Hawthornden Prize

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The Hawthornden Prize is a British literary award that was established in 1919 by Alice Warrender,[1] who was born at Hawthornden Castle.[2] Authors under the age of 41[3] are awarded on the quality of their "imaginative literature", which can be written in either poetry or prose.[4] The Hawthornden Committee awards the Prize annually for a work published in the previous twelve months. There have been several gap years without a recipient (1945–57, 1959, 1966, 1971–73, and 1984–87).[5]

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Hawthornden Prize
Awarded forFor "imaginative literature" (poetry or prose) by authors under the age of 41
First awarded1919; 104 years ago (1919)
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Unlike other major literary awards, the Hawthornden does not solicit submissions. It is also universal in its coverage of the literary, welcoming fiction, travel writing, artistic and historical works.[6]

The Hawthornden Prize, along with the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes, are Britain's oldest literary awards.[7] Monetarily, it is modest: it offered £100 in 1936, in 1995 was worth £2000 and by 2017 had increased to £15,000.[8][9][2] It is administered by the Hawthornden Trust set up by Warrender,[10] and sponsored by the private trust of Drue Heinz.[2]