Betty Trask Award - Revision history

Anna Auguscik at 07:55, 7 February 2008

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	This award has been established since 1984 and total £25,000(shared)each year.		This award has been established since 1984 and total £25,000(shared)each year.

	~~This year (~~2007~~) there have been five different books, the~~ winner is Will Davis ~~with his novel called "~~My ~~side~~ of the ~~story".~~		==2007==
			===Prize winner===
			*Will Davis, My Side of the Story (2007) (Bloomsbury)-£10,000
			===Award winners===
			*Adam Foulds for The Truth About These Strange Times (Weidenfeld)
			*Cynan Jones for The Long Dry (Parthian)
			*Julie Maxwell for You Can Live Forever (Cape)
			*Karen Mcleod for In Search of the Missing Eyelash (Cape) - £2,500 each
			===Judges===
			*Michele Roberts, Andrew Holgate and Sarah Waters

	==Links==		==Links==

Anna Auguscik at 04:11, 7 December 2007

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	'''The Betty Trask Award'''		'''The Betty Trask Award''' is awarded to a writer under the age of 35 for his or her first novel.

	~~This Prize~~ is awarded to a writer under the age of 35 for his or her first novel.
	The award is given by the Society of Authors for both published and unpublished works.		The award is given by the Society of Authors for both published and unpublished works.
	The author must be a Commonwealth citizen, and the work must be 'of a romantic or traditional nature, i.e. not experimental'.		The author must be a Commonwealth citizen, and the work must be 'of a romantic or traditional nature, i.e. not experimental'.
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	This year (2007) there have been five different books, the winner is Will Davis with his novel called "My side of the story".		This year (2007) there have been five different books, the winner is Will Davis with his novel called "My side of the story".

			==Links==
			*[http://www.societyofauthors.org/ The Society of Authors]
			*[http://library.christchurch.org.nz/LiteraryPrizes/BettyTrask/ Library in Christchurch]

	~~'''homepages~~:~~'''~~		[[Category: Literary Awards]]
	~~http://www.societyofauthors.org/~~

	~~http://library.christchurch.org.nz/LiteraryPrizes/BettyTrask/~~

Deike at 21:51, 6 December 2007

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	This Prize is awarded to a writer under the age of 35 for his or her first novel.		This Prize is awarded to a writer under the age of 35 for his or her first novel.
	The award is given for both published and unpublished works.		The award is given by the Society of Authors for both published and unpublished works.
	The author must be a Commonwealth citizen, and the work must be 'of a romantic or traditional nature, i.e. not experimental'.		The author must be a Commonwealth citizen, and the work must be 'of a romantic or traditional nature, i.e. not experimental'.
	It is founded from a bequest by the late Betty Trask, a reclusive author of over thirty romance novels.		It is founded from a bequest by the late Betty Trask, a reclusive author of over thirty romance novels.
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	'''homepages:'''		'''homepages:'''
	http://www.societyofauthors.org/		http://www.societyofauthors.org/

	http://library.christchurch.org.nz/LiteraryPrizes/BettyTrask/		http://library.christchurch.org.nz/LiteraryPrizes/BettyTrask/

Deike at 21:24, 6 December 2007

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	'''The Betty Trask Award'''		'''The Betty Trask Award'''

	This Prize is awarded to a writer under the age of 35 for his or her first novel. The award is given for both published and unpublished works.		This Prize is awarded to a writer under the age of 35 for his or her first novel.
			The award is given for both published and unpublished works.
	The author must be a Commonwealth citizen, and the work must be 'of a romantic or traditional nature, i.e. not experimental'.		The author must be a Commonwealth citizen, and the work must be 'of a romantic or traditional nature, i.e. not experimental'.
			It is founded from a bequest by the late Betty Trask, a reclusive author of over thirty romance novels.
	This award has been established since 1984 and total £25,000(shared)each year.		This award has been established since 1984 and total £25,000(shared)each year.

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	homepages:		'''homepages:'''
	http://www.societyofauthors.org/		http://www.societyofauthors.org/
	http://library.christchurch.org.nz/LiteraryPrizes/BettyTrask/		http://library.christchurch.org.nz/LiteraryPrizes/BettyTrask/

Deike at 21:22, 6 December 2007

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	'''The Betty Trask Award'''		'''The Betty Trask Award'''

	This Prize is awarded to a writer under the age of 35 for his or her first novel, given ~~by the Society of Authors~~.		This Prize is awarded to a writer under the age of 35 for his or her first novel. The award is given for both published and unpublished works.
	The author must be a Commonwealth citizen, and the work must be 'of a romantic or traditional nature, i.e. not experimental'.		The author must be a Commonwealth citizen, and the work must be 'of a romantic or traditional nature, i.e. not experimental'.
	This award has been established ~~snce~~ 1984 and total £25,000(shared)each year.		This award has been established since 1984 and total £25,000(shared)each year.
	~~The award is given for both published and unpublished works.~~
	This year (2007) there have been five different books, the winner is Will Davis with his novel called "My side of the story".		This year (2007) there have been five different books, the winner is Will Davis with his novel called "My side of the story".


	~~'''~~		homepages:
	homepages:~~'''~~
	http://www.societyofauthors.org/		http://www.societyofauthors.org/
	http://library.christchurch.org.nz/LiteraryPrizes/BettyTrask/		http://library.christchurch.org.nz/LiteraryPrizes/BettyTrask/

Deike at 21:20, 6 December 2007

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	homepages:		homepages:'''
	http://www.societyofauthors.org/		http://www.societyofauthors.org/
			http://library.christchurch.org.nz/LiteraryPrizes/BettyTrask/

Deike at 21:13, 6 December 2007

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	The Betty Trask Award		'''The Betty Trask Award'''

	This Prize is awarded to a writer under the age of 35 for his or her first novel, given by the Society of Authors.		This Prize is awarded to a writer under the age of 35 for his or her first novel, given by the Society of Authors.
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	The award is given for both published and unpublished works.		The award is given for both published and unpublished works.
	This year (2007) there have been five different books, the winner is Will Davis with his novel called "My side of the story".		This year (2007) there have been five different books, the winner is Will Davis with his novel called "My side of the story".



			homepages:
			http://www.societyofauthors.org/

Deike at 21:10, 6 December 2007

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The Betty Trask Award

This Prize is awarded to a writer under the age of 35 for his or her first novel, given by the Society of Authors.
The author must be a Commonwealth citizen, and the work must be 'of a romantic or traditional nature, i.e. not experimental'.
This award has been established snce 1984 and total £25,000(shared)each year.
The award is given for both published and unpublished works.
This year (2007) there have been five different books, the winner is Will Davis with his novel called "My side of the story".