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Prizes

Literary prizes and where their winners were published

Who won the major prizes, what each one judges, and the magazines where prize-winning stories first appeared. Select a winner to find magazines for work like theirs.

Prizes
23
Winners recorded
488
Prize-picked stories traced to a magazine
307

Where prize-winning stories first appeared

Stories chosen for The O. Henry Prize Stories, The Best American Short Stories, The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award, and prize winners whose first publication is recorded, counted by the magazine that published them first.

  1. The New Yorker

    The Best American Short Stories: 24 · The O. Henry Prize Stories: 16 · The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award: 1

    41

  2. Granta

    The O. Henry Prize Stories: 10 · The Best American Short Stories: 5 · Commonwealth Short Story Prize: 2

    17

  3. The Paris Review

    The Best American Short Stories: 9 · The O. Henry Prize Stories: 7

    16

  4. Ploughshares

    The O. Henry Prize Stories: 9 · The Best American Short Stories: 5

    14

  5. Harper's Magazine

    The O. Henry Prize Stories: 7 · The Best American Short Stories: 4

    11

  6. Zoetrope: All-Story

    The Best American Short Stories: 7 · The O. Henry Prize Stories: 4

    11

  7. McSweeney's

    The Best American Short Stories: 6 · The O. Henry Prize Stories: 4

    10

  8. New England Review

    The Best American Short Stories: 6 · The O. Henry Prize Stories: 4

    10

  9. The Kenyon Review

    The O. Henry Prize Stories: 6 · The Best American Short Stories: 4

    10

  10. One Story

    The O. Henry Prize Stories: 5 · The Best American Short Stories: 3

    8

  11. The Sewanee Review

    The O. Henry Prize Stories: 4 · The Best American Short Stories: 4

    8

  12. Electric Literature

    The Best American Short Stories: 5 · The O. Henry Prize Stories: 2

    7

  13. Harvard Review

    The O. Henry Prize Stories: 6 · The Best American Short Stories: 1

    7

  14. The Southern Review

    The Best American Short Stories: 5 · The O. Henry Prize Stories: 2

    7

  15. The Threepenny Review

    The O. Henry Prize Stories: 4 · The Best American Short Stories: 3

    7

  16. ZYZZYVA

    The Best American Short Stories: 4 · The O. Henry Prize Stories: 2 · AKO Caine Prize for African Writing: 1

    7

  17. Tin House

    The O. Henry Prize Stories: 4 · The Best American Short Stories: 2

    6

  18. American Short Fiction

    The O. Henry Prize Stories: 2 · The Best American Short Stories: 2

    4

  19. Guernica

    The Best American Short Stories: 2 · The O. Henry Prize Stories: 1 · AKO Caine Prize for African Writing: 1

    4

  20. The Georgia Review

    The Best American Short Stories: 2 · The O. Henry Prize Stories: 1 · AKO Caine Prize for African Writing: 1

    4

  21. Virginia Quarterly Review

    The Best American Short Stories: 4

    4

  22. Freeman's

    The O. Henry Prize Stories: 3

    3

  23. Gulf Coast

    The O. Henry Prize Stories: 2 · The Best American Short Stories: 1

    3

  24. LitMag

    The Best American Short Stories: 2 · The O. Henry Prize Stories: 1

    3

Missa also counts Pushcart Prizes and Best Microfiction picks for every magazine in its index when it matches your piece.

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Africa

AKO Caine Prize for African Writing

Fiction · 27 winners recorded, 2000–2025 · Official site (opens in a new tab)

Judges a short story written by an African and published in English (per caineprize.com/the-prize).

YearWinnerWinning workFirst published in
2025NoViolet BulawayoZimbabweHitting BudapestFirst published in Boston ReviewBoston Review
2024Nadia DavidsSouth AfricaBridlingFirst published in The Georgia ReviewThe Georgia Review
2023Mame Bougouma DieneSenegalA Soul of Small PlacesFirst published in Africa Risen (Tordotcom)Africa Risen (Tordotcom)
2023Woppa DialloSenegalA Soul of Small PlacesFirst published in Africa Risen (Tordotcom)Africa Risen (Tordotcom)
2022Idza LuhumyoKenyaFive Years Next SundayFirst published in Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa (Short Story Day Africa & Catalyst Press)Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa (Short Story Day Africa & Catalyst Press)
2021Meron HaderoEthiopiaThe Street SweepFirst published in ZYZZYVAZYZZYVA
2020Irenosen OkojieNigeriaGrace JonesFirst published in Nudibranch (author's own story collection)Nudibranch (author's own story collection)
2019Lesley Nneka ArimahNigeriaSkinnedFirst published in McSweeney's Quarterly ConcernMcSweeney's Quarterly Concern

Sources: en.wikipedia.org, caineprize.com, ascleiden.nl

The Nigeria Prize for Literature (NLNG)

Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Children's · 20 winners recorded, 2005–2025 · Official site (opens in a new tab)

Judges published books by Nigerian authors; genre rotates among fiction, poetry, drama and children's literature (2025 edition: 'the best English-language novel published by a Nigerian author').

YearWinnerWinning work
2025Oyin OlugbileNigeriaSanya
2024Olubunmi FamiloniNigeriaThe Road Does Not End
2023Obari GombaNigeriaGrit
2022Romeo OriogunNigeriaNomad
2021Cheluchi OnyemelukweNigeriaThe Son of the House
2019Jude IdadaNigeriaBoom Boom
2018Soji ColeNigeriaEmbers
2017Ikeogu OkeNigeriaThe Heresiad

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Brunel International African Poetry Prize (Evaristo Prize for African Poetry from 2023)

Poetry · 20 winners recorded, 2013–2025 · Official site (opens in a new tab)

Judges a group of 10 poems by an African poet who has not published a full-length collection.

YearWinnerWinning work
2025Ameen Animashaun"Song" and other poems
2024Ehiorobo Osazuwa DerekAnd God Said
2024Kyle OkekeButterflies
2023Feranmi AriyoNigeria
2023Gracia 'Cianga' MwambaCongo
2022Zibusiso MpofuZimbabwe
2021Othuke UmukoroNigeria
2020Rabha AshryEgypt

Sources: africanpoetrybf.brown.edu, pw.org, writingafrica.com

Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa

Fiction, Poetry, Drama · 8 winners recorded, 2006–2018 · Official site (opens in a new tab)

Judges best literary work produced by an African (English or French); any genre initially, single genre per edition from 2014.

YearWinnerWinning work
2018Harriet AnenaUgandaA Nation in Labour
2018Tanure OjaideNigeriaSongs of Myself
2014Akin BelloNigeriaThe Egbon of Lagos
2012Sifiso MzobeSouth AfricaYoung Blood
2010Kopano MatlwaSouth AfricaCoconut
2010Wale OkediranNigeriaTenants of the House
2008Nnedi OkoraforNigeria / USZahrah the Windseeker
2006Sefi AttaNigeriaEverything Good Will Come

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Commonwealth

Commonwealth Short Story Prize

Fiction · 26 winners recorded, 2012–2025 · Official site (opens in a new tab)

Judges unpublished short fiction, 2,000-5,000 words, by Commonwealth citizens aged 18+; regional winners then published in Granta (stated for 2025), shortlist in adda.

YearWinnerWinning workFirst published in
2025Chanel SutherlandCanada / Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesDescendFirst published in GrantaGranta
2025Joshua LubwamaUgandaMothers Not Appearing In SearchFirst published in GrantaGranta
2024Reena Usha RungooMauritiusDite
2024Sanjana ThakurIndiaAishwarya Rai
2023Hana GammonSouth AfricaThe Undertaker's Apprentice
2023Kwame McPhersonJamaicaOcoee
2022Ntsika KotaEswatiniand the earth drank deep
2021Kanya D'AlmeidaSri LankaI Cleaned The

Sources: en.wikipedia.org, commonwealthfoundation.com

International

Windham-Campbell Literature Prizes

Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama · 12 winners recorded, 2013–2022 · Official site (opens in a new tab)

YearWinnerWinning work
2022Emmanuel IdumaNigeria
2022Siphiwe Gloria NdlovuZimbabwe
2022Tsitsi DangarembgaZimbabwe
2020Namwali SerpellUnited States / Zambia
2019Kwame DawesGhana / Jamaica / United States
2018Jennifer Nansubuga MakumbiUganda / United Kingdom
2015Helon HabilaNigeria
2015Ivan VladislavicSouth Africa

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Nobel Prize in Literature

· 36 winners recorded, 1990–2025 · Official site (opens in a new tab)

YearWinnerWinning work
2025László KrasznahorkaiHungary
2024Han KangSouth Korea
2023Jon FosseNorway
2022Annie ErnauxFrance
2021Abdulrazak GurnahTanzania / United Kingdom
2020Louise GlückUnited States
2019Peter HandkeAustria
2018Olga TokarczukPoland

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

International Booker Prize

· 10 winners recorded, 2016–2025 · Official site (opens in a new tab)

YearWinnerWinning work
2025Banu MushtaqIndiaHeart Lamp: Selected StoriesTranslated by Deepa Bhasthi
2024Jenny ErpenbeckGermanyKairosTranslated by Michael Hofmann
2023Georgi GospodinovBulgariaTime ShelterTranslated by Angela Rodel
2022Geetanjali ShreeIndiaTomb of SandTranslated by Daisy Rockwell
2021David DiopFranceAt Night All Blood Is BlackTranslated by Anna Moschovakis
2020Marieke Lucas RijneveldNetherlandsThe Discomfort of EveningTranslated by Michele Hutchison
2019Jokha al-HarthiOmanCelestial BodiesTranslated by Marilyn Booth
2018Olga TokarczukPolandFlightsTranslated by Jennifer Croft

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

UK and Ireland

Booker Prize

Fiction · 38 winners recorded, 1990–2025 · Official site (opens in a new tab)

YearWinnerWinning work
2025David SzalayEngland / HungaryFlesh
2024Samantha HarveyEnglandOrbital
2023Paul LynchIrelandProphet Song
2022Shehan KarunatilakaSri LankaThe Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
2021Damon GalgutSouth AfricaThe Promise
2020Douglas StuartScotland / United StatesShuggie Bain
2019Bernardine EvaristoEnglandGirl, Woman, Other
2019Margaret AtwoodCanadaThe Testaments

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Women's Prize for Fiction (formerly Orange Prize / Baileys Women's Prize)

Fiction · 30 winners recorded, 1996–2025 · Official site (opens in a new tab)

Judges Any full-length novel written in English by a woman of any nationality, first published as a print or e-book edition in the United Kingdom in the eligibility window (1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026 for the 2026 prize); short story collections, novellas and translations are not eligible..

YearWinnerWinning work
2025Yael van der WoudenThe Safekeep
2024V. V. GaneshananthanBrotherless Night
2023Barbara KingsolverDemon Copperhead
2022Ruth OzekiThe Book of Form and Emptiness
2021Susanna ClarkePiranesi
2020Maggie O'FarrellHamnet
2019Tayari JonesAn American Marriage
2018Kamila ShamsieHome Fire

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

T. S. Eliot Prize

Poetry · 21 winners recorded, 2005–2025 · Official site (opens in a new tab)

Judges Single-author poetry collections published in the UK or Ireland in the prize year; publisher entries only, self-published work not eligible..

YearWinnerWinning work
2025Karen SolieWellwater
2024Peter GizziFierce Elegy
2023Jason Allen-PaisantSelf-Portrait as Othello
2022Anthony JosephSonnets for Albert
2021Joelle TaylorC+nto & Othered Poems
2020Bhanu KapilHow to Wash a Heart
2019Roger RobinsonA Portable Paradise
2018Hannah SullivanThree Poems

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize

Fiction, Poetry, Drama · 15 winners recorded, 2010–2025 · Official site (opens in a new tab)

Judges The best published literary work in the English language, written by an author aged 39 or under, in all forms including poetry, novels, short stories and drama..

YearWinnerWinning work
2025Yasmin ZaherThe Coin
2024Caleb Azumah NelsonSmall Worlds
2023Arinze IfeakanduGod's Children Are Little Broken Things
2022Patricia LockwoodNo One Is Talking About This
2021Raven LeilaniLuster
2020Bryan WashingtonLot
2019Guy GunaratneIn Our Mad and Furious City
2018Kayo ChingonyiKumukanda

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

United States

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Fiction · 26 winners recorded, 2000–2025

YearWinnerWinning work
2025Percival EverettJames
2024Jayne Anne PhillipsNight Watch
2023Barbara KingsolverDemon Copperhead
2023Hernan DiazTrust
2022Joshua CohenThe Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family
2021Louise ErdrichThe Night Watchman
2020Colson WhiteheadThe Nickel Boys
2019Richard PowersThe Overstory

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

Nonfiction · 17 winners recorded, 2010–2025

YearWinnerWinning work
2025Benjamin NathansTo the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement
2024Nathan ThrallA Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
2023Toluse Olorunnipa and Robert SamuelsHis Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
2022Andrea ElliottInvisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City
2021David ZucchinoWilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
2020Anne BoyerThe Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care
2020Greg GrandinThe End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
2019Eliza GriswoldAmity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

National Book Award for Poetry

Poetry · 21 winners recorded, 2005–2025

YearWinnerWinning work
2025Patricia SmithThe Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems
2024Lena Khalaf TuffahaSomething About Living
2023Craig Santos Perezfrom unincorporated territory [åmot]
2022John KeenePunks: New & Selected Poems
2021Martín EspadaFloaters
2020Don Mee ChoiDMZ Colony
2019Arthur SzeSight Lines
2018Justin Phillip ReedIndecency

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

National Book Award for Nonfiction

Nonfiction · 16 winners recorded, 2010–2025

YearWinnerWinning work
2025Omar El AkkadOne Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
2024Jason De LeónSoldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
2023Ned BlackhawkThe Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of US History
2022Imani PerrySouth to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon To Understand the Soul of a Nation
2021Tiya MilesAll That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
2020Les Payne and Tamara PayneThe Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
2019Sarah M. BroomThe Yellow House
2018Jeffrey C. StewartThe New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction

Fiction · 16 winners recorded, 2010–2025 · Official site (opens in a new tab)

YearWinnerWinning work
2025Han KangWe Do Not PartTranslated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris
2024Hisham MatarMy Friends
2023Lorrie MooreI Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home
2022Ling MaBliss Montage
2021Honorée Fanonne JeffersThe Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
2020Maggie O'FarrellHamnet
2019Edwidge DanticatEverything Inside
2018Anna BurnsMilkman

Sources: en.wikipedia.org, bookcritics.org

National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry

Poetry · 16 winners recorded, 2010–2025 · Official site (opens in a new tab)

YearWinnerWinning work
2025Kevin YoungNight Watch
2024Anne CarsonWrong Norma
2023Kim HyesoonPhantom Pain Wings
2022Cynthia CruzHotel Oblivion
2021Diane SeussFrank: Sonnets
2020Francine J. HarrisHere Is the Sweet Hand
2019Morgan ParkerMagical Negro
2018Ada LimónThe Carrying

Sources: en.wikipedia.org, bookcritics.org

The Story Prize

· 20 winners recorded, 2005–2025 · Official site (opens in a new tab)

YearWinnerWinning work
2025Fiona McFarlaneHighway 13
2024Paul YoonThe Hive and the Honey
2022Ling MaBliss Montage
2021Brandon TaylorFilthy Animals
2020Deesha PhilyawThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies
2019Edwidge DanticatEverything Inside
2018Lauren GroffFlorida
2017Elizabeth StroutAnything Is Possible

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Canada

Every winner here was read from the source linked under its prize, checked on 4 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.