Terry Pratchett First Novel Award

The Terry Pratchett First Novel Award is a biennial award for the best unpublished science fiction novel in the Commonwealth of Nations.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.[1]

Terry Pratchett First Novel Award
Awarded forThe best unpublished science fiction novel in the Commonwealth of Nations
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byTerry Pratchett, Transworld Publishers
First awarded2011
Currently held byAlexander Maskill (The Hive)

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.[2]

Winners and nominees

2011

In 2011, the nominees were:[3]

  • 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.[4]

Postponing Armageddon also went on to be published by Barking Rain Press.[5]

2013

In 2013 the nominees were:[6]

  • The Unspoken Death of the Amazing Flying Boy by Jean Burdett
  • Bloodline by Sophie Constable
  • The Hive Construct 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 Construct.[7]

A Kill in the Morning also went on to be published by Transworld.[8]

gollark: An actual employee? No. We'll use HTech™ Personality Constructs™.
gollark: Also, to help with sleep monitoring, it will ship with an optional EEG headset.
gollark: A what? No, this is the osmarksßßsmartwatch™.
gollark: Anyway, the osmarksßßsmartwatch™ will also incorporate the latest sensor technology, like an accelerometer, a compass for some reason also, a thermometer, a barometer, a humidity sensor, a light level/UV/IR sensor, an ultrasonic distance sensor, a regular microphone, an irregular microphone, lidar, radar, an infrared thing, two incompatible software defined radios, that one weird IC some company made for some reason to detect lightning strikes nearby, a spectrometer, LEDs abused as photodetectors, a DVD player (DVDs must be shrunken or trimmed before use), a portable DNA sequencer, a multi-axis Hall effect sensor, phased array satellite transceivers, atmospheric bismuth concentration meters, an apiometer, a mouse trackball, an optical mouse (miniaturized), a full 22-key keyboard, 3 dedicated hardware buttons, a fan noise detector and estimator, and a blood oxygen concentration reader.
gollark: We'll send them cardboard models.

References
  1. "The Terry Pratchett First Novel Award". terrypratchettbooks.com. 21 December 2011.
  2. "The Terry Pratchett First Novel Award". terrypratchettbooks.com. 21 December 2011.
  3. "Terry Pratchett's First Novel Prize Shortlist Announced". locus Online. 4 April 2011.
  4. "Terry Pratchett reveals winners of his debut writers' award". terrypratchettbooks.com. 2 June 2011.
  5. "Postponing Armageddon". Barking Rain Press. July 2013.
  6. "The Terry Pratchett First Novel Award Shortlist Announcement". terrypratchettbooks.com. 3 April 2013.
  7. "The Terry Pratchett First Novel Award Winner Announced!". terrypratchettbooks.com. 31 May 2013.
  8. "A Kill in the Morning to be published by Transworld". Graeme Shimmin. July 2013.
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