McKitterick Prize

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

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

2000s

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

2010s

• 2010 - Raphael Selbourne for Beauty
• 2011 - Winner: Emma Henderson for Grace Williams Says It Loud

(Runner-up: Frances Kay for Micka)

• 2012 - Winner: Ginny Baily for Africa Junction

(Runner-up: Cressida Connolly for My Former Heart)

• 2013 - Winner: Alison Moore for The Lighthouse

(Runner-up: Caroline Brothers for Hinterland)

• 2014 - Winner: Gabriel Weston for Dirty Work

(Runner-up: Gabriel Gbadamosi for Vauxhall)

• 2015 - Winner: Robert Allison for The Letter Bearer

(Runner-up: Paul Ewen for Francis Pug: How To Be A Public Author)

• 2016 - Winner: Petina Gappah for The Book of Memory

(Runner-up: Nick Coleman for Pillow Man)

• 2017 - Winner: David Dyer for The Midnight Watch

(Runner-up: Austin Duffy for This Living & immortal Thing)

• 2018 - Winner: Anietie Isong for Radio Sunrise

(Runner-up: Frances Maynard for The Seven Rules of Elvira Carr)

• 2019 - Winner: Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott for Swan Song

(Runner-up: Carys Davies for West)

2020s

• 2020 - Winner: Claire Adam for Golden Child

(Runner-up: Taffy Brodesser-Akner for Fleishman is in Trouble)

• 2021 - Winner: Elaine Feeney for As You Were

(Runner-up: Deepa Anappara for Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line)

• 2022 - Winner: David Annand for Peterdown

(Runner-up: Lisa Taddeo for Animal)

• 2023 - Winner: Louise Kennedy for Trespasses

(Runner-up: Liz Hyder for The Gifts)

Sources

• "Past winners of the McKitterick Prize". Society of Authors.