Jane Tinkler Hello, and welcome to this podcast for anyone considering applying for the Nine Dots Prize. I’m Jane Tinkler, Senior Manager for the Prize. And we’re looking for entries that will really stand out and engage readers. So we’ve asked three successful writers to share some of their ideas, experience and advice. In this […]
Jane Tinkler Hello and welcome to this podcast – where we’ll be finding out about the skill which every writer wants to achieve – how to make your ideas really enthral and inspire the reader. I’m Jane Tinkler, Senior Manager for the Nine Dots Prize and we hope that the ideas of our three […]
Nine Dots Prize podcast: Endings (2024/2) Jane Tinkler Welcome to this podcast from The Nine Dots prize, the sixth we have released now. I’m Jane Tinkler, Senior Manager for the prize, and we hope that this podcast will help inspire and support anyone interested in applying for the prize, or just generally interested in […]
Jane Tinkler Hello and welcome to this podcast for anyone interested in applying for the Nine Dots Prize or just generally curious about writing non-fiction. I’m Jane Tinkler, Senior Manager for the Prize and we hope that this podcast will help guide and inspire your writing. As Plato said in The Republic “The beginning is […]
Joanna Kusiak won the fourth Nine Dots Prize with her entry to the question: ‘Why has the rule of law become so fragile?’ Here are three extracts from her 3,000 word entry: I In the morning of the day Gabor Steingart, one of Germany’s top economics journalists, interviews me for his news podcast, I am […]
The Nine Dots Prize has now revealed the question it will pose as part of a global problem-solving competition, offering US$100,000 and a book deal with Cambridge University Press for the winning response. The question for the 2023/2024 cycle is: ‘Why has the rule of law become so fragile?’ First launched in 2016 and now […]
