Nominations Open for the 2015 Young Stationers' Prize

[Pádraig Belton]

Dear Young Stationers and friends,

 

 We are excited indeed to be able to circulate the Prize announcement for the 2015 Young Stationers' Prize.  (I'm attaching it, and it also is online at http://tinyurl.com/YSPrize2015.)  We would be awfully grateful for anything at all you might be able to do to publicise it.

 The Prize deadline is 6th July, with the longlist then announced on the 7th July, the shortlist on 13th July, and the Prize winner at the Young Stationers' Annual Dinner on 20th July. 

 The Prize is awarded by the judges for exceptional accomplishment and promise in one of the trades of the Company, by someone who generally will be under 40.  There is no requirement for nominees to be members of the Stationers' Company, or of the Young Stationers, and this is not taken into account in judging.  

 The speaker at the Young Stationers' Annual Dinner will be prizewinning Times columnist David Aaronovitch, and all are warmly welcome to attend (https://stationers.org/upcoming-events/1093-ysannualdinner2015.html).

 Last year's Prizewinner was Sunday Times columnist Katie Glass, with children's book publisher Nick Coveney and ES Magazine editor Andrew Barker coming proxime accesserunt.  The 2014 Prize received substantial coverage in the Evening Standard and Sunday Times.

Judges of the 2015 Young Stationers' Prize

Ian Carter, editorial director, Kent Messenger

Donna Condon née Hillyer, editorial director, Harlequin UK

Nick Coveney, head of digital at Blink Publishing, joint runner-up in the 2014 Prize

Michael Gardner, chief executive, the BOSS Federation

Emma Hartley, Guardian contributor

Charles Jarrold, chairman, British Printing Industries Foundation

Anna McKane, formerly of Reuters and past director of undergraduate journalism studies for City University

Sue Pandit, chairman of the Shine School Media Awards, former Dean of the University of the Arts

Claire Shanahan, Head of Arts, Booktrust

Rukhsana Yasmin, books editor, 2012 recipient of the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize

with all very best wishes, and many thanks,

Paddy

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