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RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction

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The RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction are now open for submissions until Wednesday 19 September. Two awards are available – one of £10,000, one of £5,000 - offered to support writers in completing their first commissioned works of non-fiction.

Judges this year are Ian Sinclair (Chair), Laura Bates, Aida Edemariam and Fiona St Aubyn.

Entries are accepted from publishers, agents and authors.

PC note: if anyone is interested in this, do discuss it with me here.
 
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