Betty Trask Award

Betty Trask Award

The Betty Trask Award for a first novel given by the Society of Authors to citizens of the Commonwealth under the age of 35. The awards have been established since 1984 and total £25,000 each year. [cite web| title=Society of Authors — Prizes, Grants and Awards | publisher = Society of Authors | accessdate=2007-11-04 | url=http://www.societyofauthors.org/prizes_grants_and_awards/prizes-for-fiction-and-non-fiction/] The prizes are awarded to traditional or romantic novels, while those of an experimental nature are excluded. [cite web | title = The Betty Trask Prize and Awards | publisher=Christchurch City Libraries | accessdate=2007-11-04 | url=http://library.christchurch.org.nz/LiteraryPrizes/BettyTrask/] Awards are given for both published and unpublished works. They are funded from a bequest by the late Betty Trask, a reclusive author of over thirty romance novels. [ [http://facstaff.unca.edu/moseley/trask.html Betty Trask Prize and Awards ] ]

List of prize winners

"Note: This list is not complete for each year."

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