Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
- Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
The Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction is awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The $5,000 prize is given for the best published first novel or collection of short stories in the preceding year. It was established in 1979 in memory of author Sue Kaufman.
Past 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"
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