Thurber Prize for American Humor Winners Humor

Awards List

2015

Dear Committee Members (Winner)
Julie Schumacher

Aug-2014
/ Literary

2014

Truth in Advertising (Winner)
John Kenney

Jan-2013
/ General Fiction

2013

Hope (Finalist)
Shalom Auslander

Jan-2012
/ Literary

Lunatics (Finalist)
Dave Barry; Alan Zweibel

Jan-2012
/ General Fiction

2012

Starting from Happy (Finalist)
Patricia Marx

Sep-2011
/ General Fiction

Pawnee (Finalist)
Hyperion Books

Oct-2011
/ General Fiction

2010

How I Became a Famous Novelist (Winner)
Steve Hely

Jul-2009
/ Literary

2009

Wrack and Ruin (Finalist)
Don Lee

May-2008
/ General Fiction

2008

I Love You, Beth Cooper (Winner)
Larry Doyle

May-2007
/ General Fiction

Him Her Him Again The End of Him (Finalist)
Patricia Marx

Jan-2007
/ General Fiction

2007

My Lucky Star (Winner)
Joe Keenan

Feb-2006
/ General Fiction

Walking in Circles Before Lying Down (Finalist)
Merrill Markoe

Aug-2006
/ General Fiction

2006

The Other Shulman (Winner)
Alan Zweibel

Jul-2005
/ General Fiction

Time Won't Let Me (Finalist)
Bill Scheft

Dec-2005
/ General Fiction

2004

No Way to Treat a First Lady (Winner)
Christopher Buckley

Oct-2002
/ Suspense

Award Categories

Humor

Award Years