The Booker Prize has launched a competition to name its trophy, which seems to depict a woman holding a bowl over her head. Entrants are “invited to draw inspiration from the history of the Booker Prize and to put forward ideas for the coveted trophy’s official title.” A panel of judges will select and announce finalists on February 9, and then the public will be invited to vote on a winner. The nameless statuette was designed by children’s book author and illustrator Jan Pieńkowski in 1969, and served as the trophy for some time but fell out of use almost […]
