BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023
The search for the best business book is underway | #BBYA23
Early submission - 31 May 2023
Final submission - 30 June 2023
BOOK ENTRY
BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
First submission deadline - 31 May 2023. For books published between 15 November 2022 to 31 May 2023.
Final submission deadline - 30 June 2023. For book titles published between 1 June 2023 to 16 November 2023.
Book entries, whether in electronic or physical form, must be published in the English language, or in English translation.
There is no limit to the number of submissions from each Publisher, provided they fit the aim of the award.
When entering your book, please complete the book entry form and also attach a final PDF of the book. Should you wish to alter details of your book entry OR add the final PDF later, this can be done on the same form.
We are now open for entries and will accept entry forms and PDFs (final version) up until the entry deadline.
BUSINESS BOOK PROPOSAL
THE BRACKEN PRIZE
Please register your interest here to be kept updated on the Bracken Prize. You will receive additional useful information that will help you with your entry plus details of how to submit your entry.
There are no restrictions of gender or nationality but the authors must be over 18 and under 35 years of age on 30 November 2023.
Entries will be accepted from authors who have had books published before.
Your proposal should take the form of an essay or article of no more than 5,000 words that conveys the argument, scope and style of a proposed full-length business book and includes a description of the structure of the proposed work.
The entry deadline is 30 September 2023 (11:59pm BST).
The Financial Times is delighted to announce the return of the 19th annual Business Book of the Year Award.
The global award, inaugurated in 2005, carries a top prize of £30,000, which goes to the author or authors of the title that provides the “most compelling and enjoyable” insight into today’s business issues management, future of work, climate, finance, economics. Each of the other finalists will receive £10,000.
FT editor Roula Khalaf will chair the judging panel. A longlist of books will be agreed in August and judges will select up to six finalists for a shortlist, to be announced live on FT Live Twitter in September. The winner will be named in December at a ceremony in London, where the Bracken Prize for young business authors for the best business book proposal by a writer under the age of 35 will also be presented.
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The Bracken Prize | Submit your business book proposal for a chance to win £15,000
Only writers who are over 18 and under 35 on 30 November 2023 are eligible for this year's Prize. They can be a published author, but the proposal itself has to be original and must not have been previously submitted to a publisher.
To enter, submit your business book proposal of no more than 5,000 words in either essay or article format.
Submissions now open | Deadline 30 September 2023 #BrackenPrize
Countdown to the Business Book of the Year 2023 - First Entry Deadline
Business Book of the Year Award Winners 2005 - 2022
Roula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times said, “The fight for semiconductors and the quest for supply chain resilience are among the biggest economic and business stories of our time and will be for much of the near future.”
2022
Roula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times said, “Nicole Perlroth has done something that hasn't been done before: going this deep into the mysterious world of hackers. Cyber security isn't featuring highly enough on CEOs' agenda. I hope this award will prompt them to read this book and pay attention.”
2021
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