The £15,000 Encore Award for the best second novel was first awarded in 1990. It is sponsored by Lucy Astor, presented by the Royal Society of Literature. The award fills a niche in the catalogue of literary prizes by celebrating the achievement of outstanding second novels, often neglected in comparison to the attention given to promising first books. Entry is by publisher.
List of winners
YearAuthorBookAward1990Peter BensonA Lesser Dependency£3,750Paul WatkinsCalm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn£3,7501991Carey HarrisonRichard's Feet£7,5001992Iain SinclairDownriver£7,5001993Colm TóibínThe Heather Blazing£7,5001994Amit ChaudhuriAfternoon Raag£7,5001995Dermot HealyA Goat's Song£7,5001996A. L. KennedySo I am Glad£7,5001997David FlusfederLike Plastic£7,5001998Timothy O'GradyI Could Read the Sky£3,750Alan WarnerThese Demented Lands£3,7501999Christina KoningUndiscovered Country£7,5002000John BurnsideThe Mercy Boys£2,500Claire MessudThe Last Life£2,500Matt ThorneEight Minutes Idle£2,500Phil WhitakerTriangulation£2,5002001Anne EnrightWhat Are You Like?£10,0002002Ali SmithHotel World£10,0002003Jeremy GavronThe Book of Israel£10,0002004Michelle de KretserThe Hamilton Case£10,0002005Nadeem AslamMaps for Lost Lovers£10,0002006/07M. J. HylandCarry Me Down£10,0002008/09Julia LeighDisquietPrizes, grants and awards | The Encore Award | The 2009 shortlist. The Society of Authors. £10,0002010/11Adam FouldsThe Quickening Maze£10,0002011Joe DunthorneWild Abandon£10,0002012Ned BeaumanThe Teleportation Accident£10,0002013Evie Wyld All the Birds, Singing£10,0002014Neel Mukherjee The Lives of Others£10,0002015Sunjeev Sahota The Year of the Runaways£10,0002017Ian McGuire The North Water£10,0002018Andrew Michael HurleyDevil's Day£5,000Lisa McInerneyThe Blood Miracles£5,0002019Sally RooneyNormal People£10,0002020Patrick McGuinnessThrow Me to the Wolves£10,0002021Caoilinn HughesThe Wild Laughter£10,0002022Francis SpuffordLight Perpetual£10,0002023Daisy HildyardEmergency£10,0002024Isabella HammadEnter Ghost£15,000
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