2025 Submissions Open Now
2025 Key Dates
4th February
Submissions Open
6th March
Submissions Close
3rd July
Longlist Announcement
5th August
Shortlist Announcement
11th September TBC
Winners Ceremony
Watch Now
The Wainwright Prize Awards Ceremony 2024 is available to watch in full below or on Youtube.
2024 information
We are delighted to open submissions for the Wainwright Prize 2024 in 3 categories:
The Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing
The Wainwright Prize for Writing on Conservation
The Wainwright Prize for Children
The James Cropper Wainwright Prize 2024 Winners Announced
Children's Winner
Conservation Winner
Nature Winner
The winners of the 2024 Wainwright Prize were announced today at Camley Street Natural Park, an urban nature reserve in the heart of London, with the event recorded by The Wildlife Trusts.
The Wainwright Prize is awarded annually to books which most successfully inspire readers to embrace nature and the outdoors and develop a respect for the environment. This year’s winning books highlight the exploration of nature on a global scale through journeys of migration, finding beauty in the everyday, and celebrate the deep connections between humanity and nature through powerful storytelling.
Nature Writing
SHORTLIST 2023
Writing on Conservation
SHORTLIST 2023
Children's Nature & Conservation Writing
SHORTLIST 2023
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Merchandise Available
Show-off your passion for nature with some timeless, limited edition Wainwright Prize 10th Anniversary merchandise. Available in a range of sizes and developed in accordance with strict sustainability principles, our partners Continental Clothing aim to be the most progressive sustainable clothing on Earth. Available while stocks last.
If you are not able to make it to the festival but would love to get your hands on our limited-edition merchandise, then send us an email and we’ll see what we can do.
Meet Our Featured Artist
Helen Musslewhite
We are honoured and delighted to introduce this years’ featured artist: Helen Musselwhite. Helen works with paper to create magical illustrated models and sets. Cutting by hand, she uses coloured and painted paper to build stunning, detailed multi-layered scenes inspired by the natural world and its inhabitants.
