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John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.
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.
2010
The Still Point Winner- Amy Sackville
- Delusions of Gender
- Cordelia Fine
- Corrag
- Susan Fletcher
- A Light Song of Light
- Kei Miller
- Black Mamba Boy
- Nadifa Mohamed
- Bomber County
- Daniel Swift
2009
After the Fire, a Still Small Voice- Evie Wyld (Jonathan Cape)
- Between the Assassinations
- Aravind Adiga (Atlantic Books)
- The Striped World
- Emma Jones (Faber and Faber)
- Six Months in Sudan
- James Maskalyk (Canongate)
- The Thing Around Your Neck
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Fourth Estate)
- Waste
- Tristram Stuart (Allen Lane)
2008
The Secret Life of Words Winner- Henry Hitchings (John Murray)
- The White Tiger
- Aravind Adiga (Atlantic Books)
- The Broken Word
- Adam Foulds (Jonathan Cape)
- The Bloody White Baron
- James Palmer (Faber and Faber)
- God’s Own Country
- Ross Raisin (Viking)
- Selling Your Father’s Bones
- Brian Schofield (HarperPress)
2006/7
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
- 2002 Virgins 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
