Tom McKitterick, the former editor of Political Quarterly and author of an unpublished novel, endowed the McKitterick Prize which was first awarded in 1990. It is given annually to an author over the age of 40 for a first novel, published or unpublished. 

Criteria for entry
(i) The author must be living and over the age of 40 on 31st October 2011.
(ii) The author must not have had any other novel published (excluding works for children).
(iii) The novel must be a full length work in the English language by one author (not a translation, and not a work for children).
(iv) The work must be a work of 'fiction or imagination or substantially of fiction or imagination'.
(v) The work must either have been first published in the UK in 2011 (and not first published abroad), or be unpublished.
(vi) If unpublished, the work must not have been previously submitted for the McKitterick Prize.

How to enter
Please submit:
 A list of the author's other published work (if any)
 Published novels: Four copies of the book (non-returnable)
 Unpublished novels: One copy of up to the first 30 pages of the manuscript (non-returnable).
If you would like an acknowledgement and/or the return of your manuscript please provide stamped addressed envelopes.
Please note: Manuscripts should be typed in double line spacing on single-sided A4 paper, with the author's name stated on the first page. Only one manuscript may be submitted. Shortlisted authors will be notified by the end of March 2012 and requested to submit the entire manuscript.
Send to: Paula Johnson, Awards Secretary, The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB

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