Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
The Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction of $5,000 is given for the best published first novel or collection of short stories of the preceding year. The prize was established in 1979 in memory of the writer Sue Kaufman.
Name	Award		Year
Kevin Powers	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	The Yellow Birds	2013
Ismet Prcic	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Shards	2012
Brando Skyhorse	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	The Madonnas of Echo Park	2011
Josh Weil	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	The New Valley	2010
Charles Bock	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Beautiful Children	2009
Frances Hwang	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Transparency: Stories	2008
Tony D'Souza	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Whiteman	2007
Uzodinma Iweala	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Beasts of No Nation	2006
John Dalton	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Heaven Lake	2005
Nell Freudenberger	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Lucky Girls	2004
Gabe Hudson	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Dear Mr. President	2003
Don Lee	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Yellow	2002
Akhil Sharma	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	An Obedient Father	2001
Nathan Englander	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	For the Relief of Unbearable Urges	2000
Michael Byers	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	The Coast of Good Intentions	1999
Charles Frazier	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Cold Mountain	1998
Brad Watson	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Last Days of the Dog-Men	1997
Peter Landesman	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	The Raven	1996
Jim Grimsley	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Winter Birds	1995
Emile Capouya	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	In the Sparrow Hills	1994
Francisco Goldman	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	The Long Night of White Chickens	1993
Alex Ullmann	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Afghanistan	1992
Charles Palliser	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	The Quincunx	1991
Allan Gurganus	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All	1990
Gary Krist	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	The Garden State	1989
Kaye Gibbons	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Ellen Foster	1988
Jeannette Haien	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	The All of It	1987
Cecile Pineda	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Face	1986
Louise Erdrich	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Love Medicine	1985
Denis Johnson	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Angels	1984
Susanna Moore	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	My Old Sweetheart	1983
Ted Mooney	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Easy Travel to Other Planets	1982
Tom Lorenz	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Guys Like Us	1981
Jayne Anne Phillips	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction	Black Tickets	1980