McKitterick Prize

Last updated

The McKitterick Prize is a United Kingdom literary prize. It is administered by the Society of Authors. It was endowed by Tom McKitterick, who had been an editor of The Political Quarterly but had also written a novel which was never published. The prize is awarded annually for a first novel (which need not have been published) by an author over 40. As of 2009, the value of the prize was £4000.

Contents

The McKitterick Prize was first awarded in 1990.

List of prize winners

1990s

YearAuthorTitle
1990 Simon Mawer Chimera
1991 John Loveday Halo
1992 Alberto Manguel News from a Foreign Country Came
1993 Andrew Barrow The Tap Dancer
1994 Helen Dunmore Zennor in Darkness
1995 Christopher Bigsby Hester
1996 Stephen Blanchard Gagarin and I
1997 Patricia Duncker Hallucinating Foucault
1998 Eli Gottlieb The Boy Who Went Away
1999 Magnus Mills The Restraint of Beasts

2000s

YearAuthorTitle
2000 Chris Dolan Ascension Day
2001 Giles Waterfield The Long Afternoon
2002 Manil Suri The Death of Vishnu
2003 Mary Lawson Crow Lake
2004 Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2005 Lloyd Jones Mr Vogel
2006 Peter Pouncey Rules for Old Men Waiting
2007 Reina James This Time of Dying
2008 Jennie Walker 24 for 3
2009 Chris Hannan Missy

2010s

2010s McKitterick Prize Winners and Runners-up
YearAuthorWorkResult
2010 Raphael Selbourne Beauty Won
2011 Emma Henderson Grace Williams Says It LoudWon
Frances Kay MickaRunner-up
2012 Ginny Baily Africa JunctionWon
Cressida Connolly My Former HeartRunner-up
2013 Alison Moore The Lighthouse Won
Caroline Brothers HinterlandRunner-up
2014 Gabriel Weston Dirty WorkWon
Gabriel Gbadamosi VauxhallRunner-up
2015 Robert Allison The Letter Bearer Won
Paul Ewen Francis Pug: How to Be a Public AuthorRunner-up
2016 Petina Gappah The Book of MemoryWon
Nick Coleman Pillow ManRunner-up
2017 David Dyer The Midnight WatchWon
Austin Duffy This Living & Immortal ThingRunner-up
2018 Anietie Isong Radio SunriseWon
Frances Maynard The Seven Rules of Elvira CarrRunner-up
2019 Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott Swan SongWon
Carys Davies WestRunner-up

2020s

2020s McKitterick Prize Winners and Runners-up
YearAuthorWorkResult
2020 Claire Adam Golden Child Won
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Fleishman Is in Trouble Runner-up
2021 Elaine Feeney As You WereWon
Deepa Anappara Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Runner-up
2022 David Annand PeterdownWon
Lisa Taddeo AnimalRunner-up
2023 Louise Kennedy Trespasses Won
Liz Hyder The GiftsRunner-up
2024 Wenyan Lu The Funeral CryerWon
Chidi Ebere Now I Am HereRunner-up
2025 Tom Newlands Only Here, Only NowWon
Lauren Elkin ScaffoldingRunner-up

Sources