The RSL is accepting entries for its Royal Society of Literature Encore Award, which gives a prize of £10,000 to the author of the best second novel published in 2016.
This year’s judges are Alex Clark, Julia Copus and Tom Hodgkinson. The Encore Award is for second novels, which must be a full-length work of fiction published in the UK in 2016 by a writer who has been resident in the UK or the Republic of Ireland for more than three years. Collections of short stories, novellas, children’s books and novels published by vanity publishers are not eligible.
Entries are accepted from authors and publishers. Send four copies (proof copies are acceptable) and a completed application form, which may be downloaded from the website. Only postal entries are accepted.