Encore Award
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Overview
The Encore Award used to be awarded yearly since 1990 and is now awarded biennially by the Society of Authors.
Eligibility
- the work must be a novel by one other who has had only one novel published previously
- the work must be in English language, first published in the UK, and not a work for children either
- (a) the author must be a British or Commonwealth citizen or
- (b) the book must have been first published in the UK
Entry procedures
- publisher nominates book for election
- The award is selected by a group of three judges.
Prize
The prize comes with 10,000 pounds-divided amongst the winners in years where there is more than one.
2007
The prize of £10,000 was presented by Dan Jacobson at a reception in the Nash Room at the ICA on 22nd May 2007. The judges were Alex Clark, Lindsay Duguid and Peter Parker.
Winner
- M.J. Hyland, Carry Me Down (2006) (Canongate)
Runners up
- Vikram Chandra – Sacred Games (Faber)
- Will Eaves – Nothing to be Afraid Of (Picador)
- James Lasdun – Seven Lies (Cape)
- Mary Lawson – The Other Side of the Bridge (Chatto)
- Jon McGregor – So Many Ways to Begin (Bloomsbury)
