Vasiliki “Vicky” Pryce (born July 15, 1952) is a British economist who was born in Greece. She previously held the position of Joint Head of the United Kingdom’s Government Economic Service. Currently, she works as the Chief Economic Adviser at the Centre for Economics and Business Research in London.
The Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation was an award given in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2017. It honored the translator of an excellent book written for young readers and translated into English. The award was given every two years and was supported by the Marsh Christian Trust.
The Costa Book Awards were a group of yearly awards that honored English-language books written by authors from the UK and Ireland. First called the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005, the awards were named after their first sponsor, the Whitbread company, which was a brewery and owned bars and restaurants. In 2005, the name changed when Costa Coffee, a company owned by Whitbread, took over as the sponsor.
The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction is an award for non-fiction books written by women. It is a related prize to the Women’s Prize for Fiction. The prize was announced in February 2023 and will give its first award in 2024 for books published in 2023.
The Women’s Prize for Fiction is one of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious literary prizes. It was previously known as the Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–2012), the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–2008), and the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction (2014–2017). The prize is given each year to a female author from any country for the best original long novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom the year before.
The Waverton Good Read Award was created in 2003 by people living in Waverton, Chester, England. It was inspired by Le Prix de la Cadière d’Azur, a literary prize given by a village in Provence, France. The award considers adult books that are a writer’s first novel, written by someone living in the United Kingdom, and published in the past twelve months.
The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each year by the Society of Authors. William Somerset Maugham set up the award in 1947 to help young writers improve their work by gaining experience in foreign countries. The award is given to writers under the age of 35 whose work was published in the year before the award.
The Orwell Prize is a British award given for political writing. It is managed by The Orwell Foundation, an independent charity (registered charity number 1161563, previously called “The Orwell Prize”) and led by a group of trustees. Each year, five prizes are given: one for a fiction book about politics (started in 2019), one for a non-fiction book about politics, one for journalism, one for “Exposing Britain’s Social Evils” (started in 2015), and one for reporting or commentary on homelessness (established in 2023, after being paused between 2012 and 2026).
Sir Roger Newdigate’s Prize, also known as the Newdigate Prize, is given by the University of Oxford for the best poem written in English by an undergraduate student. The prize was created in 1806 to honor Sir Roger Newdigate, who lived from 1719 to 1806. The winning poem is shared during a special event called Encaenia.