John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

Running since 1942, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize awards the best work of literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama) by a writer under 35. Award amount is £5000, with £500 going to each of 5 shortlisted authors. The Prize is now administered by Booktrust.

2006

The Carhullan Army Winner

Sarah Hall

The Wild Places

Robert Macfarlane

Occupational Hazards

Rory Stewart

Joshua Spassky

Gwendoline Riley

Blood Kin

Ceridwen Dovey

Inglorious

Joanna Kavenna

2005

Beasts of No Nation Winner

Uzodinma Iweala

The State of the Prisons

Sinéad Morrissey

Newfoundland

Rebecca Ray

Tokyo Cancelled

Rana Dasgupta

The Short Day Dying

Peter Hobbs

Squash Tokoloshe

Rachel Zadok

2004

Boy A Winner

Jonathan Trigell

Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Places In Between

Rory Stewart

The Broken String

Neil Bennun

Some Great Thing

Colin McAdam

The Afterglow

Anthony Cartwright

• 2003 Daughters of Jerusalem Charlotte Mendelson
• 2002Virgins of Venice Mary Laven (note: The 2002 prize was awarded to Hari Kunzru for his book The Impressionist on 20 November 2003 but the author decided to decline the award and Virgins of Venice became the alternative winner.)
• 2001 The Earthquake Bird Susanna Jones
• 2000 Leadville Edward Platt
• 1999 Ghostwritten David Mitchell
• 1998 The Ugliest house in the world Peter Ho Davies
• 1997 Eclipse of the Sun Phil Whitaker
• 1996 Heading inland Nicola Barker
• 1995 Motel Nirvana: dreaming of the New Age in the American desert Melanie McGrath
• 1994 What a carve up! Jonathan Coe
• 1993 On foot to the Golden Horn: A walk to Istanbul Jason Goodwin
• 1992 Sweet Thames Matthew Kneale
• 1991 Night geometry and the Garscadden trains A L Kennedy
• 1990 Ludwig Wittgenstein:The Duty of genius Ray Monk
• 1989 Sylvia Townsend Warner Claire Harman
• 1988 The March Fence Matthew Yorke
• 1987 The Passion Jeanette Winterson