2007 Winners

On February 27, 2008, Barnes and Noble announced the winners of its 15th annual Discover Great New Writers Awards at a private ceremony in New York City. The winners in each category received a $10,000 prize and a full year of additional promotion, while second- and third- place finalists received $5,000 and $2,500.

The winners of the 2007 Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Awards are:

First Place, Fiction
THEN WE CAME TO THE END by Joshua Ferris (Little, Brown and Co.)

Second Place, Fiction
THE FARTHER SHORE by Matthew Eck (Milkweed Editions)

Third Place, Fiction
LET THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ERASE YOUR NAME by Vendela Vida (Ecco)

First Place, Nonfiction
HERE IF YOU NEED ME by Kate Braestup (Little, Brown and Co.)

Second Place, Nonfiction
SOLDIER'S HEART by Elizabeth D. Samet (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Third Place, Nonfiction
THE SIEGE OF MECCA by Yaroslav Trofimov (Doubleday)

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2006 Winners

On February 28th, the winners of the 14th annual Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Awards were announced.

The winners include:

First Place, Nonfiction
THE LAST SEASON by Eric Blehm (HarperCollins)

Second Place, Nonfiction
THE LOST: A Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn (HarperCollins)

Third Place, Nonfiction
THE DEAD BEAT: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries by Marilyn Johnson (HarperCollins)

First Place, Fiction
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS WITH CHE GUEVARA by Ben Fountain (Ecco)

Second Place, Fiction
BLISS by O. Z. Livaneli (St. Martin's Press)

Third Place, Fiction
FIRMIN: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage (Coffee House Press)

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2006 Finalists

On February 1st, Barnes & Noble announced the finalists for their 2006 Discover Great New Writers Awards. Established in 1990, the Award honors forthcoming new work by debuting and underappreciated authors, and is based solely on literary merit. This year's panel of judges, who are all previous "Discover" Award winners or seasonal picks, include Moshin Hamid, Lily King and Marcus Stevens for fiction, and Da Chen, Mary Pipher and Mary Roach for nonfiction.

The winners will be announced at a private ceremony on February 28th, and will receive a $10,000 prize and a year of additional promotion at B&N stores. Second-place winners are awarded $5,000, and third-place authors take $2,500. Previous winners include Nathaniel Fick, Alison Smith, Tracy Chevalier, and Chang-rae Lee.

The finalists for Barnes & Noble's Discover Great New Writers Awards are:

Fiction Finalists:
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS WITH CHE GUEVARA by Ben Fountain (Ecco)
BLISS by O. Z. Livaneli (St. Martin's Press)
FIRMIN: ADVENTURES OF A METROPOLITAN LOWLIFE by Sam Savage (Coffee House Press)

Nonfiction Finalists:
THE LAST SEASON by Eric Blehm (HarperCollins)
THE DEAD BEAT by Marilyn Johnson (HarperCollins)
THE LOST: A SEARCH FOR SIX OF SIX MILLION by Daniel Mendelsohn (HarperCollins)

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2005 Finalists

Barnes & Noble has announced the finalists for its 2005 Discover Great New Writers Awards.

Fiction Finalists:
Kitty Fitzgerald, PIGTOPIA (Miramax Books)
Uzodinma Iweala, BEASTS OF NO NATION (HarperCollins)
Catherine Tudish, TENNEY'S LANDING (Scribner)

Nonfiction Finalists:
Louise Brown, THE DANCING GIRLS OF LAHORE (Fourth Estate)
Nathaniel Fick, ONE BULLET AWAY (Houghton Mifflin)
Martin Moran, THE TRICKY PART (Beacon Press)

The winner in each category receives a $10,000 prize and a year of additional promotion from B&N. Second-place finalists receive $5,000 and third-place finalists $2,500.

Introduced in 1993, The Discover Awards honor the best works featured in the company's Discover Great New Writers program during the previous year.

Winners will be announced on March 1st.

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2004 Finalists

Barnes & Noble has announced the finalists for its 2004 Discover Great New Writers Awards.

Fiction Finalists:
John Dalton, HEAVEN LAKE (Scribner)
Michelle de Kretser, THE HAMILTON CASE (Little, Brown)
M.J. Hyland, HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN (Canongate)

Nonfiction Finalists:
Edward Conlon, BLUE BLOOD (Riverhead Books)
Suketu Mehta, MAXIMUM CITY (Knopf)
Alison Smith, NAME ALL THE ANIMALS (Scribner)

The winner in each category receives a $10,000 prize and a year of additional promotion in B&N stores. Second-place finalists receive $2,500 and third-place finalists $1,000.

Introduced in 1993, The Discover Awards honor the best works featured in the company's Discover Great New Writers program during the previous year.

Winners will be announced on Wednesday, March 2nd. All finalists are invited to read from their work at B&N's Union Square store in New York City at 7 p.m.

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2003 Winners

The 2003 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Awards were announced in the categories of fiction and nonfiction. The winners included:

Fiction
Anthony Doerr, THE SHELL COLLECTOR (Scribner)

Nonfiction
Dina Temple-Raston, A DEATH IN TEXAS (Holt)

Doerr and Temple-Raston each received $10,000 and a crystal trophy.

Runners-up awards were also given in the categories of fiction and nonfiction. The winners included:

First Runner-up, Fiction
Julie Otsuka, WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE (Knopf)

First Runner-up, Nonfiction
Matthew Hart, DIAMOND (Walker)

Second Runner-up, Fiction
Alice Sebold, THE LOVELY BONES (Little, Brown)

Second Runner-up, Nonfiction
Ted Kooser, LOCAL WONDERS (University of Nebraska Press)

As first runners-up, Otsuka and Hart each received $2,500. Sebold and Kooser each received a prize of $1,000 as second runners-up.

Honorable Mentions
Terrence Cheng, SONS OF HEAVEN (Morrow)
Bonnie Jo Campell, Q ROAD (Scribner)
Jeremy Jackson, LIFE AT THESE SPEEDS (St. Martin's)

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