Selected British LIterary prizes dataset Submission 2025 09 17 28115 (#893)

data/curated/new_submission/cleaning.R

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+# Data obtained from Post45 Data Collective Github, no cleaning necessary
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+prizes <- readr::read_csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Post45-Data-Collective/data/refs/heads/main/british_literary_prizes/british_literary_prizes-1990-2022.csv") 
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data/curated/new_submission/intro.md

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+This week we are exploring data related to the Selected British Literary Prizes (1990-2022) dataset which comes from the [Post45 Data Collective](https://data.post45.org/posts/british-literary-prizes/). 
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+> "This dataset contains primary categories of information on individual authors comprising gender, sexuality, UK residency, ethnicity, geography and details of educational background, 
+> including institutions where the authors acquired their degrees and their fields of study. Along with other similar projects, we aim to provide information to assess the cultural, 
+> social and political factors determining literary prestige. Our goal is to contribute to greater transparency in discussions around diversity and equity in literary prize cultures." 
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+Additional metadata discussion relating to the ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and educational classification variables is [available here](https://data.post45.org/posts/british-literary-prizes/). 
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+In relation to ethical considerations, the authors note that...
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+> "All of the information in this dataset is publicly available. Information about a writer’s location, gender identity, race, ethnicity, or education from scholarly and public sources can be sensitive.
+> The data provided here enables the study of broad patterns and is not intended as definitive."
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+- In which genres are women, Black, Asian and ethnically diverse writers most likely to be shortlisted and/or awarded?
+- Have prizes improved their record on gender and/or ethnic representation in shortlists and awardees?
+- Is there a connection between specific educational credentials and/or educational institutions and writers’ chances of being shortlisted or winning?

data/curated/new_submission/meta.yaml

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+title: "Selected British Literary Prizes (1990-2022)"
+article:
+  title: "Why we still need a women’s prize for fiction"
+  url: "https://theconversation.com/why-we-still-need-a-womens-prize-for-fiction-257494?utm_medium=article_clipboard_share&utm_source=theconversation.com"
+data_source:
+  title: "Post45 Data Collective"
+  url: "https://data.post45.org/posts/british-literary-prizes/"
+images:
+# Please include at least one image, and up to three images
+- file: "prize_by_gender.png"
+  alt: >
+    This horizontal bar chart shows gender distribution of winners across British literary awards. Each bar displays the percentage and count of women (blue), men (green), and non-binary (yellow) winners. The Women's Prize for Fiction is 100% women by design. Other awards show varying gender representation, with women most represented in children's literature (Costa Children's Book Award at 71%) and poetry (Ted Hughes Award at 50%). Most other prizes show male majorities, ranging from slight (Costa awards around 52% men) to substantial (BSFA Award at 79% men). The data reveals significant gender imbalances across most literary prizes, with men winning the majority of awards except in women-specific and children's categories.
+credit:
+  post: "Georgios Karamanis & Jen Richmond"
+  github: "@gkaramanis; @jenrichmond"
+  bluesky: "@karaman.is; @jenrichmondPhD"