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    Bracken Prize

    A £15,000 prize for the best business book proposal by a young author

    The Financial Times & Mckinsey organised this prize from 2014 to 2022, to unearth new talent and encourage writers to research ideas that could fill future business books of the year. In 2023, it was renamed the Bracken Prize. Register here for regular updates and useful information, including tips from FT journalists and past finalists about how to write a winning proposal. Please direct any queries to brackenprize@ft.com

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    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Book awards
      Bracken Bower Prize 2022: proposal for book on climate tech innovators

      Award for authors under 35 goes to Âriel de Fauconberg for ‘Before the Dawn’

      Âriel de Fauconberg
    • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2022: the finalists

      Three writers in the running for the award for best business book proposal

      Brazil, Amazonas, tributary of Amazon River, aerial view
    • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2022: excerpts from the finalists’ proposals

      Patients and the pursuit of profit, climate tech pioneers, and what links Silicon Valley and the rainforest

      A fire in the Amazon rainforest reserve, in Brazil
    • Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2022 — the shortlist

      Book ideas on sustainability and healthcare are among finalists for the £15,000 award

      Bracken Bower prize winner Jonathan Hillman
    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      The Bracken Prize
      Enter the FT’s Bracken Bower Prize 2022

      With a £15,000 award, the competition aims to find the best proposal for a business book

      A line of graduates in mortar boards and gowns attend a ceremony
    • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower prize 2021: the winners

      Proposal for a book on the future of higher education takes the award for authors under 35

    • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2021: excerpts from the finalists’ proposals

      Cyber attacks, how the education system went wrong and the women decarbonising the future

      Motorists wait in line to refuel at a Circle K gas station on May 12, 2021 in Fayetteville, North Carolin
    • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2021: the finalists

      Three authors in the running for FT and McKinsey’s award for best business book proposal

      A motorbike drives over a low lying causeway on the Pacific island of Tuvalu which is at risk from rising sea levels. Melissa Zhang’s proposal is for ‘Trailblazers’, a climate-focused business book telling the stories of seven women leaders tackling decarbonisation
    • Monday, 1 November, 2021
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2021 — the shortlist

      The £15,000 prize will be awarded to the best business book proposal by a young author

      Andrew Leon Hanna, former winner and now a prize judge, sitting on a bench outside with trees in the background
    • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
      The Bracken Prize
      Enter the FT’s Bracken Bower Prize 2021

      With a £15,000 award, the competition aims to find the best proposal for a business book

    • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2020: the winner

      Stephen Boyle takes the award for his proposal about how central bank digital currencies could reshape the economy

    • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2020: excerpts from finalists’ proposals

      Digital currencies, access to medications, and the business case for nature

    • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2020: the finalists

      Three authors in the running for FT and McKinsey’s award for best business book proposal

    • Monday, 2 November, 2020
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2020 — the shortlist

      Book proposals tackle themes ranging from diversity in business to digital currencies and the future of education

    • Monday, 27 April, 2020
      The Bracken Prize
      Enter the FT’s Bracken Bower Prize 2020

      With a £15,000 award, the competition aims to find the best proposal for a business book

      Business Book of the Year 2020 logos
    • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2019: the winner

      Jonathan Hillman wins with a proposal about the battle for next generation tech supremacy

      Bracken Bower prize winner Jonathan Hillman
    • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2019: the finalists

      Three authors vie for FT and McKinsey’s award for best business book proposal

      Work and Careers topper image for the Bracken Bower prize
    • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
      Bracken Bower Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2019: excerpts from finalists’ proposals

      China’s advancing technology, the power of hacking and the secrets of cyber security

      Montage suggestive of digital world
    • Friday, 25 October, 2019
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2019 — the shortlist

      The shortlist for the best business book proposal by an author aged under 35

      Work and Careers topper image for the Bracken Bower prize
    • Monday, 15 April, 2019
      The Bracken Prize
      Enter the FT's Bracken Bower Prize 2019

      With a £15,000 award, the competition aims to find the best proposal for a business book

      The winner in 2018, Andrew Leon Hanna, centre, with FT editor Lionel Barber, left, and McKinsey's Kevin Sneader
    • Thursday, 15 November, 2018
      The Bracken Prize
      Podcast: how to publish your business book

      Aspiring writers ask a panel of industry experts what makes a standout proposal

      FT McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2018 The National Gallery .London Left - Andrew Leon Hanna Picture By Gareth Davies
    • Wednesday, 7 November, 2018
      FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2023
      Bracken Bower Prize

      A £15,000 prize for the best business book proposal by a young author

      Work and Careers. Topper for Bracken Bower Prize. 2019
    • Wednesday, 7 November, 2018
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2018: excerpts from finalists’ proposals

      From the science of coincidence and refugee entrepreneurs to inclusivity at work

      epa06326962 Syrian refugee children play in a dusty wind day, on the inauguration day of the largest ever built solar plant in a refugee camp in the world, at Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan, 13 November 2017. The 12.9 megawatts plant was funded by the Government of Germany through the KfW Development Bank. The 15 million Euros project is expected to allow the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to bring affordable and sustainable energy to some 80,000 Syrian refugees and its host community. EPA-EFE/STRINGER
    • Wednesday, 7 November, 2018
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2018: the finalists

      Three writers up for FT and McKinsey’s award for best business book proposal

      FT Bracken Bower Prize
    • Monday, 22 October, 2018
      The Bracken Prize
      Bracken Bower Prize 2018: the shortlist

      Twelve writers compete for the £15,000 award for the best business book proposal by an author aged under 35

      FT Bracken Bower Prize
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