The Writers' Prize
Established by author William Boyd and philanthropist Karen Alexander (via the Grazer/Boyd family charitable initiative), the prize is administered independently to support writers of literary fiction and non-fiction.
An international literary award created to recognize outstanding works of fiction and non-fiction, providing significant financial support directly to authors to help sustain their writing careers.
2024
- Won
The Wren, The Wren
Anne Enright
- Shortlisted
The Bee Sting
Paul Murray
- Shortlisted
The Fraud
Zadie Smith
2023
- Won
Scary Monsters
Michelle de Kretser
- Shortlisted
Emergency
Daisy Hildyard
- Shortlisted
Glory
NoViolet Bulawayo
- Shortlisted
Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout
- Shortlisted
Pure Colour
Sheila Heti
2022
- Won
The Magician
Colm Tóibín
- Shortlisted
Albert & the Whale
Philip Hoare
- Shortlisted
Assembly
Natasha Brown
- Shortlisted
China Room
Sunjeev Sahota
- Shortlisted
Men Who Feed Pigeons
Selima Hill
- Shortlisted
My Phantoms
Gwendoline Riley
- Shortlisted
Small Things like These
Claire Keegan
- Shortlisted
The Promise
Damon Galgut
2021
- Won
In the Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado
- Shortlisted
A Ghost in the Throat
Doireann Ní Ghríofa
- Shortlisted
As You Were
Elaine Feeney
- Shortlisted
handiwork
Sara Baume
- Shortlisted
Indelicacy
Amina Cain
- Shortlisted
My Darling from the Lions
Rachel Long
- Shortlisted
Poor
Caleb Femi
- Shortlisted
The Mermaid of Black Conch
Monique Roffey
2020
- Won
Lost Children Archive
Valeria Luiselli
- Shortlisted
Constellations
Sinéad Gleeson
- Shortlisted
Grand Union
Zadie Smith
- Shortlisted
Guest House for Young Widows
Azadeh Moaveni
- Shortlisted
On Chapel Sands
Laura Cumming
- Shortlisted
The Topeka School
Ben Lerner
- Shortlisted
Vertigo & Ghost
Fiona Benson
- Shortlisted
Victory
James Lasdun
2019
- Won
The Perseverance
Raymond Antrobus
- Shortlisted
Can You Tolerate This?
Ashleigh Young
- Shortlisted
Mary Ann Sate, Imbecile
Alice Jolly
- Shortlisted
Milkman
Anna Burns
- Shortlisted
Ordinary People
Diana Evans
- Shortlisted
The Crossway
Guy Stagg
- Shortlisted
There There
Tommy Orange
- Shortlisted
West
Carys Davies
2018
- Won
Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
Richard Lloyd Parry
- Shortlisted
Anything Is Possible
Elizabeth Strout
- Shortlisted
Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney
- Shortlisted
Exit West
Mohsin Hamid
- Shortlisted
Once Upon a Time in the East: A Story of Growing Up
Xiaolu Guo
- Shortlisted
Reservoir 13
Jon McGregor
- Shortlisted
The Day That Went Missing
Richard Beard
- Shortlisted
White Tears
Hari Kunzru
2017
- Won
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
Hisham Matar
- Shortlisted
Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War
Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami
- Shortlisted
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Madeleine Thien
- Shortlisted
Golden Hill
Francis Spufford
- Shortlisted
The Argonauts
Maggie Nelson
- Shortlisted
The Sport of Kings
C. E. Morgan
- Shortlisted
The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of Velazquez
Laura Cumming
- Shortlisted
This Census-Taker
China Miéville
2015
- Won
Family Life
Akhil Sharma
- Shortlisted
10:04
Ben Lerner
- Shortlisted
All My Puny Sorrows
Miriam Toews
- Shortlisted
Dept. of Speculation
Jenny Offill
- Shortlisted
Dust
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
- Shortlisted
How to Be Both
Ali Smith
- Shortlisted
Nora Webster
Colm Tóibín
- Shortlisted
Outline
Rachel Cusk
2014
- Won
Tenth of December: Stories
George Saunders
- Shortlisted
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
Eimear McBride
- Shortlisted
A Naked Singularity
Sergio De La Pava
- Shortlisted
Benediction
Kent Haruf
- Shortlisted
Last Friends
Jane Gardam
- Shortlisted
Red Doc
Anne Carson
- Shortlisted
Schroder
Amity Gaige
- Shortlisted
The Flamethrowers
Rachel Kushner