John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

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The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is a British literary award given to outstanding young writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or drama.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary award
ageLimit 35
awardedForWorkLanguage English
awardedForWorkType single work
awardFor outstanding literary work
country United Kingdom
eligibilityCriteria writers of the Commonwealth
writers of the Republic of Ireland
young writers
field literature
firstAwarded 1942
formerSponsor Daily Mail NERFINISHED
Mail on Sunday NERFINISHED
foundedBy Jane Oliver NERFINISHED
John Llewellyn Rhys’s widow
frequency annual
genre drama
fiction
non-fiction
poetry
inception 1942
location London, England
surface form: London
namedAfter John Llewellyn Rhys NERFINISHED
namedAfterDeathContext killed in action in World War II
namedAfterOccupation aviator
writer
notableWinner Angela Carter NERFINISHED
Ian McEwan NERFINISHED
Jeanette Winterson NERFINISHED
Margaret Drabble NERFINISHED
Martin Amis NERFINISHED
V. S. Naipaul NERFINISHED
organizer Booktrust NERFINISHED
publicationRequirement work published in the previous year
reasonForEstablishment to commemorate John Llewellyn Rhys
to honour a young author killed in World War II
selectionMethod judged competition
sponsor Booktrust NERFINISHED
status suspended
suspensionReason funding difficulties
suspensionYear 2011
targetAudience emerging writers

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Drabble awardReceived John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
subject surface form: Margaret Drabble
Margaret Drabble awardReceived John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
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