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RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2023 Shortlist Revealed

RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2023 Shortlist Revealed

The judges of this year’s Prize, Lemn Sissay (Chair), Meena Kandasamy, and Simon Savidge, have selected the following for the shortlist: Susie Alegre, Freedom to Think (Atlantic Books) Jo Browning Wro …
Anthony Anaxagorou Wins the 2023 RSL Ondaatje Prize

Anthony Anaxagorou Wins the 2023 RSL Ondaatje Prize

The 2023 RSL Ondaatje Prize winner was revealed as Anthony Anaxagorou for Heritage Aesthetics (Granta Poetry) on Wednesday 10 May. Anthony Anaxagorou said: “Thank you so much to the judges for seeing …
RSL Ondaatje Prize 2023 Shortlist

RSL Ondaatje Prize 2023 Shortlist

The 2023 RSL Ondaatje shortlist is: Anthony Anaxagorou, Heritage Aesthetics (Granta Poetry) Michelle de Kretser, Scary Monsters (Allen & Unwin) Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeid …
History is in the Making Competition Winners Announced

History is in the Making Competition Winners Announced

The winners of the History is in the Making competition are: 13-15 Years Category 1st Place – Izzy Goldberg (RGS Newcastle), Sylvia Plath 2nd Place – Pinar Atamusa (Ark John Keats Academy), George Orw …
RSL Ondaatje Prize Longlist Announced

RSL Ondaatje Prize Longlist Announced

The 2023 RSL Ondaatje longlist is: Anthony Anaxagorou, Heritage Aesthetics (Granta Poetry) Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide (Vintage) Philippa Holloway, The Half-life of Snails (Parthian Books) She …
Kaliane Bradley wins the £1,000 V. S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2022 with ‘Doggerland’

Kaliane Bradley wins the £1,000 V. S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2022 with ‘Doggerland’

‘Doggerland’ by Kaliane Bradley wins the 2022 V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize: an annual award for unpublished short stories between 2000 to 4000 words in length. Kaliane will receive £1,000 and thei …
V. S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2022: Shortlist Announced

V. S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2022: Shortlist Announced

The V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize is an annual award for unpublished short stories between 2000 to 4000 words in length. The winner will receive £1,000 and their entry will be published in Prospect …
Sign up to free events from the RSL

Sign up to free events from the RSL

As part of our RSL Spring 2023 Season, we’re offering free sign ups to upcoming digital events, featuring literary icons such as Emma Warren, Kieran Yates, Juliet Jacques and Eliza Clark. 📚 Si …
V. S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2022: Longlist Announced

V. S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2022: Longlist Announced

The V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize is an annual award for unpublished short stories between 2000 to 4000 words in length. The winner will receive £1,000 and their entry will be published in Prospect …
World Book Day 2023 with RSL

World Book Day 2023 with RSL

This World Book Day, we’re offering free sign ups to upcoming digital events, featuring literary icons such as Emma Warren, Kieran Yates, Juliet Jacques and Eliza Clark. 📚 Simply register at t …
The RSL Spring 2023 Season

The RSL Spring 2023 Season

What do paradise, psychoanalysis, spoil heaps, steelworks, careers, clowning and tennis all have in common? They feature in our Spring 2023 season of events, of course! You’ll be hearing from a dazzli …
History is in the Making – Competition and Anthology

History is in the Making – Competition and Anthology

To celebrate our bicentenary, 20 current RSL Fellows have contributed to a brand new anthology that recognises some of their favourite writers of the past 200 years. Launched earlier this month, the d …

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