Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction

Given by American Academy of Arts and Letters

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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 show more preceding year. It was established in 1979 in memory of author Sue Kaufman. show less
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WorkYear
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund
2018
Nitro Mountain: A novel by Lee Clay Johnson
2017
Night at the Fiestas: Stories by Kirstin Valdez Quade
2016
Little Reef and Other Stories by Michael Carroll
2015
The Miniature Wife: and Other Stories by Manuel Gonzales
2014
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
2013
Shards: A Novel by Ismet Prcic
2012
The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse
2011
The New Valley: Novellas by Josh Weil
2010
Beautiful Children by Charles Bock
2009
Transparency: Stories by Frances Hwang
2008
Whiteman by Tony D'Souza
2007
Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala
2006
Heaven Lake by John Dalton
2005
Lucky Girls: Stories by Nell Freudenberger
2004
Dear Mr. President by Gabe Hudson
2003
Yellow: Stories by Don Lee
2002
An Obedient Father by Akhil Sharma
2001
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges: Stories by Nathan Englander
2000
The Coast of Good Intentions by Michael Byers
1999
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
1998
Last Days of the Dog-Men: Stories by Brad Watson
1997
The Raven by Peter Landesman
1996
Winter Birds: A Novel by Jim Grimsley
1995
In the Sparrow Hills by Emile Capouya
1994
The long night of white chickens by Francisco Goldman
1993
Afghanistan by Alex Ullmann
1992
The Quincunx by Charles Palliser
1991
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
1990
The Garden State by Gary Krist
1989
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
1988
The All of It by Jeannette Haien
1987
Face by Cecile Pineda
1986
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
1985
Angels by Denis Johnson
1984
My Old Sweetheart by Susanna Moore
1983
Easy Travel to Other Planets by Ted Mooney
1982
Guys Like Us by Tom Lorenz
1981
Black Tickets: Stories by Jayne Anne Phillips
1980

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