Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winners Fiction

Awards List

2015

The Great Glass Sea (Winner)
Josh Weil

Jul-2014
/ Literary

All the Light We Cannot See (Runner-Up)
Anthony Doerr

May-2014
/ Historical

An Untamed State (Finalist)
Roxane Gay

May-2014
/ Literary

The Book of Unknown Americans (Finalist)
Cristina Henriquez

Jun-2014
/ Literary

The Care and Management of Lies (Finalist)
Jacqueline Winspear

Jul-2014
/ Historical Romance

Land of Love and Drowning (Finalist)
Tiphanie Yanique

Jul-2014
/ Historical

2014

The Woman Who Lost Her Soul (Winner)
Bob Shacochis

Sep-2013
/ Literary

Wash (Runner-Up)
Margaret Wrinkle

Feb-2013
/ Literary

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (Finalist)
Anthony Marra

May-2013
/ Literary

Someone (Finalist)
Alice McDermott

Sep-2013
/ Literary

The Cartographer of No Man's Land (Finalist)
P.S. Duffy

Nov-2013
/ Historical

In the Night of Time (Finalist)
Antonio Munoz Molina

Dec-2013
/ Literary

2013

The Orphan Master's Son (Winner)
Adam Johnson

Jan-2012
/ Thriller

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Runner-Up)
Ben Fountain

May-2012
/ General Fiction

2012

The Sojourn (Winner)
Andrew Krivak

Apr-2011
/ Historical

Nanjing Requiem (Runner-Up)
Ha Jin

Oct-2011
/ Literary

2011

The Surrendered (Winner)
Chang-Rae Lee

Mar-2010
/ Literary

Beneath the Lion's Gaze (Runner-Up)
Maaza Mengiste

Jan-2011
/ General Fiction

2010

The Book of Night Women (Winner)
Marlon James

Feb-2009
/ Literary

The Thing Around Your Neck (Runner-Up)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Jun-2009
/ General Fiction

2009

Peace (Winner)
Richard Bausch

Apr-2008
/ Historical

Say You're One of Them (Runner-Up)
Uwem Akpan

Jun-2008
/ General Fiction

2008

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Winner)
Junot Diaz

Sep-2007
/ General Fiction

Lost City Radio (Runner-Up)
Daniel Alarcon

Feb-2007
/ General Fiction

2007

Birds in Fall (Winner)
Brad Kessler

Apr-2006
/ General Fiction

Skinner's Drift (Runner-Up)
Lisa Fugard

Jan-2006
/ General Fiction

2006

A Changed Man (Winner)
Francine Prose

Mar-2005
/ Literary

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