All shall have prizes, but only if they can pay to enter

There's a certain amount of chat going on at the moment about book prizes. Elizabeth Baines' blog FictionBitch details how the Guardian's First Book Award will now cost £150 to enter - there'll never be another poet shortlisted, that's for sure. Poetry collections by first-time authors are lucky if they make £150 in profits.

As Elizabeth points out, "this has always been an expensive prize for small presses to enter, as publishers of shortlisted books are required to provide 100 copies free f...