At £25,000, it is one of the largest literary awards in the UK. Because of the postponement of the Borders Book Festival this year, the winner will be announced online and through media. The winner receives £25,000, and each shortlisted author receives £1,500, making the Walter Scott Prize among the richest fiction prizes in the UK. The award was created by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, whose ancestors were closely linked to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, who is generally considered the originator of historical fiction with the novel Waverley in 1814. Our category winners this year coincidentally both hail from the county of Cheshire. https://www.listchallenges.com/walter-scott-prize-for-historical-fiction Previous winners include Mantel, Andrea Levy, Sebastian Barry, Tan Twan Eng, Robert Harris, John Spurling, Simon Mawer, Benjamin Myers, Robin Robertson and Christine Dwyer Hickey. The prize-judging panel comprises Katie Grant, chairwoman, Elizabeth Buccleuch, James Holloway, Elizabeth Laird, James Naughtie and Kirsty Wark. 10. First prize in the 11-15 years category goes to Ide Crawford (14), from Macclesfield, for her story The Whale’s Way, and in the 16-19 years category the winner is Charlotte Lee (19), from… Read More » The winner receives £25,000, and each shortlisted author receives £1,500, making the Walter Scott Prize among the richest fiction prizes … Tan Twan Eng, author of 2013 Walter Scott Prize winner, THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS, on becoming a novelist. The Walter Scott Prize 2021 longlist authors – some well-established, some newer voices – challenge, charm, alarm, comfort, and electrify. The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2021 Longlist. The Walter Scott Prize 2021 longlist authors – some well-established, some newer voices – challenge, charm, alarm, comfort and electrify. Irish author Christine Dwyer Hickey has won the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. How to include detail in historical fiction - advice for writers from Val McDermid. The Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction is a British literary award founded in 2010. A shortlist will be announced at the end of April, and the winner named in mid-June. The longlist has been unveiled for the £25,000 (about $32,375) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. **Finalist for the 2018 Man Booker Prize****Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2019****Winner of the Roehampton Poetry Prize and the Goldsmiths Prize for Fiction**From the award-winning British author--a poet's noir narrative that tells the story of a D-Day veteran in postwar Am We’re delighted to announce the winners of our 2019 YWSP competition! See All. This year's longlisted titles are: Contenders for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction have been announced, coinciding with celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the author’s birth. https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40231964.html Irish author Christine Dwyer Hickey has won the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. 4.