The Biographers’ Club Prize 2009
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The Biographers’ Club Prize 2009, renamed the Tony Lothian Biographers’ Club Prize
Closing date 1 August 2009
Entry fee £10
Open to all
The £2,000 Tony Lothian Biographers’ Club Prize (sponsored by her daughter, Elizabeth, Duchess of Buccleuch), supports uncommissioned first-time writers working on a biography.
This year’s judges are Margaret Drabble, Anne de Courcy and John Guy.
Applicants should submit a proposal of no more than 20 pages, including a synopsis and 10-page sample chapter (double-spaced, numbered pages), CV and a note on the market for the book and competing literature, to the prize administrator:
Anna Swan, anna@annaswan.co.uk or by post to 119A Fordwych Road, London NW2 3NJ.
The winner will be announced at the prize-giving dinner on 22 October. This year’s speakers are Amanda Foreman, author of The Duchess and the forthcoming World on Fire, and the journalist and broadcaster James Naughtie. [Only the shortlisted entrants will be contacted]
For further details and an application form visit www.biographersclub.co.uk
