The Dylan Thomas Prize is now looking for nominations for the 2008 award. The £60,000 prize is awarded to the best book in English (novel, poetry, or short stories) published by an author under 30. In 2006, Rachel Trezise won for her collection of short stories, Fresh Apples.
For more info, contact the Dylan Thomas Prize, Tim Prosser, CEO; 44-1792-474051 or 44-7968-854435. Email: tim@dylanthomasprize.com. Web: http://www.dylanthomasprize.com.
The Prize aims to encourage, promote and reward exciting new writing in the English speaking world in commemoration of the life and work of Dylan Thomas. Entrants should be the author of a published book (in English), under the age of 30, writing within one of the following categories: poetry, novel, collection of short stories by one author, play that has been professionally performed, a broadcast radio play, a professionally produced screenplay that has resulted in a feature-length film. Authors need to be nominated by their publishers or producers (in the case of performance art). To be eligible a literary work must have been commercially published, for the first time in the English language between 27th April 2006 and 30th April 2008.
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