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Terry Pratchett First Novel Award

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Country
  
United Kingdom

First awarded
  
2011

Terry Pratchett First Novel Award

Awarded for
  
The best unpublished science fiction novel in the Commonwealth of Nations

Presented by
  
Terry Pratchett, Transworld Publishers

Currently held by
  
Alexander Maskill (The Hive)

The Terry Pratchett First Novel Award is a biennial award for the best unpublished science fiction novel in the Commonwealth of Nations. It is named after British author Terry Pratchett. The book is chosen by a panel of judges previously including Pratchett.

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The competition is open to anyone who is a resident of the Britain, the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland, who has not previously had a novel published with a valid ISBN number and the prize is a £20,000 publishing contract with Pratchett's publishers, Transworld Publishers.

2011

In 2011, the nominees were:

  • Postponing Armageddon by Adele Abbott
  • The Platinum Ticket by Dave Beynon
  • Half Sick of Shadows by David Logan
  • Apocalypse Cow by Michael Logan
  • Lun by Andrew Salomon
  • The Coven at Callington by Shereen Vedam

    • The award was won jointly by David Logan, for Half Sick of Shadows and Michael Logan for Apocalypse Cow.

    Postponing Armageddon also went on to be published by Barking Rain Press.

    2013

    In 2013 the nominees were:

  • The Unspoken Death of the Amazing Flying Boy by Jean Burdett
  • Bloodline by Sophie Constable
  • The Hive by Alexander Maskill
  • The Way Through the Woods by Robin Pearson
  • A Kill in the Morning by Graeme Shimmin
  • The Shadows of Annwn by Catherine Whittle

    • The award was won by Alexander Maskill's The Hive.

    A Kill in the Morning also went on to be published by Transworld.

    References

    Terry Pratchett First Novel Award Wikipedia
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