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Sustainable Story Award! 🏆🌏

Posted on April 22, 2025

 HAPPY EARTH DAY 2025! 

What better time to launch a major book prize from World of Books?

THE SUSTAINABLE STORY AWARD

I am thrilled to be a judge for this £15,000 prize supporting authors writing about sustainability — in fiction, non-fiction, or children’s literature. (With two runner-up prizes of £5k each) I will also help mentor the winners, offering guidance to help shape their careers and maximise their books’ impact.

We are looking for powerful storytelling around issues like climate change, social justice, conservation, sustainable economies, and more.

The award is open to published authors working on their next sustainability-focused book. Entrants must submit a book proposal, the first three chapters of the book, and a short statement on how their work contributes to sustainability discourse.

Deadline for submissions: 6TH JULY 2025

Learn more about the award and how to enter here.

As a campaigner for a more sustainable publishing industry, I’m proud to be working with World of Books which has championed sustainability since day one — through rehoming preloved books and driving the circular economy :

“It is time to turn the page on climate in publishing –  and I’m excited about welcoming a new green wave of stories which centre sustainability, offering hopeful, actionable visions of a fairer, healthier, enduring world.’”

Thrilled to be joining my amazing fellow judges Sophie Galleymore Bird, Shannon Cullen, Amanda Ridout and Anna Bond.