London Library - Awards and Competitions

Awards and Competitions

The London Library launched a Student Prize in October 2011 in partnership with The Times and FreshMinds. The London Library Student Prize is a writing competition open to all final-year undergraduates studying at higher education institutions in the UK. The theme was "The future of Britain lies with the right-hand side of the brain" and the winner was announced in March 2012 as Ben Mason, who studied Philosophy and Modern Languages (German) at Trinity College, Oxford.

Now in its second year and partnered with The Times and Milkround, The London Library Student Prize 2013 is open for entries. Entrants must write an 800-word piece on the theme "Gap years - a new form of colonialism?", the winning piece to be published in the comment pages of The Times and in The London Library Magazine, with the winner receiving £5000.