Society of Authors' Paul Torday Memorial Prize

The Society of Authors' Awards are run for authors and judged by authors, annually recognising the best and most promising voices of the year. This year's event is generously supported by the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS). Our awards for fiction are open to work from writers at all stages of their careers, from short stories to novels, and we accept submissions from both self-published and traditionally-published authors.

WINNER 2024

Fire Rush

Crooks, Jacqueline ISBN: 9781529925036
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Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club on the outskirts of London. Then everything changes. Yamaye meets Moose, who she falls deeply in love with, and who offers her the chance of freedom and escape. After their relationship is brutally cut short, Yamaye goes on a dramatic journey of transformation that leads her to Jamaica, where past and present collide with explosive consequences.

- Browns Books Synopsis

SHORTLIST 2024

Hill, Fran ISBN: 9781915643919
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Gilbert, Justine ISBN: 9781910461624
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Crooks, Jacqueline ISBN: 9781529925036
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Wandor, Michelene ISBN: 9781910996683
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Taylor, Hilary ISBN: 9781785633355
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We also administer two awards that celebrate the best in non-fiction writing from young authors. Our poetry awards are amongst the most prestigious in the UK. They celebrate excellence in poetry from those just starting out as well those established in their careers.