Book Prize: the Evening Standard is launching a prize to honour Oscar's
memory
Evening Standard staff - 10 December
2013
Today the Evening Standard launches Oscar’s First Book Prize, in memory
of Oscar Ashton, son of the paper’s City Editor James Ashton.
Oscar was three-and-a-half when he died a year ago today from an undetected heart
condition. The prize pays tribute to Oscar’s love of stories.
“His imagination meant that he told stories about wolves and gold
medals,” says James Ashton. “Our aim is to find a book that celebrates a child’s
love for magical stories, something that would have satisfied Oscar’s vivid
imagination.” James will judge the prize, together with Viveka Alvestrand,
Oscar’s mother; Mark Price, chief executive officer of Waitrose; Dame Marjorie
Scardino, former CEO of the educational publisher Pearson and Charlotte Ross,
deputy editor of the Evening Standard.
The £5,000 prize, sponsored by Waitrose will be given to the pre-school
book the judges consider to have been the best published in 2013. Entries must
be made by UK publishers with a closing date of 5pm GMT, Friday 28 February
2014. A shortlist of five books will be announced in April 2014, and the winner
will be announced at an awards ceremony in May 2014.
For more information about Oscar’s First Book Prize click on the links
below:
- For terms and conditions of entry
- To download the entry form
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