Walter Scott Prize

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book prize literary award

The Walter Scott Prize is a prestigious British literary award honoring outstanding works of historical fiction.

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Label	Occurrences
Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction	2
Walter Scott Prize canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book prize ⓘ literary award ⓘ
announcementEvent	Borders Book Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
assessmentCriterion	historical authenticity ⓘ literary merit ⓘ quality of writing ⓘ
awardedFor	outstanding works of historical fiction ⓘ
category	historical novel ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currency	GBP NERFINISHED ⓘ
eligibility	authors from Ireland ⓘ authors from the Commonwealth ⓘ authors from the United Kingdom ⓘ historical novels published in the previous year ⓘ
field	fiction ⓘ literature ⓘ
firstAwarded	2010 ⓘ
founder	Buccleuch family NERFINISHED ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	historical fiction ⓘ
hasComponent	shortlist ⓘ winner ⓘ
inception	2010 ⓘ
languageOfEligibleWorks	English ⓘ
location	United Kingdom ⓘ
mediaCoverage	British press ⓘ
monetaryValue	25000 GBP ⓘ
namedAfter	Walter Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ
namesakeNotableWork	Waverley NERFINISHED ⓘ
namesakeOccupation	novelist ⓘ
notableFor	one of the richest prizes for historical fiction ⓘ
organizer	Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch NERFINISHED ⓘ
prestige	major award in historical fiction ⓘ
regionFocus	UK and Commonwealth literature ⓘ
selectionProcess	judged by a panel of literary judges ⓘ
shortlistPublication	annually ⓘ
subjectArea	historical narratives in fiction ⓘ
website	https://www.walterscottprize.co.uk/ ⓘ

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Hilary Mantel → awardReceived → Walter Scott Prize ⓘ

A Long Petal of the Sea → shortlistedFor → Walter Scott Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

Afterlives → literaryAward → Walter Scott Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction