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 2025 award.
Publishers and self-published authors are invited to read the eligibility criteria and submit any eligible books published during 2024. Books published up until 31 December 2024 are eligible for the 2025 Award.
Deadline for submissions: Monday 25 November 2024.
For further information please select the following link: Wales Book of the Year 2025 – Open to submissions - Literature Wales