The Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize | |
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Awarded for | Exceptional first novels |
Date | 25 July 2024 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | Waterstones |
First awarded | 2022 |
Website |
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The Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, established in 2022, [1] is an annual literary award presented by British bookseller Waterstones to the best debut fiction published in the previous 12 months. The award is intended to "celebrate[] the very best fresh voices in fiction and share[] the joy and magic of discovering new authors." [1] Fictional books of all genres are considered, "including genre fiction such as crime, sci-fi and fantasy as well as fiction in translation." [2] [3]
Award winners receive £5,000 [3] and "the backing of all Waterstones shops." [2]
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Tess Gunty | The Rabbit Hutch | Winner | [4] |
Sequoia Nagamatsu | How High We Go in the Dark | Shortlist | [5] [6] [7] | |
Eloghosa Osunde | Vagabonds! | |||
Tara M. Stringfellow | Memphis | |||
Bonnie Garmus | Lessons in Chemistry | |||
Louise Kennedy | Trespasses | |||
2023 | Alice Winn | In Memoriam | Winner | [8] |
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah | Chain-Gang All-Stars | Shortlist | [9] | |
Jacqueline Crooks | Fire Rush | |||
Michael Magee | Close to Home | |||
Cecile Pin | Wandering Souls | |||
Colin Walsh | Kala | |||
2024 | Kaveh Akbar | Martyr! | Shortlist | [10] [11] [12] |
Kaliane Bradley | The Ministry of Time | |||
Josie Ferguson | The Silence in Between | |||
Hanako Footman | Mongrel | |||
Ferdia Lennon | Glorious Exploits | |||
Rebecca K Reilly | Greta and Valdin |