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Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction

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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

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Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction winners[1]
Year Author Title Ref.
1980 Jayne Anne Phillips Black Tickets [2]
1981 Tom Lorenz Guys Like Us
1982 Ted Mooney Easy Travel to Other Planets
1983 Susanna Moore My Old Sweetheart
1984 Denis Johnson Angels [3]
1985 Louise Erdrich Love Medicine
1986 Cecile Pineda Face
1987 Jeannette Haien The All of It
1988 Kaye Gibbons Ellen Foster [4]
1989 Gary Krist The Garden State
1990 Allan Gurganus Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1991 Charles Palliser The Quincunx
1992 Alex Ullmann Afghanistan
1993 Francisco Goldman The Long Night of White Chickens [5][6]
1994 Emile Capouya In the Sparrow Hills
1995 Jim Grimsley Winter Birds
1996 Peter Landesman The Raven
1997 Brad Watson Last Days of the Dog-Men [7]
1998 Charles Frazier Cold Mountain
1999 Michael Byers The Coast of Good Intentions
2000 Nathan Englander For the Relief of Unbearable Urges [8]
2001 Akhil Sharma An Obedient Father
2002 Don Lee Yellow [9]
2003 Gabe Hudson Dear Mr. President
2004 Nell Freudenberger Lucky Girls
2005 John Dalton Heaven Lake
2006 Uzodinma Iweala Beasts of No Nation
2007 Tony D'Souza Whiteman
2008 Frances Hwang Transparency
2009 Charles Bock Beautiful Children
2010 Josh Weil The New Valley
2011 Brando Skyhorse The Madonnas of Echo Park
2012 Ismet Prcic Shards
2013 Kevin Powers The Yellow Birds
2014 Manuel Gonzales The Miniature Wife [10]
2015 Michael Carroll Little Reef and Other Stories [11]
2016 Kirstin Valdez Quade Night at the Fiestas
2017 Lee Clay Johnson Nitro Mountain
2018 Emily Fridlund History of Wolves [12]
2019 Jane Delury The Balcony [13]
2020 Isabella Hammad The Parisian [14]
2021 Douglas Stuart Shuggie Bain [15]
2022 Jackie Polzin Brood
2023 Morgan Talty Night of the Living Rez [16]

References

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  1. ^ "Awards". American Academy of Arts and Letters. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  2. ^ Johnson, Sarah Anne (May 2002). "An Interview with Jayne Anne Phillips". Association of Writers & Writing Programs. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  3. ^ "Letters Group Gives Prizes to 8 Writers". The New York Times. April 15, 1984. p. 50. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 21, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "Kaye Gibbons". Calvin Center for Faith & Writing. Calvin University. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  5. ^ "Francisco Goldman". BBC. Archived from the original on March 21, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  6. ^ "Francisco Goldman". Book Reporter. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  7. ^ "Rediscover: Brad Watson". Shelf Awareness. July 14, 2020. Archived from the original on March 10, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  8. ^ "Nathan Englander". The American Academy in Berlin. Archived from the original on March 21, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  9. ^ "Reading With... Don Lee". shelf-awareness.com. May 13, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  10. ^ "Manuel Gonzales wins the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters". The Conium Review. March 15, 2014. Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  11. ^ "Cool Idea of the Day: Bookstore & Publisher Anniversary Celebration". Shelf Awareness. October 19, 2020. Archived from the original on August 23, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  12. ^ Hertzel, Laurie (March 20, 2018). "Minnesota authors Marlon James, Emily Fridlund win American Academy awards". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on March 21, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  13. ^ "Awards: American Academy of Arts & Letters Winners". Shelf Awareness. March 13, 2019. Archived from the original on October 1, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  14. ^ "American Academy of Arts & Letters Selects Valeria Luiselli & Isabella Hammad as the 2020 Literature Award Winners". RCW Literary Agency. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  15. ^ "2021 Literature Award Winners". American Academy of Arts and Letters. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  16. ^ "2023 Literature Award Winners". American Academy of Arts and Letters. Archived from the original on March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
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