Launched in 2022, the ADCI (Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses) Literary Prize seeks to encourage greater positive representation of disability in literature. From 2025 onwards the prize will be biennial, with the 2027 prize due to open in Autumn 2026.
Founded by author Penny Batchelor and publisher Clare Christian together with the Society of Authors, the prize is generously sponsored by Arts Council England, ALCS, the Drusilla Harvey Memorial Fund, and the Professional Writing Academy.
Open to authors with a disability and/or chronic illness, the prize will call for entries of novels which include a disabled or chronically ill character or characters. The ADCI Literary Prize has a prize fund of £2,000.
The ADCI Literary Prize is now biennial and due to reopen for submissions in Autumn 2026. This prize will cover books published between 1 November 2024 and 31 October 2026.