The 2016 Man Booker Prize: Key Dates

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Publishers are reminded that the deadline for submissions for the 2016 Man Booker Prize for Fiction is Friday 4 March.

Other key dates for 2016 are:

• Wednesday 27 July

The announcement of the 2016 longlist. This will be the third year that the £50,000 prize has been open to any writer, writing originally in English and published in the UK, irrespective of nationality.

The 12 or 13 titles – known as the ‘Booker Dozen’ – will be selected by the panel of five judges: Amanda Foreman (Chair), Jon Day, Abdulrazak Gurnah, David Harsent and Olivia Williams.

• Tuesday 13 September

The announcement of the 2016 shortlist of six books. The shortlist will be announced at a morning press conference at Man Group, followed by an event at the Serpentine Gallery that evening. 

• Tuesday 25 October 

The announcement of the 2016 winner at a ceremony on at London’s Guildhall.

Link to press image of 2016 judges: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qustmk8m4y9qq13/AAAXLwAUmxSKslpOaH5OgRFUa?dl=0

For more information, contact:

Katy MacMillan-Scott or Rosie Beaumont-Thomas at Four Colman Getty

katy.macmillan-scott@fourcolmangetty.com / rosie.beaumont-thomas@fourcolmangetty.com  
+44 20 3697 4253 (Katy) / +44 20 3697 4230 (Rosie)