the writer and critic James McConnachie. In 1958 the Translators Association (TA) was established as a specialist group within the Society of Authors. Legacy In 1969 the British Library acquired the archive of the Society of Authors from 1879 to 1968 consisting of six hundred and ninety volumes. The British Library acquired a further two hundred and fifty-eight volumes in 1982 and 1984. Awards and prizes Prizes for fiction, poetry, and non-fiction administered by the SoA include: The ADCI (Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses) Literary Prize, from 2022 The ALCS Educational Writers' Award The Betty Trask Prize and Awards The Cholmondeley Award The Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography The Eric Gregory Award The Imison Award The Tinniswood Award The McKitterick Prize The Paul Torday Memorial Prize, for debut novelists over 60 The Somerset Maugham Award The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award The ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award The Travelling Scholarships The Queen's Knickers Award The Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize for a novel focusing on travel The organisation also administers a number of literary translation prizes, including: The TA First Translation Prize, for translation from any language (annual) The Goethe-Institut Award, for German Translation (biennial) The John Florio Prize, for Italian Translation (biennial) The Banipal Prize, or The Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Translation (annual) The Scott Moncrieff Prize, for French Translation (annual) The Schlegel-Tieck Prize, for German Translation (annual) The Bernard Shaw Prize, for Swedish Translation (triennial) The Vondel Prize, for Dutch Translation (biennial) The Premio Valle Inclan, for Spanish Translation (annual) The TLS-Risa Domb/Porjes Prize, for Hebrew translation (triennial) It has previously administered the following prizes: The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award Calouste Gulbenkian Prize, for Portuguese Translation (triennial) Hellenic Foundation for Culture Award, for Greek Translation (triennial) The Women's Prize for Fiction See also Writers' Guild of Great Britain Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society References External links Trade unions in the United Kingdom 1884 establishments in the United Kingdom Trade unions established in 1884