Watson, Little Prize 2021 Winner Announced!
Friday 15th October 2021

The Watson, Little Prize is delighted to announce its inaugural winner, Diana McCaulay, for an extract from her novel Roots of Stone, as well as two ‘highly commended’ awards, for Martine van Bijlert and Joanna Miller.
A celebration of the agency’s 50th anniversary, the Watson, Little Prize is international, genre-specific, and in this inaugural edition of the prize – in celebration of the agency’s 50th year – it is dedicated to writers over 50 years of age. It aimed to encourage those from older generations, from all backgrounds and from all nations and cultures, to apply. It is also genre-specific, this year focussing on upmarket fiction.
We received 430 entries from over twenty countries, from every continent in the world excepting Antarctica. The prizes for winner and highly commended went to writers based in Jamaica, the Netherlands and the UK. A longlist of thirteen was initially selected, and the full list of longlistees (in alphabetical order) is here:
Martine van Bijlert
Ellen Carnegie
Franci Cantatore
Melanie Garrett
Moyette Gibbons
David Gill
Kathryn Lacey
Michele Allegra Laird
Seth Lynch
Diana McCaulay
Joanna Miller
Caroline Swinburne
Jane Walker
Congratulations to the winner and all the longlistees!
Further information about the prize, including terms and conditions, can be found here:
www.watsonlittle.com/about/the-watson-little-prize/
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