Submissions for the Baillie Gifford Prize, 2018, are now closed. The shortlist will be announced in October.

The Baillie Gifford Prize aims to reward the best of non-fiction and is open to authors of any nationality. It covers all non-fiction in the areas of current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography, autobiography and the arts.

Formerly known as The Samuel Johnson Prize (1999 – 2015) it is the most prestigious non-fiction prize in the UK, worth £30,000 to the winner.

The 2017 winner:

• How to Survive A Plague, David France (Picador)

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