Judged in secret, eight English-language authors are set to hear of $165,000 awards, intended to give them financial freedom
The lives of eight writers are set to be transformed on Wednesday, when they receive a phone call from the director of the Windham-Campbell prizes, informing them that they have each won a $165,000 (£119,000) award that is intended to give them the freedom to write, liberated from money worries.
Recipients, who this year include British writer Olivia Laing and Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison, are nominated confidentially and judged anonymously. The first time they will learn that they were in the running will be when programme director Michael Kelleher calls them to let them know they have won. Kelleher said making the calls was his “highlight of the year, as each cycle I hear how much of a difference it will make for them”.
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