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 2023

Lessons in chemistry

Garmus, Bonnie ISBN: 9781804990926
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Your ability to change everything - including yourself - starts here. Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing. But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. Forced to resign, she reluctantly signs on as the host of a cooking show, Supper at Six. But her revolutionary approach to cooking, fuelled by scientific and rational commentary, grabs the attention of a nation. Soon, a legion of overlooked housewives find themselves daring to change the status quo. One molecule at a time.

- Browns Books Synopsis

SHORTLIST 2023

Garmus, Bonnie ISBN: 9781804990926
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Coles, Reverend Richard ISBN: 9781474612647
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Moylan, Julie Owen ISBN: 9781405949422
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Curtis, Tony ISBN: 9781781726136
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Franklin, Jonathan ISBN: 9781914399879
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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.