Submissions
2024 submissions for The Nota Bene Prize are now closed.
All submissions will be curated into a longlist, which will be shared amongst a pool of Notable Readers - influential people in the reading community that you trust and take note of their recommendations. This selection of content creators, authors, booksellers and other Notable Readers will vote in order to create a shortlist. This shortlist will then be presented to an independent judging panel composed of industry professionals and well-established Notable Readers, who will judge each title to determine the winner of The Nota Bene Prize 2024.
The winning book will be awarded a cash prize of £1500.
SUBMISSIONS CRITERIA
Fiction titles only, from any genre.
Only books first published in the UK in 2023 are eligible.
Authors can be from any country, but should be available to attend a UK-based media day and prize-giving for photography and interview content.
Titles must be published in the UK or readily available to all bookshop outlets in the UK (written in or translated into English).
Submissions are accepted from all publishers, small, independent or large, and at least one copy must be sent to the following address: Studio 104, Leather Factory, 1 Brook Lane, Holt, Wiltshire, BA14 6RL
Publishers may submit multiple titles.
Each title successfully shortlisted attracts a levy to cover the promotional costs associated with the prize including; the project management, design, publicity, production and print of all the official prize collateral. This amount will be £795.
KEY DATES
Submissions close – April 26th
Shortlisted announcement – June 26th (TBC)
Ceremony – July 17th (TBC)
