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Walter Scott Prizes

The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction is an annual book prize awarded to the best historical novel published in the UK, Ireland or the Commonwealth. Sponsored by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the prize is worth £25,000 and is awarded annually at the Borders Book Festival in Melrose, Scotland. Previous winners have included Hilary Mantel, Robert Harris, Andrea Levy and Sebastian Barry.

The Young Walter Scott Prize is the UK’s only creative writing prize for young people writing historical fiction. Writers aged between 11 and 19 can submit their stories, which must be set at any time in history as long as it is before they were born, to win a travel grant of up to £500 and their work published in an anthology. Founded to encourage young writers to become the storytellers of the future, the YWSP also runs a series of Imagining History workshops in which professional writers, storytellers and experts in creative exploration.

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Author Kai Thomas's advice to young writers 2024 - Young Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

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Author Tom Crewe advice to young writers of historical fiction #histfic #youngwriter

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Author Joseph O'Connor offers tips for young

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Kevin Jared Hosein wins 2024 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction with Hungry Ghosts #booktok

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Author Elizabeth Lowry on THE CHOSEN #WalterScottPrize #booktok

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WSP 2023 Colloquium Highlights

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Watch Lucy Caldwell as she wins the 2023 #WalterScottPrize for #HistoricalFiction #booktok

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Leo Wilson on why young writers should enter The Young Walter Scott Prize

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Ide Crawford, Young Walter Scott Prize age 11-15 years category winner 2019

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Atlas Weyland, Young Walter Scott Prize age 11-15 category winner 2020

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Madeleine Friedlein, Young Walter Scott Prize age 16-19 category winner 2020

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Hilary Mantel 2021 Walter Scott Prize winner at Borders Book Festival

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Expert advice on writing historical fiction from Walter Scott Prize

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Hilary Mantel's advice to young writers - Young Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

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Celebrating the winners of the Young Walter Scott Prize 2020

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The Walter Scott Prize 2020 is announced

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Tim Pears reads from The Redeemed

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Marguerite Poland reads from A Sin of Omission

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Joseph O'Connor reads from Shadowplay

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James Meek reads from To Calais, In Ordinary Time

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Isabella Hammad reading from The Parisian

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Christine Dwyer Hickey reading from The Narrow Land

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Walter Scott Prize winner Tan Twan Eng on becoming a writer

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10th anniversary of The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

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Enter the Young Walter Scott Prize now for a chance at publication and £500

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Robin Robertson wins the Walter Scott Prize 2019 for THE LONG TAKE

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Celebration of Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2018

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Alice Sargent and Demelza Mason win the Young Walter Scott Prize at Borders Book Festival 2017

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Walter Scott Prize authors on Young Walter Scott Prize and writing historical fiction

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Darcie Izatt, one of the winners of the 2017 Young Walter Scott Prize creative writing competition

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Benjamin Myers wins the 2018 Walter Scott Prize

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Exclusive interview with Walter Scott Prize patron Richard, 10th Duke of Buccleuch

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Sebastian Barry on Writing - the Young Walter Scott Prize

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Reading of The Greatest Gift by Alice Sargent

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Reading of Smuggler's Moon by Demelza Mason

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Winners of the Young Walter Scott Prize visit Borders Book Festival June 2017

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Tan Twan Eng advice on becoming a writer

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Val McDermid: why write historical fiction?

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Val McDermid advice to writers on using research in historical fiction

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Val McDermid advice to writers: rejection, revision and being brave

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Sebastian Barry wins the Walter Scott Prize 2017 for DAYS WITHOUT END

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Walter Scott Prize Shortlist Panel Discussion 2017

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Allan Massie on being shortlisted for Walter Scott Prize 2016

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Patrick Gale on being shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize 2016

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Simon Mawer on being shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize 2016

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Author Gavin McCrea on being shortlisted for Walter Scott Prize 2016

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Walter Scott Prize Shortlisted Writers 2016 advice for young writers

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Advice for young writers from YWSP Winner Rosi Byard Jones

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Young Walter Scott Prize Winner 2015-16 Rosi Byard Jones

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The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2016 at Borders Book Festival

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Becky talking about the Young Walter Scott Prize workshops

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Alan Caig Wilson - Bringing out your story

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Alan Caig Wilson - Sharing your ideas

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Alan Caig Wilson - Getting your stories out there

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Hermione Eyre Advice for young writers

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Hermione Eyre tells us what it's like to be shortlisted for the 2015 Walter Scott Prize

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Hermione Eyre on social media

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