The winner of the 2025 #YoungWriterAward is Harry Shukman for #YearOfTheRat 🐀 An eye-opening account of his time infiltrating British far-right groups, revealing how they operate and how they normalise extreme ideologies. Published by @ChattoBooks / @vintagebooks

We’re delighted to announce our exceptional panel of judges for 2026! ✨ Director of the prize and chief literary critic for The Times and The Sunday Times Johanna Thomas-Corr is joined by @Jimfam, Luke Kennard, Kamila Shamsie, Benjamin Wood and @HackettLaura. #YoungWriterAward

📣 CALLING ALL PUBLISHERS The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award is back, looking for the best of the UK and Ireland’s literary talent under 35 ✨ SUBMISSIONS CLOSE: 7th September 2026 TO ENTER: societyofauthors.org/prizes/… #youngwriteraward

The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award is back, looking for the best of the UK and Ireland’s literary talent under 35✨ Submissions are now open, closing on 7 September 2026. To enter: societyofauthors.org/prizes/… #YoungWriterAward

It was an absolute joy to present the 2025 #YoungWriterAward last night to Harry Shukman for #YearOfTheRat, published by @ChattoBooks / @vintagebooks! 💐 Thank you to everyone involved for a truly tremendous evening, until next time! ✨🧡 #YoungWriterAward

In our final Readers on Writers interview, shadow judge Lou Baillache (@louus_library) speaks to Gurnaik Johal (@GurnaikJohal) about his debut novel #Saraswati published by @ProfileBooks📖 Full interview online: youngwriteraward.com/readers…

Next up in our Readers on Writers series, shadow judge Amina Makele (@AminasBookshelf) speaks to Liadan Ní Chuinn about their expansive collection of short stories #EveryOneStillHere published by @grantabooks📚 Full interview online: youngwriteraward.com/readers…

Hear from Liadan Ní Chuinn about their shortlisted debut #EveryOneStillHere published by @GrantaBooks 📚 Liadan expands on how they formed their collection of short stories and the importance of care when writing. #youngwriteraward #youngwriters #ukbookstagram

Next up in our Readers on Writers series is Anastasia Charchalioti in-conversation with Harry Shukman about his shortlisted book #YearOfTheRat (@ChattoBooks / @vintagebooks) ✨ Full interview online: youngwriteraward.com/readers…

Our #YoungWriterAward Shadow Panel Judges have chosen Liadan Ní Chuinn, author of #EveryOneStillHere published by @GrantaBooks, as their winner for their collection of stories tracing the aftershocks of post-conflict north of Ireland. Judge's winner announced 24 March 2026✨

Hear more about Harry Shukman’s shortlisted non-fiction debut #YearOfTheRat, published by @ChattoBooks / @vintagebooks 📚 Harry shares how he went undercover with far-right groups in the UK, and discovered how they are normalising extreme ideologies. #youngwriteraward

Introducing Readers on Writers – where our shadow judging panel interview our shortlisted authors📖✨ First up, Nic Marna (@bookbinch) speaks to Ben Brooks about his novel #TheGreatestPossibleGood (@scribneruk / @simonschusteruk). Full interview online: youngwriteraward.com/readers…

Hear from @GurnaikJohal about his shortlisted debut novel #Saraswati published by @serpentstail 📚 Brimming with love, lush, violence and loss, Gurnaik’s magisterial debut deftly animates the passions that bind us to our histories, our lands and each other. #youngwriteraward

Get to know each of our shortlisted authors as they share more about their novels! First up, Ben Brooks on #TheGreatestPossibleGood (@ScribnerUK / @simonschusterUK), on how altruism inspired his novel and when to put the pen down and start again. #benbrooks #youngwriteraward

The fourth and final book on our #YoungWriterAwardshortlist is Year of the Rat by Harry Shukman, published by @ChattoBooks / @vintagebooks! 📚 #YearOfTheRat is an account of Harry’s year spent undercover infiltrating far-right groups. Find out more: youngwriteraward.com/book/ha…

Next up on our #YoungWriterAward shortlist is Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn, published by @GrantaBooks✨ 📚 #EveryOneStillHere is an expansive collection of stories tracing the aftershocks of post-conflict north of Ireland. Find out more: youngwriteraward.com/book/li…

Congratulations to our 2023 shortlisted author @michaelmagee__ whose novel #CloseToHome will be adapted by Channel 4 as a new drama featuring Anthony Boyle, Jessica Reynolds, Seamus O’Hara and Oisín Thompson as lead cast 📽️

Next up on our #YoungWriterAward shortlist is Saraswati by @GurnaikJohal, published by @serpentstail! 📚 #Saraswati is an cross-generational epic traversing India, deftly animating the passions that bind us to our histories and each other. Find out more: youngwriteraward.com/book/gu…

This week we will be spotlighting the #YoungWriterAward shortlist! 📚 First up is Ben Brooks, shortlisted for #TheGreatestPossibleGood (@ScribnerUK/@simonschusterUK), an incisive, hilarious family saga and unflinchingly human debut novel. Find out more: youngwriteraward.com/book/be…

We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award! ✨ Read more here: youngwriteraward.com/the-sun… Read in @thetimes : thetimes.com/culture/books/a… #YoungWriterAward