Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize
The Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize was a promotional initiative and literary award for British writers of outstanding works of fiction.[1]
History
[edit]Fiction Uncovered was established as a promotional tool in 2010 by The Literary Platform, supported by Arts Council England with funding from The National Lottery.[2][3][4] From 2011, it selected eight books to highlight each year through its own website, author events, and partnerships with retailers.[3][4] It became the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize with sponsorship from the Jerwood Foundation from 2014, awarding £5,000 to each of the eight authors.[5][6][7] Fiction Uncovered was cancelled in 2016 when the Jerwood sponsorship ended.[8]
Past winners
[edit]| Year | Author | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Lindsay Clarke | The Water Theatre | |
| Robert Edric | The London Satyr | ||
| Catherine Hall | The Proof of Love | ||
| Sarah Moss | Night Waking | ||
| Chris Paling | Nimrod's Shadow | ||
| Tim Pears | Disputed Land | ||
| Ray Robinson | Forgetting Zoë | ||
| Jake Wallis Simons | The English German Girl | ||
| 2012 | Peter Benson | Two Cows and a Vanful of Smoke | |
| Cressida Connelly | My Former Heart | ||
| Jill Dawson | Lucky Bunny | ||
| Tibor Fischer | Crushed Mexican Spiders | ||
| Doug Johnstone | Hit and Run | ||
| Susanna Jones | When Nights Were Cold | ||
| David Park | The Light of Amsterdam | ||
| Dan Rhodes | This Is Life | ||
| 2013 | Lucy Caldwell | All the Beggars Riding | |
| Anthony Cartwright | How I Killed Margaret Thatcher | ||
| Niven Govinden | Black Bread White Beer | ||
| Nikita Lalwani | The Village | ||
| Nell Leyshon | The Colour of Milk | ||
| James Meek | The Heart Broke In | ||
| Amy Sackville | Orkney | ||
| Rupert Thomson | Secrecy | ||
| 2014 | Ben Brooks | Lolito | [9][10] |
| Bernardine Evaristo | Mr Loverman | [9][10] | |
| Lesley Glaister | Little Egypt | [9][10] | |
| Cynan Jones | The Dig | [9][10] | |
| Gareth Roberts | Whatever Happened to Billy Parks? | [9][10] | |
| Naomi Wood | Mrs. Hemingway | [9][10] | |
| Gerard Woodward | Vanishing | [9][10] | |
| Evie Wyld | All The Birds, Singing | [9][10][11] | |
| 2015 | Susan Barker | The Incarnations | [12] |
| Carys Davies | The Redemption of Galen Pike | [12] | |
| Jo Mazelis | Significance | [12] | |
| Grace McCleen | The Offering | [12] | |
| Bethan Roberts | Mother Island | [12] | |
| Lavie Tidhar | A Man Lies Dreaming | [12] | |
| Emma Jane Unsworth | Animals | [12] | |
| David Whitehouse | Mobile Library | [12] |
References
[edit]- ^ Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize: Winners Announced Archived 6 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ^ "UK Launches "Fiction Uncovered" to Promote Eight Underappreciated Authors". Publishing Perspectives. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Turn up for the books: Fiction Uncovered boosts eight neglected authors". The Guardian. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Fiction Uncovered promotion opens to self-published authors". The Bookseller. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Jerwood sponsorship for Fiction Uncovered". The Bookseller. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Evie Wyld wins prize double at Encore and Jerwood Fiction Uncovered awards". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "UK's Fiction Uncovered Adds £80K Jerwood Name, Self-Pub". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Fiction Uncovered cancels 2016 prize, seeks sponsorship". The Bookseller. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Haig, Matt (20 June 2014). "What the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered prize reveals". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Awards: Jerwood Fiction Uncovered". Shelf Awareness. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ Flood, Alison (20 June 2014). "Evie Wyld wins prize double at Encore and Jerwood Fiction Uncovered awards". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Awards: Jerwood Fiction Uncovered". Shelf Awareness. 19 June 2015. Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.