The Writers' Prize
Established by author William Boyd and philanthropist Karen Alexander (via the Grazer/Boyd family charitable initiative), the prize is administered independently to support writers of literary fiction and non-fiction.
An international literary award created to recognize outstanding works of fiction and non-fiction, providing significant financial support directly to authors to help sustain their writing careers.
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2024
- The Wren, The WrenWon
Anne Enright
- The Bee StingShortlisted
Paul Murray
- The FraudShortlisted
Zadie Smith
2023
- Scary MonstersWon
Michelle de Kretser
- EmergencyShortlisted
Daisy Hildyard
- GloryShortlisted
NoViolet Bulawayo
- Lucy by the SeaShortlisted
Elizabeth Strout
- Pure ColourShortlisted
Sheila Heti
2022
- The MagicianWon
Colm Tóibín
- Albert & the WhaleShortlisted
Philip Hoare
- AssemblyShortlisted
Natasha Brown
- China RoomShortlisted
Sunjeev Sahota
- Men Who Feed PigeonsShortlisted
Selima Hill
- My PhantomsShortlisted
Gwendoline Riley
- Small Things like TheseShortlisted
Claire Keegan
- The PromiseShortlisted
Damon Galgut
2021
- In the Dream HouseWon
Carmen Maria Machado
- A Ghost in the ThroatShortlisted
Doireann Ní Ghríofa
- As You WereShortlisted
Elaine Feeney
- handiworkShortlisted
Sara Baume
- IndelicacyShortlisted
Amina Cain
- My Darling from the LionsShortlisted
Rachel Long
- PoorShortlisted
Caleb Femi
- The Mermaid of Black ConchShortlisted
Monique Roffey
2020
- Lost Children ArchiveWon
Valeria Luiselli
- ConstellationsShortlisted
Sinéad Gleeson
- Grand UnionShortlisted
Zadie Smith
- Guest House for Young WidowsShortlisted
Azadeh Moaveni
- On Chapel SandsShortlisted
Laura Cumming
- The Topeka SchoolShortlisted
Ben Lerner
- Vertigo & GhostShortlisted
Fiona Benson
- VictoryShortlisted
James Lasdun
2019
- The PerseveranceWon
Raymond Antrobus
- Can You Tolerate This?Shortlisted
Ashleigh Young
- Mary Ann Sate, ImbecileShortlisted
Alice Jolly
- MilkmanShortlisted
Anna Burns
- Ordinary PeopleShortlisted
Diana Evans
- The CrosswayShortlisted
Guy Stagg
- There ThereShortlisted
Tommy Orange
- WestShortlisted
Carys Davies
2018
- Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster ZoneWon
Richard Lloyd Parry
- Anything Is PossibleShortlisted
Elizabeth Strout
- Conversations with FriendsShortlisted
Sally Rooney
- Exit WestShortlisted
Mohsin Hamid
- Shortlisted
- Reservoir 13Shortlisted
Jon McGregor
- The Day That Went MissingShortlisted
Richard Beard
- White TearsShortlisted
Hari Kunzru
2017
- Won
- Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and WarShortlisted
Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami
- Do Not Say We Have NothingShortlisted
Madeleine Thien
- Golden HillShortlisted
Francis Spufford
- The ArgonautsShortlisted
Maggie Nelson
- The Sport of KingsShortlisted
C. E. Morgan
- The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of VelazquezShortlisted
Laura Cumming
- This Census-TakerShortlisted
China Miéville
2015
- Family LifeWon
Akhil Sharma
- 10:04Shortlisted
Ben Lerner
- All My Puny SorrowsShortlisted
Miriam Toews
- Dept. of SpeculationShortlisted
Jenny Offill
- DustShortlisted
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
- How to Be BothShortlisted
Ali Smith
- Nora WebsterShortlisted
Colm Tóibín
- OutlineShortlisted
Rachel Cusk
2014
- Tenth of December: StoriesWon
George Saunders
- A Girl Is a Half-formed ThingShortlisted
Eimear McBride
- A Naked SingularityShortlisted
Sergio De La Pava
- BenedictionShortlisted
Kent Haruf
- Last FriendsShortlisted
Jane Gardam
- Red DocShortlisted
Anne Carson
- SchroderShortlisted
Amity Gaige
- The FlamethrowersShortlisted
Rachel Kushner