The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize is a British literary prize established in 1963 in tribute to Geoffrey Faber, founder and first Chairman of the publisher Faber & Faber.
It recognises a single volume of poetry or fiction by a United Kingdom, Irish or Commonwealth author under 40 years of age on the date of publication, and is in alternating years awarded to poetry and fiction (including short stories).
[2] The prize jury, comprising three reviewers, is selected by literary editors of journals and newspapers that regularly publish reviews of poetry and fiction.
[3] In its first year, the prize was awarded to Christopher Middleton and George MacBeth for poetry.
The first win by a short-story collection, The Quantity Theory of Insanity by Will Self, was in 1993.