Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction is a British award for novels set in the past. It takes its rule from the subtitle of Scott's first novel, Waverley, and so a winning book must be set mostly at least sixty years before it was written. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch founded the prize with Alistair Moffat of the Borders Book Festival, and Hilary Mantel won the first award in 2010 for Wolf Hall. The Abbotsford Trust, the charity that cares for Scott's home, now manages it.

Judges consider novels written in English and published in the previous year in the United Kingdom, Ireland or the Commonwealth. They announce a longlist and a shortlist, and the winner is revealed each June at the Borders Book Festival in Melrose. The winner receives 25,000 pounds, and each shortlisted author also receives a cash award. A related Young Walter Scott Prize for young writers began in 2015.

Novels written in English, set mostly at least sixty years in the past, and published in the previous year in the United Kingdom, Ireland or the Commonwealth.