RSL Literature Matters Awards for Students [WIN £20,000]

Introduction

The RSL Literature Matters Awards seek to recognise and foster literary originality and brilliance. The Awards are granted to individual writers and other literary creators each year after an open call for proposals, honouring their past accomplishments and giving them financial help to carry out a planned new piece of writing or literary project.

The RSL Literature Matters Awards: Priority will be given to submissions that will connect with audiences or subjects outside of literature’s typical purview and/or that will help spark public discourse about why literature matters. The undertaking could take the form of a written work or works, a publishing, an occasion, or a production.

About Royal Society of Literature (RSL)

King George IV established the Royal Society of Literature (RSL), an academic organisation, in 1820 to “reward literary merit and excite literary talent.” About 600 Fellows of the RSL, a charity that speaks for literature in the UK, were chosen from among the best authors currently producing work in any genre.

Additionally, people who have significantly contributed to the growth of literature, such as publishers, agents, librarians, booksellers, or producers, are recognised as Honorary Fellows.

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Benefits of RSL Literature Matters Awards

A total of £20,000 is available

Requirements

• Applicants must be permanent UK residents. They are unable to offer grants to citizens of the UK living abroad.
• The person applying should be a writer or other literary creator with a successful track record to indicate the proposal is likely to succeed. They accept applications from small groups or colloborations/collectives of writers, but not from organisations, this includes publishers, presses, registered charities, CICs and companies.
• Applicants must be 18 or over at the time of application.
• You must be in need of the funding to carry out the proposal and be able to demonstrate what and how the money would be used.
• Anyone who has received any Royal Society of Literature (RSL) Award or Prize (not including Fellowship) in the last two years may not enter.
• They welcome partnership with organisations but if the project is dependent on their involvement, you must have already confirmed with them that they are willing to collaborate with you.
• Projects will need to be safe, demonstrable and actionable, in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. You must show that you have taken this into consideration in your application, ensuring the safety of all participants and feasibility of delivering the project should circumstances change.
• Current members of RSL staff and trustees are not eligible to apply.

How to Apply

click HERE to apply.

Entries should be made via the online form; no email or postal applications will be considered without prior agreement and there is no need to submit any additional documents.

Application Deadline for The RSL Literature Matters Awards

July 28, 2023

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