McKitterick Prize explained

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

Year Author Title
1990Chimera
1991Halo
1992News from a Foreign Country Came
1993The Tap Dancer
1994Zennor in Darkness
1995Hester
1996Gagarin and I
1997Hallucinating Foucault
1998The Boy Who Went Away
1999The Restraint of Beasts

2000s

Year Author Title
2000Ascension Day
2001The Long Afternoon
2002The Death of Vishnu
2003Crow Lake
2004The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2005Mr Vogel
2006Rules for Old Men Waiting
2007This Time of Dying
200824 for 3
2009Missy

2010s

2010s McKitterick Prize Winners and Runners-up
Year Author Work Result
2010Beauty
2011Grace Williams Says It Loud
Micka
2012Africa Junction
My Former Heart
2013The Lighthouse
Hinterland
2014Dirty Work
Vauxhall
2015The Letter Bearer
Francis Pug: How to Be a Public Author
2016The Book of Memory
Pillow Man
2017The Midnight Watch
This Living & Immortal Thing
2018Radio Sunrise
The Seven Rules of Elvira Carr
2019Swan Song
West

2020s

2020s McKitterick Prize Winners and Runners-up
Year Author Work Result
2020Golden Child
Fleishman Is in Trouble
2021As You Were
Deepa AnapparaDjinn Patrol on the Purple Line
2022Peterdown
Animal
2023Trespasses
The Gifts
2024The Funeral Cryer
Chidi EbereNow I Am Here

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