MCKITTERICK PRIZE

The 'McKitterick Prize' is a United Kingdom literary prize. It is administered by the Society of Authors. It was endowed by Tom McKitterick, who had been an editor of the ''Political Quarterly'' but had also written a novel which was never published. The prize is awarded annually for a first novel (which need not have been published) by an author over 40. As of 2006, the value of the prize is £4000.
The McKitterick Prize was first awarded in 1990. Past winners include:

★ Simon Mawer (1990), for ''Chimera''

★ John Loveday (1991), for ''A Summer to Halo''

★ Alberto Manguel (1992), for ''News from a Foreign Country Came''

★ Andrew Barrow (1993), for ''Tap Dancer''

★ Helen Dunmore (1994), for ''Zennor in Darkness''

★ Christopher Bigsby (1995), for ''Hester''

★ Stephen Blanchard (1996), for ''Gagarin and I''

★ Patricia Duncker (1997), for ''Hallucinating Foucault''

★ Eli Gottlieb (1998), for ''The Boy Who Went Away''

★ Magnus Mills (1999), for ''The Restraint of Beasts''

★ Chris Dolan (2000), for ''Ascension Day''

★ Giles Waterfield (2001) for ''The Long Afternoon''.

★ Manil Suri (2002), for ''The Death of Vishnu''

★ Mary Lawson (2003), for ''Crow Lake''

★ Mark Haddon (2004), ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time''

★ Lloyd Jones (2005) for ''Mr Vogel''

★ Peter Pouncey (2006) for ''Rules for Old Men Waiting''.

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★ Society of Authors