UCL Publishers' Prize: Libraries

Hi everyone! We know that you are waiting to hear from us and the judges’ decision… This is not it yet. We wanted to take the opportunity to remind you about the wonderful prizes we have waiting for the first, second, and third places. We wanted to tease you a bit more with the prizes you might win! As you know we requested writings that could fall in either the theme of “light” or “dark”, and the best pieces in these two categories will be rewarded greatly. The second and th

We got in touch with Federico Andornino, one of the judges of the "light submissions", he conversed with us and shared some bits that all of you will certainly find insightful. Federico, tell us a bit about yourself. What is your background? What do you do? I am a commissioning editor for fiction at Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of Orion. Before that I was an editor at Two Roads, an imprint of Hodder. Over the past five years I have published a number of projects, includi