Encore Award

Encore Award
Sponsored byLucy Astor
Date1990; 34 years ago (1990)
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byRoyal Society of Literature Edit this on Wikidata
Reward(s)£15,000
Websitersliterature.org/award/rsl-encore-award/

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.

List of winners

Colm Tóibín won with The Heather Blazing in 1993.
Anne Enright won with What Are You Like? in 2001.
Ali Smith won with Hotel World in 2002.
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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  2. ^ a b c Clark, Alex (27 May 2007). "I'm no judge of fashion". Culture. The Observer. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Dermot Healy at Cafe Sessions - Entertainment - Going Out - Articles - Anglo Celt". Anglocelt.ie. 4 November 2009. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  4. ^ "John Burnside's top 10 Scottish poetry collections". The Guardian. 7 February 2005. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  5. ^ Williams, Martin (17 October 2007). "Booker Prize won by outsider Anne Enright". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  6. ^ Mukherjee, Neel (4 September 2008). "Dog Days". Time. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  7. ^ Pauli, Michelle (23 February 2006). "Decibel award shortlist announced | Books | guardian.co.uk". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  8. ^ Prizes, grants and awards | The Encore Award | The 2009 shortlist. The Society of Authors. Archived 16 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Joe Dunthorne wins the 2012 Encore Award | Society of Authors - Protecting the rights and furthering the interests of authors". 1 June 2012. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  10. ^ "2012 Winner". Encore Award. 2013. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  11. ^ "2013 Winner". Encore Award. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  12. ^ "2014 Winner". Encore Award. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  13. ^ "The Encore Award for the best second novel". Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  14. ^ "The Encore Award for the best second novel" (PDF). Royal Society of Literature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  15. ^ a b "Encore award winners 2018" (PDF). Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  16. ^ Wood, Heloise (14 June 2019). "Rooney takes £10k Encore Award for Normal People". The Bookseller. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  17. ^ Chandler, Mark (25 June 2020). "McGuinness wins £10,000 Encore Award for Throw Me To The Wolves". The Bookseller. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  18. ^ Doyle, Martin (20 May 2021). "Caoilinn Hughes wins £10,000 Encore award for The Wild Laughter". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Francis Spufford won the 2022 Encore Award for Light Perpetual (Faber & Faber)". rsliterature.org. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  20. ^ "Hildyard wins £10,000 Encore Award for Emergency". The Bookseller. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Hammad wins 2024 RSL Encore Award". Books+Publishing. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.