Shortlist Announcement: Benjamin Franklin House Literary Prize 2024
Each year a question or quote exploring Franklin’s relevance in our time is open for interpretation in 1000-1500 words. The competition is exclusively for young writers, aged 18-25, with a first prize of £750, and a second prize of £500.
This year, our quote for interpretation was;
“Truth will be Truth tho’ it sometimes prove[s]… distasteful.” A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain. (1725).
We received some excellent entries to our 2024 Prize and today we are proud to announce the names of the six young writers that have made it to our 2024 Shortlist. In alphabetical order, these are;
If you would like to read any of the shortlisted entries for the 2024 Prize, please click on the writer names to view their work.
The winner and runner-up of the 2024 Literary Prize will be announced on the Benjamin Franklin House website on January 17th 2025, Franklin’s 319th Birthday.
Later in 2025, the winner, runner-up and other shortlisted writers will be invited to Benjamin Franklin House for a special award ceremony to receive their prizes and meet the judging panel for the 2024 Prize.
The 2024 Literary Prize Judges are;
- Dr. Márcia Balisciano, Director of Benjamin Franklin House
- Lord Guy Black, Executive Director of the Telegraph Media Group
- Wendy Moore, English journalist, author, and historian
- Dr. Huw David, Development Director at Wolfson College, University of Oxford
- Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Group and Board Member of Benjamin Franklin House
We would like to congratulate those on our shortlist as well as everyone who entered this year’s Prize.
