Literary Awards - Contemporary Writers

British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year

1992: Raymond Briggs The Man
1996: Philip Pullman Northern Lights
1998: J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
1999: J K Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2000: Jacqueline Wilson The Illustrated Mum
2000: Philip Pullman The Amber Spyglass
2001: Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl
2002: Anthony Horowitz Skeleton Key (shortlist)
2003: Jacqueline Wilson Girls in Tears
2003: Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2003: Philip Pullman Lyra's Oxford (shortlist)
2004: Anthony Horowitz Eagle Strike (shortlist)
2005: Lauren Child Clarice Bean Spells Trouble (shortlist)
2005: Anthony Horowitz Scorpia (shortlist)
2006: Anthony Horowitz Ark Angel
2007: Geraldine McCaughrean Peter Pan in Scarlet (shortlist)
2007: Terry Pratchett Wintersmith (shortlist)
2007: Oliver Jeffers The Incredible Book Eating Boy (shortlist)
2008: Michael Morpurgo Born to Run (shortlist)
2008: Jacqueline Wilson Kiss (shortlist)

British Book Awards Crime Thriller of the Year

2005: P. D. James The Murder Room (shortlist)
2005: Ian Rankin Fleshmarket Close
2006: P. D. James The Lighthouse (shortlist)
2007: Ian Rankin The Naming of the Dead
2007: Kate Atkinson One Good Turn (shortlist)
2008: Ian Rankin Exit Music (shortlist)
2008: Val McDermid The Grave Tattoo (shortlist)

British Book Awards Decibel Writer of the Year

2005: Hari Kunzru Transmission
2005: Andrea Levy (shortlist)
2005: Benjamin Zephaniah (shortlist)
2006: Zadie Smith On Beauty (shortlist)
2006: Nadeem Aslam Maps for Lost Lovers (shortlist)
2007: Jackie Kay Wish I Was Here
2007: John Agard We Brits (shortlist)
2007: Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss (shortlist)

British Book Awards History Book of the Year

2003: Simon Winchester The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary (shortlist)

British Book Awards Illustrated Book of the Year

1999: Raymond Briggs Ethel & Ernest
2003: Peter Ackroyd Illustrated London (shortlist)

British Book Awards Lifetime Achievement Award

2003: Alan Bennett
2008: J K Rowling

British Book Awards Literary Fiction Award

2003: Monica Ali Brick Lane (shortlist)
2003: Martin Amis Yellow Dog (shortlist)
2003: Zoe Heller Notes on a Scandal (shortlist)
2003: Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2005: Susanna Clarke Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (shortlist)
2005: Andrea Levy Small Island (shortlist)
2005: David Mitchell Cloud Atlas
2005: Colm Tóibín The Master (shortlist)

British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year

2003: Jon McGregor If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things (shortlist)
2003: Monica Ali Brick Lane
2003: Clare Morrall Astonishing Splashes of Colour (shortlist)
2003: DBC Pierre Vernon God Little (shortlist)
2005: Susanna Clarke Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

British Book Awards Popular Fiction Award

2008: Robert Harris The Ghost (shortlist)
2009: Sebastian Faulks Devil May Care

British Book Awards Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year

2005: David Mitchell Cloud Atlas
2006: Kate Mosse Labyrinth
2007: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Half of a Yellow Sun (shortlist)
2008: Lloyd Jones Mister Pip (shortlist)
2008: Peter Ho Davies The Welsh Girl (shortlist)
2009: Kate Atkinson When Will There Be Good News?

British Book Awards Richard and Judy Best Read of the Year

2007: William Boyd Restless (shortlist)

British Book Awards TV and Film Book of the Year

2006: John le Carré The Constant Gardener

British Book Awards: Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year

2008: Patrick Gale Notes from an Exhibition (shortlist)

British Comedy Award for Best New TV Series

1994: Patrick Marber Knowing Me, Knowing You

British Comedy Award for Best Radio Series

1993: Patrick Marber Knowing Me, Knowing You

British Comparative Literature Association Translation Prize

: Sheenagh Pugh

British Fantasy Award

1989: Terry Pratchett Pyramids (Best Novel)
1995: Philip Pullman Northern Lights (shortlist)
1995: Chaz Brenchley Dead of Light (shortlist)
1996: Chaz Brenchley Dispossessed (shortlist)
1997: Chaz Brenchley Light Errant
1998: Chaz Brenchley Tower of the King's Daughter (shortlist)
1999: Chaz Brenchley Shelter (shortlist)

British Independent Film Award

2001: Frank Cottrell Boyce The Claim (nomination)
2005: Frank Cottrell Boyce Millions (Best Screenplay)

British Petroleum Independence Literary Award

1965: Earl Lovelace While Gods Are Falling

British Science Fiction Association Award

1972: Brian Aldiss The Moment of Eclipse
1982: Brian Aldiss Helliconia Spring
1996: Stephen Baxter The Time Ships (best novel)
2001: Stephen Baxter Omegatropic (best non-fiction)