Plimpton Prize
Award for fiction
The Plimpton Prize is an annual award of $10,000 given by The Paris Review [ 1]
The award was named in honor of longtime editor of The Paris Review , George Plimpton , who died in 2003. The Plimpton Prize is funded by Sarah Plimpton, his widow, and Terry McDonell , president of The Paris Review Board of Directors.
Winners of the Plimpton Prize
1993: Macia Guthridge , for Bones [ 2]
1994: Vikram Chandra , for Dharma" [ 2]
1995: Lise Goett , for Three Poems [ 2]
1996: Elizabeth Gilbert , for The Famous Torn and Restored Lit Cigarette Trick [ 2]
1997: Martin McDonagh , for The Cripple of Inishmaan [ 2]
1998: Julie Orringer , for When She Is Old and I Am Famous [ 2]
1999: Daniel Libman , for In the Belly of the Cat [ 2]
2000: Karl Iagnemma , for On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction [ 2]
2001: John Barlow , for Eating Mammals [ 2]
2002: Wells Tower , for The Brown Coast [ 2]
2003: Yiyun Li , for Immortality [ 2]
2004: Malinda McCollum , for The Fifth Wall [ 2]
2007: Benjamin Percy , for Refresh, Refresh [ 2]
2008: Jesse Ball , for The Early Deaths of Lubeck, Brennan, Harp, and Carr [ 2]
2009: Alistair Morgan , for Departure [ 2]
2010: Caitlin Horrocks , for At the Zoo [ 2]
2011: April Ayers Lawson , for Virgin [ 2]
2012: Amie Barrodale , for William Wei [ 2]
2013: Ottessa Moshfegh , for Disgust and Bettering Myself [ 2]
2014: Emma Cline , for Marion [ 2] [ 3]
2015: Atticus Lish , for Preparation for the Next Life [ 2]
2016: David Szalay , for Youth and Lascia Amor e siegui Marte
2017: Alexia Arthurs , for Bad Behavior
2018: Isabella Hammad , for The Parisian [ 4]
2019: Kelli Jo Ford, for Hybrid Vigor [ 2]
2020: Jonathan Escoffery, for Under the Ackee Tree [ 2]
2021: Eloghosa Osunde, for Good Boy [ 5]
2022: Chetna Maroo , for Brothers and Sisters [ 6]
2023: Harriet Clark, for Descent [ 7]
2024: Moira McCavana, for Every Hair Casts a Shadow [ 8]
References
^ "The Plimpton Prize" . The Paris Review . Retrieved November 24, 2009 .^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "About the Paris Review" . The Paris Review . Retrieved July 15, 2012 .^ Kachka, Boris (October 9, 2014). "13 Things to Know About Emma Cline and Her $2 Million Manson-Family Novel" . Vulture . Retrieved April 5, 2016 . ^ The Paris Review (March 7, 2018). "Isabella Hammad Wins 2018 Plimpton Prize; David Sedaris Wins Terry Southern Prize" . The Paris Review . Retrieved July 11, 2019 . ^ Caplan, Walker (April 13, 2021). "Eloghosa Osunde has won The Paris Review's 2021 Plimpton Prize for Fiction" . Literary Hub . Retrieved August 8, 2023 . ^ "Chetna Maroo Wins This Year's Plimpton Prize" . The Paris Review . March 9, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2023 .^ Review, The Paris (March 6, 2023). "Announcing the 2023 George Plimpton and Susannah Hunnewell Prize Winners" . The Paris Review . Retrieved June 20, 2024 . ^ Review, The Paris (March 7, 2024). "Announcing the 2024 George Plimpton and Susannah Hunnewell Prizewinners and Presenters" . The Paris Review . Retrieved June 20, 2024 .
