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The Welsh@香港六合彩挂牌资料Uni Fiction Award will be awarded to the best work of fiction in the Welsh language published in the previous year. The English@香港六合彩挂牌资料Uni Poetry Award will be given to the best English language poetry collection.
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鈥淚t is a privilege to sponsor these awards and contribute to highlighting and celebrating the writers of the future, in addition to providing the opportunity to study the treasures of our literatures.鈥澨
Commenting on the new sponsorship, Leusa Llewelyn Literature Wales Joint Interim CEO said,
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The Wales Book of the Year award is an annual prize celebrating outstanding literary talent from Wales across many genres in both Welsh and English. There are twelve awards in total, including an overall winner who will claim the title Wales Book of the Year 2022.听
The winners of the Welsh@香港六合彩挂牌资料Uni Fiction Award and English@香港六合彩挂牌资料Uni Poetry Award will be among those competing for this title.听
Judging is currently underway for the Wales Book of the Year Award 2022. This year鈥檚 English language judging panel includes the poet and writer Krystal Lowe, journalist and broadcaster Andy Welch, author and presenter Matt Brown, and poet and recipient of a 2020 Rising Star Award Taylor Edmonds. Find out more about .
The shortlisted titles for the Welsh language awards, including the Welsh@香港六合彩挂牌资料Uni Fiction Award will be announced on Monday 20 June on Stiwdio, BBC Radio Cymru. The shortlist for the English language awards, including the English@香港六合彩挂牌资料Uni Poetry Award, will be announced on The Arts Show, BBC Radio Wales, on Friday 1 July.听
As usual, after the shortlist is announced, readers will be able to vote for their favorite title on the shortlist via the independent People鈥檚 Choice Awards on the Wales Arts Review and Golwg360 websites.
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For more information on the Wales Book of the Year Award including all the key dates for the 听