The Tadeusz Bradecki Prize is an annual award for an imaginative work published in English in the UK or in Europe, that crosses the borders between artistic disciplines, genres, subject matter and cultures. Put simply, it celebrates books in which story-telling fiction and non-fiction writing combine in an original way.

“If a fellow traveller journeying through the Land of Fiction would like to ponder, for a while, the many paths that pass through it, I would consider my intentions had been fulfilled.”— Tadeusz Bradecki, The End of Ends

Submissions can include prose, poetry, and playwriting, be in any literary genre (for example science fiction and thrillers), and explore subjects such as philosophy, history, geography, politics, art, images and travel. Examples include works such as Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald, Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuściński or HHhH by Laurent Binet.

The Tadeusz Bradecki Prize was launched in 2025.

The judges for the 2026 Prize were: Francis Spufford (Chair), novelist and academic; Krzysztof Zanussi, Polish film director; Carole Welch, publisher and consultant; and Kate Sinclair, wife of Tadeusz Bradecki and Prize founder.

Submissions for the Tadeusz Bradecki Prize 2027 will open on Monday 21 September 2026 and close on Monday 16 November 2026. The Entry Guidelines and Entry Form will be available on this website during this period.

INFORMATION & CONTACTS

The Tadeusz Bradecki Prize is funded by Kate Sinclair from the Tadeusz Bradecki Foundation.

For further information please mark FAO Kate Sinclair – info@tadeuszbradeckiprize.com

Administration enquiries: Helen Bowell - Administrator. Please mark FAO Helen Bowell – info@tadeuszbradeckiprize.com

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