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.
| Encore Award | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored by | Lucy Astor |
| Date | 1990 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | Royal Society of Literature  |
| Reward(s) | £15,000 |
| Website | rsliterature |
List of winners
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| 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 |
References
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- ^ a b "Encore award winners 2018" (PDF). Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ Wood, Heloise (14 June 2019). "Rooney takes £10k Encore Award for Normal People". The Bookseller. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ Chandler, Mark (25 June 2020). "McGuinness wins £10,000 Encore Award for Throw Me To The Wolves". The Bookseller. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ Doyle, Martin (20 May 2021). "Caoilinn Hughes wins £10,000 Encore award for The Wild Laughter". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Francis Spufford won the 2022 Encore Award for Light Perpetual (Faber & Faber)". rsliterature.org. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "Hildyard wins £10,000 Encore Award for Emergency". The Bookseller. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Hammad wins 2024 RSL Encore Award". Books+Publishing. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.