Republic of Consciousness Prize

Rewarding small presses for outstanding literary fiction.
UK/ROI.
Supported by: @uniwestminster, @ace_national, @turnarounduk

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We have partnered up, rebranded, and submissions are now open. Go here: https://t.co/EqT6X0frrS

[Alice Jolly @JollyAlice]

@PrizeRofc is where you find out what will be on International @TheBookerPrizes list, @waltscottprize and @WomensPrize Plus what the big publishers are buying. Come and celebrate the brilliance of small presses @Foyles 1st April. Wish all the books could win! #writingcommunity

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@JasminKirkbride @torbooks @GreyhoundLitAg You are fantastic. Well done.

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Come along to Deptford to hear a readings from this year's short list. Support literary events outside of city centres. @CBeditions @PressPeninsula @LesFugitives @bullaunpress @dividedpublish

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Congratulations to @PressPeninsula for

“Set in the fifth century & narrated by an irrepressible bard called Mother Naked, this novel is bawdy, funny & tragic. The voice of Mother Naked is entirely authentic. Both an entertaining read & a serious work of historical fiction.”

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Congratulations to @LesFugitives for

“Celina is a quiet book, written with great integrity. It tells the story of a young woman, born into poverty, working as a maid in the household of Victor Hugo. In restrained/unsentimental prose it illuminates lives forgotten by history"

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Congratulations to @dividedpublish

“An urgent, bleakly funny, fragmentary account of displacement, queer desire, and finding a place in the world. Using a collage technique, Bakhti has produced an outstanding novel about identity and endurance.”

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Congratulations to @CBeditions for

“An offbeat, elegantly written tale about two authors marooned an exchange programme in an unnamed totalitarian country. The narrative voice is great company, by turns droll, plaintive and ruminative.”

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Congratulations to @bullaunpress for:

“A rollicking, sardonic picaresque set on the French outpost of La Réunion in the. 1980s. The novel has important things to say about colonialism and society, but it’s also tremendous fun — darkly funny, acerbic, energetic.”

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Announcing the short list of the 2025 Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses here:

https://t.co/5UdUBJAgNa

Congratulations @bullaunpress @CBeditions @dividedpublish @LesFugitives @PressPeninsula

Thank you to judges @judecook_ @HoumanBarekat @JollyAlice

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@bullaunpress @TheBookerPrizes Congratulations!

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Thank you to our sponsors and partners for making the prize possible every year.

@turnarounduk @Foyles @LitBritish @ace_national @LewishamLibs

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Congratulations to @dividedpublish for being longlisted for the 2025 Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses

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Congratulations to @PressPeninsula fo being long listed for the 2025 Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses

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Congratulations to @ScotStreetPress for being long listed for the 2025 Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses

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Congratulations to @RoughTradeBooks for being long listed for the 2025 Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses

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Congratulations to @LesFugitives for being long listed for the 2025 Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses

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Congratulations to @HhouseBooks for being long listed for the 2025 Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses

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Congratulations to @prototypepubs for being long listed for the Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses

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Congratulations to @CBeditions for being long listed for the 2025 Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses