Prizes and awards - Archive
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Nestlé Children’s Book Prize
For 23 years, the Nestlé Children’s Book Prize (formerly the Smarties Prize) celebrated the very best in children’s fiction and poetry. It was one of the UK’s longest running prizes and helped to launch the careers of many of today’s top children’s writers, including J K Rowling and Lauren Child,... -
New Writing Ventures
New Writing Ventures was an annual series of major national prizes and awards for emerging writers in poetry, fiction and non-fiction. The awards were launched by the New Writing Partnership, a unique enterprise that aimed to highlight, develop and support creative writing. It was last awarded in 2007. -
Orange Award for New Writers
Launched in 2005 in partnership with Arts Council England, the Orange Award for New Writers celebrated emerging female literary talent. All first works of fiction, including novels, short story collections and novellas, written by women of any age or nationality and published as a book in the UK were eligible... -
The Power of Reading Award
The Adult Learners' Week Awards, organised by NIACE , recognise extraordinary learners with inspirational learning journeys that have helped them transform not only their own lives, but the lives of the people around them too. Whether learning has boosted their confidence, helped them develop existing or new skills, or led... -
YoungMinds Award
YoungMinds is the UK's leading charity committed to improving the emotional well being and mental health of children and young people and empowering their parents and carers. The YoungMinds Award was sponsored by Booktrust to help young people (12+) deal with the pressure and the stresses of growing up.







