Waterstones 11
{{Short description|Literary award}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = The Waterstones 11
| current_awards =
| image = Waterstones 11 logo.jpeg
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| caption =
| awarded_for = 11-strong list of debut novels written in English
| presenter =
| sponsor = Waterstones
| country =
| location = United Kingdom
| year = 2011
| year2 = 2013
| website = [http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/pages/waterstones-11/2272/ The Waterstones 11]
}}
The Waterstones 11 was a literary book prize aimed at promoting debut authors, run and curated by British bookseller Waterstones.{{cite web|title=Waterstones 11|url=http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/pages/waterstones-eleven/2272/|accessdate=24 January 2012}} It ran from 2011–13. The list of 11 authors are selected from a list of 100 authors submitted by publishers. The prize, established in 2011, has included Orange Prize winner Téa Obreht's novel The Tiger's Wife, Man Booker Prize nominee Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman and the winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction, The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen.
Winners
=2011=
The winners were announced on 20 January 2011 {{cite news|title=Waterstone's unveils debut authors book list|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12240422|accessdate=24 January 2012|date=20 January 2011|agency=BBC News}}
- City of Bohane by Kevin Barry
- The Free World by David Bezmozgis
- The Registrar's Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages by Sophie Hardach
- 22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson[\https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12240422 Waterstone's unveils debut authors book list], 20 January 2011, BBC, Retrieved 28 May 2016
- Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka
- Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman - Shortlisted for 2011 Man Booker Prize{{cite web|title=Pigeon English|url=http://www.themanbookerprize.com/books/pigeon-english|publisher=Man Booker|accessdate=15 January 2013}}
- The Coincidence Engine by Sam Leith
- The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht - Winner of the 2011 Orange Prize{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Mark|title=Orange prize 2011 goes to Téa Obreht|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/08/orange-prize-2011-tea-obreht|accessdate=15 January 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=8 June 2011}}
- The Sentimentalists by Johanna Skibsrud
- The Collaborator by Mirza Waheed - Shortlisted for The Guardian First Book Prize{{cite news|title=Guardian First Book award shortlist: Mirza Waheed|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/nov/11/guardian-first-book-mirza-waheed|accessdate=15 January 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=10 November 2011}}
- When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman - Winner of Edinburgh Book Festival Newton First Book Prize{{cite web|title=Sarah Winman wins Newton First Book Award|url=http://www.edbookfest.co.uk/news/sarah-winman-wins-newton-first-book-award|publisher=Endinburgh Book Festival|accessdate=15 January 2013}}
=2012=
The winners were announced on 20 January 2012 {{cite news|last=Singh|first=Anita|title=Waterstones 11: the literary ones to watch|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/9025769/Waterstones-11-the-literary-ones-to-watch.html|accessdate=24 January 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=20 January 2012}}
- The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan
- Absolution by Patrick Flanery - Longlisted for The Guardian First Book Award{{cite web|last=Luso|title=Patrick Flanery’s Absolution Longlisted for the 2012 Guardian First Book Award|url=http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/09/03/patrick-flanerys-absolution-longlisted-for-the-2012-guardian-first-book-award/|accessdate=15 January 2013}}
- Shelter by Frances Greenslade
- The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach - Shortlisted for The Guardian First Book Award{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/nov/08/guardian-first-book-award-2012-shortlist |title=Guardian First Book award 2012 shortlist announced |work=The Guardian |author=Alison Flood |date=8 November 2012 |accessdate=November 8, 2012}}
- The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce - Longlisted for 2012 Man Booker Prize{{cite web|title=The Man Booker Prize 2012|url=http://www.themanbookerprize.com/books/unlikely-pilgrimage-harold-fry|publisher=Man Booker|accessdate=15 January 2013}}
- The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen - Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction{{cite news|title=Land of Decoration wins Desmond Elliott fiction prize|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18623795|accessdate=15 January 2013|date=29 June 2012|agency=BBC News}}
- Signs of Life by Anna Raverat
- The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan
- The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
- Care of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles
=2013=
The winners were announced on 14 January 2013 {{cite news|title=Carlos Acosta makes Waterstones debut prize shortlist|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21008778|accessdate=14 January 2013|newspaper=BBC News|date=14 January 2013}}
- Pig's Foot by Carlos Acosta
- Idiopathy by Sam Byers
- Y by Marjorie Celona
- The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence
- Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
- The Fields by Kevin Maher
- The Son by Michel Rostain
- The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
- Marriage Material by Sathnam Sanghera
- Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi
- Ballistics by D. W. Wilson