word ‘mythopoeic’ (myth-oh-PAY-ik or myth-oh-PEE-ic), meaning ‘mythmaking’ or ‘productive of myth’, aptly describes much of the fictional work of the three authors who were also prominent members of an informal Oxford literary circle (1930s–1950s) known as the Inklings. Membership is open to all scholars, writers and readers of these literatures. The Society sponsors three periodicals: Mythprint (a bulletin of book reviews, articles and events), Mythlore (scholarly articles on mythic and fantastic literature), and Mythic Circle (a literary annual of original poetry and short stories). Each summer the Society holds an annual conference, Mythcon. Founded 1967.

National Association of Writers’ Groups (NAWG)

email info@nawg.co.uk

website www.nawg.co.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/NAWGNews/

Twitter @NAWGnews

Secretary Chris Huck

Membership £50 p.a. per group; £25 Individuals

NAWG aims to advance the education of the general public throughout the UK, including the Channel Islands, by promoting the study and art of writing in all its aspects. Publishes LNK, a bi-monthly magazine. Festival of Writing held annually in August/September. New members always welcome. Founded 1995.

New Writers UK

Facebook www.facebook.com/New-Writers-UK-257055444333315/

New Writers UK supports and advises independently published authors and those who do not have financial backing or marketing to promote their books. This is an organisation of authors working on a voluntary basis to assist other authors and encourage imaginative literacy in young people and adults. New members welcome. NWUK holds a number of events throughout the year, produces an online quarterly newsletter. NWUK has an associate membership of copy editors, proofreaders, graphic designers, reviewers and illustrators. Founded 2006.

New Writing North

The Poetry Book Society – see here

website www.newwritingnorth.com

The literature development agency for the North of England. Specialises in developing writers and acts as a broker between writers, producers, publishers and broadcasters. Flagship projects include Northern Writers’ Awards, Gordon Burn Prize and Durham Book Festival.

New Writing South

9 Jew Street, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1UT

tel (01273) 735353

email admin@newwritingsouth.com

website www.newwritingsouth.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/newwritingsouth

Twitter @newwritingsouth

Chief Executive Lesley Wood

Membership Friends £20 p.a. (concessions available at £10 p.a.)

New Writing South champions all kinds of new creative writing in the South East and beyond. It develops writers’ careers and helps fresh talent to flourish by providing development opportunities and commissioning new work. Join the new membership scheme, NWS Friends, and you will not only become part of a vibrant community of writers – you will be supporting New Writing South to nurture diverse talent across the region, including writers who would not ordinarily have access to professional development opportunities.

Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild

The Oast House Huntsbarn, Piccadilly Lane, Mayfield, East Sussex TN20 6RH

tel (07813) 855820

email secretary@owpg.org.uk

website www.owpg.org.uk

Membership £80 p.a.

Association of the leading practitioners in outdoor media; represents members’ interests to representative bodies in the outdoor industry; circulates members with news of media opportunities; provides a forum for members to meet colleagues and others in the outdoor industry. Presents annual literary and photographic awards. Members include writers, journalists, broadcasters, illustrators, photographers, bloggers, editors and publishers. Founded 1980.

PEN International

Unit A Koops Mill Mews, 162 Abbey Street, London SE1 2AN

tel 020-7405 0338

email info@pen-international.org.uk

website www.pen-international.org.uk

A world association of writers. PEN was founded by C.A. Dawson Scott under the presidency of John Galsworthy, to promote friendship and understanding between writers and to defend freedom of expression within and between all nations. The initials PEN stand for Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, Novelists – but membership is open to all writers of standing (including translators), whether men or women, without distinction of creed or race, who subscribe to these fundamental principles. PEN takes no part in state or party politics. Founded 1921.

English PEN Centre

email enquiries@englishpen.org

website www.englishpen.org

Scottish PEN Centre

email info@scottishpen.org

website www.scottishpen.org

Irish PEN Centre

email info@irishpen.com.com

website www.irishpen.com

The Poetry Society – see here

The Romantic Novelists’ Association

email rnahonsec@romanticnovelistsassociation.org

website www.romanticnovelistsassociation.org

Chairman Nicola Cornick, Hon. Secretary Julie Vince

Promotes romantic fiction and encourages good writing within the genre. Represents around 1,000 writers, agents, editors and other publishing professionals. See also The Romantic Novel of the Year Awards here.

Scattered Authors’ Society

email scatteredauthorssociety@gmail.com

website www.scatteredauthors.org

Provides a forum for informal discussion, contact and support for professional writers in children’s fiction. Founded 1998.

Scottish Association of Writers

16 Norval Place, Rosyth, Fife KY11 2RJ

email secretary@sawriters.org.uk

website www.sawriters.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/Sawriters

Twitter @ScotAWriters

President Marc Sherland

(president@sawriters.org.uk), Vice-President &

Secretary Jen Butler, Treasurer Jacklin Murray (treasurer@sawriters.org.uk)

Promotes writing in Scotland. Organises an annual conference attended by writers who are members of affiliated clubs and runs alternating annual satellite events: Write Up North and Write Down South. Competitions organised throughout the year in a range of categories (contact the Competition Secretary: competition@sawriters.org.uk). Website features group and writer resources. For further information about joining the Association or to volunteer to help form new writing groups and and individual club matching service, contact the Club Development Secretary: development@sawriters.org.uk. The Council organises outreach visits to writing clubs to promote good practice, offer workshops and advise on the current writing market. This can often be coupled with competitions and specific talks. Founded 1969.

Scottish Fellowship of Christian Writers

website www.sfcw.info

Facebook www.facebook.com/Scottish-Fellowship-of-Christian-Writers-393556520670479/

Membership £10 p.a.

To encourage Christians living in Scotland to make use of their creative writing talents. Over 100 members. Founded 1980.

SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators)

email ra@britishscbwi.org

website www.britishisles.scbwi.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/122794234418913/

Co-Regional Advisers, SCBWI–British Isles Natascha Biebow and Kathy Evans

Membership approx. £50 p.a.

An international network for the exchange of knowledge between professional writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, librarians, educators, booksellers and others involved with literature for young people. Sponsors conferences on writing and illustrating children’s books and multimedia as well as dozens of regional conferences and events throughout the world. Publishes a quarterly newsletter, The Bulletin, and information publications. Awards grants for: works in progress, portfolios, humour, marketing your book, excellence in non-traditional publishing and diversity in books. The SCBWI also presents the annual Golden Kite and Crystal Kite Awards for the best fiction and non-fiction books, and the Spark Award for the best book published through a non-traditional publishing route.

The SCBWI British Isles region meets regularly for speaker, networking or professional development events, including the annual two-day conference, industry insiders series, PULSE events for published members, agents’ party, masterclasses for writers and illustrators and annual fiction and picture book retreats. Also sponsors local and online critique groups and publishes Words and Pictures blog magazine (www.wordsandpics.org). Founded 1971.

The Society of Civil and Public Service Writers

email membership@scpsw.co.uk

website www.scpsw.org

Membership £15 p.a.; Poetry Workshop add £7

Welcomes serving and retired members of the civil service, armed forces, police, local government, NHS and other public servants. Members can be aspiring or published writers. Holds annual competitions for short stories, articles and poetry, plus occasional competitions for longer works. Offers postal folios for short stories and articles; holds an AGM and occasional meetings; publishes The Civil Service Author (quarterly) magazine. Poetry Workshop offers magazine (Wavelengths), postal and e-folios, anthology and one-day events. Send email or sae for details. Founded 1935.

The Society of Medical Writers

Dr R. Cutler, 30 Dollis Hill Lane, London NW2 6JE

website www.somw.org.uk

Recruits members from all branches of the medical profession, together with all professions allied to medicine, to foster interest in literature and in writing – not solely about medicine but also about art, history, music, theatre, etc. Members are encouraged to write fiction, poetry, plays, book reviews, non-fiction articles. Poetry, short story and biography (Roger Bacon Award) prizes, for best non-fiction and best written clinical paper. Publishes The Writer (two p.a.) and a register of members and their writing interests. Holds a bi-annual conference in which various aspects of literature and writing are explored in a relaxed and informal atmosphere. Founded 1989.

South African Writers’ Circle

email southafricanwriterscircle@gmail.com

website www.sawriters.org.za

Membership R205 p.a. (single), R270 (couple); R160 (pensioner single), R210 (pensioner couple), R160 (student single)

Encourages all writers, new and experienced, in the art of writing. Publishes a monthly newsletter, and runs competitions with prizes for the winners. Founded 1960.

Southwest Scriptwriters

email info@southwestscriptwriters.co.uk

website www.southwestscriptwriters.co.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/southwestscriptwriters

Twitter @swscriptwriters

Workshops members’ drama scripts for stage, screen, radio and TV with the aim of improving their chances of professional production, meeting at Watershed in Bristol. Also hosts talks by professional dramatists. Projects to present members’ work to a wider audience have included theatre and short film productions, as well as public rehearsed readings. Bimonthly e-newsletter. Founded 1994.

Spread the Word

The Albany, Douglas Way, London SE8 4AG

tel 020-8692 0231 extension 249

email hello@spreadtheword.org.uk

website www.spreadtheword.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/spreadthewordwriters

Twitter @STWevents

London’s writer development agency, helping London’s writers make their mark on the page, the screen and in the world. Kick starts the careers of London’s best new writers, and energetically campaigns to ensure mainstream publishing truly reflects the diversity of the city. Supports the creative and professional development of talent, by engaging those already interested in literature and those who will be, and by advocating on behalf of both.

Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers

Stationers’ Hall, Ava Maria Lane, London EC4M 7DD

tel 020-7248 2934

email admin@stationers.org

website www.stationers.org

Master Nick Steidl, Clerk William Alden MBE DL

One of the Livery Companies of the City of London. Connected with the printing, publishing, bookselling, newspaper and allied trades. Founded 1403.

Writers Advice Centre for Children’s Books

Shakespeare House, 168 Lavender Hill, London SW11 5TG

tel 020-7801 6300

email info@writersadvice.co.uk

website www.writersadvice.co.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/writersadvice

Twitter @writersadvice Managing Editor Louise Jordan

Dedicated to helping new and published children’s writers by offering both editorial advice and tips on how to get published. The Centre also runs workshops, an online children’s writing correspondence course and publishes a small list of its own under the name of Wacky Bee Books (www.wackybeebooks.com). Founded 1994.

MUSIC

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

website www.ascap.com

An organisation owned and run by its members, it is the leading performance rights organisation representing over 555,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers.

British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors

2 St Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG

tel 020-7636 2929

website www.basca.org.uk

BASCA represents the interests of composers and songwriters across all genres, providing advice on professional and artistic matters. It administers a number of major events, including the annual Ivor Novello Awards and British Composer Awards.

The Guild of International Songwriters & Composers

Northland House, 32 Hillgarth, Castleside, Consett, Co. Durham DH8 9QD

tel (01207) 500825

email gisc@btinternet.com

website www.songwriters-guild.co.uk

Secretary Anne Eade

Membership £60

Gives advice to members on contractual and copyright matters; assists with protection of members rights; free members online copyright service; international collaboration register free to members; outlines requirements of record companies, publishers, artists. Publishes Songwriting & Composing (quarterly).

Incorporated Society of Musicians

4–5 Inverness Mews, London W2 3JQ

tel 020-7221 3499

email membership@ism.org

website www.ism.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/ISMusicians

Twitter @ISM_music

Chief Executive Deborah Annetts

Membership £176 p.a.

Professional body for musicians. Aims to promote the art of music; protect the interests and raise the standards of the musical profession; provide unrivalled services and expert advice for its members. Publishes Music Journal and a handbook annually. Founded 1882.

Music Publishers Association Ltd

8th Floor, 2 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG

tel 020-3741 3800

email info@mpagroup.com

website www.mpaonline.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/MusicPublishersAssociation

Twitter @the_MPA

Membership Details available on request

Trade organisation representing over 270 UK music publisher members: promotes and safeguards its members’ interests in copyright, trade and related matters. Sub-committees and groups deal with particular interests. Founded 1881.

PRS for Music

2 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG

tel 020-7580 5544

website www.prsformusic.com

PRS for Music represents the rights of over 125,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in the UK. As a membership organisation it ensures creators are paid whenever their music is played, performed or reproduced, championing the importance of copyright to protect and support the UK music industry. PRS for Music provides business and community groups with easy access to over 10 million songs through its music licences. Founded 1914.

Prizes and awards

This section has two parts: an alphabetical listing of prizes, competitions and awards; and an alphabetical list of grants, bursaries and fellowships for writers and artists, and the organisations that award them. See here for details of prizes and awards by genre.

PRIZES, COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS

Academy of British Cover Design: annual cover design competition

website https://abcoverd.co.uk

Twitter @abcoverd

The Academy of British Cover Design’s annual competition awards covers produced for any book published between 1 January and 31 December each year, by any designer in the UK, for a UK or overseas publisher. Ebooks are eligible. Designers may enter their own work or the work of other designers. There are ten categories: children’s, young adult, sci-fi/fantasy, mass market, literary fiction, crime/thriller, non-fiction, series design, classic/reissue and women’s fiction. A cover can only be submitted in one category unless it is entered as an individual cover and again as part of a series design. Entry is free.

The Aeon Award

Albedo One, 8 Bachelor’s Walk, Dublin 1, Republic of Ireland

email fraslaw@yahoo.co.uk

website www.albedo1.com

An annual contest for short fiction (up to 10,000 words) in genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror or anything in between. A grand prize of €1,000 will be awarded to the winner (2nd prize €200, 3rd €100) plus publication in Albedo One. The contest runs for four rounds throughout the year; deadlines are 31 March (1st round), 30 June (2nd round), 30 September (3rd round) and 30 November (final round). At the end of each round the best story submissions will be shortlisted for the award. Email submissions only. Entry fee: €8.50.

ALCS Educational Writers’ Award

The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

email info@authorsclub.co.uk

website www.societyofauthors.org/ALCS-award

This is an annual award alternating each year between books in the 5–11 and 11–18 age groups. It is given to an outstanding example of traditionally published non-fiction (with or without illustrations) that stimulates and enhances learning. The work must have been first published in the UK, in the English language, within the previous two calendar years. Deadline 30 June.

Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction

email commaprizes@gmail.com

website https://commapress.co.uk/resources/prizes

Hosted by Comma Press and the University of Central Lancashire, the Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction is open to anyone 18 years or over who is a UK resident, and the story submitted must not have been published anywhere previously in print or online. One entry per author. Entries for the 2018/19 competition will be on the theme of ‘Scent’, which was the title of Dinesh Allirajah’s posthumous collected works. For full details regarding entry and submission guidelines, see the website.

The Hans Christian Andersen Awards

International Board on Books for Young People, Nonnenweg 12, Postfach CH–4009 Basel, Switzerland

tel +41 61-272 2917

email ibby@ibby.org

website www.ibby.org

The Medals are awarded every other year to a living author and an illustrator who by the outstanding value of their work are judged to have made a lasting contribution to literature for children and young people. The 2018 winners were Eiko Kadono of Japan (writing) and Igo Olyenikov of Russia (illustration).

Audio & Radio Industry Awards (ARIAS)

website www.radioacademy.org

Twitter @UKARIAS

The ARIAS recognise the best in the UK audio and radio industry and celebrate outstanding achievement. The awards offer stations, podcasters, publishers, presenters and production companies an annual opportunity to enter work in a range of categories reflecting today’s UK audio and radio landscape. See website for further information. Founded 1982.

The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award

email vogel@allenandunwin.com

website www.allenandunwin.com

An annual award of $20,000 for a chosen unpublished work of fiction, Australian history or biography. Entrants must be under 35 years of age on the closing date and must normally be residents of Australia. The MS must be between 30,000 and 100,000 words and must be an original work entirely by the entrant written in English. It cannot be under consideration by any publisher or award. See website for details. Closing date: 31 May. Founded 1980.

Authors’ Club Awards

website www.authorsclub.co.uk

Best First Novel Award

The Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award was inaugurated in 1954 and past winners have included Brian Moore, Alan Sillitoe, Paul Bailey, Diran Adebayo, Jackie Kay, Susan Fletcher, Nicola Monaghan, Anthony Quinn, Jonathan Kemp and Jack Wolf. The £2,500 prize is open to any debut novel written in English and published in the UK during the previous calendar year: novels first published in another country will not be considered. All imprints may submit two titles. Please send two copies of each title to Suzi Feay, The Authors’ Club, c/o The National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, SW1A 3HE. Please mark packages ‘BFNA’ and send a confirmation email to suzifeay@aol.com with details of the titles submitted.

The Art Book Prize

The Art Book Prize (formerly the Banister Fletcher Prize) is presented each year for the best book on architecture or the arts (architecture, fine art, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic art, design etc). The book needs to be published in the previous calendar year, with a preferred emphasis on works illuminating art for the intelligent lay reader. It must be in English, but may be published anywhere in the world. Please send two copies of each title to Sunny Singh, The Authors’ Club, c/o The National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, SW1A 3HE. Please mark packages ‘Art Book Prize’ and send a confirmation email to ssingh@authorsclub.co.uk with details of the titles submitted.

The Stanford-Dolman Best Travel Book Award

The award is presented annually for the best literary travel book (no guidebooks accepted) published in the previous calendar year. It is open to writers from across the globe, although submissions must be available in English. Instituted by the Reverend Dr William Dolman in 2005, the £5,000 prize is now jointly sponsored by Stanfords, the world’s largest travel bookshop. Please send two copies of each title to John Walsh, The Authors’ Club, c/o The National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, SW1A 3HE. Please mark packages ‘Stanford-Dolman Award’ and send a confirmation email to j.walshindependent@gmail.com with details of the titles submitted.

The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

website www.thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk

Twitter @BGPrize

The Baillie Gifford Prize aims to reward the best of non-fiction and is open to authors of any nationality. It covers all non-fiction in the areas of current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography, autobiography and the arts. Formerly known as The Samuel Johnson Prize (1999–2015) it is the most prestigious non-fiction prize in the UK, worth £30,000 to the winner.

Bardd Plant Cymru (Welsh-Language Children’s Poet Laureate)

Welsh Books Council, Castell Brychan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 2JB

tel (01970) 624151

email castellbrychan@books.wales

website www.books.wales

The main aim is to raise the profile of poetry amongst children and to encourage them to compose and enjoy poetry. During his/her term of office the bard will visit schools as well as helping children to create poetry through electronic workshops. The scheme’s partner organisations are: S4C, the Welsh Government, the Welsh Books Council, Urdd Gobaith Cymru and Literature Wales.

Verity Bargate Award

Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London W1D 3NE

email vba@sohotheatre.com

website www.sohotheatre.com/writers/verity-bargate-award

The Verity Bargate Award was established to honour Soho Theatre’s co-founder and is presented biennially to an artist resident in the UK or Ireland with fewer than three professional productions. The winner receives £7,000 in respect of an exclusive option to produce the winning play at Soho Theatre. See website for information on workshops and events associated with the award. Founded 1982.

The Bath Novel Award

PO Box 5223, Bath BA1 0UR

email info@bathnovelaward.co.uk

website www.bathnovelaward.co.uk

Twitter @bathnovelaward

This annual international prize is for unpublished or independently published writers of novels for adults or young adults. Submissions: first 5,000 words plus one-page synopsis. Prize: £2,500 plus introductions to literary agents. Entries open December until May. Entry fee: £25 per novel. See website for full entry and submission guidelines.

BBC National Short Story Award

website www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/nssa-ywa

The BBC National Short Story Award is one of the most prestigious awards for a single short story, aims to expand opportunities for British writers, readers and publishers of the short story, and to honour the UK’s finest exponents of the form. Founded 2005.

BBC Young Writers’ Award

email bbcywa@bbc.co.uk

website www.bbc.co.uk/ywa

The BBC Young Writers’ Award seeks out writers between 14 and 18 who submit a story of no more than 1,000 words on any topic they choose. Run in conjunction with the BBC National Short Story Award, the winner receives a mentorship with an author and their story is broadcast on BBC Radio 1. Closing date: April. Shortlist announced: September. Winner announced: October.

The David Berry Prize

Administrative Secretary of the Royal Historical Society, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

tel 020-7387 7532

email m.ransom@royalhistsoc.org

website www.royalhistsoc.org/prizes/david-berry/

Candidates may submit an essay/article of between 6,000 and 10,000 words in length on any subject dealing with Scottish history. Essays/articles already published or selected for future publication are eligible. Value of prize: £250. Closing date: 31 December each year.

Besterman/McColvin Medals – see The K&IM Information Resources Awards

The Biographers’ Club Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize

tel 07985 920341

email ariane.bankes@gmail.com

website www.biographersclub.co.uk

Prize Administrator Ariane Bankes

The prize is awarded to the best book written by a first-time biographer. The Prize, worth £2,500, is sponsored by Slightly Foxed, The Real Reader’s Quarterly. Only entries submitted by publishers will be accepted for consideration. Literary memoirs are also eligible but celebrity autobiographies and ghostwritten books are not.

To qualify, books must have a publication date between 1 January and 31 December (proofs are acceptable). Four copies of each book should be submitted no later than 1 November (enclose a press release to confirm publication date) along with an entry form (downloadable from the website) and entry fee of £25 per title. Delivery address: The Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize, c/o Jane Mays, 21 Marsden Street, London NW5 3HE.

The Biographers’ Club Tony Lothian Prize

E6 Albany, Piccadilly, London W1J 0AR

tel 07985 920341

email ariane.bankes@gmail.com

website www.biographersclub.co.uk

Prize Administrator Ariane Bankes

The £2,000 Tony Lothian Prize (sponsored by her daughter, Elizabeth, Duchess of Buccleuch) supports uncommissioned first-time writers working on a biography. Applicants should submit a proposal of no more than 20 pages including a synopsis and ten-page sample chapter (double-spaced, numbered pages), cv and a note on the market for the book and competing literature (all unbound), to the prize administrator. Entry fee: £15. For further details and mandatory entry form, see website.

Blue Pencil Agency First Novel Award

website https://bluepencilagency.com/first-novel-award-2018/

The Award is open to unrepresented and unpublished authors for a novel in any adult fiction genre. Winner receives £1,000 plus an introduction to a literary agent. Runner up receives £250 plus a manuscript review from a Blue Pencil Agency editor. The inaugural prize was awarded in 2017. See website for submission guidelines, entry deadlines, eligibility, and announcement of future awards.

Blue Peter Book Awards

BookTrust, G8 Battersea Studios, 80 Silverthorne Road, London SW8 3HE

tel 020-7801 8843

email bluepeter@booktrust.org.uk

website www.booktrust.org.uk/books/awards-and-prizes

Awarded annually, winners are shortlisted by a panel of expert adult judges, then a group of young Blue Peter viewers judge the two categories, which are: the Best Story and the Best Book with Facts. Winning books are announced on Blue Peter in March. Founded 2000.

The Boardman Tasker Prize

website www.boardmantasker.com

This annual prize is given for a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, the central theme of which is concerned with the mountain environment. Authors of any nationality are eligible but the work must be published or distributed in the UK. Entries from publishers only. Founded 1983.

The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

Four Colman Getty, 20 St Thomas Street, London SE1 9BF

tel 020-3697 4251

email hanna.davies@fourcolmangetty.com

email arthur.dimsdale@fourcolmangetty.com

The UK’s only prize for comic fiction. Awarded to the most original comic novel of the previous 12 months. The winner receives a case of Bollinger Special Cuvée, a jeroboam of Bollinger, a complete set of the Everyman Wodehouse collection and a rare breed pig named after the winning novel. Eligible novels are published in the UK between 1 June and 31 May. The winner is announced at the Hay Festival in late May/early June. Closing date: February; shortlist announced in late March/early April. Launched in 2000 on the 25th anniversary of the death of P.G. Wodehouse.

The Branford Boase Award

8 Bolderwood Close, Bishopstoke, Eastleigh, Hants SO50 8PG

tel 023-8060 0439

email anne.marley@tiscali.co.uk

website www.branfordboaseaward.org.uk

An annual award of £1,000 is made to a first-time writer of a full-length children’s novel (age 7+) published in the preceding year; the editor is also recognised. Its aim is to encourage new writers for children and to recognise the role of perceptive editors in developing new talent. The Award was set up in memory of the outstanding children’s writer Henrietta Branford and the gifted editor and publisher Wendy Boase who both died in 1999. Closing date for nominations: end of December. Founded 2000.

The Bridport Prize

PO Box 6910, Dorset DT6 9BQ

email kate@bridportprize.org.uk

website www.bridportprize.org.uk

Annual prizes are awarded for poetry and short stories (1st £5,000, 2nd £1,000, 3rd £500) in both categories, and £1,000 for flash fiction stories (under 250 words). The Peggy-Chapman Andrews First Novel Award launched in 2014. Enter first chapter(s) of novel, up to 8,000 words, plus 300-word synopsis. 1st prize £1,000 plus mentoring from The Literary Consultancy through their Chapter & Verse mentoring scheme and possible publication. Novel award open to writers based in Britain and Republic of Ireland only, all other categories open internationally. Entry fees: £8 flash fiction, £9 poems, £10 short stories, £20 novel.

Closing date 31 May each year. Enter by post or online. See website for rules and eligibility. Entries should be in English, original work, typed or clearly written, and never published or read on radio/TV/stage. Winning stories are read by a leading London literary agent, without obligation, and an anthology of winning entries is published each autumn. Top three poems are submitted to the Forward Poetry Prizes and top 13 eligible stories are submitted to the National Short Story Award and The Sunday Times Short Story Prize. Send sae for entry form or enter online.

The British Book Awards

The Bookseller, 10th Floor, Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7SP

email emma.lowe@thebookseller.com

website www.thebookseller.com/british-book-industry-awards

Awards to celebrate the best in bookselling, publishing, and other aspects of the UK book industry.

British Academy Medals and Prizes

The British Academy, 10–11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH

tel 020-7969 5200

email prizes@britac.ac.uk

website www.britishacademy.ac.uk

A number of prizes and medals are awarded by the British Academy for outstanding work in various fields of the humanities and social sciences on the recommendation of specialist committees: Brian Barry Prize in Political Science; British Academy Medal; Burkitt Medal (Biblical studies); Derek Allen Prize (made annually in turn for Musicology, Numismatics and Celtic studies); Edward Ullendorff Medal (Semitic languages and Ethiopian studies); Grahame Clark Medal (Prehistoric Archaeology); Sir Israel Gollancz Prize (English studies); Kenyon Medal (Classical Studies and Archaeology); Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Transcultural Understanding; Peter Townsend Prize (Social Policy); Rose Mary Crawshay Prize (English Literature); Serena Medal (Italian studies); Leverhulme Medal and Prize (Humanities and Social Sciences); The Landscape Archaeology Medal; Wiley Prize in Economics; Wiley Prize in Psychology.

British Czech and Slovak Association Writing Competition

24 Ferndale, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3NS

tel (01892) 543206

email prize@bcsa.co.uk

website www.bcsa.co.uk

Contact BCSA Prize Administrator

Annual BCSA competition (1st prize: £400; 2nd prize: £150) for fiction or non-fiction on the theme of the links between Britain and the Czech and Slovak Republics, at any time in their history, or society in transition in those republics since the Velvet Revolution in 1989. See website for suggested (optional) theme for 2019. Winning entries published in British Czech & Slovak Review. Length: 2,000 words max. Entry is free. Closing date: 30 June each year. Founded 2002.

British Fantasy Awards

tel 07557 389878

email bfsawards@britishfantasysociety.org

website www.britishfantasysociety.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/britishfantasysociety

Twitter @BritFantasySoc

Awards Administrator Katherine Fowler

The British Fantasy Awards are awarded in up to 14 categories including best novel, novella, short story and collection, and are presented each autumn at FantasyCon to works published the previous year. Past winners include Neil Gaiman, Angela Slatter, Lavie Tidhar and Tanith Lee. Publishers, writers, editors and readers are able to contribute to a list of eligible works. The shortlist is currently decided by a vote of British Fantasy Society members and FantasyCon attendees, and the winners decided by a jury. Founded 1972.

The Caine Prize for African Writing

51 Southwark Street, London SE1 1RU

tel 020-7378 6234

email info@caineprize.com

website www.caineprize.com

Twitter @caineprize Director Lizzy Attree

An annual award of £10,000 for a short story published in English (may be a published translation into English) by an African writer in the five years before the closing date, and not previously submitted. Indicative length 3,000–10,000 words. Shortlisted writers will each be awarded £500. Submissions only by publishers. Closing date: 31 January each year. Founded 1999.

Carnegie Medal – see The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards

The CBI Book of the Year Awards

Children’s Books Ireland, 17 North Great George’s Street, Dublin 1 D01 R2F1, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)1 8727475

email info@childrensbooksireland.ie

website www.childrensbooksireland.ie

These awards are made annually to authors and illustrators born or resident in Ireland and are open to books written in Irish or English. The awards are: CBI Book of the Year, the Eílls Dillon Award (for a first children’s book), the Honour Award for Fiction, the Honour Award for Illustration, the Judges’ Special Award and the Children’s Choice Award. Schools and reading groups nationwide take part in a shadowing scheme: each group reads the shortlisted books and engages with them using the suggested questions and activities in the CBI shadowing packs. Each group then votes for their favourite book, the results of which form the basis for the Children’s Choice Award. Closing date: December for work published between 1 January and 31 December of an awards year. Shortlist announced in March; winners announced in May. Founded 1990.

Peggy Chapman-Andrews First Novel Award

The Bridport Prize, PO Box 6910, Dorset DT6 9BQ

email kate@bridportprize.org.uk

website www.bridportprize.org.uk/content/peggy-chapman-andrews-award-first-novel

Enter first chapter(s) of novel, up to 8,000 words, plus 300-word synopsis. 1st prize £1,000 plus mentoring from the Literary Consultancy, through their Chapter & Verse mentoring scheme, and possible publication. Closing date 31 May each year. Enter by post or online. Entry fees £20 per novel. Open to writers based in Britain and Republic of Ireland only. See website for rules and eligibility. Founded 2014.

Cheltenham Illustration Awards

email eevans@glos.ac.uk

website www.cheltenham-illustration-awards.com

Exhibition and Annual submissions are invited and can be freely interpreted in a narrative context. Submissions of work are free and open to all students, emerging and established illustrators and graphic novelists. A selection panel will assess entries. The selected work will be showcased in an exhibition and published in the Cheltenham Illustration Awards Annual, which will be distributed to education institutions and publishers. Deadline for submissions: June. See website for further information.

The Children’s Book Award

10 St. Laurence Road, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1JG

email info@fcbg.org.uk

website www.fcbg.org.uk

This award, founded by Pat Thomson and run by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups, is given annually to authors and illustrators of children’s fiction published in the UK. Children participate in the judging of the award. Awards are made in the following categories: Books for Younger Children, Books for Young Readers and Books for Older Readers. Founded 1980.

The Children’s Laureate

BookTrust, Studio G8, Battersea Studios, 80 Silverthorne Road, London SW8 3HE

tel 020-7801 8800

email childrenslaureate@booktrust.org.uk

website www.childrenslaureate.org.uk

Contact Charlotte Copping

The idea for the Children’s Laureate originated from a conversation between (the then) Poet Laureate Ted Hughes and children’s writer Michael Morpurgo. The post was established to celebrate exceptional children’s authors and illustrators and to acknowledge their importance in creating the readers of tomorrow. Quentin Blake was the first Children’s Laureate (1999–2001), followed by Anne Fine (2001–2003), Michael Morpurgo (2003–2005), Jacqueline Wilson (2005–2007), Michael Rosen (2007–2009), Anthony Browne (2009–2011), Julia Donaldson (2011–2013), Malorie Blackman (2013–2015), Chris Riddell (2015–17) and Lauren Child (2017–19). Founded 1999.

Cholmondeley Awards

The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

These honorary awards recognise the achievement and distinction of individual poets. Submissions cannot be accepted. Total value of awards is about £8,000.

Twitter @Soc_of_Authors

The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards

CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE

tel 020-7255 0650

email ckg@cilip.org.uk

website www.ckg.org.uk

Nominations for the following two awards are invited from members of CILIP (the library and information association), who are asked to submit up to two titles for each award, accompanied by a 50-word appraisal justifying the recommendation of each book. The awards are selected by judges from the Youth Libraries Group of CILIP. One title from each shortlist will be named the recipient of the Amnesty CILIP Honour, a joint commendation for a book that most distinctinvely illuminates, upholds or celebrates freedoms.

Carnegie Medal

Awarded annually for an outstanding book for children (fiction or non-fiction) written in English and first published in the UK during the preceding year or co-published elsewhere within a three-month time lapse. The Carnegie Medal winner is awarded £5,000 prize money from the Colin Mears Award annually.

Kate Greenaway Medal

Awarded annually for an outstanding illustrated book for children first published in the UK during the preceding year or co-published elsewhere within a three-month time lapse. Books intended for older as well as younger children are included, and reproduction will be taken into account. The Colin Mears Award (£5,000) is awarded annually to the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal.

Arthur C. Clarke Award

website www.clarkeaward.com

An annual prize consisting of a number of pounds sterling equal to the current year (e.g. £2,019 in 2019) plus an engraved bookend is given for the best science fiction novel with first UK publication during the previous calendar year. Titles are submitted by publishers. Founded 1985.

The David Cohen Prize for Literature

PO Box 1277, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 5BP

tel 0191-204 8850

Awards for authors, writers, journalists, photographers, newsletters, websites, cookbooks and culinary literature. Overall winner receives $1,000. See website for details. Founded 2003.

website www.newwritingnorth.com

website www.davidcohenprize.com

The David Cohen Prize for Literature is one of the UK’s most distinguished literary prizes. It recognises writers who use the English language and are citizens of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, encompassing dramatists as well as novelists, poets and essayists. Former winners include Harold Pinter, William Trevor, Doris Lessing, Seamus Heaney, Hilary Mantel and Tony Harrison.

The biennial prize, of £40,000, is for a lifetime’s achievement and is donated by the John S. Cohen Foundation. Established in 1965 by David Cohen and his family, the trust supports education, the arts, conservation and the environment. Arts Council England funds an additional prize of £10,000 (The Clarissa Luard Award) which is given by the winner to a fellow author or literary organisation. The David Cohen Prize for Literature is not open to applications but is awarded by an independent judging panel. Founded 1993.

Commonwealth Short Story Prize

Commonwealth Foundation, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HY

email writers@commonwealth.int

website www.commonwealthwriters.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/commonwealthwriters

Twitter @cwwriters

The Short Story Prize is part of Commonwealth Writers, the cultural initiative of the Commonwealth Foundation. Commonwealth Writers develops and connects writers across the world. It believes that well-told stories can help people make sense of events, engage with others and take action to bring about change. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words) in English. The overall winner receives £5,000. Regional winners receive £2,500. Short stories translated into English from other languages are also eligible.

The Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize

email info@theduffcooperprize.org

website www.theduffcooperprize.org

An annual prize for a literary work in the field of biography, history, politics or poetry published in English and submitted by a recognised publisher during the previous 12 months. The prize of £5,000 comes from a Trust Fund established by the friends and admirers of Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich (1890–1954) after his death.

Cordon d’Or – Gold Ribbon Culinary Academy Awards

7312 6th Avenue North, St Petersburg, FL 33710, USA

tel +1 727-347-2437

email ambassadornoreen@tampabay.rr.com

email nmekinney@tampabay.rr.com

website www.florida-americasculinaryparadise.com

website www.cordondorcuisine.com

website www.culinaryambassadorofireland.com

President Noreen Kinney

Costa Book Awards

The Booksellers Association, 6 Bell Yard, London WC2A 2JR

tel 020-7421 4693

email naomi.gane@booksellers.org.uk

website www.costa.co.uk/costa-book-awards

Contact Naomi Gane

The awards celebrate and promote the most enjoyable contemporary British writing. There are five categories: Novel, First Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children’s. Each category is judged by a panel of three judges and the winner in each category receives £5,000. Nine final judges then choose the Costa Book of the Year from the five category winners. The overall winner receives £30,000. Authors of submitted books must have been resident in the UK or Ireland for over six months of each of the previous three years (although UK or Irish nationality is not essential). Books must have been first published in the UK or Ireland between 1 November of the previous year and 31 October of the current year. Books previously published elsewhere are not eligible. Submissions must be received from publishers. Closing date: end of June.

The Rose Mary Crawshay Prize

The British Academy, 10–11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH

tel 020-7969 5200

website www.britishacademy.ac.uk

The Rose Mary Crawshay Prize, worth £500, is awarded each year to a woman of any nationality for a historical or critical work on any subject connected with English literature. Nominations are invited from Fellows of the British Academy and, under the original terms of the prize, preference is given to a work regarding Byron, Shelley or Keats. Founded 1888.

Creative Future Literary Awards

tel (01273) 234780

email literary@creativefuture.org.uk

website https://literary.creativefuture.org.uk

The Creative Future Literary Awards are the UK’s only national writing competition and high-profile awards ceremony for under-represented writers. The Awards showcase talented writers who lack opportunities due to mental health issues, disability, identity or other social circumstance. Prizes are awarded for poetry and short fiction, including £1,000 of cash prizes and writing development support. See website for information about eligibility, rules and how to apply.

Cundill History Prize

3463 Peel Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W7 Canada

email cundill.prize@mcgill.ca

website www.cundillprize.com

The Cundill History Prize is offered each year to an individual who has published a book in English determined to have had, or likely to have, a profound literary, social and intellectual impact. Administered by Montreal’s McGill University, the Cundill Prize recognises outstanding works of non-fiction that are grounded in scholarly research while retaining wide appeal and interest to the general public. Submissions are judged on their literary merits, their scholarship, and their contribution to historical understanding. The Prize is the largest non-fiction history prize in the world and welcomes submissions on any historical period or subject, regardless of the nationality or place of residence of the author. See website for submission guidelines.

The Curtis Brown Prize for Prose Fiction (University of East Anglia)

email ldc.schooloffice@uea.ac.uk

website www.uea.ac.uk/literature/scholarships-and-funding/prizes

The prize of £1,500 is awarded annually to the best writer of prose fiction on the University of East Anglia MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) course. The prize is open to all students enrolled on the MA in Prose Fiction in a given year and based on the material submitted by students for their MA assessment. The winner will be chosen by a panel of Curtis Brown agents from a shortlist comprising all students in the year who achieve MA with Distinction. For further details, contact the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing.

CWA Dagger Awards

c/o CJAM, Peershaws, Berewyk Hall Court, White Colne, Colchester CO2 2QB

email secretary@thecwa.co.uk

email dagger.liaison@thecwa.co.uk

website www.thecwa.co.uk

website www.cwadaggers.co.uk

Contacts Dea Parkin, Mike Stotter

CWA Awards for crime writing: the Diamond Dagger, with the winner nominated by CWA members. The Gold Dagger, the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, the John Creasey Dagger, the International Dagger, the Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction, the Dagger in the Library, the Short Story Dagger and the Historical Dagger are nominated by publishers via cwadaggers.co.uk. The Debut Dagger is a competition for the opening of a crime novel for unpublished writers, Story Competition welcomes unpublished stories of up to 3,500 words, from both published and unpublished authors. Deadlines: 28 February. See CWA website for competition details.

Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize

email foundation@deutsche-boerse.com

email info@tpg.org.uk

website www.deutscheboersephotographyfoundation.org

Rewards a living photographer, of any nationality, who has made the most significant contribution to the medium of photography during the past year (1st prize £30,000). Founded by the Photographers’ Gallery and awarded together with the Deutsche Borse Photography Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the collection, exhibition and promotion of contemporary photography. Visit the website. Founded 1996.

DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

email admin@dcsprize.com

website www.dscprize.com

This Prize celebrates the rich and varied world of literature of the South Asian region. Authors can belong to the region through birth or be of any ethnicity but the writing should pertain to the South Asian region in terms of content and theme. The prize aims to bring South Asian writing to a new global audience through a celebration of the achievements of South Asian writers. Prize value: $25,000. See website for submission guidelines and eligibility. Founded 2010.

East Anglian Book Awards

email info@writerscentrenorwich.org.uk

website www.writerscentrenorwich.org.uk

Awarded annually, the Awards comprise six categories: fiction; general non-fiction, poetry, children’s history and tradition and biography/memoir, with the £1,000 prize money going to the East Anglian Book of the Year. Additional categories: Book by the Cover, sponsored by East Anglian Writers, offering £100 to the best cover, and Outstanding Contribution Award given to a key figure in the world of literature, publishing, writing and editing etc. Books must be largely set in or around East Anglia, or the author of the book should be based in the area of Norfolk, Suffolk and the Fenland District. Awards are staged in partnership with Eastern Daily Press, Jarrold, Writers’ Centre Norwich, sponsored by the University of East Anglia Faculty of Humanities and the PACCAR Foundation.

Closing date for entries: July. Books must have been published within the calendar year of the previous award’s closing date and the one for the current year. Once entries are open (May), two copies of the book and a covering note explaining which category it is to be submitted to should be sent to Trevor Heaton at the Eastern Daily Press.

Edge Hill Short Story Prize

Edge Hill University, St Helens Road, Ormskirk, Lancs. L39 4QP

tel (01695) 584133

email cowanb@edgehill.ac.uk

website www.edgehill.ac.uk/shortstory

Contact Billy Cowan

This prize is awarded annually by Edge Hill University for excellence in a published single author short story collection. The winner will receive £10,000 and a Readers’ Choice prize of £1,000 is awarded to a writer from the shortlist. Publishers are entitled to submit collections published during the preceding year. Authors must be born or normally resident in the British Isles (including Ireland). Deadline: 23 March.

The T.S. Eliot Prize

50 Penn Road, London N7 9RE

website http://tseliot.com/prize/

Director Chris Holifield

An annual prize of £25,000, with £1,500 for each of the ten shortlisted poets, is awarded by the T.S. Eliot Foundation to the best collection of new poetry published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland during the year. Submissions are invited from publishers in June with a closing date of early August. The shortlist is announced in October and the winner in January, the day after the T.S. Eliot Prize Readings in the Royal Festival Hall.

The Desmond Elliott Prize

The Desmond Elliott Charitable Trust, 84 Godolphin Road, London W12 8JW

tel 020-8222 6580

email emma.manderson@desmondelliottprize.org

website www.desmondelliottprize.org

Literary Director Emma Manderson

An annual prize for a first novel written in English by an author resident in the UK or Ireland and published in the UK. Worth £10,000 to the winner, the prize is named after the literary agent and publisher, Desmond Elliott, who died in 2003. Qualities the judges will be looking for are: a debut novel of depth and breadth with a compelling narrative, original and arresting characters, vividly written and confidently realised. Founded 2007.

The European Publishers Award

website www.europhotobookaward.eu

Annual competition for the best set of photographs suitable for publication as a book. All photographic material must be completed and unpublished in book form and be original. Projects conceived as anthologies are not acceptable. Copyright must belong to the photographer. See website for details. Founded 1994.

European Union Prize for Literature

email info@euprizeliterature.eu

website www.euprizeliterature.eu

Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2018, the aim of the European Prize for Literature is to celebrate creativity and diversity of contemporary literature in the field of fiction, to promote the circulation of literature within Europe and to encourage greater interest in non-national literary works. The prize is financed by the Culture Programme of the European Union and is open to all countries currently involved in the EU Culture Programme. See website for full details and eligibility criteria. Founded 2008.

FAB Prize for Undiscovered BAME Talent

email fab@faber.co.uk

website www.faber.co.uk/blog/fab-prize-2018/

The FAB Prize is the Faber and Andlyn BAME Prize for undiscovered BAME writers and illustrators of children’s books. Entrants must be of black, Asian or minority ethnic background, and previously unpublished. Entries must be text or artwork for children aged 1 to 18 years. First prize of £500 for text and £500 for illustration. For full entry guidelines and submission criteria, see the website. Founded 2017.

The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize

An annual prize of £1,500 is awarded in alternate years for a volume of verse and for a volume of prose fiction, first published originally in the UK during the two years preceding the year in which the award is given which is, in the opinion of the judges, of the greatest literary merit. Eligible writers must be not more than 40 years old at the date of publication of the book and a citizen of the UK and Colonies, of any other Commonwealth state or of the Republic of Ireland. The three judges are reviewers of poetry or fiction who are nominated each year by the literary editors of newspapers and magazines which regularly publish such reviews. Faber and Faber invite nominations from reviewers and literary editors. No submissions for the prize are to be made. Founded 1963 by Faber and Faber Ltd, as a memorial to the founder and first Chairman of the firm.

The Alfred Fagon Award

email info@alfredfagonaward.co.uk

website www.alfredfagonaward.co.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/alfredfagonaward/

Twitter @AlfredFagonAwrd

An annual award of £6,000 for the Best New Play of the Year (which need not have been produced) for the theatre in English. TV and radio plays and film scripts will not be considered. Only writers of Caribbean and African descent resident in the UK are eligible. Applicants should submit two copies of their play plus sae for return of their script and a CV which includes details of the writer’s Caribbean and African connection. Closing date: end August. Founded 1997.

The Eleanor Farjeon Award

website www.childrensbookcircle.org.uk

An annual award which may be given to an individual or an organisation. Librarians, authors, publishers, teachers, reviewers and others who have given exceptional service to the children’s book industry are eligible for nomination. It was instituted in 1965 by the Children’s Book Circle (here) for distinguished services to children’s books and named after the much-loved children’s writer Eleanor Farjeon.

Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award

email bookaward@ft.com

website www.ft.com/work-careers/business-book-award

This award aims to identify the book that provides the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues including management, finance and economics. Submissions should be made via the publisher. The winner will receive £30,000 and each runner up £10,000.

First Novel Prize

c/o Daniel Goldsmith Associates Ltd, Gridiron Building, One Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG

email hello@danielgoldsmith.co.uk

website www.firstnovel.co.uk

A literary contest organised by the literary consultancy Daniel Goldsmith Associates, open to previously unpublished and independently published debut novelists. Open to novels of more than 50,000 words and of an adult genre. Judges include a leading literary agent and an adult fiction editor. First prize £1,000, second prize £250 and third prize £100. For full entry guidelines and entry fees, see the website.

Fish Publishing Writing Prizes

Fish Publishing, Durrus, Bantry, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland

email info@fishpublishing.com

website www.fishpublishing.com

Honorary Patrons Colum McCann, Roddy Doyle

International writing prizes set up to publish and encourage new writers. There are a number of prizes available including the Fish Short Story Prize, the Fish Short Memoir Prize, the Fish Flash Fiction Prize and the Fish Poetry Prize. Ten winners from each prize are published in the Annual Fish Anthology and each competition has cash and other prizes including residencies and other courses. For full details see website. Founded 1994

FOCAL International Awards

email info@focalint.org

website www.focalint.org/focal-international-awards

The FOCAL International Awards celebrate achievement in the use of footage in all variety of genres, across all media platforms plus its restoration. Producers, film-makers and other creative professionals who have used library footage in a documentary, feature film or any other form of production are encouraged to submit their work for consideration. See website for full submission guidelines and further information.

The Rathbones Folio Prize

email minna.fry@rathbonesfolioprize.com

website www.rathbonesfolioprize.com

Twitter @RathbonesFolio Executive Director Minna Fry

Open to any book (written primarily for adults) in the given year and, uniquely, is nominated exclusively by The Folio Prize Academy, an international group of writers and critics. The prize is worth £20,000. The Rathbones Folio Prize is open to all books written in English and published in the UK. All genres and forms are eligible. The format of first publication may be print or digital. See the website for submission details and dates.

Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition

Frank O’Connor House, 84 Douglas Street, Cork T12 X802, Republic of Ireland

email foolforpoetry@munsterlit.ie

website www.munsterlit.ie

An annual poetry chapbook competition run by the Munster Literature Centre. The competition is open to new, emerging and established poets from any country but at least one of the winners will be previously unpublished. First prize €1,000 and second prize €500. Both winners will receive a chapbook publication and 50 complimentary copies. The published chapbooks will be reviewed in Southword Journal and elsewhere. See website for entry fees and submission guidelines.

Forward Prizes for Poetry

Forward Arts Foundation, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA

tel 020-7845 4655

email info@forwardartsfoundation.org

website www.forwardartsfoundation.org

Three prizes are awarded annually:

• The Forward Prize for Best Collection published in the UK and Republic of Ireland between 19 September 2018 and 18 September 2019 (£10,000);

• The Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection published between 19 September 2018 and

18 September 2019 (£5,000); and

• The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem in memory of Michael Donaghy, published but not as part of a collection, pamphlet or anthology between 25 March 2018 and 24 March 2019 (£1,000).

All poems entered are also considered for inclusion in the Forward Book of Poetry, an annual anthology. Entries for the Best Collection and Best First Collection must be submitted by book publishers and, for Best Single Poem, by editors of newspapers, periodicals, magazines or online journals, or by competition organisers, in the UK and Ireland.

Entries accepted online. See website for details. Entries from individual poets of their unpublished or self-published work will not be accepted. Established 1992.

The Franco-British Society’s Literary Prize

Franco–British Society, 3 Dovedale Studios, 465 Battersea Park Road, London SW11 4LR

email francobritsoc@gmail.com

website www.franco-british-society.org/

Executive Secretary Isabelle Gault

This annual prize is given for a full-length work of literature which contributes most to Franco–British understanding. It must be first published in the UK between 1 January and 31 December, and written in English by a citizen of the UK, British Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. Closing date: 31 December.

Gladstone History Book Prize

Royal Historical Society, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

tel 020-7387 7532

email m.ransom@royalhistsoc.org

website www.royalhistsoc.org/prizes/gladstone-history-book-prize

Administrative Secretary Melanie Ransom

An annual award (value £1,000) for a history book. The book must:

• be on any historical subject which is not primarily related to British history;

• be its author’s first solely written history book;

• have been published in English during the previous calendar year;

• be an original and scholarly work of historical research.

One non-returnable copy of an eligible book should be submitted by the publisher before 31 December. Should the book be shortlisted, two further copies will be required.

The Goethe-Institut Award for New Translation

The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

This biennial award is open to emerging British translators of literature who translate from German into the English language. The winner will be awarded prize money of €1,000 and a place at the International Translator’s seminar, including a visit to the Leipzig Book Fair. The next award will be open for entries in summer 2019 and will be presented in 2020.

website www.societyofauthors.org/prizes/translation-prizes/Goethe-Institut

The Goldsmiths Prize

c/o Department of English & Comparative Literature, Goldsmiths University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW

email goldsmithsprize@gold.ac.uk

website www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-prize/

Twitter @GoldsmithsPrize Literary Director Tim Parnell

Celebrates the qualities of creative daring associated with the University and to reward fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibility of the novel form. The annual prize of £10,000 is awarded to a book that is deemed genuinely novel and which embodies the spirit of invention that characterises the genre at its best.

Prize open for submissions late January; closing date for submission of entry forms late March; closing date for submission of books early July; shortlist announced late September/early October; winner announced November. Founded 2013.

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards

Pintor Rosales 50, 28008, Madrid, Spain

tel +34-91-541-67-68

email pilar@gourmandbooks.com

email edouard@gourmandbooks.com

website www.cookbookfair.com

President Edouard Cointreau

The annual Gourmand World Cookbook Awards were created by Edouard Cointreau. Entries are free and any book published within the year can be entered by sending three copies of the book to the Gourmand Library at: Luis Velez de Guevara, 8, bajo A, 28012, Madrid, Spain. The Gourmand Library was created in 2013 to house the reference collection of cookbook and wine book titles of the awards. For further details about past winners, see the website. Founded 1995.

Kate Greenaway Medal – see The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards

The Griffin Poetry Prize

The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry, 363 Parkridge Crescent, Oakville, Ontario L6M 1A8, Canada

tel + 1 905-618 0420

email info@griffinpoetryprize.com

website www.griffinpoetryprize.com

Two annual prizes of Can$65,000 (and an additional Can$10,000 to each shortlisted poet) are awarded for collections of poetry published in English during the preceding year. One prize goes to a living Canadian poet, the other to a living poet from any country. Collections of poetry translated into English from other languages are also eligible and are assessed for their literary quality in English. Submissions are accepted from publishers only. Founded 2000.

Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize

email youngtranslatorsprize@randomhouse.co.uk

website www.penguinrandomhouse.co.uk/publishers/vintage/harvill-secker

The Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize recognises the achievements of young translators at the start of their careers. The prize is open to anyone between the ages of 18 and 34, with no restriction on the country of residence. The first prize includes £1,000 and a selection of Vintage titles. Founded 2010.

The Hawthornden Prize

The Prize Administrator, International Retreat for Writers, Hawthornden Castle, Lasswade, Midlothian EH18 1EG

email office@hawthornden.org

This £15,000 prize is awarded annually to the author of what, in the opinion of the judges, is the best work of imaginative literature published during the preceding calendar year by a British author. Books are chosen rather than received by submission.

The Hessell-Tiltman History Prize

English PEN, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA

tel 020-7324 2535

email enquiries@englishpen.org

website www.englishpen.org/events/prizes/hessell-tiltman-prize

An annual prize of £2,000 awarded to a non-fiction work of high literary merit covering any historical period. Biography and autobiography are excluded. Submissions must come through publishers. Full details can be found on the English PEN website. Founded 2002.

William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award

website www.williamhillplc.com

The world’s longest established and most valuable literary sports-writing prize. Winner receives £30,000, a free £2,000 bet and a trophy. Shortlisted authors receive a leather-bound copy of their book and £3,000. See website for rules and submission guidelines. Founded 1989.

The Calvin and Rose G. Hoffman Memorial Prize for Distinguished Scholarly Essay on Christopher Marlowe

The King’s School, 25 The Precincts, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2ES

email bursar@kings-bursary.co.uk

Contact The Hoffman Administrator

This annual prize is awarded to the writer of the best distinguished scholarly essay on Christopher Marlowe. Closing date: 1 September. An application form and further details must be obtained from the Hoffman Administrator.

The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry

The Poetry Society, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX

tel 020-7420 9886

email tedhughesaward@poetrysociety.org.uk

website www.poetrysociety.org.uk

An annual award of £5,000 for a living UK poet, working in any form, who has made the most exciting contribution to poetry over the year. Organised by the Poetry Society and funded by Carol Ann Duffy with the honorarium which the Poet Laureate traditionally receives from H.M. the Queen.

HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition

email admin@historicalwriters.org

website www.historicalwriters.org/dorothydunnett/

Short story competition run by the Historical Writers’ Association for unpublished short stories of up to 3,500 words. Stories must be set at least 35 years in the past. Entry fee £5. First prize £500. For full entry guidelines and submission dates, see website.

The Imison Award

The Broadcasting Committee, The Society of

Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

email bert@agile-ideas.com

website www.societyofauthors.org/prizes/audio-drama/imison

This annual prize of £3,000, sponsored by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation, is awarded to any new writer of original audio drama first produced and broadcast (nationally or online) in the UK. Founded 1994.

The Impress Prize for New Writers

Innovation Centre, Rennes Drive, University of Exeter, Devon EX4 4RN

tel (01392) 950910

email enquiries@impress-books.co.uk

website www.impress-books.co.uk

Contact Natalie Clark

The prize was created to discover and publish new writing talent in fiction and non-fiction. The winner is offered a publishing contract with Impress Books in both print and ebook and a £500 advance. Writers submit a 6,000 word sample of the manuscript, a synopsis, publishing rationale and author biography. Entries to the prize are assessed by the Impress team and a shortlist is produced from which a panel of representatives from the publishing industry, chooses the winner.

In the past the winners and shortlisted candidates have gone on to be represented by agents and received subsequent publishing contracts. Previous winners of the prize include Annabel Abbs with The Joyce Girl and Magdalena McGuire with Home Is Nearby. See the website for details. Entry fee: £25. Founded 2006.

Independent Bookshop Week Book Awards

6 Bell Yard, London WC2A 2JR

tel 020-7421 4694

email sharon.benton@booksellers.org.uk

website www.indiebookshopweek.co.uk

Awards are given in three categories: adult, children’s and picture book, as well as a Best of the Best award. For entry guidelines and shortlist details, see the website.

International Dublin Literary Award

Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse Street, Dublin D02 HE37, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)1 6744802

email literaryaward@dublincity.ie

website www.dublinliteraryaward.ie

This award is the largest and most international prize of its kind. Administered by Dublin City Public Libraries, nominations are made by libraries in capital and major cities throughout the world. Novels are nominated solely on the basis of ‘high literary merit’ . Books may be written in any language, but must be translated into English. The prize is €100,000 which is awarded to the author if the book is written in English. If the winning book is in English translation, the author receives €75,000 and the translator €25,000. Founded 1996.

International Prize for Arabic Fiction

133 Hill House, 210 Upper Richmond Road, London SW15 6NP

email fleurmontanaro@yahoo.co.uk

website www.arabicfiction.org/en

Prize Administrator Fleur Montanaro

The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is the most prestigious literary prize in the Arab world. Its aim is to reward excellence in contemporary Arabic creative writing and to encourage the readership of high quality Arabic literature internationally through the translation and publication of winning and shortlisted novels in other major languages. Shortlisted authors receive $10,000 and the winning author goes on to receive a further $50,000. For full entry and submission guidelines, see the website.

Irish Book Awards

137 Hillside, Dalkley, County Dublin A96 DP86, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)85 1449574

website www.irishbookawards.irish/

Administrator Bert Wright

The Irish Book Awards are a set of industry-recognition awards set up by a coalition of Irish booksellers. The awards are owned by Irish Book Awards Ltd, a not-for-profit company, and were established to celebrate the extraordinary quality of Irish writing, to help bring the best books to a wider readership annually, and to promote an industry under severe competitive pressures. The awards include fifteen categories spanning the literary genres. Thousands of ordinary readers vote to select the winners every year.

At the time of writing, the Awards are in negotiations for a replacement headline sponsor after an eight-year partnership with Bord Gáis Energy. Submissions open: 1 June; shortlist announced: late October; Awards Ceremony: late November. Founded 2007.

Jewish Quarterly – Wingate Literary Prizes

email customerservices@thejc.com

website www.thejc.com

Celebrating its 41st anniversary in 2018, an annual prize of £4,000 is awarded for a work of fiction or non-fiction which best stimulates an interest in and awareness of themes of Jewish concern among a wider reading public. Founded 1977.

The K&IM Information Resources Awards

CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE

tel 020-7255 0500

email isgrefawards@cilip.org.uk

email jdburntoak@virginmedia.com

website www.cilip.org.uk/isg

Information Resources Award

Awarded annually for outstanding information resources that are available and relevant to the library and information sector in the UK within the preceding year. There are two categories, one for electronic formats and one for printed works. Recommendations are invited from Members of CILIP (the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals), publishers and others, who are asked to submit a preliminary list via email. Winners receive a certificate.

The Walford Award

Awarded annually to an individual for an outstanding contribution to the world of reference and information services in the UK. Recommendations may be made for the work of a living person or persons, or for an organisation. The winner receives a certificate and a cheque for £100.

Kent and Sussex Poetry Society Open Poetry Competition

26 Courtlands, Teston, Maidstone, Kent, ME18 5AS

email kentandsussexpoetry@gmail.com

website www.kentandsussexpoetry.com

This competition is open to all unpublished poems, no longer than 40 lines. Prizes: 1st: £1,000, 2nd: £300, 3rd: £100, 4th: four at £50. Closing date: 31 January. Entry fee £5 per poem (£4 per poem if submitting 3+ poems). Founded 1985.

Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award

Listowel Writers Week, 24 The Square, Listowel, Co. Kerry V31 RD93, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)68 21074

website www.writersweek.ie

The Kitschies reward the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic. Open for submissions in late spring/early summer and closed in late autumn/early winter, with awards presented in late winter each year. Prizes total £2,000. There is no fee to enter. Founded 2009.

Contacts Maire Logue, Eilish Wren

An annual award of €15,000 for a published novel by an Irish author. Listowel Writers’ Week is an acclaimed literary festival devoted to bringing together writers and audiences at unique and innovative events in the historic and intimate surroundings of Listowel, County Kerry. Events include workshops, readings, seminars, lectures, book launches, art exhibitions and a comprehensive children’s and teenagers’ programme. See website for submission guidelines and dates. Founded 1971.

Kindle Storyteller Prize

website www.amazon.co.uk

The Kindle Storyteller Prize is open to submissions of new English language books in any genre. Titles must be previously unpublished and be available as an ebook and in print via Kindle Direct Publishing or CreateSpace (print edition only). The winning author will receive £20,000 and will be recognised at a central London award ceremony. Competition entry period runs from 1 May to 31 August.

The Kitschies

email submissions@thekitschies.com

website www.thekitschies.com

Twitter @thekitschies

Director Glen Mehn

Kraszna-Krausz Awards

email info@kraszna-krausz.org.uk

website www.kraszna-krausz.org.uk

Awards totalling over £10,000 are made each year for the best photography book and best moving image book published in English. Entries to be submitted by publishers only. The Foundation also presents the Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Award and supports the First Book Award. Founded 1985.

Listowel Writers’ Week Poetry Competitions

Listowel Writers’ Week, 24 The Square, Listowel, Co. Kerry V31 RD93, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)68 21074

website www.writersweek.ie

Contacts Maire Logue, Eilish Wren

Holds four poetry competitions (poetry book: €5,000; poetry single: €700; poetry collection: €1,500; short poem: €250). Contact for full details and submission guidelines. No entry form required. No entry fee. Founded 1971.

Little, Brown Award for Crime Fiction (University of East Anglia)

email ldc.schooloffice@uea.ac.uk

website www.uea.ac.uk/literature/scholarships-and-funding/prizes

This prize of £3,000 is awarded annually for the best writer of crime fiction on the University of East Anglia MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction). The prize is open to all students enrolled on the MA in Crime Fiction in a given year and will be based on the material submitted by students for their final assignment of a full-length crime fiction manuscript. The winner will be chosen by a panel of Little, Brown editors. For further information, contact the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing.

The London Magazine Short Story, Poetry and Essay Competitions

email info@thelondonmagazine.org

website www.thelondonmagazine.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/thelondonmagazine1732

Twitter @TheLondonMag

A chance to be published in the UK’s oldest literary magazine, established in 1732. Annual competitions held for Poetry, Essays and Short Stories. Dates announced online throughout the year. First Prize: £500, Second Prize: £300, Third Prize: £200, plus publication in the magazine. £10 per entry and £5 for subsequent entries.

The London Hellenic Prize

The Hellenic Centre, 16–18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS

email jason.leech@londonhellenicprize.org

website www.londonhellenicprize.org

Established by the London Hellenic Society, the Prize is worth £10,000 and runs annually with a submission deadline of 31 January for books published in the preceding calendar year. It is awarded to authors of original works written in (or translated into) English and inspired by Greece or Greek exploits, culture or history at any time from the ancient past to the present day. Although the Prize will always strive to recognise works of excellence, any winner must be accessible to a broad readership. Individual applicants or their publishers may submit any number of titles (two copies of each). Further details are available on the website or by contacting the email address above. Founded 1996.

London Press Club Awards

c/o London & Partners, 6th Floor, 2 More Riverside, London SE1 2RR

tel 020-7520 9082

email info@londonpressclub.co.uk

website www.londonpressclub.co.uk

Twitter @londonpressclub

The London Press Club is a membership organisation for journalists and other media professionals. It organises debates, Q&As and social events at exclusive venues across the capital, as well as the annual Press Ball. The London Press Club Awards take place each year, honouring the following categories: Daily Newspaper of the Year, Sunday Newspaper of the Year, Business Journalist of the Year, Scoop of the Year, Blog of the Year, Reviewer of the Year, Broadcast Journalist of the Year, the Edgar Wallace Award and Londoner of the Year.

The Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography

The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

Longman-History Today Awards

website www.societyofauthors.org/prizes/non-fiction/

Elizabeth-Longford

website www.elhb.uk

Twitter @Soc_of_Authors

A prize of £5,000 is awarded annually for an historical biography published in the year preceding the prize in memory of acclaimed biographer Elizabeth Longford, and sponsored by Flora Fraser and Peter Soros. Founded 2003.

email admin@historytoday.com

website www.historytoday.com/longman-history-today-awards

The Longman-History Today awards are made jointly by the publishers Longman and History Today magazine to foster a wider understanding of, and enthusiasm for, history. The winning book receives an award of £2,000 and must display innovative research and interpretation in its field. It will also have contributed significantly to making its subject accessible to the general reader. Founded 1997.

The Sir William Lyons Award

The Guild of Motoring Writers Secretariat, 40 Baring Road, Bournemouth BH6 4DT

tel (01202) 422424

email generalsec@gomw.co.uk

website www.gomw.co.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/gomwuk

Twitter @gomw_uk

Sponsored by Jaguar Cars in memory of Sir William Lyons, founder and president of Jaguar Cars, this annual award was set up to encourage young people to foster interest in motoring and the motor industry through automotive journalism. Open to any person of British nationality resident in the UK aged 17–23 years at the closing date of 1 October. Full details are available on the website.

The McKitterick Prize

The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

website www.societyofauthors.org/prizes/fiction/mckitterick

Twitter @Soc_of_Authors

This annual award of £4,000 is open to first published novels (excluding works for children) and unpublished submissions by authors over the age of 40. The runner-up receives £1,000. Closing date: 31 October.

Bryan MacMahon Short Story Award

Listowel Writers’ Week, 24 The Square, Listowel, Co. Kerry V31 RD93, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)68 21074

website www.writersweek.ie

email writingschool@mmu.ac.uk

Twitter @ListowelWW18

Contacts Maire Logue, Eilish Wren

An annual award for the best short story (up to 3,000 words) on any subject. Prize: €2,000. Entry fee: €10. No entry form required, enter online. There is a subsidiary award, Writers’ Week Originals Short Story, for stories of up to 1,500 words as part of Listowel Writers’ Week, an acclaimed literary festival devoted to bringing together writers and audiences at unique and innovative events in the intimate and historic surroundings of Listowel, County Kerry. Founded 1971.

The Macmillan Prize for Children’s Picture Book Illustration

Macmillan Children’s Books, 20 New Wharf Road, London N1 9RR

email macmillanprize@macmillan.co.uk

website www.panmacmillan.com/macmillanprize

Three prizes are awarded annually for unpublished children’s book illustrations by art students in higher education establishments in the UK. Prizes: 1st: £1,000, 2nd: £500 and 3rd: £250.

Magic Oxygen Literary Prize

The Flat, 53 Broad Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3QF

tel (01297) 442824

website www.magicoxygen.co.uk/molp/

The Magic Oxygen Literary Prize is the only short story and poetry writing competition in the world to plant a tree for every entry, in conjunction with the Word Forest Organisation. Short stories should be up to 4,000 words, excluding title. Poetry of up to 50 lines can be entered, excluding title and lines between stanzas. Online entries preferred. Open to writers worldwide and entrants must be 15 or over at the time of submission. Prizes: 1st: £1,000, 2nd: £300, 3rd: £100, 2 x Highly Commended prizes of £50. For full details, entry guidelines and deadlines, see the website.

The Man Booker International Prize

Four Colman Getty, 20 St Thomas Street, London SE1 9BF

tel 020-3697 4256

email marion.evans@fourcolmangetty.com

website www.themanbookerprize.com

The Man Booker International Prize is awarded annually for a single work of fiction, translated into English and published in the UK. Both novels and collections of short stories are eligible. As a further acknowledgement of the importance of translation, the £50,000 prize will be divided equally between the author and the translator. Each shortlisted author and translator will receive £1,000. Entries only from UK publishers. Sponsored by Man Group plc.

The Man Booker Prize

Four Colman Getty, 20 St Thomas Street, London SE1 9BF

tel 020-3697 4256

email marion.evans@fourcolmangetty.com

website www.themanbookerprize.com

This annual prize for fiction of £50,000, plus £2,500 to each of six shortlisted authors, is awarded by the Booker Prize Foundation to the author of the best (in the opinion of the judges) eligible novel. Any novel in print or electronic format, written originally in English and published in the UK and Ireland by an imprint formally established in the UK or Ireland is eligible. Entries only from UK and Irish publishers who may each submit novels based on their previous longlisting with scheduled publication dates between 1 October of the previous year and 30 September of the current year, but the judges may also ask for other eligible novels to be submitted to them. In addition, publishers may submit eligible titles by authors who have either won or been shortlisted in the past. Sponsored by Man Group plc.

The Manchester Fiction Prize

The Manchester Writing School, Manchester Metropolitan University, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 5NH

tel 0161 247 1787

website www.manchesterwritingcompetition.co.uk

Twitter @McrWritingSchl

Manager James Draper

The Manchester Writing School, the home of creative writing within the Department of English at Manchester Metropolitan University, hosts this competition which was created by UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and which is designed to attract and celebrate the best new writing from around the world. Entrants are asked to submit a short story of up to 2,500 words. An award of £10,000 will be made each year to the overall winner, or winners. The deadline for entries for the 2018 competition is 30 September and the award ceremony will be held in December. See website for further information.

The Manchester Poetry Prize

The Manchester Writing School, Manchester Metropolitan University, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 5NH

tel 0161 247 1787

email writingschool@mmu.ac.uk

website www.manchesterwritingcompetition.co.uk

Twitter @McrWritingSchl

Manager James Draper

Entrants are asked to submit a portfolio of three to five poems totalling up to 120 lines. An award of £10,000 will be made to the overall winner, or winners. The deadline for entries for the 2018 competition is 30 September and the award ceremony will be held in December. See website for further information.

The Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets

Wordsworth Trust, Dove Cottage, Grasmere, Cumbria LA22 9SH

tel (01539) 435544

website www.wordsworth.org.uk

Inaugurated by the British Library and supported by the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, to raise the profile of poetry pamphlets and also recognise and reward the enormous contribution that poets and their pamphlet publishers make to the poetry world in the UK. There are three awards:

• The Michael Marks Poetry Award to recognise a single outstanding work of poetry published in pamphlet form in the UK during the eligible period. This award is open to self-published work. Winner receives £5,000.

• The Michael Marks Publishers Award to recognise an outstanding UK publisher of poetry in pamphlet form, based on their publishing programme during the eligible period. Winner receives £5,000.

• The Michael Marks Illustration Award to recognise outstanding illustration of a poetry pamphlet. Winner receives £1,000. Founded 2009.

See website for full details and submission guidelines.

The Somerset Maugham Awards

The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

The Mogford Prize is a £10,000 annual award for a short story based, to a greater or lesser extent, on the theme of food and/or drink. The story can be any form of fiction – a romance, a mystery, an observation on life, a comedy, or any other theme. The Prize is open to all published or unpublished writers. Each year judging is conducted by Prize founders Jeremy and Hilary Mogford as well as a different acclaimed literary author and an established food/cookery writer. In addition to the winning story, there are three runners-up. The winning story is published in small booklet form and distributed throughout the Mogford Group’s venues. For 2019, submissions open in November 2018 and close in January 2019. See the website for full details. Founded 2013.

website www.societyofauthors.org/somerset-maugham

Twitter @Soc_of_Authors

These annual awards are for writers under the age of 35. Candidates must be ordinarily resident in the UK or Northern Ireland. Poetry, fiction, non-fiction, belles lettres or philosophy, but not dramatic works, are eligible. Entries should be submitted by the publisher. Total prize money of £10,000 which should be used for foreign travel. Closing date: 30 November.

McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year

Bloody Scotland, c/o The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN

website www.bloodyscotland.com/the-mcilvanney-prize/

Twitter @BloodyScotland

Novels, collections of short stories and non-fiction crime titles are eligible for submission. A Scottish crime book is eligible if it is written by a writer born in Scotland or a writer domiciled in Scotland, or the book submitted for the award is largely set in Scotland. See website for full submission guidelines.

The Mogford Prize for Food and Drink Short Story Writing

36 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LD

email steve@mogford.co.uk

website www.mogfordprize.co.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/mogfordcoll

Twitter @mogfordcoll

Contact Steve Holmes

The Moth Art Prize

email mothartprize@themothmagazine.com

website www.themothmagazine.come

The Moth Art Prize is awarded annually to an artist for a body of figurative or representational work (images of which can be sent electronically). Anyone over 16 can enter, and the winner receives €1,000 plus a two-week stay at The Moth Retreat in rural Ireland. There is a fee of €20 per portfolio. Closes 30 May. For full entry details and guidelines, see the website.

The Moth Poetry Prize

email enquiries@themothmagazine.com

website www.themothmagazine.com

The Moth Poetry Prize is awarded annually to four unpublished poems, chosen by a different judge each year. Prizes: 1st €10,000, with three runner-up prizes of €1,000. Anyone over 16 can enter. There is a fee of €12 per poem. All four poems appear in The Moth magazine. Closes 31 December. For full entry details and guidelines, see the website.

The Moth Short Story Prize

email enquiries@themothmagazine.com

website www.themothmagazine.com

The Moth Short Story Prize is awarded annually to three unpublished stories, chosen by a different judge each year. Prizes: 1st: €3,000, 2nd: a week-long retreat at Circle of Misse in France plus €250, 3rd: €1,000. Anyone over 16 can enter. There is a fee of €12 per story. All three stories appear in The Moth magazine. Closes 30 June. For full entry details and guidelines, see the website.

The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature

email awards@mythsoc.org

website www.mythsoc.org

Given to the fantasy novel, multi-volume novel or single-author story collection for adults published during the previous year that best exemplifies the spirit of the Inklings.

The Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth and Fantasy Studies

email awards@mythsoc.org

website www.mythsoc.org

Given to scholarly books on specific authors in the Inklings tradition, or to more general works on the genres of myth and fantasy.

The Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies

email awards@mythsoc.org

website www.mythsoc.org

Given to books on J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and/or Charles Williams that make significant contributions to Inklings scholarship.

National Poetry Competition

The Poetry Society, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX

tel 020-7420 9880

email info@poetrysociety.org.uk

website www.poetrysociety.org.uk

One of the UK’s major annual open poetry competitions. Accepts poems up to 40 lines long on any theme (previously unpublished and written in English). Prizes: 1st £5,000, 2nd £2,000, 3rd £1,000, plus seven commendations of £200. Judged by a panel of three leading poets. For rules and an entry form send a sae or visit the website. Closing date: 31 October each year. Founded 1978.

New Angle Prize for East Anglian Literature

Ipswich Institute, Reading Room & Library, 15 Tavern Street, Ipswich IP1 3AA

tel (01473) 253992

email library@ipswichinstitute.org.uk

website www.ipswichinstitute.org.uk/NAP.html

Twitter @PrizeNewAngle Prize Coordinator Hugh Pierce

The New Angle Prize is a biennial award for a recently published book of literary merit, associated with or influenced by the UK region of East Anglia (defined here as Norfolk, Suffolk, north Essex, Cambridgeshire and the Fens).

The 2019 award will be open to works of fiction or poetry, first published between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2018. Past winners include Jim Kelly (Death Watch), Jules Pretty (This Luminous Coast), Kate Worsley (She Rises) and Julia Blackburn (Threads, the Delicate Life of John Craske). Current sponsors of the £2,000 single category first prize (£500 for runner-up) are Suffolk-based Gotelee Solicitors.

The New Poets Prize

The Poetry Business, Bank Street Arts, 32–40 Bank Street, Sheffield S1 2DS

tel 0114-346 3037

email office@poetrybusiness.co.uk

website www.poetrybusiness.co.uk

Directors Peter Sansom, Ann Sansom

A pamphlet competition for writers between the ages of 16 and 22. Entrants are invited to submit short poetry collections of 12 pages. Four outstanding collections are selected to receive a year of support and mentoring led by Peter and Ann Sansom of the Poetry Business. The four winners will receive guidance on submitting to magazines, other competitions and publishers.

One first prize winner’s collection will be published by smith|doorstop books following a year of mentoring and editorial support. Poets between the ages of 16 and 22 writing in English from anywhere in the world are eligible. Entry £8. Entries can be submitted by post (with a cheque and completed entry form) or online via the website.

New Venture Award

website www.womeninpublishing.org.uk

Twitter @WIPublishingUK

The New Venture Award is given for pioneering work on behalf of under-represented groups in society. Run by Women in Publishing.

The Nobel Prize in Literature

website www.nobelprize.org

One of the annual awards stipulated in the will of the Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel. No direct application for a prize will be taken into consideration. For a full list of literature Laureates, visit www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/ml.

The Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize

website www.theguardian.com/books/series/observer-graphic-short-story-prize

An annual graphic short story competition offering a £1,000 cash prize and the chance to see your story printed in the Observer New Review. £250 runner-up prize. Founded 2007.

Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

c/o Auckland Writers Festival, Suite 9A, 44–52 Wellesley Street West, Auckland 1010

tel +64 (0)9 376 8074

email awards@nzbookawards.org.nz

website www.nzbookawards.nz

Annual awards to celebrate excellence in, and provide recognition for, the best books published annually in New Zealand. Awards are presented in four categories: fiction, poetry, illustrated non-fiction and general non-fiction. The winner of the fiction category, the Acorn Foundation Fiction Award, wins $50,000. The winners of the other three categories each win $10,000. Special awards include a Maori Language Award and a Best First Book Award for each of the four categories. Eligible books must have been published in New Zealand in the year preceding the awards ceremony date.

OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

email awards@bocaslitfest.com

website www.bocaslitfest.com

An annual prize for literary books by Caribbean writers (writers must have been born in the Caribbean or hold Caribbean citizenship). Books published in the calendar year 2018 will be eligible for the 2019 prize. There are two deadline dates for entries: books published before November 2018 (which should be received by the prize administrators by mid-November) and books published between 1 November and 31 December 2018 (which should be received by the prize administrators by the first week of January 2019). Books are judged in three categories: poetry; fiction (including novels and short stories); and literary non-fiction (including books of essays, biography, autobiography, history, current affairs, travel and other genres which demonstrate literary qualities and use literary techniques, regardless of subject matter). Textbooks, technical books, coffee-table books, specialist publications and reference works are not eligible. There is an entry fee of US$35. The overall winner will receive an award of US$10,000. Prize guidelines and entry forms available via the website.

The Orwell Prize

The Institure of Advanced Studies, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

tel 020-3108 1618

email robyn.donaldson@theorwellprize.co.uk

website www.orwellfoundation.com

Contact Robyn Donaldson

The Orwell Prize is awarded annually for books and journalism that come closest to George Orwell’s ambition to ‘make political writing into art’. Three prizes are awarded annually: the Orwell Prize for Books, the Orwell Prize for Journalism and the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils (sponsored by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation). Each prize is worth £3,000 to the winner; shortlists and longlists published on the website and widely publicised. Deadline for entry is December for Books, early January for Journalism and Social Evils. Work with a British or Irish connection first published in the calendar year before the date of the prize is eligible; books must be first published in the UK or Ireland. Please see website for further details. Founded 1994.

Pandora Award

website www.womeninpublishing.org.uk

Twitter @WIPublishingUK

The Pandora Award is made for significant and sustained contributions to the publishing industry. Run by Women in Publishing.

PEN Ackerley Prize for Autobiography and Memoir

English PEN, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA

tel 020-7324 2535

email enquiries@englishpen.org

website www.englishpen.org

An annual prize of £2,000 is given for an outstanding work of literary autobiography/memoir written in English and published during the previous year by an author of British nationality. No submissions: books are nominated by the judges only. Founded 1982.

The People’s Book Prize

email thepeoplesbkpr@aol.com

website www.peoplesbookprize.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/The-Peoples-Book-Prize/108823565880728

Twitter @PeoplesBkPrize

Founder & Prize Administrator Tatiana Wilson, Patron Frederick Forsyth CBE, Founding Patron Dame Beryl Bainbridge DBE

The People’s Book Prize awards prizes in six categories: fiction, non-fiction, children’s, first time author (the Beryl Bainbridge First Time Author Award), TPBP Best Achievement Award and TPBP Best Publisher Award. Titles must be submitted by publishers, with a limit of one title per category. Winners are announced at an awards ceremony at the end of May at Stationers’ Hall Livery Company. For entry rules and submission guidelines, see the website.

The Samuel Pepys Award

Paul Gray, Haremoor House, Faringdon, Oxon SN7 8PN

tel 07802 301297

email plgray@btinternet.com

website www.pepys-club.org.uk

A biennial prize is given to a book published in English making the greatest contribution to the understanding of Samuel Pepys, his times, or his contemporaries. The winner receives £2,000 and the Robert Latham Medal. Closing date: 30 June 2019 (for publication between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2019). Founded by the Samuel Pepys Award Trust in 2003 on the tercentenary of the death of Pepys.

The Plough Prize

The Plough Arts Centre, 9–11 Fore Street, Great Torrington, Devon EX38 8HQ

tel (01805) 624624

website www.theploughprize.co.uk

Poetry competition; poems should contain no more than 40 lines. There are three top prizes: 1st: £1,000, 2nd: £750, 3rd: £250. Visit website for full entry criteria and submission guidelines.

The Poetry Business Book & Pamphlet Competition

The Poetry Business, Bank Street Arts, 32–40 Bank Street, Sheffield S1 2DS

tel 0114 346 3037

email office@poetrybusiness.co.uk

website www.poetrybusiness.co.uk

Directors Peter Sansom, Ann Sansom

An annual award is made for a poetry collection. The judges select up to five short collections for publication as pamphlets; on further submission of more poems, one of these will be selected for a full-length collection. To be published under the Poetry Business’s smith|doorstop imprint. All winners share a cash prize of £2,000. Poets over the age of 18 writing in English from anywhere in the world are eligible. Founded 1986.

The Portico Prize

Portico Library, 57 Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3HY

tel 0161 236 6785

email librarian@theportico.org.uk

website www.theportico.org.uk

This biennial prize is awarded for a published work of fiction or non-fiction, of general interest and literary merit set wholly or mainly in the North of England with prizes for fiction and non-fiction totalling up to £20,000. The prize is currently under review and the next projected prize year is 2019. Founded 1985.

The Press Awards

Society of Editors, University Centre, Granta Place, Cambridge CB2 1RU

tel (01223) 304080

email office@societyofeditors.org

website www.pressawards.org.uk

Annual awards for British journalism judged by a number of influential judges as well as representatives from all the national newspaper groups.

The V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize

The Royal Society of Literature, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA

tel 020-7845 4679

Trevor Reese Memorial Prize

An annual prize of £1,000 is awarded for a previously unpublished short story of between 2,000 and 4,000 words. Entry fee: £5 per story. Closing date for entries: June. See website for full details and submission guidelines. Founded 1999.

Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

tel 020-7862 8853

email ics@sas.ac.uk

website http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/publications/trevor-reese-memorial-prize

Established in the name of Dr Trevor Reese, a distinguished scholar of Australian and Commonwealth history, who was Reader in Imperial Studies at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies until his death in 1976. He was the author of several leading works in his field, and was both founder and first editor of the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History.

The prize of £1,000 is awarded every three years to the author of a work which has made a wide-ranging, innovative and scholarly contribution in the broadly-defined field of Imperial and Commonwealth History. The next award of the prize will be in 2019, for books in the relevant field published in 2016, 2017 or 2018. Queries should be sent by email. Founded 1979.

Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award and David Miller Bursary

email info@deborahrogersfoundation.org

website www.deborahrogersfoundation.org/writers-award

website www.deborahrogersfoundation.org/bursary

Set up in memory of Deborah Rogers, a literary agent, who died in 2014. The Foundation aims to seek out and support emerging talent by means of two biennial awards: the Writers Award, which gives £10,000 to an unpublished author to enable them to complete a first book; and the DRF David Miller Bursary, which offers work placements in publishing houses worldwide together with £10,000 to help a young agent or publisher gain international work experience. For full submission guidelines, see the website.

The Romantic Novel of the Year Awards

website www.romanticnovelistsassociation.org

Awards Organiser Celia Anderson

The Romantic Novelists’ Association gives annual awards for the very best romantic fiction. These awards, presented in early March, include a Best Debut Book Award and Romantic Novel of the Year Award. The awards are open to both members and non-members of the RNA. Novels must be first published between 1 January and 31 December of the year of entry. Four copies of each novel are required and there is a small entry fee. The entry form can be found on the website or obtained from the organiser.

The Joan Hessayon Award is only open to members of the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s New Writers’ Scheme who submit a MS from January until the end of August. All will receive a critique. Any MSS subsequently accepted for publication become eligible for the Award.

The RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction

The Royal Society of Literature, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA

tel 020-7845 4679

Awards offering financial assistance to authors engaged in writing their first major commissioned works of non-fiction. The awards are open to UK and Irish writers and writers who have been resident in the UK for at least three years. These awards are made possible thanks to a generous bequest from author and RSL Fellow Giles St Aubyn. See website for further details.

The RSL Ondaatje Prize

The Royal Society of Literature, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA

tel 020-7845 4679

The Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize

This annual £10,000 award, administered by the Royal Society of Literature and endowed by Sir Christopher Ondaatje, is awarded to a book of literary merit: fiction, poetry or non-fiction, best evoking the spirit of a place. The writer must be a citizen of the UK, Commonwealth, Republic of Ireland or have been a resident of the UK for three years. Books may be entered only by publishers based in the UK. See website for further details.

The Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize

The Royal Society, 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG

tel 020-7451 2500

email sciencebooks@royalsociety.org

website https://royalsociety.org/awards/science-books

Facebook www.facebook.com/theroyalsociety

Twitter @royalsociety

This prestigious prize is open to authors of science books written for a non-specialist audience. The winner will receive £25,000 and each shortlisted author will receive £2,500. Eligible books should be written in English and their first publication in the UK must have been between 1 October and 30 September the following year.

Publishers may submit any number of books for the Prize. Entries may cover any aspect of science and technology but educational textbooks published for professional or specialist audiences are not eligible. Founded 1988.

The Royal Society, 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG

tel 020-7451 2500

email sciencebooks@royalsociety.org

website www.royalsociety.org/young-peoples-book-prize

Facebook www.facebook.com/theroyalsociety

Twitter @royalsociety

This prize is open to books for under- 14s that have science as a substantial part of their content, narrative or theme. An expert adult panel choose the shortlist, but the winner is chosen by groups of young people in judging panels across the UK. The winning entry receives £10,000 and shortlisted entries receive £2,500. Entries open in December each year. Pure reference works including encyclopedias, educational textbooks and descriptive books are not eligible. The Prize is offered thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. Founded 1988.

RSL Encore Award

Royal Society of Literature, Somerset House, London WC2R 1LA

tel 020-7845 4679

email rebecca@stonehillsalt.co.uk

website www.rsliterature.org/award/rsl-encore-award

The £10,000 Encore Award for the best second novel of the year was first awarded in 1990 and is sponsored by Lucy Astor. The award fills a niche in the catalogue of literary prizes by celebrating the achievement of outstanding second novels. See the website for full submission guidelines. The RSL has administrated the award since 2016.

RSPCA Young Photographer Awards

Brand Marketing and Content Department Department, RSPCA, Wilberforce Way, Southwater, Horsham, West Sussex RH13 9RS

email ypa@rspca.org.uk

website www.rspca.org.uk/ypa

Annual awards open to anyone aged 18 or under. The aim of the competition is to encourage young people’s interest in photography and to show their appreciation and understanding of the animals around them. See website for a full list of categories and submission guidelines. Founded 1990.

RTÉ Radio 1 Francis MacManus Short Story Competition

RTÉ Radio Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland

website www.rte.ie/radio1/francis-macmanus-short-story

An annual competition for short stories, open to writers born or living in Ireland. Entries, in Irish or English, should not have been previously published or broadcast. See website for details. Winning entries are broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1.

RTÉ Radio Drama P.J. O’Connor Awards for Radio Drama

RTÉ Radio, Drama on One, Radio Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland

email dramaonone@rte.ie

website www.rte.ie/dramaonone

Rubery Book Award

PO Box 15821, Birmingham, B31 9EA

email enquiries@ruberybookaward.com

website www.ruberybookaward.com

An annual award for published books on any subject, including children’s books, with prizes totalling £2,000 (Book of the Year receives £1,500 and category winners £150 each). Books published by independent presses and self-published books are eligible. See website for entry fees and submission guidelines. Deadline (book award) end March.

Runciman Award

Rectory House, Brandon Road, Hilborough, Thetford, Norfolk IP26 5BW

tel (01760) 756086

email rcarden2@btinternet.com

website www.runcimanaward.org

An annual award of £9,000, given by the Anglo-Hellenic League, to promote Anglo-Greek understanding and friendship. Named after Sir Steven Runciman, former chairman of the League and sponsored by Elias Paraskevas Attorneys 1933. Works must be wholly or mainly about some aspect of Greece or the world of Hellenism, and must have been published in English, though in any country of the world, in a first edition during (with the imprint of) the preceding year. No category of writing will be excluded from consideration: history, literary studies, biography, travel/topography, the arts, architecture, archaeology, the environment, social and political sciences or current affairs, fiction, poetry or drama. Works in translation, with the exception of translations from Greek literature, will not be considered.

The judges normally announce a short list in April, and the prize is awarded to the winner at a ceremony in June, held at the Hellenic Centre, London. More information at www.anglohellenicleague.org. Founded 1986.

The Saltire Society Awards

The Saltire Society, 9 Fountain Close, 22 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TF

tel 0131 556 1836

email saltire@saltiresociety.org.uk

website www.saltiresociety.org.uk

Twitter @saltire_society

Books published between 1 September and 31 August are eligible. The Scottish Book of the Year is an annual award selected from the Saltire Society Book Award categories. The categories are:

Scottish First Book of the Year

Annual award open to any author who has not previously published a book. Authors of Scottish descent or living in Scotland, or any book which deals with the work or life of a Scot or with a Scottish problem, event or situation are eligible.

Scottish Fiction Book of the Year

Annual award for all fiction by an author of Scottish descent or living in Scotland, or for any book which deals with the work or life of a Scot or with a Scottish problem, event or situation.

Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the Year

Annual award for non-fiction books such as biography, travel and political writing. Authors of Scottish descent or living in Scotland, or any book which deals with the work or life of a Scot or with a Scottish problem, event or situation are eligible.

Scottish History Book of the Year

Annual award for a work of Scottish historical research from authors of Scottish descent or living in Scotland, or for any book which deals with the work or life of a Scot or with a Scottish problem, event or situation. Editions of texts are not eligible. Nominations are invited from professors of Scottish history and editors of historical reviews.

Scottish Poetry Book of the Year

Annual award for a collection of new poetry from authors of Scottish descent or living in Scotland, or for any book which deals with the work or life of a Scot or with a Scottish problem, event or situation. Collections which include previously published are not eligible (excludes magazine/pamphlet publication).

Scottish Research Book of the Year

Annual award for a books representing a significant body of research by authors of Scottish descent or living in Scotland, or for any book which deals with the work or life of a Scot or with a Scottish problem, event or situation. Research books must offer insight or dimension to the subject and add to the knowledge and understanding of Scotland and the Scots.

Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

c/o StonehillSalt PR, 10 Brewery Park Business

Centre, Haddington, East Lothian EH41 3HA

tel (01620) 829800

website www.walterscottprize.co.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/walterscottprize

Twitter @waltscottprize

Administration, Publicity & Marketing Rebecca Salt

The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction was founded by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Alistair Moffat, the Chair of Judges. Awarded annually, it rewards fiction of exceptional quality which is set in the past (according to Walter Scott’s subtitle for Waverley, at least ‘sixty years since’). The Prize is among the richest UK book prizes, with a total value of £30,000. The winner receives £25,000, and shortlisted authors receive £1,000 each. The Prize is awarded at the Borders Book Festival in Melrose each June, with a longlist announced in February and a shortlist announced in March or April.

The rules governing submission are on the website. Books must be written in English and have been published in the UK, Eire or the Commonwealth during the previous calendar year. Books written in English by authors of British nationality first published outside the UK, Eire or the Commonwealth are also eligible provided they are also published in the UK in that calendar year, and books published in the Commonwealth the year before the UK publication are also eligible. Books must be submitted by publishers, and self-published authors are not eligible. Founded 2010.

The Kim Scott Walwyn Prize

website https://kimscottwalwyn.org

The Kim Scott Walwyn Prize honours the life and career of Kim Scott Walwyn (who was Publishing Director at Oxford University Press and who died in 2002), and celebrates exceptional women in publishing. The 2017 Prize was awarded to Alice Curry, founder of Lantana Publishing. The Prize is open to any woman who has worked in publishing in the UK for up to seven years and recognises the professional achievements and promise of women in the industry. Founded 2003.

Scottish Book of the Year – see The Saltire Society Awards

Scottish Children’s Book Awards

Scottish Book Trust, Sandeman House, Trunk’s Close, 55 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR

tel 0131 524 0160

email info@scottishbooktrust.com

website www.scottishbooktrust.com

Scotland’s largest book awards for children and young people. Awards are given to new and established authors of published books in recognition of high standards of writing for children. Visit the Scottish Book Trust website for more details.

Scottish First Book of the Year – see The Saltire Society Awards

Scottish Research Book Award – see The Saltire Society Awards

Segora International Writing Competitions

email simms.gordon@orange.fr

website www.poetryandplays.com

Organisers Gordon and Jocelyn Simms

Segora International Writing Competitions are held annually for poetry, short story, vignette (short prose) and one-act play. Deadline for all competitions 15th June each year. Full details available on the website.

The André Simon Memorial Fund Book Awards

1 Westbourne Gardens, Glasgow G12 9XE

tel 07801 310973

email katie@andresimon.co.uk

website www.andresimon.co.uk

Celebrating excellent new writing in the fields of food and drink. Two awards of £2,000 are given annually, one each for the best new books on food and on drink. There is also a Special Commendation of £1,500 in either category. All works first published in the calendar year of the award are eligible (publisher entry only). See website for entry guidelines and form. Founded 1978.

The Jill Smythies Award

The Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BF

tel 020-7434 4479

email info@linnean.org

website www.linnean.org

A prize of £1,000 for a botanical artist for outstanding illustrations. Established in honour of Jill Smythies whose career as a botanical artist was cut short by an accident to her right hand. The rubric states that ‘the Award, to be made by Council usually annually consisting of a silver medal and a purse... is for published illustrations, such as drawings and paintings, in aid of plant identification, with the emphasis on botanical accuracy and the accurate portrayal of diagnostic characteristics. Illustrations of cultivars of garden origin are not eligible’. Closing date for nominations: 30 November. Founded 1988.

Specsavers Bestseller Awards

website www.specsaversbestsellerawards.com

The Nielsen Book Gold and Platinum Awards were originally launched in September 2001, and were presented to publishers and authors of books that achieved outstanding sales through the UK retail book trade. Any one title, in all its print editions, that had sold more than 500,000 copies (Gold) or 1,000,000 copies (Platinum) over a period of five consecutive years qualified.

In 2017, the Awards were re-launched with new criteria and a three-years sponsorship from Specsavers. For the first time, both print and ebook sales will be counted and all sales from publication (or from when Nielsen BookScan UK TCM records began: 1998 for print books and January 2014 for ebooks), will be included. In addition, a new Award has been added: Silver, for sales of over 250,000 copies in all editions over the same time period. The former Nielsen Book Gold and Platinum Awards are now called the Specsavers Bestseller Awards, powered by Nielsen Book.

Sports Book Awards

c/o Agile Marketing, Magnolia House, 172 Winsley Road, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire BA15 1NY

tel (01225) 302266

email alastair@agile-ideas.com

website www.sportsbookawards.com

Twitter @SportBookAwards Contact Danielle Bowers

The Sports Book Awards is the major annual promotion for sports writing and publishing. The awards exist to highlight the most outstanding sports books of the previous calendar year, to showcase their merits and to enhance their reputation and profile. Winners are announced at an annual awards ceremony in May/June. See website for full details.

The Sunday Times/Peters Fraser Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award

email nicola.mccartney@ed.ac.uk

website www.societyofauthors.org/sunday-times-pfd

website www.youngwriteraward.com

A prize of £5,000 is awarded for a full-length published or self-published (in book or ebook format) work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, by a British or Irish author aged 35 years or under. Runners-up receive £500 each. The winning book will be a work of outstanding literary merit. For submission information, see the website. The prize is administered by the Society of Authors.

The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award

The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London, SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

email STEFGqueries@societyofauthors.org

website www.societyofauthors.org.uk/prizes/

SundayTimesEFG

website www.shortstoryaward.co.uk

Founded by Lord Matthew Evans, former chairman of EFG Private Bank and Cathy Galvin from The Sunday Times, The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award is the richest prize for a single short story in the English language open to any novelist or short story writer from around the world who is published in the UK. Worth £30,000 to the winner, and £1,000 to each of the shortlisted authors, the annual award aims to promote and celebrate the excellence of the modern short story, and has attracted entries from some of the world’s finest writers. Winners of the competition, which is open to stories of up to 6,000 words written in English, have come from all over the world, and have included the Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer Junot Diaz, C.K. Stead from New Zealand and Kevin Barry from Ireland. Founded 2009.

The James Tait Black Memorial Prizes

English Literature, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, The University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LH

tel 0131 650 3619

website www.ed.ac.uk/events/james-tait-black

Contact Nicola McCartney

The James Tait Black Fiction and Biography Prizes

Two prizes of £10,000 are awarded annually: one for the best biography or work of that nature, the other for the best work of fiction, published during the calendar year 1 January to 31 December. The adjudicators are Professors of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh, with the assistance of teams of postgraduate readers. Eligible novels and biographies are those written in English and first published or co-published in Britain in the year of the award. Both prizes may go to the same author, but neither to the same author a second time.

Publishers should submit a copy of any appropriate biography, or work of fiction, as early as possible with a note of the date of publication, marked ‘James Tait Black Prize’ . Closing date for submissions: 1 December. Founded 1918.

The James Tait Black Prize for Drama: University of Edinburgh in association with Playwrights Studio Scotland

A prize of £10,000 for a professionally produced play which displays an original voice in theatre and one that has made a significant and unique contribution to the art form. The prize is open to any new work originally written in English, Scots or Gaelic, by playwrights from any country at any stage in their career. The judges will be students and staff of the University’s School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures and representatives from the wider European theatre industry.

Plays must be formally commissioned and have had a full professional production. Eligible plays will have been produced between 1 January and 31 December in the year preceding the year of the award, and run for a minimum of six performances. A typed copy of the script and a digital copy must be sent with details of the first production, which should include venue, company and date, and proof of production if possible. The submissions must come from the producing company or the agent of the playwright, and should be submitted with the submission form to the Department of English Literature by the date specified on the website.

Applications which do not have the submission form complete will be considered ineligible. For full criteria visit the website.

Reginald Taylor and Lord Fletcher Essay Competition

British Archaeological Association, 18 Stanley Road, Oxford OX4 1QZ

email jsmcneill@btinternet.com

Hon. Secretary John McNeill

A prize of a medal and £500 is awarded biennially for the best unpublished essay of high scholarly standard, which shows original research on a subject of archaeological, art-historical or antiquarian interest within the period from the Roman era to AD1830. The successful competitor will be invited to read the essay before the Association and the essay may be published in the Association’s Journal. Competitors should notify the Hon. Editor in advance of the intended subject of their work. Next award: Spring 2020. The essay should be submitted not later than 1 November 2019 to the Honorary Editor, Dr Zoe Opacic, Department of History of Art, Birkbeck College, 43–46 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD. Founded in memory of E. Reginald Taylor FSA and Lord Fletcher FSA.

International Dylan Thomas Prize

tel (01792) 606245

website www.swansea.ac.uk/dylan-thomas-prize/

The £30,000 Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize is awarded to the best published literary work in the English language, written by an author aged 39 or under. Previous winners include: Lucy Caldwell, Claire Vaye-Watkins, Joshua Ferris, Max Porter and Fiona McFarlane. Launched in 2006.

The Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition

Chicken House, 2 Palmer Street, Frome, Somerset BA11 1DS

tel (01373) 454488

email hello@chickenhousebooks.com

website www.chickenhousebooks.com

Twitter @chickenhsebooks Contact Kesia Lupo

This annual competition is open to unpublished writers of a full-length children’s novel (age 7–18). Entrants must be over 18 and novels must not exceed 80,000 words in length. The winner will be announced in The Times and will receive a worldwide publishing contract with Chicken House with a royalty advance of £10,000. The winner is selected by a panel of judges which includes children’s authors, journalists, publishers, librarians and other key figures from the world of children’s literature.

Submissions are invited between July and December, with a shortlist announced the following April and the winner chosen in June. See website for further details.

The Tinniswood Award

Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

website www.societyofauthors.org/prizes/audio-drama/the-tinniswood-award

The Tinniswood Award is presented annually for the best original audio drama script of the year. The Society of Authors perpetuate the memory of radio and TV comedy scriptwriter, Peter Tinniswood through the Award, which aims to celebrate and encourage high standards in radio drama. Prize: £3,000. Submissions will be accepted from any party (producer, broadcasting organisation, writer, agent etc). For entry guidelines and details of the application procedure, see the website.

Tir na n-Og Awards

Welsh Books Council, Castell Brychan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 2JB

email wbc.children@wbc.org.uk

website www.wbc.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/LlyfrDaFabBooks

The Tir na n-Og Awards were established with the intention of promoting and raising the standard of children’s and young people’s books in Wales. Three awards are presented annually by the Welsh Books Council and are sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Cymru/Wales and Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion:

• The best English-language book of the year with an authentic Welsh background. Fiction and factual books originally in English are eligible; translations from Welsh or any other language are not eligible. Prize: £1,000.

• The best original Welsh-language book aimed at the primary school sector. Prize: £1,000.

• The best original Welsh-language book aimed at the secondary school sector. Prize: £1,000. Founded 1976.

The Tom-Gallon Trust Award

The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

website www.societyofauthors.org/tom-gallon

Twitter @Soc_of_Authors

An annual award of £1,000 with £500 for a runner-up is made on the basis of a submitted short story to fiction writers who have had at least one short story accepted for publication and are ordinarily resident in the UK or Northern Ireland. The submission should be traditional, not experimental, in character. Closing date: 31 October.

The Translation Prizes

The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

website www.societyofauthors.org/prizes/translation-prizes

Twitter @Soc_of_Authors

The Society of Authors offers a number of prizes for published translations into English from Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish and Swedish. The Society also administers the TA First Translation Prize, which is an annual prize of £2,000 for debut literary translation published in the UK. See website for entry guidelines and deadlines.

The Betty Trask Prize and Awards

The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

The Wainwright Prize seeks to reward the best writing on the outdoors, nature and UK-based travel writing and is sponsored by Wainwright Golden Beer. The prize will be awarded to the work which best reflects Wainwright’s core values of Great British writing and culture and a celebration of the outdoors. See website for submission guidelines and key dates.

website www.societyofauthors.org/betty-trask

Twitter @Soc_of_Authors

An annual prize for first novels (published or unpublished), of a traditional or romantic nature, by authors under the age of 35. Total prize money from £20,000. Closing date: 30 November.

The V&A Illustration Awards

Victoria & Albert Museum, London SW7 2RL

email villa@vam.ac.uk

website www.vam.ac.uk/illustrationawards

These annual awards are open to illustrators living or publishing in the UK market and students who have attended a course in the UK over the last two years. Awards are made in the following categories: best illustrated book, book cover, editorial illustration and student illustrator.

Ver Poets Open Competition

181 Sandridge Road, St Albans, Herts. AL1 4AH

tel (01727) 762601

email gillknibbs@yahoo.co.uk

website www.verpoets.co.uk

Competition Secretary Gill Knibbs

A competition open to all for poems of up to 30 lines of any genre or subject matter, which must be unpublished work in English. Prizes: 1st: £600, 2nd: £300, 3rd: £100. Send two copies of each poem with no name or address; either put address on separate sheet or send sae or email for entry form. Closing date: 30 April. Anthology of winning and selected poems with Adjudicator’s Report usually available from mid-June, free to those included. See website for details.

The Wainwright Prize

email alastair@agile-ideas.com

website www.wainwrightprize.com

Twitter @wainwrightprize

Wales Book of the Year Award

Literature Wales, 4th Floor, Cambrian Buildings, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff CF10 5FL

tel 029-2047 2266

email post@literaturewales.org

website www.literaturewales.org/our-projects/wales-book-year

website www.literaturewales.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/LlenCymruLitWales

Twitter @litwales

Literature Wales Chief Executive Lleucu Siencyn

Wales Book of the Year, administered by Literature Wales, is an annual award which is presented to the best Welsh and English-language works first published in the year preceding the ceremony in the fields of creative writing and literary criticism in three categories: Poetry, Fiction and Creative Non-fiction. Past winners include Owen Sheers, Rhian Edwards, Patrick McGuinness, Thomas Morris and Alys Conran.

Wasafiri New Writing Prize

email wasafiri@qmul.ac.uk

website www.wasafiri.org/new-writing-prize

The Wasafiri New Writing Prize is awarded in three categories. Poetry, Fiction and Life Writing, and is open to anyone worldwide who has not published a complete book in the category they wish to enter. The prize was launched to support new writers, with no limits on age, gender, nationality or background. The three category winners will be published by Wasafiri and receive a cash prize. They will also be offered a mentoring scheme (depending on eligibility). See website for submission guidelines and entry fees. Founded 2009.

The Wellcome Book Prize

email bookprize@wellcome.ac.uk

website www.wellcomebookprize.org

Celebrates the best of medicine in literature by awarding £30,000 each year for the finest fiction or non-fiction book centred around medicine. This prize aims to stimulate interest, excitement and debate about medicine and literature, reaching audiences not normally engaged with medical science. Founded 2009.

The White Review Short Story Prize

website www.thewhitereview.org/prizes/white-review-short-story-prize-2018/

An annual short story competition for emerging writers, established with support from a Jerwood Charitable Foundation Small Grant in 2013. The prize awards £2,500 to the best piece of short fiction by a writer resident in the UK or Ireland who has yet to secure a publishing deal. For the first time in 2017, the Prize was run concurrently on both sides of the Atlantic, with the usual competition running in Britain and Ireland, and a separate contest taking place simultaneously in the US and Canada. For submission guidelines and entry terms and conditions, see the website.

The Whitfield Prize

Administrative Secretary, Royal Historical Society, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

tel 020-7387 7532

email m.ransom@royalhistsoc.org

website http://royalhistsoc.org/prizes/

The Prize of £1,000 is awarded for the best work on a subject within a field of British or Irish history. It must be its author’s first solely written history book, an original and scholarly work of historical research and published in English. For full information on how to enter and for eligibility guidelines, see the website.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD

website www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/competition.html

This annual award is given to the photographer whose individual image is judged to be the most striking and memorable. There is an adult competition for photographers aged 18 or over and a young competition for photographers aged 17 or under. See website for submission guidelines.

Winchester Writers’ Festival Competitions and Scholarships

University of Winchester, Winchester, Hants SO22 4NR

tel (01962) 827238

email judith.heneghan@winchester.ac.uk

website www.writersfestival.co.uk

Festival Director Judith Heneghan

Ten writing competitions are attached to this major international festival for emerging writers, which takes place in June. Entrants do not have to attend the Festival and can opt to receive a written adjudication (with the exception of the writing for children competitions).

Categories are: First Three Pages of a Novel, Poetry, Short Stories, Flash Fiction, Children’s Picture Book, Children’s Funny Fiction, Memoir, Writing Can Be Murder, Young Writers’ Competition and Skylark Soaring Stories. Deadline for entries: second week in April. Winners announced: third week in May. Fee £6 without written adjudication; £16 with written adjudication. Prizes include editorial consultations, subscriptions, cash prizes and books. First place winning entries and their adjudications are published in the Festival anthology. The Festival also offers ten full weekend scholarships for young writers aged 18–25 to attend the Festival for free and a number of £50 bursaries for writers of all ages. Apply to the Festival Director.

The Wolfson History Prize

The Prize Administrator, The Wolfson Foundation, 8 Queen Anne Street, London W1G 9LD

tel 020-7323 5730

website www.wolfson.org.uk/history-prize

Facebook www.facebook.com/WolfsonHistoryPrize

Twitter @wolfsonfdn

Awarded annually to promote and recognise outstanding history written for a general audience. Books are judged on the extent to which they are both scholarly and accessible to the lay reader. Books must be published in the UK in the calendar year preceding the year of the award. The subject matter of the book may cover any aspect of history, including historical biography. The author must be normally resident in the UK during the year of publication and not be a previous winner of the Prize. Previously shortlisted authors are eligible. The winning author will receive a prize of £40,000. The five remaining shortlisted authors will be awarded a prize of £4,000 each. All submissions must come via the publisher. Full details on the process are available online. Founded 1972.

Women’s Prize for Fiction

The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London, SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

email womensprize@societyofauthors.org

website www.societyofauthors.org/prizes/womens-prize

The Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women in English from throughout the world. It is the UK’s most prestigious annual book award for fiction written by a woman and also provides a range of educational, literacy or research initiatives to support reading and writing.

The Women’s Prize for Fiction is awarded annually for the best full novel of the year written by a woman and published in the UK. Any woman writing in English – whatever her nationality, country of residence, age or subject matter – is eligible. The winner receives £30,000 and a limited edition bronze figurine known as a ‘Bessie’, created and donated by the artist Grizel Niven.

World Illustration Awards

Association of Illustrators, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA

tel 020-7759 1012

email awards@theaoi.com

website www.theaoi.com/awards/

Facebook www.facebook.com/theaoi

Twitter @theaoi

Twitter @WIA2018

Awards Manager Sabine Reimer

The World Illustration Awards, in partnership with the Directory of Illustration, is an awards programme that sets out to celebrate contemporary illustration across the globe. A panel of international judges create a shortlist, which is displayed at an exhibition in Somerset House and subsequently tours the UK and internationally.

An accompanying publication is distributed to commissioners worldwide. Entries can be submitted by practising illustrators or students from around the world, created in any medium into any of eight categories. Two awards are given for Best in each category and to one overall winner of Professional and New Talent respectively. Call for entries: November to February; shortlist announced May; exhibition and publication June; UK tour for one year thereafter.

Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook 2019 Short Story Competition

website www.writersandartists.co.uk/competitions

See information panel on page ix of this edition or visit our website for details.

YouWriteOn.com Book Awards

tel 07948 392634

email edward@youwriteon.com

website www.youwriteon.com

Arts Council-funded site publishing awards for new fiction writers. Random House and Orion, the publishers of authors such as Dan Brown and Terry Pratchett, provide free professional critiques for the highest rated new writers’ opening chapters and short stories on YouWriteOn.com each month. The highest rated writers of the year are then published, three in each of the adult and children’s categories, through YouWriteOn’s free paperback publishing service for writers. The novel publishing awards total £1,000. Writers can enter at any time throughout the year: closing date is 31 December each year. Join YouWriteOn.com to participate. Previous YouWriteOn.com winners have been published by mainstream publishers such as Random House, Orion, Penguin and Hodder including Channel 4 TV Book Club winner and bestseller The Legacy by Katherine Webb. Founded 2005.

Zooker Award

Arkbound, Backfields House, Upper York Street, Bristol BS2 8QJ

email editorial@arkbound.com

website http://arkbound.com/zooker-award/

The Zooker Award aims to encourage first-time authors from disadvantaged backgrounds and to reward works of social value; principally those that touch upon the themes of environmental sustainability and social inclusion, encouraging positive changes in behaviour or attitude for readers. Submitted work must have been published (not self-published) in the last two years. Entry fee £4.50. The prize is £500 and in the event that there is insufficient sponsorship or entry fees, the Award will be carried over to the next year. For full details, visit the website.

GRANTS, BURSARIES AND FELLOWSHIPS

Arts Council England

Arts Council England, 21 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3HF

tel 0845 300 6200

email enquiries@artscouncil.org.uk

website www.artscouncil.org.uk

Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, providing funding for a range of arts and cultural activities. It supports creative writing including poetry, fiction, storytelling, spoken word, digital work, writing for children and literary translation. It funds a range of publishers and magazines as well as providing grants to individual writers. Contact the enquiries team for more information on funding support and advice.

The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon

70 Merrion Square, Dublin D02 NY52, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)1 6180200

website www.artscouncil.ie

Outlines all of its funding opportunities for individuals, groups and organisations on website. Also publishes regular information on grants and awards, news and events, and arts policy.

The Authors’ Contingency Fund

Grants, The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

email grants@societyofauthors.org

This fund makes modest grants to established, published authors who find themselves in sudden financial difficulty. Apply for guidelines and application form.

The Authors’ Foundation

The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

website www.societyofauthors.org/grants/grants-for-works-in-progress

Twitter @Soc_of_Authors

The Authors’ Foundation provides grants to writers to assist them while writing books. There are two rounds of grants each year (deadlines April and September). The Authors’ Foundation provides funding (in addition to a proper advance) for research, travel or other necessary expenditure.

Applicants are welcome who have been commissioned by a commercial British publisher to write a full-length work of fiction, poetry or non-fiction, or those without a contractual commitment by a publisher who have had at least one book published commercially, and where there is a strong likelihood that a further book will be published in the UK. Download application guidelines from the website or send an sae for an information sheet. Founded 1984.

Carole Blake Open Doors Project

email hattie@blakefriedmann.co.uk

website www.blakefriedmann.co.uk/carole-blake-open-doors-project/

The Carole Blake Open Doors Project is a programme specifally aimed at encouraging candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds to enter the publishing industry. The programme offers ten days of work shadowing to a selected applicant over a two-week period, including funding for travel and up to twelve nights’ accommodation in London. The programme runs twice a year, includes close mentorship with Blake Friedmann agents, the opportunity to attend meetings with editors and clients and the chance to be involved in the day-today life of a literary agent. For full details of candidate specifications, how to apply and terms and conditions, see the website.

The K. Blundell Trust

The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

email enquiries@creativescotland.com

website www.societyofauthors.org/grants/grants-for-works-in-progress

Twitter @Soc_of_Authors

Grants are given to published writers under the age of 40 to assist them with their next book. This work must ‘contribute to the greater understanding of existing social and economic organisation’ and may be fiction or non-fiction. Closing dates: April and September. Download application guidelines from the website or send sae for an information sheet.

Alfred Bradley Bursary Award

website www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom

This biennial development opportunity is awarded to a writer or writers resident in the North of England. This scheme allows the winning writer to devote a period of time to writing and to develop an idea for a radio drama commission. Founded 1992.

Creative Scotland

tel 0330 333 2000 (main switchboard), 0345 603 6000 (enquiries line)

website www.creativescotland.com/funding

Creative Scotland is the national funding and development agency for the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland. Funding support is available to writers, playwrights, illustrators and publishers based in Scotland through Open Project Funding. Additionally, other fellowships, residencies and developmental programmes are available through organisations we fund directly or in partnership with.

The Julia Darling Travel Fellowship

website www.newwritingnorth/projects/the-julia-darling-travel-fellowship

website www.juliadarling.co.uk

New Writing North, in conjunction with the family and friends of the late writer, Julia Darling, have established a travel fellowship for creative writers in her name. Julia’s work covered a variety of forms, from plays and novels to poetry and performance. The fellowship is worth £2,000, to be used to fund travel and accommodation both in the UK and internationally. It will also support group applications from writers who would like to undertake joint residential retreats.

Open to novelists, poets and playwrights over the age of 18 who live and work in the North of England and who have at least one professionally produced or published work to their name. Entry is by online submission only. See the website for full details.

E.M. Forster Award

American Academy of Arts and Letters, 633 West 155th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA

tel + 1 212-368-5900

email academy@artsandletters.org

website www.artsandletters.org

The distinguished English author, E.M. Forster, bequeathed the American publication rights and royalties of his posthumous novel Maurice to Christopher Isherwood, who transferred them to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, for the establishment of an E.M. Forster Award, currently $20,000, to be given annually to a British or Irish writer for a stay in the USA. Applications for this award are not accepted.

The Eric Gregory Awards

The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

website www.societyofauthors.org/eric-gregory

Twitter @Soc_of_Authors

These awards are for poets under the age of 30, made annually for the encouragement of young poets who can show that they are likely to benefit from an opportunity to give more time to writing. Candidates must be ordinarily resident in the UK or Northern Ireland. Candidates must be under the age of 30 on 31 March in the year of the Award (i.e. the year following submission). The work submitted may be a published or unpublished volume of poetry, dramapoems or belles lettres, and no more than 30 poems should be submitted. Closing date: 31 October.

Hawthornden Fellowships

The Administrator, International Retreat for Writers, Hawthornden Castle, Lasswade, Midlothian EH18 1EG

tel 0131 440 2180

email office@hawthornden.org

Applications are invited from novelists, poets, dramatists and other creative writers whose work has already been published. The Retreat provides four-week fellowships in a peaceful setting. Application forms are available from January for Fellowships awarded in the following year. Deadline for applications 30 June.

Francis Head Bequest

Grants Department, The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

email grants@societyofauthors.org

This fund provides grants to published British authors over the age of 35 who need financial help during a period of illness, disablement or temporary financial crisis. Apply for guidelines and application form.

The P.D. James Memorial Fund

Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

Fellowships offer a significant new development opportunity for poets. Running between 2017 and 2022 and supporting a total of nine artists, successful artists will receive £15,000 to support their Fellowship, during which time they will be matched with a mentor and given access to a range of advisers to support their work. For further details, see the website.

website www.societyofauthors.org/grants/P-D-James-memorial-fund

This fund offers regular payments to a small number of Society of Authors members who find themselves in financial hardship. Awards are given by committee to long-term members who are either aged 60 or over or who are completely incapacitated for work. The fund currently distributes £2,000 per annum to each recipient. For more information, see the website.

Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowships

email info@jerwood.charitablefoundation.org

website www.jerwoodcharitablefoundation.org

Funded by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation and Arts Council England, the Jerwood Compton Poetry

Leverhulme Research Fellowships

The Leverhulme Trust, 1 Pemberton Row, London EC4A 3BG

tel 020-7042 9861

email agrundy@leverhulme.ac.uk

website www.leverhulme.ac.uk

Twitter @LeverhulmeTrust

The Leverhulme Trust Board offer annually approximately 100 fellowships to experienced researchers in aid of original research. These awards are not available as replacement for past support from other sources. Applications in all subject areas are considered, with the exception of clinical medical or pharmaceutical research. Applications must be completed online by early November 2018 for 2019 awards. Refer to the website for further details. Founded 1933.

The John Masefield Memorial Trust

Grants, The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

email grants@societyofauthors.org

email info@scottishbooktrust.com

This trust makes occasional grants to professional poets who find themselves with sudden financial problems. Apply for guidelines and application form.

Northern Writers’ Awards

email awards@newwritingnorth.com

website www.northernwritersawards.com

Established by New Writing North, the Northern Writers’ Awards support work-in-progress by new, emerging and established writers across the North of England. The Awards support writers creatively as they develop their work through publication, as well as helping them to progress professionally and to navigate their way through the publishing industry. Founded 2000.

The Frank O’Connor International Short Story Fellowship

The Munster Literature Centre, Frank O’ Connor House, 84 Douglas Street, Cork, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)21 431 2955

email info@munsterlit.ie

website www.munsterlit.ie

website www.corkshortstory.net

For a non-Irish writer, not resident in Ireland to take up residency in Cork City for three months. The fellow will have plenty of time to concentrate on his/her own work but will be expected to contribute a four-morning masterclass and reading to the Cork International Short Story Festival, and to offer six contact hours per week over eight weeks, mentoring local fiction authors. A stipend of €9,000, accommodation and flights to Ireland are on offer. Annual deadline for applications 30 August (for residency one year later).

Charles Pick South Asia Fellowship

School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ

tel (01603) 597599

email charlespickfellowship@uea.ac.uk

website www.uea.ac.uk/literature/fellowships

The Charles Pick Fellowship is dedicated to the memory of the distinguished publisher and literary agent, Charles Pick, whose career began in 1933 and continued until shortly before his death in January 2000. He encouraged young writers at the start of their careers with introductions to other writers and offered practical and financial help. The Charles Pick Fellowship seeks to continue this spirit of encouragement by giving support to the work of a new and, as yet, unpublished writer of fictional or non-fictional prose based in South Asia. The writer must be from Bangladesh, Burma/Myanmar or Pakistan but does not need to be domiciled there. Preference will be given to mature students, and candidates who have completed their education and who have embarked on a career path. The 2017/18 Charles Pick Fellow is Rahad Abir.

The Peggy Ramsay Foundation

Hanover House, 14 Hanover Square, London W1S 1HP

email prf@harbottle.com

website www.peggyramsayfoundation.org

Grants are made to writers of stage plays in accordance with the criteria on the Foundation’s website. Awards are made at intervals during each year. A total of approx. £200,000 is expended annually. Founded 1992.

The Royal Literary Fund

3 Johnson’s Court, off Fleet Street, London EC4A 3EA

tel 020-7353 7150

website www.rlf.org.uk

The RLF is a benevolent fund for writers in financial difficulties. It does not offer grants to writers who can earn their living in other ways, nor does it provide financial support for writing projects, but it helps authors who have fallen on hard times due to personal or professional setbacks. Applicants must have published several works of approved literary merit. Applicants are requested to send copies of their books with their completed application forms. Founded 1790.

Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship

Scottish Book Trust, Sandeman House, Trunk’s Close, 55 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR

tel 0131-524 0160

website www.scottishbooktrust.com

The Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship is an annual award that allows professional writers living in Scotland to enjoy a month-long residency at the Hotel Chevillon International Arts Centre at Grez-sur-Loing in France, with a stipend of £1,200. Each year, four writers are invited to spend time with other artists and develop their work in a peaceful and inspiring environment. For full eligibility criteria and application details, visit the website.

TLC/Arts Council England Free Reads Scheme

The Literary Consultancy Ltd, Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA

tel 020-7324 2563

email info@literaryconsultancy.co.uk

website www.literaryconsultancy.co.uk/editorial/ace-free-reads-scheme/

Director Aki Schilz

In 2001, TLC received funding from Arts Council England to enable the provision of bursaried manuscript assessments for writers from low-income households. The scheme is known as the Free Reads Scheme and offers access to TLC’s core services to writers who might not be able to afford them. Free Reads are selected by a range of literature development bodies from across the UK, and there are currently thirteen organisations benefitting from the scheme. For detailed submission guidelines and eligibility information, see the website.

The Travelling Scholarships

The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

tel 020-7373 6642

Waterstones Book of the Year

website www.societyofauthors.org/prizes/fiction/travelling-scholarships

Twitter @Soc_of_Authors

These honorary awards were established in 1944 by an anonymous benefactor. See website for more information.

David T.K. Wong Fellowship

School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ

tel (01603) 597599

email davidtkwongfellowship@uea.ac.uk

website www.uea.ac.uk/literature/fellowships

The David T.K. Wong Fellowship is an annual award of £26,000 to enable a fiction writer who wants to write in English about the Far East to spend a year in the UK, at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. The Fellowship is named after its sponsor David T.K. Wong, a retired Hong Kong businessman, who has also been a teacher, journalist and senior civil servant, and is a writer of short stories. The Fellowship will be awarded to a writer planning to produce a work of prose fiction in English which deals seriously with some aspect of life in the Far East (Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, People’s Republic of China, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam). The 2017/18 Fellow is Nathaniel Go.

PRIZE WINNERS

This is a selection of high-profile literary prize winners from 2017–18 presented chronologically. Entries for many of these prizes are included in the Yearbook, starting here.

May 2017

Man Booker International Prize

A Horse Walks into a Bar by David Grossman (translated from Hebrew by Jessica Cohen)

The CILIP Carnegie Medal

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal

There is a Tribe of Kids illustrated by Lane Smith

Commonwealth Writers’ Short Story Award

The Sweet Sop by Ingrid Persaud

June

Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction

The Power by Naomi Alderman

October

BBC National Short Story Award

The Edge of the Shoal by Cynan Jones

BBC Young Writers’ Award

The Roses by Elizabeth Ryder

The Nobel Prize in Literature

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Man Booker Prize

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders The Bridport Prize

Siren Call by Mary-Jane Holmes (Poetry); Esther by Nicholas Ruddock (Short Story); Buttercups by Terry Warren (Flash Fiction)

November

National Book Awards (USA)

Sing, Unburied, Singby Jesmyn Ward (Fiction); The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen (Non-fiction); Far from the Tree by Robin Benway (Young People’s Literature); Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 by Frank Bidart (Poetry)

La Belle Sauvage: Book of Dust, Vol. 1 by Philip Pullman

January 2018

T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry

Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Costa Book of the Year

Inside the Wave by Helen Dunmore

Bookbug Picture Book Award

Gorilla Loves Vanilla by Chae Strathie

February

Scottish Teenage Book Prize

Children of Icarus by Caighlan Smith

March

Blue Peter Book Awards

The Wizard of Once by Cressida Cowell (Best Story); Real-Life Mysteries by Susan Martineau, illustrated by Vicky Barker (Best Book with Facts)

Waterstones Children’s Book Prize

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Best Older Fiction and Overall Winner); The Secret of Black Rock by Joe Todd-Stanton (Best Illustrated Book); Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend (Best Younger Fiction)

April

The Pulitzer Prize (USA)

Less by Andrew Sean Greer (Fiction); Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 by Frank Bidart (Poetry); The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea by Jack E. Davis (History); Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr. (General Non-fiction); Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser (Biography or Autobiography); Cost of Living by Martyna Majok (Drama); DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar (Music)

The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award

Peanuts Aren’t Nuts by Courtney Zoffness

Festivals and conferences for writers, artists and readers

There are hundreds of arts festivals and conferences held in the UK each year–too many to mention in this Yearbook. We list a selection of literature, writing and general arts festivals which include literature events. Space constraints and the nature of an annual publication together determine that only brief details are given; contact festival organisers for a full programme of events.

Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival

87 Crane Street, Salisbury, Wilts. SP1 2PU

tel (01722) 332241

email info@salisburyfestival.co.uk

website www.salisburyfestival.co.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/SalisburyArtsFestival

Twitter @AgeasSalisFest

Takes place May–June

A thriving, annual multi-arts festival that delivers over 150 arts events each year, including concerts, comedy, poetry, dance, exhibitions, outdoor spectacles and commissioned works.

Aldeburgh Poetry Festival

website www.poetryinaldeburgh.org

Takes place November

Annual festival of contemporary poetry with venues in Aldeburgh and at Snape Maltings. Readings, workshops, talks, discussions, public masterclass and children’s event. Founded 1989.

Appledore Book Festival

Festival Office, Docton Court Gallery, 2 Myrtle Street, Appledore, Bideford, Devon EX39 1PH

email info@appledorebookfestival.co.uk

website www.appledorebookfestival.co.uk

Takes place 21–29 September 2018

Founded by children’s author Nick Arnold this annual festival includes a schools programme covering North Devon and public events for all ages; also book fairs and a bookshop. Founded 2007.

Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival

Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP

tel 020-7307 5454

email arts@asiahouse.co.uk

website www.asiahouse.org

Takes place May

The Festival remains the only festival in the UK dedicated exclusively to pan-Asian literature. It has earned a reputation as the Festival for people with an interest in Asia and its rich literary heritage. It hosts remarkable, witty, sensitive and inspiring guest speakers, from Nobel laureates and Man Booker prize winners to local language writers and debut novelists.

Aspects Irish Literature Festival

website www.aspectsfestival.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/aspectsfestival/

An annual celebration of contemporary Irish writing with novelists, poets and playwrights. Includes readings, discussion, workshops, comedy, music and an Aspects showcase day for young writers.

Autumn International Literary Festival

University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ

tel (01603) 592286

email literaryevents@uea.ac.uk

website www.uea.ac.uk/litfest

Facebook UEA Literary Festival

Twitter @UEALitFest

Takes place late September–early December

An annual festival of events bringing established writers of fiction, biography and poetry to a public audience in the Eastern region.

The Bath Festival

Bath Festivals, 9/10 Bath Street, Bath BA1 1SN

tel (01225) 614180 Box Office (01225) 463362

email info@bathfestivals.org.uk

website https://bathfestivals.org.uk/the-bath-festival/

website https://bathfestivals.org.uk/childrens-literature

Takes place May

An annual festival with leading guest writers. Includes readings, debates, discussions and workshops and events for children and young people.

Birmingham Literature Festival

Unit 204, Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham B9 4AA

tel 0121 246 2770

email abigail@writingwestmidlands.org

website www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org

Twitter @BhamLitFest Programmes Director Abigail Campbell

Takes place April and October

The annual Birmingham Literature Festival is firmly established in the cultural calendar as the region’s brightest literary event. It gathers household names and rising stars to celebrate the power of words. The Festival is always a varied, ambitious programme that has won a loyal and growing audience over the years. A project of Writing West Midlands.

Borders Book Festival

Harmony House, St Mary’s Road, Melrose TD6 9LJ

tel (01896) 822644

email info@bordersbookfestival.org

website www.bordersbookfestival.org

Takes place June

An annual festival with a programme of events featuring high-profile and bestselling writers. Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction is announced during the festival. Founded 2004.

Bread and Roses

c/o Five Leaves Bookshop, 14a Long Row, Nottingham NG1 2DH

email bookshop@fiveleaves.co.uk

website www.fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk

An annual weekend of radical politics, music and literature held at various venues in Nottingham. The only book festival supported by trade unions.

Brighton Festival

tel (01273) 700747

email info@brightonfestival.org

website www.brightonfestival.org

Takes place May

An annual arts festival with an extensive national and international programme featuring theatre, dance, music, opera, literature, outdoor and family events.

Buxton International Festival

3 The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6AZ

tel (01298) 70395

email info@buxtonfestival.co.uk

website www.buxtonfestival.co.uk

Takes place July

The renowned opera and music programme is complemented by a Literary Series, featuring distinguished authors, which takes place every morning and afternoon.

Cambridge Literary Festival

7 Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EL

email info@cambridgeliteraryfestival.com

website www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com

Takes place April and November

The Cambridge Literary Festival welcomes writers and readers from around the world and provides a space for debate and diversity, and showcases creativity. It encourages children and young people to be enthused by reading and writing, and provides a forum for authors and readers to mingle, converse and develop their craft.

Canterbury Festival

Festival House, 8 Orange Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2JA

tel (01227) 452853

email info@canterburyfestival.co.uk

website www.canterburyfestival.co.uk

Takes place 20 October–3 November 2018

Kent’s international arts festival, one of the most important cultural events in the South East. As an independent charity, the Festival brings a rich mixture of performing arts from around the world to inspire artists to create and perform. It commissions new work, champions emerging talent and supports those seeking careers in the cultural industries.

Charleston Festival

The Charleston Trust, Charleston, Firle, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 6LL

email festivals@charleston.org.uk

website www.charleston.org.uk/charleston-festival

Twitter @charlestontrust

Takes place late May

Charleston, country home of Bloomsbury artists Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell, hosts an annual literary festival involving writers, performers, politicians and thinkers – both high profile and up and coming, national and international. It also holds a dedicated short story festival – Small Wonder – for a long weekend in late September. The artistic director normally issues invitations for both festivals and is rarely able to accept unsolicited requests to take part.

The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival

109–111 Bath Road, Cheltenham, Glos. GL53 7LS

tel (01242) 511211

website www.cheltenhamfestivals.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/cheltenhamfestivals

Twitter @cheltlitfest

Takes place 5–14 October 2018

The annual festival is one of oldest literary events in the world and is one of the largest of its kind in Europe. Events include debates, talks and lectures, poetry readings, novelists in conversation, exhibitions, discussions, workshops and more. The festival has both an adult and family programme with events for toddlers to teenagers. Founded 1949.

Cliveden Literary Festival

tel 020-3488 3401

email info@clivedenliteraryfestival.org

website www.clivedenliteraryfestival.org

Set in Cliveden, the magnificent English country house with a unique and extraordinary history of politics and intrigue, the Cliveden Literary Festival aims to evoke the spirit of the great writers and potentates who have stayed there and to continue the tradition of the house as a sanctuary for literature lovers. Since 1666, the house has been known for its literary salon, helping to inspire writers from Alexander Pope and George Bernard Shaw, Jonathan Swift and Lord Tennyson to Sir Winston Churchill. Various events, key speakers and panel discussions.

Cork International Short Story Festival

Frank O’Connor House, 84 Douglas Street, Cork T12 X802, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)21 4312955

email info@munsterlit.ie

website www.munsterlit.ie

website www.corkshortstory.net

Takes place September

Run by the Munster Literature Centre, this festival includes readings, seminars and public interviews, and is host to several short story awards, including the Frank O’Connor Short Story Award. The Centre also hosts the annual Cork International Poetry Festival.

CrimeFest

email info@crimefest.com

website www.crimefest.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/crimefest.bristol

Twitter @CrimeFest

Takes place May

CrimeFest is an annual, Bristol-based convention for people who like to read an occasional crime novel as well as for die-hard fanatics. Drawing top crime novelists, readers, editors, publishers and reviewers from around the world, it gives all delegates the opportunity to celebrate the genre in a friendly, informal and inclusive atmosphere. The CrimeFest programme consists of interviews with its featured and highlighted guest authors; over 60 events with more than 150 participating authors; a gala awards dinner; and one or two surprises!

Cúirt International Festival of Literature

Galway Arts Centre, 47 Dominick Street, Galway H91 X0AP, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)91 565886

email info@galwayartscentre.ie

website www.cuirt.ie

Twitter @CuirtFestival

Takes place Last week in April

An annual week-long festival to celebrate great writing, bringing together national and international authors to promote literary discussion and ideas. Events include readings, performances, workshops, seminars, lectures, poetry slams, music, exhibitions, theatre and talks. The festival is renowned for its convivial atmosphere. (‘Cúirt’ means a ‘bardic court or gathering’.)Founded 1985.

Dalkey Creates

tel +353 (0)87 2235124

email dalkeycreates@gmail.com

website www.dalkeycreates.com

Festival Director Anna Fox

Takes place mid-October

Held annually in the picturesque seaside town of Dalkey in Dublin, Ireland, Dalkey Creates aims to encourage and inspire writers with an excellent range of workshops and writer-focused events. It also features an annual Short Story Competition with a winning prize of €1,000. Details on the website.

The Daunt Books Festival

83-84 Marylebone High Street, London W1U 4QW

tel 020-7224 2295

email orders@dauntbooks.co.uk

website www.dauntbooks.co.uk

Twitter @dauntbooks

Festival Organiser Samantha Meeson

Takes place Spring

The Daunt Books Festival takes place in a beautiful Edwardian bookshop in Marylebone. This annual celebration of literature goes to show that a bookshop is not just a place to buy books but a space to bring readers together, to foster a literary community and to have a great deal of fun in the process. Key speakers over the years have included Michael Palin, Antonia Fraser, Colin Thubron, Claire Tomalin, Owen Jones, George Saunders, Sebastian Barry, Sarah Perry, Peter Frankopan and Michael Morpurgo.

Dublin Book Festival

email info@dublinbookfestival.com

website www.dublinbookfestival.com

Takes place 8-11 November 2018

Dublin Book Festival brings together the best of Irish publishing, offering a chance for the voices of both established and up-and-coming authors to be heard. Mostly held in Smock Alley Theatre, the festival’s events include book launches, interviews, workshops, a children’s and schools programme and lots more.

Durham Book Festival

New Writing North, PO Box 1277, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 5PB

This is one of the UK’s leading literature festivals. The festival includes authors’ events, readings, panel events, workshops, children’s activities and performances. Founded 2000.

website www.durhambookfestival.com

Takes place 6–14 October 2018

A book festival for new and established writers, taking place in the historic city of Durham.

East Riding Festival of Words

Libraries and Information Services, c/o East Riding Supplies, Gibson Lane, Melton HU14 3HN

email lama.admin@eastriding.gov.uk

Twitter @erwordfest

Takes place October

Edinburgh International Book Festival

5 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh EH2 4DR

tel 0131 718 5666

email admin@edbookfest.co.uk

website www.edbookfest.co.uk

Twitter @edbookfest

Takes place August

The largest celebration of books and reading in the world. In addition to a unique independent bookselling operation, around 1,000 UK and international writers appear in over 800 events for adults and children. Programme details available in June.

Ennis Book Club Festival

tel +353 (0)87 9723647

email info@ennisbookclubfestival.com

website www.ennisbookclubfestival.com

Takes place First weekend in March

An annual literary weekend which brings together book club members, book lovers, writers and other artists. Includes lectures, readings, discussions, theatre, music and more.

Essex Poetry Festival

Flat 3, 1 Clifton Terrace, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS1 1DT

email adrian@essex-poetry-festival.co.uk

website www.essex-poetry-festival.co.uk

Contact Adrian Green

Takes place October

A poetry festival across Essex. Also includes the Young Essex Poet of the Year Competition.

Festival at the Edge

39 Fawdry Street, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton WV1 4PA

tel 07544 044126

website www.festivalattheedge.org

Takes place July

A storytelling festival with a mix of stories, music and performance, held at Dearnford Lake, Whitchurch, Shropshire.

The Festival of Writing

Jericho Writers, Belsyre Court, 57 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HJ

tel 0345 459 9560

email info@jerichowriters.com

website https://jerichowriters.com

Takes place in York 7–9 September 2018

A festival for aspiring writers providing the opportunity to meet literary agents, publishers and professional authors. Now in its 12th year, it is the country’s biggest writing festival specifically for writers looking to get published.

Folkestone Book Festival

tel (01303) 760740

email info@folkestonebookfest.com

website www.folkestonebookfest.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/FolkestoneBookFestival

Twitter @FstoneBookFest

Takes place 16–25 November 2018

An annual festival with many events, including a Children’s Day.

Free the Word!

PEN International, Unit A, Koops Mill Mews, 162–164 Abbey Street, London SE1 2AN

tel 020-7405 0338

email info@pen-international.org

website http://www.pen-international.org/events-festivals/free-the-word/

Free the Word! is PEN International’s roaming event series of contemporary literature from around the world. The Free the Word! team works with PEN Centres, festivals and book fairs to develop an international network of literary events. ‘Free the Word! is PEN International in spirit and actions –events for authors and readers to make sparks across the divide between national literatures’ – Sir Tom Stoppard.

Guildford Book Festival

c/o Tourist Information Office, 155 High Street, Guildford GU1 3AJ

tel (01483) 444334

email director@guildfordbookfestival.co.uk

website www.guildfordbookfestival.co.uk

Twitter @gfordbookfest Co-directors Jane Beaton, Alex Andrews

Takes place 7’14 October 2018

An annual festival. A diverse programme of outstanding conversation and lively debate to inspire and entertain. Held throughout the historic town and drawing audiences from throughout London and the South East. Author events, workshops and schools programme. Its aim is to further an interest and love of literature by involvement and entertainment. Founded 1989.

The Hay Festival

The Drill Hall, 25 Lion Street, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5AD

tel (01497) 822620

email admin@hayfestival.org

website www.hayfestival.org

Takes place May/June

This annual festival of literature and the arts in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, brings together writers, musicians, film-makers, historians, politicians, environmentalists and scientists from around the world to communicate challenging ideas. More than 700 events over ten days. Within the annual festival is a festival for families and children, HAYDAYS, which introduces children, from toddlers to teenagers, to their favourite authors and holds workshops to entertain and educate. Programme published April.

Huddersfield Literature Festival

email office@huddlitfest.org.uk

website www.huddlitfest.org.uk

Festival Director Michelle Hodgson

Takes place March

An award-winning 10-day festival held annually. Showcasing major names, new, emerging and established writers/artists, the programme includes author talks, writing and performance workshops, multi-arts performances, innovative spoken word events and family-friendly events. Includes many free and low-cost events, and several with subtitling by Stagetext. Founded 2006.

Ilkley Literature Festival

9 The Grove, Ilkley LS29 9LW

tel (01943) 601210

email info@ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk

website www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk

Facebook www.facebook.com/ilkleyliteraturefestival/

Twitter @ilkleylitfest

Festival Director Rachel Feldberg, Programme

Coordinator Pakeezah Zahoor

Takes place 28 September–14 October 2018

The North of England’s oldest, largest and most prestigious literature festival with over 250 events, from author discussions to workshops, readings, literary walks, children’s events and a festival fringe. Founded 1973.

Independent Bookshop Week

email sharon.benton@booksellers.org.uk

website www.indiebookshopweek.co.uk

Twitter @IndieBound_UK

Takes place June

Independent Bookshop Week is an annual celebration of independent bookshops and is part of the IndieBound campaign to promote independent bookshops, strong reading communities and the idea of shopping locally and sustainably. Independent Bookshop Week brings together bookshops, publishers and consumers through events such as National Reading Group Day, author visits and storytime sessions, and offers from publishers.

International Literature Festival Dublin

GEC, Taylor’s Lane, Dubline 8

email info@ilfdublin.com

website www.ilfdublin.com

Twitter @ILFDublin

Takes place May

The International Literature Festival Dublin (formerly the Dublin Writers Festival) is Ireland’s premier literary event and gathers the finest writers to debate, provoke and delight. The Festival continues to champion Dublin’s position as a UNESCO City of Literature, celebrating the local alongside the global and the power of words to change the world. With readings, discussions, debates, workshops, performances and screenings, the Festival creates a hotbed of ideas for all ages. Founded 1998.

Jewish Book Week

Jewish Book Council, ORT House, 126 Albert Street, London NW1 7NE

tel 020-7446 8771

email info@jewishbookweek.com

website www.jewishbookweek.com

Production Manager Sarah Fairbairn

Takes place February/March

A 10-day festival of writing, arts and culture, with contributors from around the world and sessions in London and nationwide. Includes events for children and teenagers.

King’s Lynn Festival

Fermoy Gallery, King Street, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE30 1HA

tel (01553) 767557

email info@kingslynnfestival.org.uk

website www.kingslynnfestival.org.uk

Administrator Ema Holman

Takes place July

An annual arts festival with a music focus, including literature events featuring leading guest writers. Founded 1951.

King’s Lynn Literature Festivals

email enquiries@lynnlitfests.com

website www.lynnlitfests.com

Chairman Tony Ellis

Takes place September/March

Poetry Festival (28–30 September 2018): An annual festival which brings 12 published poets to King’s Lynn for the weekend for readings and discussions.

Fiction Festival (March 2018): An annual festival which brings ten published novelists to King’s Lynn for the weekend for readings and discussions.

Knutsford Literature Festival

website www.knutsfordlitfest.org

Takes place October

An annual festival to celebrate writing and performance, with distinguished national, international and local authors. Events include readings and discussions, a literary lunch and theatrical performances.

Laureate na nÓg/Ireland’s Children’s Laureate

Children’s Books Ireland, 17 North Great George’s Street, Dublin 1, D01 R2F1

tel +353 (0)18 727475

email info@childrenslaureate.ie

email info@childrensbooksireland.ie

website www.childrenslaureate.ie

This is a project recognising the role and importance of literature for children in Ireland. This unique honour was established to engage young people with high quality literature and to underline the importance of children’s literature in our cultural and imaginative life and was awarded for the first time in 2010. The position is held for a period of two years. The laureate participates in selected events and activities around Ireland and internationally during their term.

The laureate is chosen in recognition of their widely recognised high-quality children’s writing or illustration and the considerably positive impact they have had on readers as well as other writers and illustrators. Laureate na nÓg 2010–2012, Siobhan Parkinso’n; 2012–2014, Niamh Sharkey; 2014–2016, Eoin Colfer; 2016–2018, PJ Lynch. The fifth Laureate na nÓg commenced their term in May 2018.

Ledbury Poetry Festival

Master’s House, St Katherines, Bye Street, Ledbury HR8 1EA

tel (01531) 634156

email manager@poetry-festival.co.uk

website www.poetry-festival.co.uk

Twitter @ledburyfest Festival Manager Phillippa Slinger

Takes place July

An annual festival featuring nationally and internationally renowned poets, together with a poet-in-residence programme, slams, competitions (see rules and download form from website), workshops, community events and exhibitions.

Listowel Writers’ Week

24 The Square, Listowel, Co. Kerry V31 RD92, Republic of Ireland

tel +353 (0)68 21074

website www.writersweek.ie