The Plimpton Prize is an annual award of $10,000 given by The Paris Review to a previously unpublished or emerging author who has written a work of fiction that appeared in its quarterly magazine.
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 1994: Vikram Chandra, for Dharma" 1995: Lise Goett, for Three Poems 1996: Elizabeth Gilbert, for The Famous Torn and Restored Lit Cigarette Trick 1997: Martin McDonagh, for The Cripple of Inishmaan 1998: Julie Orringer, for When She Is Old and I Am Famous 1999: Daniel Libman, for In the Belly of the Cat 2000: Karl Iagnemma, for On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction 2001: John Barlow, for Eating Mammals 2002: Wells Tower, for The Brown Coast 2003: Yiyun Li, for Immortality 2004: Malinda McCollum, for The Fifth Wall 2007: Benjamin Percy, for Refresh, Refresh 2008: Jesse Ball, for The Early Deaths of Lubeck, Brennan, Harp, and Carr 2009: Alistair Morgan, for Departure 2010: Caitlin Horrocks, for At the Zoo 2011: April Ayers Lawson, for Virgin 2012: Amie Barrodale, for William Wei 2013: Ottessa Moshfegh, for Disgust and Bettering Myself 2014: Emma Cline, for Marion 2015: Atticus Lish, for Preparation for the Next Life 2016: David Szalay, for Youth and Lascia Amor e siegui Marte 2017: Alexia Arthurs, for Bad Behavior 2018: Isabella Hammad, for Mr. Can’aan 2019: Kelli Jo Ford, for Hybrid Vigor 2020: Jonathan Escoffery, for Under the Ackee Tree 2021: Eloghosa Osunde, for Good Boy 2022: Chetna Maroo, for Brothers and Sisters 2023: Harriet Clark, for Descent 2024: Moira McCavana, for Every Hair Casts a Shadow 2025: Elijah Bailey, for Social Promotion 2026: Renny Gong, for Ping-Pong Kids
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