William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
{{Short description|Literary award for fiction and nonfiction administered by Stanford University Libraries}}
The William Saroyan International Prize for Writing is a biennial literary award for fiction and nonfiction in the spirit of William Saroyan by emerging writers. It was established by Stanford University Libraries and the William Saroyan Foundation to "encourage new or emerging writers rather than recognize established literary figures;"{{Cite web|url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2002/april17/saroyan-417.html|title=University jointly sponsors new Saroyan Writing Prize to honor emerging authors: 04/02|date=23 January 2023|access-date=30 January 2010|archive-date=25 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725104631/http://news.stanford.edu/news/2002/april17/saroyan-417.html|url-status=live}} the prize being $12,500.
The Saroyan Prize was first awarded in 2003 for "newly published works of fiction including novels, short stories, dramas or memoirs." Starting with the second round of awards in 2005, separate awards have been given for fiction and nonfiction. With the exception of a three year gap between the second and third rounds of awards, the prize has been awarded every two years since it was established.
== Recipients ==
= General (2003) =
The first year the award was presented, winners and finalists not separated into genres.
= Fiction (2005–present) =
= Non-fiction (2005–present) =
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|+Non-fiction award winners, finalists, and shortlists ! scope="col" width="5%" | Year ! scope="col" width="30%" | Author ! scope="col" width="50%" | Title ! scope="col" width="10%" | Result ! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|Reference}} |
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! rowspan="3" |2005 |{{sortname|Mark|Arax}} and Rick Wartzman |{{sort|1=King of California|2=The King of California}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Tom|Bissell}}
|Chasing the Sea |Finalist |
| {{sortname|David|Laskin}}
|{{sort|1=Children's Blizzard|2=The Children's Blizzard}} |Finalist |
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! rowspan="3" |2008 |{{sortname|Kiyo|Sato}} |Dandelion Through the Crack: The Sato Family Quest for the American Dream |Winner |
| {{sortname|Adam David|Miller}}
|Ticket to Exile |Finalist |
| {{sortname|John|Moir|nolink=1}}
|Return of the Condor: The Race to Save Our Largest Bird from Extinction |Finalist |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="3" |2010 |{{sortname|Linda|Himelstein}} |{{sort|1=King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire|2=The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Sminov and the Upheaval of an Empire}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Brian|Brett}}
|Trauma Farm |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Maryalice|Huggins}}
|Aesop's Mirror |Finalist |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="3" |2012 |{{sortname|Elisabeth Tova|Bailey}} |{{sort|1=Sound of a Wild Snail Eating|2=The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Arion|Golmakani}}
|Finalist |
| {{sortname|John Jeremiah|Sullivan}}
|Finalist |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="2" |2014 |{{sortname|Margalit|Fox}} |{{sort|1=Riddle of the Labyrinth|2=The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Daniel James|Brown}}
|{{Sort|Boys in the Boat|The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics}} |Finalist |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="3" |2016 |{{sortname|Lori|Jakiela}} |Belief is its Own Kind of Truth, Maybe |Winner |
| {{sortname|Elena|Gorokhova|dab=writer}}
|Russian Tattoo |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Susan|Southard}}
|Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War |Finalist |
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! rowspan="3" |2018 |{{sortname|Robert|Moor|nolink=1}} |On Trails: an Exploration |Winner |
| {{sortname|Angela|Palm}}
|Riverine: a Memoir from Anywhere but Here |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Edward|Wilson-Lee}}
|Shakespeare in Swahililand: Adventures with the Ever-living Poet |Finalist |
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! rowspan="3" |2020 |{{sortname|Jennifer|Croft}} |Homesick: A Memoir |Winner |
| {{sortname|Alexander|Chee}}
|How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Carmen Maria|Machado}}
|Finalist |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="2" |2022 |{{sortname|Wayétu|Moore}} |{{Sort|Dragons, the Giant, the Women|The Dragons, the Giant, the Women}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Shawna|Kay}}
|Kin |Finalist |
References
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External links
- [http://library.stanford.edu/saroyan Prize website]
Category:Awards established in 2003
Category:2003 establishments in the United States