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Bracken Bower Prize

A £15,000 prize for the best business book proposal by a young author

The Financial Times and McKinsey & Company, organisers of the Business Book of the Year Award, want to encourage young authors to tackle emerging business themes.

They hope to unearth new talent and encourage writers to research ideas that could fill future business books of the year.

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  • Saturday, 24 March, 2018
    Business books
    Do you have a business book idea?

    An award of £15,000 will go to the best proposal by an author under 35

    Saturday, 24 March, 2018
  • Tuesday, 31 October, 2017
    Business books
    Bracken Bower Prize 2017: excerpts from finalists’ proposals

    Silicon Valley in focus as synopses tackle tech and start-ups

    Tuesday, 31 October, 2017
  • Tuesday, 31 October, 2017
    Business books
    Bracken Bower 2017: finalists focus on Silicon Valley

    Judges select three proposals from a shortlist of 11 entries

    Tuesday, 31 October, 2017
  • Wednesday, 18 October, 2017
    Business books
    Bracken Bower Prize 2017: the shortlist

    Twelve writers up for FT and McKinsey’s award for best business book proposal

    Wednesday, 18 October, 2017
  • Monday, 12 June, 2017
    Book awards
    Bracken Bower Prize 2018

    A £15,000 prize for the best business book proposal by a young author

    Monday, 12 June, 2017
  • Monday, 20 March, 2017
    Business books
    FT/McKinsey prize: do you have a business book idea?

    An award of £15,000 will go to the best proposal by an author or authors under 35

    Monday, 20 March, 2017
  • Friday, 18 November, 2016
    Business books
    Excerpts from the 2016 finalists’ proposals

    Ideas examine the ‘fuzzy’ and ‘techie’, blockchain and a millennial meltdown

    Friday, 18 November, 2016
  • Friday, 18 November, 2016
    Business books
    Bracken Bower prize finalists announced

    Three proposals for the £15,000 prize drawn from a shortlist of nine entries

    Friday, 18 November, 2016
  • Monday, 24 October, 2016
    Business books
    FT/McKinsey Bracken Bower reveal their shortlist

    An award of £15,000 will go to the best business book proposal by an author under 35

    Monday, 24 October, 2016
  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 21 October, 2016
    Business books
    2016 FT/McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize

    Register your interest in the 2016 prize to receive information on how to submit an entry

    Friday, 21 October, 2016
  • Sunday, 24 April, 2016
    Business books
    FT contest helps land publishing deals

    As this year’s Bracken Bower Prize opens, previous finalists list the benefits of being shortlisted

    Sunday, 24 April, 2016
  • Wednesday, 18 November, 2015
    Business books
    Bleaker view of automation comes to fore

    Winning title ‘The Rise of the Robots’ is dystopian bookend to ‘The World is Flat’, on top in 2005

    Wednesday, 18 November, 2015
  • Wednesday, 18 November, 2015
    Business books
    2015 Bracken Bower Prize - summary

    Full summary including the winner Rethinking the Unthinkable by Christopher Clearfield and András Tilcsik

    Wednesday, 18 November, 2015
  • Wednesday, 18 November, 2015
    Work & Careers
    Failure risk pitch wins FT-McKinsey award

    Bracken Bower Prize goes to Christopher Clearfield and András Tilcsik for Rethinking the Unthinkable

    Wednesday, 18 November, 2015
  • Friday, 13 November, 2015
    Business books
    Book prize finalists announced

    Judges have selected three book proposals to go forward for the 2015 Bracken Bower Prize

    Friday, 13 November, 2015
  • Friday, 13 November, 2015
    Business books
    Excerpts from the three proposals

    Rethinking the Unthinkable, The Fog of More and Brave Old World compete for this year’s FT and McKinsey prize

    Friday, 13 November, 2015
  • Monday, 26 October, 2015
    Business books
    Bracken Bower Prize shortlist

    Eleven business book proposals competing for FT/McKinsey award

    Monday, 26 October, 2015
  • Monday, 13 April, 2015
    Business books
    Hoffman and Moyo join book judges

    LinkedIn co-founder and economist to help decide which business author will win £30,000

    Monday, 13 April, 2015
  • Monday, 13 April, 2015
    Business books
    The judges 2015

    Stephen Rubin joins Vindi Banga, Lynda Gratton and Jorma Ollila to pick the best book proposal

    Monday, 13 April, 2015
  • Monday, 15 September, 2014
    Business books
    2014 Bracken Bower Prize - summary

    Full summary including the winner Womenomics in the Muslim World by Saadia Zahidi

    Monday, 15 September, 2014
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