The Wales Book of the Year Award is an annual prize celebrating outstanding literary talent from Wales across many genres and in both English and Welsh.
There are twelve awards in total with a collective prize fund of £14,000. In both Welsh and English there are four category winners, one People’s Choice winner and one overall winner. Submissions are now open for the 2026 award.
Publishers and self-published authors are invited to read the eligibility criteria and submit any eligible books published during 2025. Books published up until 31 December 2025 are eligible for the 2026 Award.
Deadline for submissions: Monday 24 November 2025.
For further information please select the following link: Wales Book of the Year - Literature Wales.