Hawthornden Prize

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The Hawthornden Prize is one of the oldest and most prestigious British literary awards, given annually for imaginative writing in prose or verse.

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Hawthornden Prize canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary award
associatedWith Hawthornden Castle, Midlothian, Scotland NERFINISHED
awardedFor single work rather than lifetime achievement
awardedForWorksPublishedIn previous calendar year
awardedIn United Kingdom NERFINISHED
awardFor imaginative writing
prose
verse
country United Kingdom
currency Pound sterling
eligibility British authors
Commonwealth authors
Irish authors
excludes drama
non-fiction
field literature
foundedBy Alice Warrender NERFINISHED
frequency annual
genre fiction
poetry
hasAlternativeName Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature NERFINISHED
hasAwarded Aldous Huxley NERFINISHED
Ali Smith NERFINISHED
D. H. Lawrence NERFINISHED
Graham Greene NERFINISHED
Hilary Mantel NERFINISHED
Iris Murdoch NERFINISHED
Seamus Heaney NERFINISHED
T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED
W. H. Auden NERFINISHED
hasCategory single overall award
hasReputation independent of commercial considerations
inception 1919
language English
location London, England
surface form: London
mediaType printed books
monetaryValue cash prize
namedAfter Hawthornden Castle NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the oldest British literary awards
prestige in British literary culture
officialWebsite https://www.hawthorndenprize.org
relativeAge one of the oldest surviving UK literary prizes
scope United Kingdom and Ireland NERFINISHED
selectionCriteria literary merit
selectionProcess judged by a small panel of literary judges
sponsor Hawthornden Foundation NERFINISHED
sponsorType charitable foundation
status active

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The Hawk in the Rain awarded Hawthornden Prize
Christopher Reid awardReceived Hawthornden Prize
Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man awarded Hawthornden Prize
George Sherston trilogy awarded Hawthornden Prize
subject surface form: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man
Antony Beevor awardReceived Hawthornden Prize
Claire Tomalin awardReceived Hawthornden Prize