Prizes and awards

From the search to find the best women's fiction to the focus on funny children's books, our prizes and awards celebrate the best writing from the UK and beyond.

The prizes and awards we run cover a wide range of genres and themes for both children and adults ranging from a single short story to a whole lifetime's achievement in literature.

Booktrust Prizes and Awards promote books to a wide audience, bringing new books to attention and providing access points for readers to engage with different types of books. Our prizes support writers and illustrators, rewarding them for their endeavours, and celebrate books and writers as an integral part of the UK's arts and culture landscape.

'Short story goes global'

This year the BBC National Short Story Award opens its doors to international authors for the first time to become the BBC International Short Story Award 2012.

Find out how to enter

Blue Peter launches vote for the 'Best Children's Book of the last 10 Years'

Young heroes and heroines abound in a list that features the bestselling children’s fiction books published in the last 10 years.

Find out about the top 10 books

An interview with Jon McGregor

We talk to award-winning author and twice runner-up of the BBC National Short Story Award, Jon McGregor, about his upcoming short story collection.

Read the full interview

Kim Scott Walwyn 2012 launches

Women who have worked in any role in the UK publishing industry for up to seven years are now being invited to enter The Kim Scott Walwyn Prize 2012.

Find out how to enter