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The Climate Fiction Prize is a literary award for climate fiction, launched in June 2024 at the Hay Festival in Wales.[1][2][3] Its aim is "to showcase novels that engage with themes concerning the climate crisis".[4]
The prize, of £10,000, is supported by the not-for-profit organisation Climate Spring, whose mission statement describes it as "a global organisation with the aim to harness the storytelling power of film and TV to shift how society perceives and responds to the climate crisis".[5]
The judges in the first year were writers Madeleine Bunting (chair of the judges) and Nicola Chester, whose On Gallows Down was shortlisted for 2022 Wainwright Prize;[6] Andy Fryers, Global Sustainability Director of the Hay Festival; David Lindo, known as the Urban Birder; and author and climate activist Tori Tsui.[7][8][9]
In the inaugural year of the award, titles were to be submitted from 3 June to 1 July 2024. The longlist was announced on 20 November 2024, the shortlist was announced in March 2025, and the winner was announced on 14 May 2025 as Abi Daré's And So I Roar.[10][4][11]
Winners and shortlisted and longlisted titles
[edit]| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kaliane Bradley | The Ministry of Time | Sceptre, Hodder | Shortlisted | [12] |
| Abi Daré | And So I Roar | Sceptre, Hodder | Won | [12] | |
| Roz Dineen | Briefly Very Beautiful | Bloomsbury Circus | Shortlisted | [12] | |
| Samantha Harvey | Orbital | Jonathan Cape, PRH | Shortlisted | [12] | |
| Téa Obreht | The Morningside | W&N, Orion | Shortlisted | [12] | |
| Julia Armfield | Private Rites | Harper Collins, 4th Estate | Longlisted | [13] | |
| Chioma Okereke | Water Baby | Quercus | Longlisted | [13] | |
| Natasha Pulley | The Mars House | Gollancz, Orion | Longlisted | [13] | |
| Alexis Wright | Praiseworthy | And Other Stories | Longlisted | [13] |
References
[edit]- ↑ Rolt, Amber (19 April 2024). "'Change starts with imagination': New Climate Fiction Prize to launch at The Hay Festival this summer". www.businessgreen.com. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ↑ Tsui, Tori (15 May 2024). "Why a new literary prize for climate fiction will make a difference". New Scientist. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ↑ Page, Benedicte (13 March 2024). "New £10k Climate Fiction Prize to launch at Hay Festival". The Bookseller. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- 1 2 Colville, Charlie (1 May 2024). "A New Climate Fiction Prize Will Launch At This Year's Hay Festival". Country and Town House. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ↑ "Our Mission". www.climate-spring.org. Climate Spring. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ↑ "James Cropper Wainwright Prize 2022 shortlists announced". Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ↑ "Andy Fryers". www.hayfestival.com. Hay Festival. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ↑ "Madeleine Bunting, Nicola Chester, Lucy Stone and Andy Fryers in conversation". Hay Festival. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ↑ "Madeleine Bunting to chair major new literary award - The Climate Fiction Prize -to launch at Hay Festival 2024 - The Eco News". EcoNews. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ↑ "Key Dates". The Climate Fiction Prize. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ↑ "The Inaugural Climate Fiction Prize 2025". Hay Festival Anytime. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Schaub, Michael (20 March 2025). "Finalists for Climate Fiction Prize Are Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 "Explore the longlist". The Climate Fiction Prize. Retrieved 26 November 2024.