Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize

The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize is a British literary prize established in 1963 in tribute to Geoffrey Faber, founder and first Chairman of the publisher Faber & Faber. It recognises a single volume of poetry or fiction by a United Kingdom, Irish or Commonwealth author under 40 years of age on the date of publication, and is in alternating years awarded to poetry and fiction (including short stories).[1]

The prize is worth £1500.[2]

The prize jury, comprising three reviewers, is selected by literary editors of journals and newspapers that regularly publish reviews of poetry and fiction.[3]

In its first year, the prize was awarded to Christopher Middleton and George MacBeth for poetry. The first win by a short-story collection, The Quantity Theory of Insanity by Will Self, was in 1993.[3]

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  2. ^ Natasha Onwuemezi (30 November 2017). "Kim Moore wins 2016 Geoffrey Faber prize". The Bookseller.
  3. ^ a b Andrew Maunder (1 January 2007). The Facts on File Companion to the British Short Story. Infobase Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-8160-7496-9.