The Plimpton Prize is an annual award of $10,000 given by ''

The Paris Review ''The Paris Review'' is a quarterly English-language literary magazine established in Paris in 1953 by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton. In its first five years, ''The Paris Review'' published new works by Jack Kerouac, ...

'' to a previously unpublished or emerging author who has written a work of fiction that was recently published in its publication. The award was named in honor of longtime editor of ''The Paris Review'',

George Plimpton George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American writer. He is known for his sports writing and for helping to found ''The Paris Review'', as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. He was known for " participat ...

, 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 Elizabeth Gilbert (born July 18, 1969) is an American journalist and author. She is best known for her 2006 memoir '' Eat, Pray, Love'', which has sold over 30 million copies and has been translated into over 30 languages. The book was also mad ...

, for ''The Famous Torn and Restored Lit Cigarette Trick'' * 1997:

Martin McDonagh Martin Faranan McDonagh ( ; born 26 March 1970) is a British-Irish playwright and filmmaker. He is known for his Absurdism, absurdist Black comedy, dark humour which often challenges the modern theatre aesthetic. He has won List of awards and no ...

, 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 Karl Iagnemma (born October 19, 1972) is an American writer and research scientist. He was the CEO of self-driving technology company Motional. He is now the CEO of Vecna Robotics. Background Iagnemma was born in Shelby Township, Michigan, a ...

, for ''On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction'' * 2001: John Barlow, for ''Eating Mammals'' * 2002:

Wells Tower Wells Tower (born April 14, 1973) is an American writer of short stories, non-fiction, feature films and television. In 2009 he published his first short story collection, ''Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) to m ...

, for ''The Brown Coast'' * 2003:

Yiyun Li Yiyun Li (Chinese: 李翊雲 - ''Li Yiyun'') (born November 4, 1972) is a Chinese-born writer and professor who has lived and worked in the United States since entering graduate school. She writes exclusively in English. Her short stories and no ...

, for ''Immortality'' * 2004: Malinda McCollum, for ''The Fifth Wall'' * 2007:

Benjamin Percy Benjamin Percy is an American author of novels and short stories, essayist, comic book writer, and screenwriter. Career Benjamin Percy has published four novels, ''The Dark Net'', ''The Dead Lands'', ''Red Moon'', and ''The Wilding'', as well as ...

, for '' Refresh, Refresh'' * 2008: Jesse Ball, for '' The Early Deaths of Lubeck, Brennan, Harp, and Carr'' * 2009: Alistair Morgan, for ''Departure'' * 2010:

Caitlin Horrocks Caitlin () is a feminine given name of Irish origin. Historically, the Irish name Caitlín was anglicized as Cathleen or Kathleen. In the 1970s, however, non-Irish speakers began pronouncing the name according to English spelling rules as , wh ...

, for ''At the Zoo'' * 2011:

April Ayers Lawson April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. Its length is 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the ...

, for ''Virgin'' * 2012: Amie Barrodale, for ''William Wei'' * 2013:

Ottessa Moshfegh Ottessa Charlotte Moshfegh (; born May 20, 1981) is an American author and novelist. Her debut novel, ''Eileen (novel), Eileen'' (2015), won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and was a fiction finalist for ...

, for ''Disgust'' and ''Bettering Myself'' * 2014:

Emma Cline Emma Cline is an American writer and novelist from California. She published her first novel, ''The Girls (2016 novel), The Girls'', in 2016, to positive reviews. The book was shortlisted for the John Leonard Prize from the National Book Critics ...

, 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 ''The Parisian'' * 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''

References

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