The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award is the UK and Ireland’s most influential prize for young writers. The annual prize of £10,000 is awarded for a full-length published or self-published (in book or ebook formats) work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, by a British or Irish author aged 18-35 years. The award is made possible by the Charlotte Aitken Trust and the Sunday Times.
The shortlist
Winner of the The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year
Rural Hours by Harriet Baker
A fascinating look at the impact of country home-making on the lives and work of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann.
Previous winners