Encore Award | |
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Sponsored by | Lucy Astor |
Date | 1990 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by |
Royal Society of Literature
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Reward(s) | £15,000 |
Website |
rsliterature |
The £15,000 Encore Award for the best second novel was first awarded in 1990. [1] It is sponsored by Lucy Astor, [1] presented by the Royal Society of Literature. The award fills a niche in the catalogue of literary prizes by celebrating the achievement of outstanding second novels, often neglected in comparison to the attention given to promising first books. [2] Entry is by publisher.
Year | Author | Book | Award |
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1990 | Peter Benson | A Lesser Dependency | £3,750 |
Paul Watkins | Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn [1] | £3,750 | |
1991 | Carey Harrison | Richard's Feet | £7,500 |
1992 | Iain Sinclair | Downriver [1] | £7,500 |
1993 | Colm Tóibín | The Heather Blazing [1] | £7,500 |
1994 | Amit Chaudhuri | Afternoon Raag [1] | £7,500 |
1995 | Dermot Healy | A Goat's Song [3] | £7,500 |
1996 | A. L. Kennedy | So I am Glad [1] | £7,500 |
1997 | David Flusfeder | Like Plastic | £7,500 |
1998 | Timothy O'Grady | I Could Read the Sky | £3,750 |
Alan Warner | These Demented Lands [1] | £3,750 | |
1999 | Christina Koning | Undiscovered Country [1] | £7,500 |
2000 | John Burnside | The Mercy Boys [4] | £2,500 |
Claire Messud | The Last Life | £2,500 | |
Matt Thorne | Eight Minutes Idle | £2,500 | |
Phil Whitaker | Triangulation | £2,500 | |
2001 | Anne Enright | What Are You Like? [5] | £10,000 |
2002 | Ali Smith | Hotel World [2] | £10,000 |
2003 | Jeremy Gavron | The Book of Israel | £10,000 |
2004 | Michelle de Kretser | The Hamilton Case [6] | £10,000 |
2005 | Nadeem Aslam | Maps for Lost Lovers [7] | £10,000 |
2006/07 | M. J. Hyland | Carry Me Down [2] | £10,000 |
2008/09 | Julia Leigh | Disquiet [8] | £10,000 |
2010/11 | Adam Foulds | The Quickening Maze | £10,000 |
2011 | Joe Dunthorne | Wild Abandon [9] | £10,000 |
2012 | Ned Beauman | The Teleportation Accident [10] | £10,000 |
2013 | Evie Wyld | All the Birds, Singing [11] | £10,000 |
2014 | Neel Mukherjee | The Lives of Others [12] | £10,000 |
2015 | Sunjeev Sahota | The Year of the Runaways [13] | £10,000 |
2017 | Ian McGuire | The North Water [14] | £10,000 |
2018 | Andrew Michael Hurley | Devil's Day [15] | £5,000 |
Lisa McInerney | The Blood Miracles [15] | £5,000 | |
2019 | Sally Rooney | Normal People [16] | £10,000 |
2020 | Patrick McGuinness | Throw Me to the Wolves [17] | £10,000 |
2021 | Caoilinn Hughes | The Wild Laughter [18] | £10,000 |
2022 | Francis Spufford | Light Perpetual [19] | £10,000 |
2023 | Daisy Hildyard | Emergency [20] | £10,000 |
2024 | Isabella Hammad | Enter Ghost [21] | £15,000 |
Encore Award | |
---|---|
Sponsored by | Lucy Astor |
Date | 1990 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by |
Royal Society of Literature
![]() |
Reward(s) | £15,000 |
Website |
rsliterature |
The £15,000 Encore Award for the best second novel was first awarded in 1990. [1] It is sponsored by Lucy Astor, [1] presented by the Royal Society of Literature. The award fills a niche in the catalogue of literary prizes by celebrating the achievement of outstanding second novels, often neglected in comparison to the attention given to promising first books. [2] Entry is by publisher.
Year | Author | Book | Award |
---|---|---|---|
1990 | Peter Benson | A Lesser Dependency | £3,750 |
Paul Watkins | Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn [1] | £3,750 | |
1991 | Carey Harrison | Richard's Feet | £7,500 |
1992 | Iain Sinclair | Downriver [1] | £7,500 |
1993 | Colm Tóibín | The Heather Blazing [1] | £7,500 |
1994 | Amit Chaudhuri | Afternoon Raag [1] | £7,500 |
1995 | Dermot Healy | A Goat's Song [3] | £7,500 |
1996 | A. L. Kennedy | So I am Glad [1] | £7,500 |
1997 | David Flusfeder | Like Plastic | £7,500 |
1998 | Timothy O'Grady | I Could Read the Sky | £3,750 |
Alan Warner | These Demented Lands [1] | £3,750 | |
1999 | Christina Koning | Undiscovered Country [1] | £7,500 |
2000 | John Burnside | The Mercy Boys [4] | £2,500 |
Claire Messud | The Last Life | £2,500 | |
Matt Thorne | Eight Minutes Idle | £2,500 | |
Phil Whitaker | Triangulation | £2,500 | |
2001 | Anne Enright | What Are You Like? [5] | £10,000 |
2002 | Ali Smith | Hotel World [2] | £10,000 |
2003 | Jeremy Gavron | The Book of Israel | £10,000 |
2004 | Michelle de Kretser | The Hamilton Case [6] | £10,000 |
2005 | Nadeem Aslam | Maps for Lost Lovers [7] | £10,000 |
2006/07 | M. J. Hyland | Carry Me Down [2] | £10,000 |
2008/09 | Julia Leigh | Disquiet [8] | £10,000 |
2010/11 | Adam Foulds | The Quickening Maze | £10,000 |
2011 | Joe Dunthorne | Wild Abandon [9] | £10,000 |
2012 | Ned Beauman | The Teleportation Accident [10] | £10,000 |
2013 | Evie Wyld | All the Birds, Singing [11] | £10,000 |
2014 | Neel Mukherjee | The Lives of Others [12] | £10,000 |
2015 | Sunjeev Sahota | The Year of the Runaways [13] | £10,000 |
2017 | Ian McGuire | The North Water [14] | £10,000 |
2018 | Andrew Michael Hurley | Devil's Day [15] | £5,000 |
Lisa McInerney | The Blood Miracles [15] | £5,000 | |
2019 | Sally Rooney | Normal People [16] | £10,000 |
2020 | Patrick McGuinness | Throw Me to the Wolves [17] | £10,000 |
2021 | Caoilinn Hughes | The Wild Laughter [18] | £10,000 |
2022 | Francis Spufford | Light Perpetual [19] | £10,000 |
2023 | Daisy Hildyard | Emergency [20] | £10,000 |
2024 | Isabella Hammad | Enter Ghost [21] | £15,000 |