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Literary AwardsLiterary AwardsThis new section allows you to search the database for authors on Contemporary Writers who have been shortlisted for - or have won - some of the most prestigious literary awards and prizes. The list of nominees is by no means comprehensive as it only shows authors on this database, but it will become more so as this site expands. Use the quick 'Search awards' box on the left of this page to search the awards database.
Please note that some awards have undergone small changes to their titles over the years, thus, for instance, a search simply for 'whitbread' will return more results than a search for 'Whitbread Book of the Year'.
Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Adapted Screenplay1995: Alan Bennett The Madness of King George (nomination)Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Original Screenplay1982: Trevor Griffiths Reds (nomination)2005: Mike Leigh Vera Drake (nomination) Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Screenplay Adaptation1989: Christopher Hampton Dangerous LiaisonsAcademy Award (Oscar) for Best Writing1997: Mike Leigh Secrets and Lies (nomination)2000: Mike Leigh Topsy Turvy (nomination) African Literature Association Fonlon-Nichols Award (USA)2002: Jack MapanjeAge Book of the Year Award2004: M. J. Hyland How The Light Gets In (shortlist)Alan Paton Award for Fiction2003: André Brink The Other Side of SilenceAlberto Moravia Prize for Literature (Italy)2000: Anita DesaiAldeburgh Poetry Festival Prize1992: Susan Wicks Singing Underwater1995: Gwyneth Lewis Parables and Faxes 1997: Robin Robertson A Painted Field Alfred Bradley Award1998: Peter Straughan The Ghost of Federico Garcia Lorca Which Can Also Be Used as a TableAlice Hunt Bartlett Award1969: Tom Raworth The Relation Ship1977: Kit Wright The Bear Looked Over the Mountain 1981: Carol Rumens Unplayed Music (joint winner) 1983: Medbh McGuckian The Flower Master 1984: David J. Constantine Watching for Dolphins 1984: Alison Fell Kisses for Mayakovsky 1987: Helen Dunmore The Sea Skater 1987: Ciaran Carson The Irish for No 1988: Sujata Bhatt Brunizem Allied Irish Banks' Prize1973: John Banville Birchwood1976: William Trevor Amazon.co.uk Writers' Bursary2001: Sarah May Spanish City (joint winner)American Ireland Fund Literary Award1975: John Banville Dr Copernicus2004: Paul Muldoon 2008: David Park American Library Association Award1997: Nicholas Shakespeare The Dancer UpstairsAmerican Library Association Best Book for Young Adults Award1984: Gillian Cross On The Edge1993: Tim Winton Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo 2003: Geraldine McCaughrean The Kite Rider American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults Award (US)2003: Theresa Breslin RemembranceAmerican Library Association GLBT Roundtable Book Award2000: Sarah Waters AffinityAmerican Library Association National Book for Children Award (USA)2006: Meja Mwangi The Mzungu BoyAmerican Library Association Notable Book for Children Award2004: Geraldine McCaughrean Stop The TrainAméricas Honor Award (USA)1997: Valerie Bloom FruitsAmnesty International Media Award2005: Tanika Gupta Chitra (radio play)Ananda Puraskar (India)1990: Amitav Ghosh Shadow Lines (for Bengali Literature)Andersen Award (Italy)2000: Aidan Chambers Postcards from No Man's LandAngel Literary Award1985: Rose Tremain The Swimming Pool Season1989: Rose Tremain Restoration Angus Book Award1996: Julie Bertagna The Spark Gap (shortlist)1996: Theresa Breslin Kezzie (shortlist) 1999: Tim Bowler River Boy 2000: Tim Bowler Shadows 2001: Geraldine McCaughrean The Kite Rider (shortlist) 2003: Keith Gray Warehouse 2003: Alison Prince Oranges and Murder (shortlist) 2004: Julie Bertagna Exodus (shortlist) 2007: Theresa Breslin Divided City (shortlist) Anisfield-Wolf Book Award2007: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Half of a Yellow Sun (joint winner)2008: Mohsin Hamid The Reluctant Fundamentalist Annual Contributors' Prize, Canadian Fiction Magazine1985: Rohinton MistryAnthony Award for Best First Mystery Novel2001: Stephen Booth Black Dog (shortlist)Anthony Award for Best First Novel (US)2010: Stuart Neville The Twelve (shortlist)Anthony Award for Best Novel1995: Val McDermid Crack Down (shortlist)2001: Val McDermid A Place of Execution Antoinette Perry Award for Best Play1968: Tom Stoppard Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead1976: Tom Stoppard Travesties 1984: Tom Stoppard The Real Thing APG Time Quarterly Short Story Anthology Competition2004: Aoife MannixArena Magazine Man of the Year Award (fiction)2005: Ewan Morrison (shortlist)Argosy Irish Non-Fiction Book of the Year2009: Seamus Heaney Stepping Stones (shortlsit (with Dennis O'Driscoll))Aristeion Literary Prize1996: Salman RushdieAristeion Translation Prize1996: George Szirtes New Life (shortlist)Arthur C Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction1987: Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale1992: Stephen Baxter Raft (shortlist) 1994: Stephen Baxter Coalescent (shortlist) 1996: Stephen Baxter The Time Ships (shortlist) 1997: Stephen Baxter Voyage (shortlist) 1997: Amitav Ghosh The Calcutta Chromosome 1998: Stephen Baxter Titan (shortlist) 2000: Stephen Baxter Time (shortlist) 2008: Sarah Hall The Carhullan Army (shortlist) Arthur Welton Award1992: Livi Michael Under a Thin MoonArts Council Book of the Year Award2005: Trezza Azzopardi Remember Me (shortlist)Arts Council England Decibel Award2008: Daljit Nagra Look We Have Coming to Dover!2008: Mohsin Hamid The Reluctant Fundamentalist (shortlist) Arts Council Grant/Award for Translation1970: Elaine Feinstein1979: Elaine Feinstein 1981: Elaine Feinstein Arts Council Macaulay Fellowship1973: John Banville Birchwood2002: Sinead Morrissey Arts Council National Book Award1979: Penelope Lively Treasures of TimeArts Council National Book Award for Genre Fiction1981: Ruth Rendell Lake of DarknessArts Council Northern Ireland Major Individual Artist Award2006: Glenn PattersonArts Council of Wales Book of the Year Award1988: William Owen Roberts Y Pla1990: Menna Elfyn Aderyn Bach Mewn Llaw: Cerddi 1976-1990 1992: Robin Llywelyn Seren Wen ar Gefndir Gwyn 1992: Christopher Meredith Griffri (shortlist) 1992: Emyr Humphreys Bonds of Attachment 1993: Robert Minhinnick Watching the Fire Eater 1998: Emyr Humphreys The Gift of a Daughter 1998: Stevie Davies The Web of Belonging (shortlist) 2000: Gwyneth Lewis Y Llofrudd Iaith 2000: Sarah Waters Affinity (shortlist) 2000: Sheenagh Pugh Stonelight 2001: Owen Sheers The Blue Book (shortlist)
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