Waterstones 11

The Waterstones 11
Awarded for	11-strong list of debut novels written in English
Sponsor	Waterstones
Location	United Kingdom
First awarded	2011
Official website	The Waterstones 11

The Waterstones 11 was a literary book prize aimed at promoting debut authors, run and curated by British bookseller Waterstones.^[1] It ran from 2011-2013. The list of 11 authors are selected from a list of 100 authors submitted by publishers.^[2] The prize, established in 2011, has included Orange Prize winner Tea Obreht's novel The Tiger's Wife, Man Booker Prize nominee Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman and the winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction, The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen.

Winners

2013

The winners were announced on 14 January 2013 ^[3]

• Pig's Foot by Carlos Acosta
• Idiopathy by Sam Byers
• Y by Marjorie Celona
• The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence
• Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
• The Fields by Kevin Maher
• The Son by Michel Rostain
• The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
• Marriage Material by Sathnam Sanghera
• Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi
• Ballistics by D. W. Wilson

2012

The winners were announced on 20 January 2012 ^[4]

• The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan
• Absolution by Patrick Flanery - Longlisted for The Guardian First Book Award^[5]
• Shelter by Frances Greenslade
• The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach - Shortlisted for The Guardian First Book Award^[6]
• The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
• The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce - Longlisted for 2012 Man Booker Prize^[7]
• The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen - Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction^[8]
• Signs of Life by Anna Raverat
• The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan
• The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
• Care of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles

2011

The winners were announced on 20 January 2011 ^[2]

• City of Bohane by Kevin Barry
• The Free World by David Bezmozgis
• The Registrar's Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages by Sophie Hardach
• 22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson
• Chinaman by Shehan Karunatilaka
• Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman - Shortlisted for 2011 Man Booker Prize^[9]
• The Coincidence Engine by Sam Leith
• The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht - Winner of the 2011 Orange Prize^[10]
• The Sentimentalists by Johanna Skibsrud
• The Collaborator by Mirza Waheed - Shortlisted for The Guardian First Book Prize^[11]
• When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman - Winner of Edinburgh Book Festival Newton First Book Prize^[12]

References

1. "Waterstones 11". Retrieved 24 January 2012.
2. "Waterstone's unveils debut authors book list". BBC News. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
3. "Carlos Acosta makes Waterstones debut prize shortlist". BBC News. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
4. Singh, Anita (20 January 2012). "Waterstones 11: the literary ones to watch". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
5. Luso. "Patrick Flanery’s Absolution Longlisted for the 2012 Guardian First Book Award". Retrieved 15 January 2013.
6. Alison Flood (8 November 2012). "Guardian First Book award 2012 shortlist announced". The Guardian. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
7. "The Man Booker Prize 2012". Man Booker. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
8. "Land of Decoration wins Desmond Elliott fiction prize". BBC News. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
9. "Pigeon English". Man Booker. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
10. Brown, Mark (8 June 2011). "Orange prize 2011 goes to Téa Obreht". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
11. "Guardian First Book award shortlist: Mirza Waheed". The Guardian. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
12. "Sarah Winman wins Newton First Book Award". Endinburgh Book Festival. Retrieved 15 January 2013.