Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
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The Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction is awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The $5,000 prize is given for the best published first novel or collection of short stories in the preceding year. It was established in 1979 in memory of author Sue Kaufman.
[edit] Past Winners
- 1980 - Jayne Anne Phillips, Black Tickets
- 1981 - Tom Lorenz, Guys Like Us
- 1982 - Ted Mooney, Easy Travel to Other Planets
- 1983 - Susanna Moore, My Old Sweetheart
- 1984 - Denis Johnson, Angels
- 1985 - Louise Erdrich, Love Medicine
- 1986 - Cecile Pineda, Face
- 1987 - Jeannette Haien, The All of It
- 1988 - Kaye Gibbons, Ellen Foster
- 1989 - Gary Krist, The Garden State
- 1990 - Allan Gurganus, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
- 1991 - Charles Palliser, The Quincunx
- 1992 - Alex Ullmann, Afghanistan
- 1993 - Francisco Goldman, The Long Night of White Chickens
- 1994 - Emile Capouya, In the Sparrow Hills
- 1995 - Jim Grimsley, Winter Birds
- 1996 - Peter Landesman, The Raven
- 1997 - Brad Watson, Last Days of the Dog-Men
- 1998 - Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain
- 1999 - Michael Byers, The Coast of Good Intentions
- 2000 - Nathan Englander, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges
- 2001 - Akhil Sharma, An Obedient Father
- 2002 - Don Lee, Yellow
- 2003 - Gabe Hudson, Dear Mr. President
- 2004 - Nell Freudenberger, Lucky Girls
- 2005 - John Dalton, Heaven Lake
- 2006 - Uzodinma Iweala, Beasts of No Nation
- 2007 - Tony D'Souza, Whiteman
