Deadline: 31 October 2024
The Society of Authors is pleased to announce its Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize, awarded to a UK or Irish writer, or a writer currently resident in those countries, for a novel focusing on the experience of travel away from home.
Prize Information
- The winner will receive £2,000 and the runner-up £750.
Eligibility Criteria
- The author must be British or Irish, or be currently resident in the UK or Ireland at the time of submission to the prize.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Present employees (or anyone currently connected with the administration of the Society of Authors’ grants and prizes) or members of the SoA Management Committee may not apply for any of the grants and prizes administered by the Society of Authors.
Judging Criteria
- The decision of the judges is final and they reserve the right not to award the prize if, in their opinion, no works entered reach a sufficiently high standard. Judges may call in books if they so wish.
Application Requirements
- The novel must be a full length work in the English language by one living author (not a translation, and not a work for children).
- The novel must have been first published in the UK or Ireland between 1 November 2023 and 31 October 2024.
- They cannot accept books that are only available in e-format or that are self-published or where the author has contributed or paid for the costs of publishing.
- Submissions must be made by the print publisher.
- Publishers are invited to submit a maximum of one additional call-in title.
- All submissions must have been written by the author and cannot contain the use of AI generated works.
- Maximum two entries per imprint.
- Upload a PDF version of the novel. Once complete, please send five copies (non-returnable) of the published book or publisher’s proof.
For more information, visit The Society of Authors.
