The Society of Authors (SoA) has today (24 April 2024) announced the judges for the 11 prizes and scholarships making up the 2024 SoA Awards.

The shortlists for the 2024 SoA Awards are due to be announced on 22 May, with the award ceremony taking place on Thursday 20 June at Southwark Cathedral.

ADCI Literary Prize

Judging panel: Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Penny Batchelor, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Julia Lund, Karl Knights, Selina Mills, Vikki Patis and Chloe Timms

‘Whatever the outcome, it’s important we support more disabled writers to have a platform and a voice – so more people can recognise themselves,’ said ADCI (Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses) Literary Prize judge, writer and broadcaster Selina Mills.

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Courtesy of Charlotte Graham.

I’m The Society of Authors (SoA) has announced that Val McDermid – author of the Wire in the Blood series and the BBC One series Traces – will deliver the keynote speech at the annual SoA Awards ceremony, which returns to Southwark Cathedral on 29 June. She will join host and SoA Management Committee Chair Joanne Harris to present the UK’s richest array of literary awards. They will announce the winners of 12 prizes, a prize fund of over £100,000 celebrating fiction, non-fiction, poetry and illustration – rewarding authors at the start of their careers as well as those well-established.

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