Climate Fiction Prize
The Climate Fiction Prize is a literary award for climate fiction, launched in June 2024 at the Hay Festival in Wales.[1][2][3] The prize "will aim to showcase novels that engage with themes concerning the climate crisis".[4]
The prize, of £10,000, is supported by Climate Spring, whose mission statement describes it as "a global organisation with the aim to harness the storytelling power of film and TV to shift how society perceives and responds to the climate crisis".[5]
The judges in the first year are writers Madeleine Bunting (chair of the judges) and Nicola Chester, whose On Gallows Down was shortlisted for 2022 Wainwright Prize;[6] Andy Fryers, Global Sustainability Director of the Hay Festival; David Lindo, known as the Urban Birder; and author and climate activist Tori Tsui.[7][8][9]
In the inaugural year of the award, titles were to be submitted from 3 June to 1 July 2024; the longlist was announced on 20 November 2024, the shortlist will be announced in "[UK] spring 2025", and the winner will be announced in May 2025.[10][4]
Winners and shortlisted and longlisted titles
[edit]| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Julia Armfield | Private Rites | Harper Collins, 4th Estate | Longlisted | [11] |
| Kaliane Bradley | The Ministry of Time | Sceptre, Hodder | Longlisted | ||
| Abi Daré | And So I Roar | Sceptre, Hodder | Longlisted | ||
| Roz Dineen | Briefly Very Beautiful | Bloomsbury Circus | Longlisted | ||
| Samantha Harvey | Orbital | Jonathan Cape, PRH | Longlisted | ||
| Téa Obreht | The Morningside | W&N, Orion | Longlisted | ||
| Chioma Okereke | Water Baby | Quercus | Longlisted | ||
| Natasha Pulley | The Mars House | Gollancz, Orion | Longlisted | ||
| Alexis Wright | Praiseworthy | And Other Stories | Longlisted |
References
[edit]- ^ Rolt, Amber (19 April 2024). "'Change starts with imagination': New Climate Fiction Prize to launch at The Hay Festival this summer". www.businessgreen.com. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ Tsui, Tori (15 May 2024). "Why a new literary prize for climate fiction will make a difference". New Scientist. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ Page, Benedicte (13 March 2024). "New £10k Climate Fiction Prize to launch at Hay Festival". The Bookseller. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ a b Colville, Charlie (1 May 2024). "A New Climate Fiction Prize Will Launch At This Year's Hay Festival". Country and Town House. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Our Mission". www.climate-spring.org. Climate Spring. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "James Cropper Wainwright Prize 2022 shortlists announced". Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Andy Fryers". www.hayfestival.com. Hay Festival. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Madeleine Bunting, Nicola Chester, Lucy Stone and Andy Fryers in conversation". Hay Festival. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Madeleine Bunting to chair major new literary award - The Climate Fiction Prize -to launch at Hay Festival 2024 - The Eco News". EcoNews. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Key Dates". The Climate Fiction Prize. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "Explore the longlist". The Climate Fiction Prize. Retrieved 26 November 2024.