The Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize is a British and Irish literary award for a novel focusing on travel, awarded annually by the

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. It was inaugurated in 2022, and is named for

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'' and endowed in memory of Gordon Bowker (1934-2019), Lowry's biographer, by Ramdei Bowker. The three judges in the inaugural year of the prize were Caroline Brothers,

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. Brothers said of the shortlist: The prize is awarded for "a novel focusing on the experience of travel away from home" written in English, published in Britain or Ireland, by a British or Irish author or resident. The winner receives £2,000, and a runner-up receives £750.

Winners and shortlists

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* British fiction awards Irish literary awards Awards established in 2022 {{lit-award-stub