{"id":5580,"date":"2020-05-08T22:19:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T21:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/prizes\/the-soa-awards\/mckitterick-prize\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T16:11:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T15:11:03","slug":"mckitterick-prize","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/prizes\/the-soa-awards\/mckitterick-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"McKitterick Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tom McKitterick, the former editor of&nbsp;Political Quarterly and author of an unpublished novel, endowed the McKitterick Prize which was first awarded in 1990. It is also generously supported by Hawthornden Literary Retreat. It is given annually to an author over the age of 40 for a first novel, published or unpublished.<\/p><p>&nbsp;The prize money is \u00a34,000 for the winner and \u00a32,000 for the runner-up, with each shortlisted author receiving \u00a31,000 (up to four authors).&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>The McKitterick Prize is closed for submissions.<\/strong><\/p><style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5580_5326a7-01 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5580_5326a7-01 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-5580_5326a7-01\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The 2024 McKitterick Prize winner<\/h2><style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5580_c1feb5-da .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5580_c1feb5-da .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-5580_c1feb5-da\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 35%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Wenyan Lu<\/strong> for&nbsp;<em>The Funeral Cryer<\/em>&nbsp;(Allen &amp; Unwin, Atlantic Books)<\/h4>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p>Photography \u00a9 Natalie Thorpe<\/p><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-W-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151192 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-W-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-W-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-W-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-W-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-W-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-W-247x247.jpg 247w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-W-510x510.jpg 510w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-W-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-W.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5580_5525f1-d6 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5580_5525f1-d6 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-5580_5525f1-d6\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The 2024 McKitterick Prize runner-up<\/h2><style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5580_652224-b7 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5580_652224-b7 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-5580_652224-b7\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 35%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chidi Ebere <\/strong>for&nbsp;<em>Now I Am Here<\/em>&nbsp;(Pan Macmillan, Picador)<\/h4>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p>Photography \u00a9 Natalie Thorpe<\/p><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-RU-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151193 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-RU-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-RU-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-RU-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-RU-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-RU-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-RU-247x247.jpg 247w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-RU-510x510.jpg 510w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-RU-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McKitt-RU.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5580_20a724-91 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5580_20a724-91 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-5580_20a724-91\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The 2024 McKitterick Prize shortlist<\/h2><style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5580_91f5bb-92 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5580_91f5bb-92 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-5580_91f5bb-92\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div><p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Jacqueline Crooks<\/strong> for&nbsp;<em>Fire Rush<\/em>&nbsp;(Jonathan Cape, Vintage, Penguin Random House)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Allan Radcliffe<\/strong> for&nbsp;<em>The Old Haunts<\/em>&nbsp;(Fairlight Books)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Aoife Fitzpatrick <\/strong>for&nbsp;<em>The Red Bird Sings<\/em>&nbsp;(Virago)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Greg Jackson<\/strong> for&nbsp;<em>The Dimensions of a Cave<\/em>&nbsp;(Granta)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Wenyan Lu<\/strong> for&nbsp;<em>The Funeral Cryer<\/em>&nbsp;(Atlantic Books, Allen &amp; Unwin)<\/p><div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;It is exciting to judge a prize and encounter such a depth of talent. Though hugely varied in subject matter and style, the writers on the shortlist all impressed me with the clarity of their creative vision and their narrative authority on the page&#8221;<\/p><cite>\u2014 &nbsp;<strong>R\u00f3n\u00e1n Hession<\/strong>, 2024 McKitterick Prize judge<\/cite><\/blockquote><div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div><p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you are interested in buying any of the books shortlisted here, please visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/lists\/soa-awards-2024-winners-and-shortlisted\">Bookshop.org.&nbsp;<\/a>A percentage of each sale will go to the Drusilla Harvey Access Fund, providing access grants to help authors attend events, residencies and retreats.<\/p><style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5580_a6c13f-22 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5580_a6c13f-22 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data-start-open=\"none\"><div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-4 kt-pane5580_bdfa3e-ad\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">2024 judges<\/span><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-fe_arrowRightCircle kt-btn-side-right\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"  fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><circle cx=\"12\" cy=\"12\" r=\"10\"\/><polyline points=\"12 16 16 12 12 8\"\/><line x1=\"8\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"16\" y2=\"12\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\"><p>With thanks, the judges of the 2024 McKitterick Prize:<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gonzalo C. Garcia<\/h4>\n\n<style>.kb-image5580_4cb2da-4d.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image5580_4cb2da-4d .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:204px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image5580_4cb2da-4d.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image5580_4cb2da-4d .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image5580_4cb2da-4d figure{max-width:204px;}.kb-image5580_4cb2da-4d .image-is-svg, .kb-image5580_4cb2da-4d .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image5580_4cb2da-4d .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image5580_4cb2da-4d\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gonzalo-McKitterick-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-102911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gonzalo-McKitterick-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gonzalo-McKitterick-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gonzalo-McKitterick-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gonzalo-McKitterick-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gonzalo-McKitterick-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gonzalo-McKitterick-510x383.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>Gonzalo C. Garcia is a Chilean writer and Assistant Professor in Creative Writing at the Warwick Writing Programme. His first novel, <em>We Are The End<\/em>, launched in October 2017 with Galley Beggar Press and was nominated for the Edinburgh Festival First Novel Award 2017. He was also shortlisted for the 2021 Bristol Short Story Prize. He is currently working on his second book and teaching creative writing.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rebecca Foster<\/h4>\n\n<style>.kb-image5580_e22fa8-d2.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image5580_e22fa8-d2 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:189px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image5580_e22fa8-d2.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image5580_e22fa8-d2 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image5580_e22fa8-d2 figure{max-width:189px;}.kb-image5580_e22fa8-d2 .image-is-svg, .kb-image5580_e22fa8-d2 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image5580_e22fa8-d2 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image5580_e22fa8-d2\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/McKitterick-Rebecca-Foster-c-Chris-Foster-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-102906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/McKitterick-Rebecca-Foster-c-Chris-Foster-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/McKitterick-Rebecca-Foster-c-Chris-Foster-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/McKitterick-Rebecca-Foster-c-Chris-Foster-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/McKitterick-Rebecca-Foster-c-Chris-Foster-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/McKitterick-Rebecca-Foster-c-Chris-Foster-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/McKitterick-Rebecca-Foster-c-Chris-Foster-510x383.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>\u00a9 Chris Foster<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>Rebecca Foster is a freelance proofreader and literary critic. From Maryland, USA, she has now lived in England for over 15 years. Her first degree was in English and Religion; she also has an MA in Victorian Literature from the University of Leeds. An associate editor for Bookmarks magazine, she reviews books for multiple print and online publications on both sides of the pond, including BookBrowse, Foreword Reviews, Shelf Awareness, the Times Literary Supplement and Wasafiri, as well as on her blog, Bookish Beck. She volunteers in her local library and is an avid follower of literary prizes.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott<\/h4>\n\n<style>.kb-image5580_2c0370-c9.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image5580_2c0370-c9 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:150px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image5580_2c0370-c9.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image5580_2c0370-c9 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image5580_2c0370-c9 figure{max-width:150px;}.kb-image5580_2c0370-c9 .image-is-svg, .kb-image5580_2c0370-c9 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image5580_2c0370-c9 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image5580_2c0370-c9\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"964\" src=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mckitterick-prize-Kelleigh-Greenberg-Jephcott.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-102907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mckitterick-prize-Kelleigh-Greenberg-Jephcott.png 738w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mckitterick-prize-Kelleigh-Greenberg-Jephcott-230x300.png 230w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mckitterick-prize-Kelleigh-Greenberg-Jephcott-510x666.png 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott is a Texas-born author and screenwriter living in London and Los Angeles. Her debut novel <em>Swan Song<\/em> was published by Penguin Random House\/ Hutchinson in 2018. She holds a BFA (Directing) from Carnegie Mellon University, studied screenwriting at USC and has been honoured by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a finalist for the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. A graduate of UEA\u2019s Creative Writing MA, she was the recipient of the Bridport Prize for a first novel. <em>Swan Song<\/em> was named a Book of the Year by The Times, was longlisted for the Women&#8217;s Prize for Fiction, shortlisted for the Goldsboro Glass Bell Award and was the winner of the 2019 McKitterick Prize.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">R\u00f3n\u00e1n Hession<\/h4>\n\n<style>.kb-image5580_beeda7-e0.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image5580_beeda7-e0 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:138px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image5580_beeda7-e0.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image5580_beeda7-e0 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image5580_beeda7-e0 figure{max-width:138px;}.kb-image5580_beeda7-e0 .image-is-svg, .kb-image5580_beeda7-e0 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image5580_beeda7-e0 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image5580_beeda7-e0\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/M-Ronan-Hession-No-Photo-Credit-819x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-146343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/M-Ronan-Hession-No-Photo-Credit-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/M-Ronan-Hession-No-Photo-Credit-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/M-Ronan-Hession-No-Photo-Credit-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/M-Ronan-Hession-No-Photo-Credit-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/M-Ronan-Hession-No-Photo-Credit-510x638.jpeg 510w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/M-Ronan-Hession-No-Photo-Credit.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption>\u00a9 City Headshots Dublin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>R\u00f3n\u00e1n Hession is an Irish writer and musician based in Dublin. His debut novel <em>Leonard and Hungry Paul <\/em>was published by Bluemoose Books in 2019. It was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year, the An Post Irish Book Awards, the British Book Awards, the Books Are My Bag Awards, the Dalkey Literary Prize, the McKitterick Prize, and was longlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize. Leonard and Hungry Paul was selected by Dublin City Council as the 2021 One Dublin One Book. It was also chosen by the Sunday Times as one of the 50 Great Irish Novels of the 21st Century. Ron\u00e1n\u2019s second novel <em>Panenka<\/em> was published in May 2021. It was shortlisted for Novel of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards and the for Books Are My Bag Fiction prize. As Mumblin\u2019 Deaf Ro, he has released three albums of storytelling songs. His third album <em>Dictionary Crimes <\/em>was shortlisted for the Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year. R\u00f3n\u00e1n has been a judge for the An Post Irish Books Awards and the British Book Awards. He also reviews fiction in translation for the Irish Times. He is currently working on his third novel, <em>Ghost Mountain<\/em>, which will be published in 2024.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anietie Isong<\/h4>\n\n<style>.kb-image5580_4a4d82-6d.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image5580_4a4d82-6d .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:142px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image5580_4a4d82-6d.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image5580_4a4d82-6d .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image5580_4a4d82-6d figure{max-width:142px;}.kb-image5580_4a4d82-6d .image-is-svg, .kb-image5580_4a4d82-6d .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image5580_4a4d82-6d .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image5580_4a4d82-6d\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mckitterick-Prize-Anietie-Isong-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-102908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mckitterick-Prize-Anietie-Isong-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mckitterick-Prize-Anietie-Isong-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mckitterick-Prize-Anietie-Isong-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mckitterick-Prize-Anietie-Isong-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mckitterick-Prize-Anietie-Isong-510x765.jpg 510w, https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mckitterick-Prize-Anietie-Isong.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>Anietie Isong\u2019s novel, <em>Radio Sunrise<\/em>, won the 2018 McKitterick Prize. His collection of short stories, <em>Someone Like Me<\/em>, won the first Headlight Review Chapbook Prize for Prose Fiction in 2020. He received the Authors&#8217; Foundation grant for his new novel, <em>News at Noon,<\/em> which was published in 2022 by Jacaranda Books. Isong has been featured at the Birmingham Literature Festival, Marlborough Literature Festival, Henley Literary Festival, among other literary festivals. He holds a PhD in New Media and Writing.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nick Rennison<\/h4>\n\n<style>.kb-image5580_8b6465-1b.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image5580_8b6465-1b .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:140px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image5580_8b6465-1b.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image5580_8b6465-1b .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image5580_8b6465-1b figure{max-width:140px;}.kb-image5580_8b6465-1b .image-is-svg, .kb-image5580_8b6465-1b .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image5580_8b6465-1b .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image5580_8b6465-1b\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"181\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/societyofauthors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/McKitterick-Nick-Rennison-c-David-Lawrence.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-102910\"\/><figcaption>\u00a9 David Lawrence<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>Nick Rennison is a writer, editor and bookseller with a particular interest in modern history and crime fiction. He is the editor of six anthologies of short stories and has written books on a wide variety of subjects from Freud and psychoanalysis to the history of Bohemian London. His two novels, <em>Carver\u2019s Quest <\/em>and <em>Carver\u2019s Truth<\/em>, are both set in nineteenth-century London. He is a regular reviewer for the Sunday Times, for which he has written a monthly column on historical fiction for more than a decade. He has in the past been a judge for the Historical Writers\u2019 Association Gold Crown for historical fiction and for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-1 kt-pane5580_a959a8-34\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">Past winners<\/span><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-fe_arrowRightCircle kt-btn-side-right\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"  fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><circle cx=\"12\" cy=\"12\" r=\"10\"\/><polyline points=\"12 16 16 12 12 8\"\/><line x1=\"8\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"16\" y2=\"12\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\"><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Louise Kennedy<strong> <\/strong>for <em>Trespasses<\/em> (Bloomsbury Publishing)<\/li>\n\n<li>Runner up: Liz Hyder for <em>The Gifts<\/em> (Manilla Press, Bonnier Books UK)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2022<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>David Annand<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>for&nbsp;<em>Peterdown<\/em> (Little, Brown Book Group)<\/li>\n\n<li>Runner up: Lisa Taddeo<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>for&nbsp;<em>Animal<\/em> (Bloomsbury)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2021<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Elaine Feeney&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>As You Were<\/em>&nbsp;(Harvill Secker, Vintage) \u00a34,000<\/li>\n\n<li>Runner-up:&nbsp;Deepa Anappara&nbsp;for Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line (Chatto &amp; Windus, Vintage) \u00a31,250<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2020<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Claire Adam&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Golden Child&nbsp;<\/em>(Faber and Faber) \u00a34,000<\/li>\n\n<li>Runner-up: Taffy Brodesser-Akner&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Fleishman is in Trouble&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;(Wildfire, Headline) \u00a31,250<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2019<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Swan Song&nbsp;<\/em>(Hutchinson) \u00a34,000<\/li>\n\n<li>Runner-up: Carys Davies&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>West&nbsp;<\/em>(Granta Books) \u00a31,250<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2018<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Anietie Isongfor&nbsp;<em>Radio Sunrise<\/em>&nbsp;(Jacaranda) \u00a34,000<\/li>\n\n<li>Runner-up: Frances Maynard&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>The Seven Rules of Elvira Carr&nbsp;<\/em>(Mantle) \u00a31,250<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2017<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>David Dyer&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>The Midnight Watch<\/em>&nbsp;(Atlantic Books) \u00a34,000<\/li>\n\n<li>Runner-up: Austin Duffy&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>This Living &amp; immortal Thing<\/em>&nbsp;(Granta) \u00a31,000<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2016<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Petina Gappah&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>The Book of Memory<\/em>&nbsp;(Faber) \u00a34,000<\/li>\n\n<li>Runner-up: Nick Coleman&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Pillow Man<\/em>&nbsp;(Cape) \u00a31,000<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2015<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Robert Allison&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>The Letter Bearer&nbsp;<\/em>(Granta) \u00a34,000<\/li>\n\n<li>Runner-up:&nbsp;Paul Ewen&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Francis Pug: How To Be A Public Author&nbsp;<\/em>(Galley Beggar Press) \u00a31,000<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2014<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Gabriel Weston&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Dirty Work<\/em>&nbsp;(Cape) \u00a34,000&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li>Runner-up:&nbsp;Gabriel Gbadamosi&nbsp;for<em>&nbsp;Vauxhall&nbsp;<\/em>(Telegram Books) \u00a31,000<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2013<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Alison Moore&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>The Lighthouse<\/em>&nbsp;(Salt) \u00a34,000&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li>Runner-up:&nbsp;Caroline Brothers&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Hinterland<\/em>&nbsp;(Bloomsbury)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2012<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ginny Baily&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Africa Junction<\/em>&nbsp;(Harvill Secker \/ Vintage) \u00a34,000<\/li>\n\n<li>Runner-up:&nbsp;Cressida Connolly&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>My Former Heart<\/em>&nbsp;(Fourth Estate)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2011<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Emma Henderson&nbsp;for<em>&nbsp;Grace Williams Says It Loud&nbsp;<\/em>(Sceptre) \u00a34,000<\/li>\n\n<li>Runner-up:&nbsp;Frances Kay&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Micka&nbsp;<\/em>(Picador)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2010<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Raphael Selbourne&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Beauty<\/em>&nbsp;(Tindal Street Press) \u00a34,000<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2009<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Chris Hannan&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Missy&nbsp;<\/em>(Chatto) \u00a34,000<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2008<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jennie Walker&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>24 for 3<\/em>&nbsp;(Bloomsbury) \u00a34,000<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2007<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reina James&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>This Time of Dying<\/em>&nbsp;(Portobello)&nbsp;\u00a34,000<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2006<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Peter Pouncey&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Rules for Old Men Waiting<\/em>&nbsp;(Chatto &amp; 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He worked as a wartime censor with the French army in the middle East, which later inspired the unpublished novel he wrote at age 65. The novel was also set during war and took place across Lebanon, Algiers and Bordeaux. McKitterick was the joint editor of the magazine <em>Political Quarterly <\/em>from 1957\u20131966 and a regular contributor to radio programmes on topics of world service. Along, with Leonard Woolf (under the pen name Kenneth Younger) he was a contributing editor for <em>Fabian International Essays<\/em>, which was published by Hogarth Press in 1957.<\/p>\n\n<p>Having written an unpublished novel himself later on in life, Tom McKitterick was keen to celebrate and uphold unpublished and first time authors. He became a member of the Society of Authors on 9 January 1981 and after his death, he left a trust to set up the McKitterick Prize, which was awarded for the first time in 1990.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hawthornden Foundation<\/h4>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawthornden.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hawthornden Foundation<\/a>&nbsp;is a private charitable foundation supporting contemporary writers and the literary arts. Established by Drue Heinz, the noted philanthropist and patron of the arts, the Foundation is named after Hawthornden Castle in Midlothian, Scotland, where an international residential fellowship program provides month-long retreats for creative writers from all disciplines to work in peaceful surroundings. 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