The Tony Lothian Biographers’ Club Prize 2011
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The Tony Lothian Biographers’ Club Prize 2011
First Prize: £2,000
Deadline: 1 August 2011
Entry fee £10
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 Valerie Grove, journalist and biographer of Laurie Lee and John Mortimer, among others; Jane Mays, consulting literary editor at the Daily Mail; and David Waller, author of The Magnificent Mrs Tennant.
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 deadline for entries is 1 August 2011. Entry fee: £10 (cheques payable to the Biographers’ Club). For further details and mandatory entry form visit www.biographersclub.co.uk
The winner will be announced at the prize-giving dinner in October, date TBC.
(Only the shortlisted entrants will be contacted)
