McKitterick Prize

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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.

The McKitterick Prize was first awarded in 1990.

List of prize winners

=1990s=

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! Year !! Author !! Title

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=

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! Year !! Author !! Title

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=

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|+ 2010s McKitterick Prize Winners and Runners-up

YearAuthorWorkResult
rowspan="1" | 2010

| Raphael Selbourne || Beauty || {{won}}

rowspan="2" | 2011

| Emma Henderson || Grace Williams Says It Loud || {{won}}

Frances KayMicka{{sho|Runner-up}}
rowspan="2" | 2012

| Ginny Baily || Africa Junction || {{won}}

Cressida ConnollyMy Former Heart{{sho|Runner-up}}
rowspan="2" | 2013

| Alison Moore || The Lighthouse || {{won}}

Caroline BrothersHinterland{{sho|Runner-up}}
rowspan="2" | 2014

| Gabriel Weston || Dirty Work || {{won}}

Gabriel GbadamosiVauxhall{{sho|Runner-up}}
rowspan="2" | 2015

| Robert Allison || The Letter Bearer || {{won}}

Paul EwenFrancis Pug: How to Be a Public Author{{sho|Runner-up}}
rowspan="2" | 2016

| Petina Gappah || The Book of Memory || {{won}}

Nick ColemanPillow Man{{sho|Runner-up}}
rowspan="2" | 2017

| David Dyer || The Midnight Watch || {{won}}

Austin DuffyThis Living & Immortal Thing{{sho|Runner-up}}
rowspan="2" | 2018

| Anietie Isong || Radio Sunrise || {{won}}

Frances MaynardThe Seven Rules of Elvira Carr{{sho|Runner-up}}
rowspan="2" | 2019

| Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott || Swan Song || {{won}}

Carys DaviesWest{{sho|Runner-up}}

= 2020s =

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|+ 2020s McKitterick Prize Winners and Runners-up

YearAuthorWorkResult
rowspan="2" | 2020

| Claire Adam || Golden Child || {{won}}

Taffy Brodesser-AknerFleishman Is in Trouble{{sho|Runner-up}}
rowspan="2" | 2021

| Elaine Feeney || As You Were || {{won}}

Deepa AnapparaDjinn Patrol on the Purple Line{{sho|Runner-up}}
rowspan="2" | 2022

| David Annand || Peterdown || {{won}}

Lisa TaddeoAnimal{{sho|Runner-up}}
rowspan="2" | 2023

| Louise Kennedy || Trespasses || {{won}}

Liz HyderThe Gifts{{sho|Runner-up}}
rowspan="2" | 2024

| Wenyan Lu || The Funeral Cryer || {{won}}

Chidi EbereNow I Am Here{{sho|Runner-up}}

Sources

  • {{cite web |url=https://www.societyofauthors.org/Prizes/Society-of-Authors-Awards/Fiction/McKitterick/Past-winners |title=Past winners of the McKitterick Prize|publisher=Society of Authors}}

Category:British fiction awards

Category:Society of Authors awards

Category:Awards established in 1990

Category:1990 establishments in the United Kingdom

Category:First book awards

Category:Awards by age of recipient

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