In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the book was first published. Entries with a blue background and an asterisk (*) next to the writer's name have won the award; those with a pale background are the other nominees on the shortlist.

  *   Winners

Year Author Novel Publisher Notes
2014[1] Hugh Thomson * The Green Road Into The Trees: A Walk through England
Simon Armitage Walking Home
Patrick Barkham Badgerlands
Charlotte Higgins Under Another Sky
Robert Macfarlane The Old Ways
Esther Woolfson Field Notes from a Hidden City
2015[2] John Lewis-Stempel * Meadowland[3]
Richard Askwith Running Free: A Runner's Journey Back to Nature
William Atkins The Moor
Mark Cocker Claxton: Field Notes from a Small Planet
Helen Macdonald H is for Hawk
Philip Marsden Rising Ground: A Search for the Spirit of Place
2016[4] Amy Liptrot* The Outrun[5]
Rob Cowen Common Ground
Robert Macfarlane Landmarks
Michael McCarthy The Moth Snowstorm
Katharine Norbury The Fish Ladder
James Rebanks The Shepherd's Life
2017[6] John Lewis-Stempel * Where Poppies Blow
Madeleine Bunting Love of Country
Simon Cooper The Otters' Tale
John Lewis-Stempel The Running Hare
Stephen Moss Wild Kingdom
Christopher Somerville The January Man
Clover Stroud The Wild Other
2018[7] Adam Nicolson * The Seabird's Cry
Neil Ansell The Last Wilderness
Alys Fowler Hidden Nature
John Grindrod Outskirts
John Lister-Kaye The Dun Cow Rib
Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris The Lost Words
Raynor Winn The Salt Path
2019[8] Robert Macfarlane * Underland
Julia Blackburn Time Song
Juliet Blaxland The Easternmost House
Mark Cocker Our Place
Kate Humble Thinking on My Feet
Isabella Tree Wilding
Luke Turner Out of the Woods
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  1. ^ "Shortlist 2014". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Shortlist 2015". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. ^ "New Literary Prize for Nature & Travel Writing about Britain Launched". thebookseller.com. thebookseller.com. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Shortlist 2016". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  5. ^ "The Outrun by Amy Liptrot wins The Wainwright Golden Beer Prize 2016". wainwrightprize.com. wainwrightprize.com. Retrieved 5 Aug 2016.
  6. ^ "Shortlist 2017". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Shortlist 2018". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Shortlist 2019". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Shortlist 2020:Nature Writing". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 3 July 2020.