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The Warwick Prize for Writing (part 2)

By tom | February 26, 2009

Further to our recent post, the winner of the inaugural Warwick Prize for Writing was announced on Monday.
It is instructive to learn of the machinations that led to the final decision. Maureen Freely, one of the judging panel, wrote on “The complex problems of judging the Warwick prize” (The Guardian). There is one passage that [...]

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The Warwick Prize for Writing

By tom | February 19, 2009

It seems my alma mater has found a new source of funds.
The Warwick Prize for Writing, launched by the University of Warwick
is an international cross-disciplinary award which will be given biennially for an excellent and substantial piece of writing in the English language, in any genre or form, on a theme that will change with [...]

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