We are delighted to once again partner with The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award 2024/25, offering the winner two years' membership to The London Library and one year's membership to the shortlist.

The most influential prize for young writers in the UK and Ireland has announced its shortlist of four authors, described by chief literary critic of The Times and Sunday Times and chair of the jury, Johanna Thomas Corr, as 'unforgettable new voices' that promise 'new angles on the world'.

Harriet Baker, Rural Hours
Moses McKenzie, Fast by the Horns
Scott Preston, The Borrowed Hills
Ralf Webb, Strange Relations

The award has built an unparalleled reputation for seeking and supporting the defining voices of a generation over the past 30 years, with a list of alumni representing the best of British and Irish writing, including Zadie Smith, Robert Macfarlane, Sarah Waters, Simon Armitage, Naomi Alderman and Caryl Phillips and many others. Recent winners include Tom Crewe, Jay Bernard, Raymond Antrobus, Adam Weymouth, Sally Rooney, Max Porter and Sarah Howe.

Sponsored by the Charlotte Aitken Trust since 2021, the award is given annually to the best work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry by a British or Irish author of 35 or under. The winner will receive a prize sum of £10,000 with each shortlisted writer receiving £1,000.

The winner will be announced on Tuesday 18 March 2025.