Submissions are now open for the 2026 #WainwrightPrize!
We’re inviting publishers to submit titles across six categories, celebrating nature writing, conservation storytelling, powerful visual books, and children’s titles that inspire care for the natural world.
SUBMIT: wainwrightprize.com
ICYMI: @chloedalton.bsky.social joined Carole Walker on Times Radio yesterday evening to speak about her 2025 #WainwrightPrize Book of the Year winning memoir #RaisingHare
Catch up (2:35:16) 🎧 www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
#WainwrightPrize for #nature #writing awarded to memoir about raising a hare during lockdown. Debut author #ChloeDalton’s ‘dream-like’ book #RaisingHare follows the writer from London to the countryside www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s... 📚
Congratulations to the 2025 #WainwrightPrize winners 🎉
Well now I know what I'm buying next! #WainwrightPrize
We're thrilled to announce the overall winners of the 2025 #WainwrightPrize are #RaisingHare by @chloedalton.bsky.social & #FlowerBlock by Lanisha Butterfield, illustrated by Hoang Giang! Another incredible year of nature & conservation writing. Congratulations to all🌍
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The category winners for the 2025 #WainwrightPrize are #RaisingHare by @chloedalton.bsky.social, #TheLieOfTheLand by @guyshrubsole.bsky.social, and #FeedThePlanet by George Steinmetz with Joel K. Bourne Jr. & @michaelpollan.bsky.social 🌳
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It's our pleasure to announce that the inaugural winner of the Wainwright Prize Book of the Year is...
Raising Hare, @chloedalton.bsky.social (@canongate.co.uk)
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We're delighted to announce that the inaugural winner of the Children's Wainwright Prize Book of the Year is...
Flower Block, Lanisha Butterfield, illustrated by Hoang Giang (@puffinbooksuk.bsky.social)
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The WINNER of the 2025 Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing...
The Lie of the Land, @guyshrubsole.bsky.social (@wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social)
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The WINNER of the 2025 Children's Wainwright Prize for Fiction is...
Wildlands, Brogen Murphy (@puffinbooksuk.bsky.social)
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Brogen Murphy wins the Children's Fiction award for Wildlands. Which does sound very very good. #wainwrightprize
The WINNER of the 2025 Children's Wainwright Prize for Non-Fiction is...
University of Cambridge: Think Big: Secrets of Bees, @benhoare.bsky.social, illustrated by Nina Chakrabarti (@nosycrow.bsky.social)
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The big one. @benhoare.bsky.social v @juleshoward.bsky.social (among others). Heavyweight children's non-fiction action. Jess French adjudicates. #wainwrightprize
The 2025 #WainwrightPrize winners' ceremony is under way from the beautiful Farm Ed in Oxfordshire. Watch this space to find out who will takes home the trophies for the best nature and conservation writing🍃
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The WINNER of the 2025 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing is...
Raising Hare, @chloedalton.bsky.social (@canongate.co.uk)
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Nature writing book of the year is Raising Hare by @chloedalton.bsky.social. Bravo. A very worthy winner. #wainwrightprize
The WINNER of the 2025 Children's Wainwright Prize for Picture Books is...
Flower Block, Lanisha Butterfield, illustrated by Hoang Giang (@puffinbooksuk.bsky.social)
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Children's book legend @isabelthomas.co.uk on the picture book panel - a seriously strong selection of titles, to my eye. Her book is Frog. #wainwrightprize
The WINNER of the 2025 Wainwright Prize for Illustrative Books is...
Feed the Planet, George Steinmetz with Joel K. Bourne Jr. & Michael Pollan (Abrams Books)
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We’re delighted to announce the 2025 #WainwrightPrize Winners!
From powerful storytelling to vital conservation work and bold illustration, this year’s winners reflect the richness, urgency, and joy of writing about the natural world.
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The #WainwrightPrize ceremony has begun. And we are IN IT TO WIN IT.
Today’s the day! This afternoon at a cermony in the heart of the Cotswolds, the 2025 #WainwrightPrize winners will be announced 🍃🌍
We can't wait to celebrate the very best of nature and conservation writing with the incredible shortlisted authors and illustrators 📚
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Last year’s #WainwrightPrize ceremony was full of joy & gratitude as our 2024 shortlistees shared what the prize meant to them.
We’re so excited to welcome the 2025 shortlistees soon & celebrate another brilliant year of nature writing.
Thank you for making this community of readers, writers and wild-hearted book lovers so special. 🫶📚
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We’re so proud to share the 2025 Children's Wainwright Prize shortlists, bursting with wonder, joy, and powerful messages about our planet. These fiction, non-fiction, and picture books help young readers see, feel, and care for the natural world.
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The 2025 #WainwrightPrize shortlists are here.
Nature writing, conservation writing, and illustrative books that challenge, move, and inspire. A powerful year for environmental storytelling.
Discover them all → wainwrightprize.com
The @wainwrightprize.bsky.social shortlists are out, including three for children.
“…we’re especially excited to reflect the evolving landscape of environmental storytelling and champion work that engages younger generations in the care and protection of the natural world”
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The Wainwright Prize shortlist is here, with a wonderful selection of books that aim to connect people and planet.
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