About the next prize

The Wellcome Trust Book Prize celebrates the best of medicine in literature by awarding £25 000 each year for the finest fiction or non-fiction book centred around medicine. Submissions are now open for the fifth prize and the deadline to enter is the 28 June 2013.

Further exciting developments are being planned for the fifth year of the Prize and will be announced in November 2013.

By establishing the Book Prize, the Wellcome Trust aims to stimulate interest, excitement and debate about medicine and literature, reaching audiences not normally engaged with medical science.
 

 

A selection of previously shortlisted books

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IntuitionTormented Hope: Nine hypochondriac livesThree Letter Plague: A young man's journey through a great epidemicIllness: The art of livingTeach Us to Sit StillAngel of Death: The story of smallpoxSo Much for ThatThe Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksThe Two Kinds of DecayThe Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of CancerMy Dear I Wanted to Tell YouTurn of Mind
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Rules and entry

Important information on key dates, eligibility and submissions for publishers and authors.

FAQ

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Contacts

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