Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
The Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction is presented annually by the American Academy of Arts and Letters conferred Literature Prize . It was donated in 1979 in memory of the author Sue Kaufman and is endowed with $ 5000 (as of 2019). The award is given to the best debut work of the previous year; In addition to novels, short story collections are also permitted.
Award winners
- 1980: Jayne Anne Phillips - Black Tickets
- 1981: Tom Lorenz - Guys Like Us
- 1982: Ted Mooney - Easy Travel to Other Planets
- 1983: Susanna Moore - My Old Sweetheart
- 1984: Denis Johnson - Angels
- 1985: Louise Erdrich - Love Medicine
- 1986: Cecile Pineda - Face
- 1987: Jeannette Haien - The All of It
- 1988: Kaye Gibbons - Ellen Foster
- 1989: Gary Krist - The Garden State
- 1990: Allan Gurganus - Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
- 1991: Charles Palliser - The Quincunx
- 1992: Alex Ullmann - Afghanistan
- 1993: Francisco Goldman - The Long Night of White Chickens
- 1994: Emile Capouya - In the Sparrow Hills
- 1995: Jim Grimsley - Winter Birds
- 1996: Peter Landesman - The Raven
- 1997: Brad Watson - Last Days of the Dog-Men
- 1998: Charles Frazier - Cold Mountain
- 1999: Michael Byers - The Coast of Good Intentions
- 2000: Nathan Englander - For the Relief of Unbearable Urges
- 2001: Akhil Sharma - An Obedient Father
- 2002: Don Lee - Yellow
- 2003: Gabe Hudson - Dear Mr. President
- 2004: Nell Freudenberger - Lucky Girls
- 2005: John Dalton - Heaven Lake
- 2006: Uzodinma Iweala - Beasts of No Nation
- 2007: Tony D'Souza - Whiteman
- 2008: Frances Hwang - Transparency: Stories
- 2009: Charles Bock - Beautiful Children
- 2010: Josh Weil - The New Valley
- 2011: Brando Skyhorse - The Madonnas of Echo Park
- 2012: Ismet Prcic - Shards
- 2013: Kevin Powers - The Yellow Birds
- 2014: Manuel Gonzales - The Miniature Wife
- 2015: Michael Carroll - Little Reef and Other Stories
- 2016: Kirstin Valdez Quade - Night at the Fiestas
- 2017: Lee Clay Johnson - Nitro Mountain
- 2018: Emily Fridlund - History of Wolves
- 2019: Jane Delury - Literature