Excellent English Prize

The King's English Society Prize for Excellent English

This prize is awarded annually by the King’s English Society (KES) for excellent English prose. The aims are: to encourage the production of excellent English, to publicise its existence, and to provide good examples through reprinting some of the best entries in our journal, Quest, if the authors and publishers give permission. It was founded to honour Arthur and Marjorie Goodchild for their generous benefaction to the Queen's English Society as it was named at the time, and was originally called the Goodchild Prize for Excellent English.

All entries must be of prose, fiction or non-fiction, published in a specified year, with a named author or authors, and must be sent in by members of the KES. The writers need not be British or members of the society, and may be professional writers or amateurs. Any long works, such as books, must be represented by a short extract only. All entries are read by each of the three judges, who are members of the KES and experienced writers with diverse backgrounds and tastes in writing.