Submissions are now closed for The London Magazine & Collyer Bristow Prize 2019. Thank you to all publishers who entered this year. 

Update: Collyer Bristow Brize 2019 shortlist announced
Read the 2019 shortlist

The London Magazine has launched its debut fiction prize for a second year following the success of its inaugural year.

The award will be administered by the magazine’s editorial team, and is sponsored by law firm Collyer Bristow. First launched in May 2018, the prize aims to celebrate exceptional literary fiction, inviting publishers to submit one debut work of fiction each that was published in the previous calendar year.

This can include collections of fiction by a sole author, but the book must be in its original form and language. 

While it is open to all publishers, last year’s shortlist was dominated by independent presses with David Keenan triumphing with This Is Memorial Device (Faber). Entries are limited to one submission per publishing imprint.

The prize is free to enter and will be judged by a panel of literary critics Houman Barekat and Suzi Feay, and chaired by the London Magazine’s co-editor Matthew Scott. The winning author will receive a prize of £1,000. 

Publishers can nominate their books on the following website by midnight on June 30th. (Entries are now closed for consideration).

Once nominated, please send the book to:

The London Magazine
11 Queen’s Gate
London
SW7 5EL

Thank you!
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For any questions regarding the prize, please email jack.solloway@thelondonmagazine.org.

The London Magazine & Collyer Bristow Prize 2018 shortlist:
This is Memorial Device – David Keenan (Faber & Faber)
Darker with the Lights On – David Hayden (Little Island Press) 
Safe Mode – Sam Riviere (Test Centre) 
Sympathy – Olivia Sudjic (Pushkin Press) 

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