An amount of £1,500 will be awarded annually to the winner of the Tadeusz Bradecki Prize 2025 for an imaginative work, published in the UK or Europe, that combines story-telling fiction and non-fiction encompassing artistic genres, disciplines, cultures and subjects. Two further authors will be offered a prize of £750 each for a work in this category.

Please note, submissions do not open until Monday 30th September 2024, when the online entry form will be added to this webpage.

ENTRY

• We invite submissions of books that cross and connect artistic genres, disciplines, cultures and subjects – specifically between story-telling fiction and non-fiction. These could include for example: literature, essays, plays, art, poetry, history, philosophy, music, or travel. Examples are Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald, Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuściński or Civilizations by Laurent Binet.

• Books must have been first published in English or translated into English from a European language. 

• They must have been published in the UK or Europe.

• For the inaugural Prize, books must have been published in English or in translation into English between 1st January 2022 and 31st December 2024.

• Books must be submitted by the publisher. No more than one book may be submitted

• Additionally, a publisher may nominate one further title by providing a 200-word description of the book, including one sentence explaining how it fulfils the criteria. 

• A completed entry form and copies must be supplied for both submissions and nominations. 

• Entries from individual authors of their own work will not be accepted.

• The judging panel will also have the right to call in books that have not been put forward. 

• For the inaugural prize, a posthumous title will be eligible if published within three years of the author’s death.

• Publishers are responsible for ensuring that all titles submitted are eligible for the Prize. 

SUBMISSIONS

• Submissions open Monday 30th September 2024.

• The deadline for submissions is Monday 2nd December 2024 at 17:00 GMT.

• Each submission must be accompanied with the completed entry form.

• Five copies of each submission must be sent as finished books or as bound proofs to: Kathryn White, Administrator, Tadeusz Bradecki Prize, 22 Arlington Square, London N1 7DP

• We also require that a PDF is emailed to the email address below. 

• Please direct any queries to info@tadeuszbradeckiprize.com

JUDGES

• There are three judges, including one Chair, on the judging panel. Each judge will have one vote. In the event of a tied vote, the Chair will have the casting vote.

• A Prize shortlist of up to 10 books will be announced on Monday 31st March 2025.

• Published finished copies of books submitted or bound proofs must be provided once shortlisted.

• Publishers of the shortlisted titles are asked to provide an additional 15 published copies for promotional purposes. PDFs must also be supplied.

• The final selection will take place in May 2025 and the Prize will be awarded in May 2025.

ANNOUNCEMENT

The winners will be announced at an event in May 2025.  Accommodation and travel will be provided for the prize winners.