The Climate Fiction Prize is a literary award for climate fiction, launched in June 2024 at the Hay Festival in Wales.[1][2][3] The prize "will aim to showcase novels that engage with themes concerning the climate crisis".[4]
The prize, of £10,000, is supported by Climate Spring, whose mission statement describes it as "a global organisation with the aim to harness the storytelling power of film and TV to shift how society perceives and responds to the climate crisis".[5]
The judges in the first year are writers Nicola Chester, whose On Gallows Down was shortlisted for 2022 Wainwright Prize,[6] and Madeleine Bunting (chair of the judges); Andy Fryers (Global Sustainability Director of the Hay Festival), author and climate activist Tori Tsui; and David Lindo, AKA the Urban Birder.[7][8][9]
In the inaugural year of the award, titles are to be submitted from 3 June 2024, the shortlist and longlist will be announced later in 2024, and the winner will be announced early ("in [UK] spring") in 2025.[4]
References
edit- ^ Rolt, Amber (19 April 2024). "'Change starts with imagination': New Climate Fiction Prize to launch at The Hay Festival this summer". www.businessgreen.com. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ Tsui, Tori (15 May 2024). "Why a new literary prize for climate fiction will make a difference". New Scientist. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ Page, Benedicte (13 March 2024). "New £10k Climate Fiction Prize to launch at Hay Festival". The Bookseller. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ a b Colville, Charlie (1 May 2024). "A New Climate Fiction Prize Will Launch At This Year's Hay Festival". Country and Town House. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Our Mission". www.climate-spring.org. Climate Spring. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "James Cropper Wainwright Prize 2022 shortlists announced". Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Andy Fryers". www.hayfestival.com. Hay Festival. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Madeleine Bunting, Nicola Chester, Lucy Stone and Andy Fryers in conversation". Hay Festival. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Madeleine Bunting to chair major new literary award - The Climate Fiction Prize -to launch at Hay Festival 2024 - The Eco News". EcoNews. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
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