Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction explained

The Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction is an American literary award presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for debut publications. The $5,000 prize is given for the best published first novel or collection of short stories in the preceding year. It was established in 1979 in memory of author Sue Kaufman.

Past winners

Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction winners[1] !Year!Author!Title!Ref.
1980Black Tickets[2]
1981Guys Like Us
1982Easy Travel to Other Planets
1983My Old Sweetheart
1984Angels[3]
1985Love Medicine
1986Face
1987
1988Ellen Foster[4]
1989
1990Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1991
1992Afghanistan
1993[5] [6]
1994In the Sparrow Hills
1995Winter Birds
1996
1997Last Days of the Dog-Men[7]
1998Cold Mountain
1999
2000For the Relief of Unbearable Urges[8]
2001
2002Yellow[9]
2003Dear Mr. President
2004Lucky Girls
2005Heaven Lake
2006Beasts of No Nation
2007Whiteman
2008Transparency
2009Beautiful Children
2010
2011
2012Shards
2013
2014[10]
2015Little Reef and Other Stories[11]
2016Night at the Fiestas
2017Nitro Mountain
2018History of Wolves[12]
2019[13]
2020[14]
2021Shuggie Bain[15]
2022Brood
2023Night of the Living Rez[16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Awards . 2023-04-17 . . February 22, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200222091954/https://artsandletters.org/awards/#:~:text=The%20Sue%20Kaufman%20Prize%20for,of%20the%20writer%20Sue%20Kaufman. . live .
  2. Web site: Johnson . Sarah Anne . May 2002 . An Interview with Jayne Anne Phillips . 2022-03-21 . . May 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220524063700/https://www.awpwriter.org/magazine_media/writers_chronicle_view/2450/an_interview_with_jayne_anne_phillips . live .
  3. News: 1984-04-15 . Letters Group Gives Prizes to 8 Writers . en-US . 50 . . 2023-04-17 . 0362-4331 . March 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220321205647/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/15/books/letters-group-gives-prizes-to-8-writers.html . live .
  4. Web site: Kaye Gibbons . March 21, 2022 . Calvin Center for Faith & Writing . Calvin University . June 27, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220627081522/https://ccfw.calvin.edu/speakers/kaye-gibbons/ . live .
  5. Web site: Francisco Goldman . 2023-04-17 . . March 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220321211253/https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/features/latinamericanwords/mexico/pop_gold.shtml . live .
  6. Web site: Francisco Goldman . 2023-04-17 . Book Reporter . May 16, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120516093947/http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/francisco-goldman . live .
  7. Web site: 2020-07-14 . Rediscover: Brad Watson . 2023-04-17 . . March 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230310213742/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=935 . live .
  8. Web site: Nathan Englander . 2023-04-17 . The American Academy in Berlin . en-US . March 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220321211147/https://www.americanacademy.de/person/nathan-englander/ . live .
  9. Web site: 2022-05-13 . Reading With... Don Lee . 2023-04-17 . shelf-awareness.com.
  10. Web site: 2014-03-15 . Manuel Gonzales wins the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters . 2023-04-17 . The Conium Review . en . December 8, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221208101838/http://coniumreview.com/blog/manuel-gonzales-wins-the-sue-kaufman-prize-from-the-american-academy-of-arts-and-letters/ . live .
  11. Web site: 2020-10-19 . Cool Idea of the Day: Bookstore & Publisher Anniversary Celebration . 2023-04-17 . . August 23, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220823001214/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3847 . live .
  12. Web site: Hertzel . Laurie . 2018-03-20 . Minnesota authors Marlon James, Emily Fridlund win American Academy awards . 2022-03-21 . . March 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220321212614/https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-authors-marlon-james-emily-fridlund-win-american-academy-awards/477412663/ . live .
  13. Web site: 2019-03-13 . Awards: American Academy of Arts & Letters Winners . 2023-04-17 . . October 1, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221001043006/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3450 . live .
  14. Web site: American Academy of Arts & Letters Selects Valeria Luiselli & Isabella Hammad as the 2020 Literature Award Winners . March 21, 2022 . RCW Literary Agency . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131174825/https://www.rcwlitagency.com/news/american-academy-of-arts-letters-selects-valeria-luiselli-isabella-hammad-as-the-2020-literature-award-winners/ . live .
  15. Web site: 2021 Literature Award Winners . March 21, 2022 . American Academy of Arts and Letters . January 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220121223421/https://artsandletters.org/pressrelease/2021-literature-award-winners/ . live .
  16. Web site: 2023 Literature Award Winners . 2023-03-10 . American Academy of Arts and Letters . March 11, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230311153531/https://artsandletters.org/pressrelease/2023-literature-award-winners/ . live .

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