Celebrating medicine in literature
What is medicine in literature?
Exploring the theme of medicine in fiction and non-fiction. Read more.
The judges
Read all about this year's judging panel.
• Jo Brand (Chair)
• Richard Barnett
• Quentin Cooper
• Gwyneth Lewis
• Raymond Tallis
Deadline reminder
The deadline for submission forms has now passed. We have had a very strong response, with nearly 70 books being submitted.
Manuscripts must be submitted by 30 June 2009.
About the Wellcome Trust
The Wellcome Trust is the largest charity in the UK, funding innovative biomedical research and medicine-related art.
Our activities include: Wellcome Collection, where you can find an ancient mummy and a DNA-sequencing robot together under one roof; the world-famous Wellcome Library; and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Europe's leading centre for genome sequencing.