The 2024 Writers’ Prize

21st November 2023 Media Release: The Writers’ Prize Announces Details for 2024   Now, in its tenth year, the Rathbones Folio Prize is to be relaunched as The Writers’ Prize, with three 2024 shortlists announced on January 9th and category and overall winners...

Rathbones Folio Mentees – Creative Writing Extracts 2020

We’re delighted to present four extracts from the 2019 – 2020 Rathbones Folio Mentees: Nidaa Raoof, Mariamah Davey, Maria Clark and Weronika Baranowska. The Rathbones Folio Mentorships 2019 – 2020, run in association with First Story and supported by Arts...

Rathbones Folio Mentees 2019 – Creative Writing Extracts

As part of National Writing Day, we’re delighted to share extracts from the creative writing portfolios of this year’s Rathbones Folio Mentees.   The Rathbones Folio Mentorships pairs 3 – 4 outstanding young graduates (16 – 18 years of age) from First...

The Winner of the 2019 Rathbones Folio Prize: Raymond Antrobus

The 33-year old spoken-word poet Raymond Antrobus is tonight, Monday, 20th May, named the winner of the £30,000 Rathbones Folio Prize, for his debut collection, ‘The Perseverance’. It is the first time the prize – which rewards the best work of literature...