Body Quote by Kate Mosse

We need prizes as publishers... to focus attention on books, for people to know what to go look for. But often in my opinion…

— Jonathan W. Galassi

Literary prizes serve a purpose if they allow for discussion of books.

— Richard Flanagan

Generally, literary prizes are significant not for who the winner is but the discussion they create around books.

— Richard Flanagan

In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual.

— Wole Soyinka

I believe that prizes are useful things for the disciplines, whether we are talking about chemistry or we're talking... It motivates, it, you know,…

— Wole Soyinka

I'm not at all snobby about book prizes and how they pollute the world of literature. Just like with the Olympics, a little bit…

— Emma Donoghue

I'm not sure that the culture of literary prizes is always a good thing, but while there are literary prizes, it's nice to be…

— Sally Rooney

I have become very critical of the whole book award system and could preach on that subject for quite a while, but I do…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I am not a contest-enterer by nature. But contests - and their entry fees - are often the main way literary journals raise money…

— Celeste Ng

There has long been an argument in New York about what, exactly, the purpose of book awards ought to be. One model sees them…

— Michelle Dean

“One of the disadvantages of literary awards is the fact that authors are writing to please a book award committee, rather than to spread…

— Mouloud Benzadi