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Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize

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The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize is the United Kingdom's first literary award for comic literature. Established in 2000 and named in honour of P. G. Wodehouse, past winners include Paul Torday in 2007 with Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and Marina Lewycka with A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian 2005 and Jasper Fforde for The Well of Lost Plots in 2004. Gary Shteyngart was the first American winner in 2011,[1] and 2020 saw a graphic novel take the prize for the first time.[2]

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
Awarded forthe funniest novel of the past 12 months, which best evokes the Wodehouse spirit of witty characters and perfectly timed comic phrases
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBollinger and Everyman Library
First awarded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Websitehttp://www.everymanslibrary.co.uk/wodehouse.aspx

The Prize is sponsored and organised by Bollinger, a producer of sparkling wines from the Champagne region of France, and Everyman Library, a book imprint that is a division of Random House.

Until 2019 the winner was announced at the annual Hay Festival.[3] Winners receive a jeroboam of Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvée, a case of Bollinger La Grande Année and a complete set of the Everyman's Library P. G. Wodehouse collection. In addition, a Gloucestershire Old Spots pig is also named after the winning novel.

Winners and shortlists

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The judges for the inaugural award were Stephen Fry, Craig Brown, Sebastian Faulks and Jo Brand.[4]

Year Author(s) Title Publisher Result Ref.
2000 Howard Jacobson The Mighty Walzer Jonathan Cape Winner [5]
Helen Fielding Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Viking Press Shortlisted [4]
Tony Hawks Playing the Moldovans at Tennis Ebury
Hugh Massingberd The Book of Obituaries Pan Books
Sue Townsend Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years Michael Joseph
2001 Jonathan Coe The Rotters' Club Viking Press Winner [6]
2002 Michael Frayn Spies Faber and Faber Winner
Terry Eagleton The Gatekeeper St. Martin's Press Shortlisted [7]
Lissa Evans Spencer's List Viking Press
Will Ferguson Happiness™ Canongate
Dave Gorman & Danny Wallace Are You Dave Gorman? Ebury
Terry Pratchett Thief of Time Doubleday
2003 DBC Pierre Vernon God Little Faber and Faber Winner [8]
Lucy Ellmann Dot in the Universe Bloomsbury Shortlisted [9]
India Knight Don't You Want Me Penguin Books
Yann Martel Life of Pi Knopf Canada
Allison Pearson I Don't Know How She Does It Chatto & Windus
Zadie Smith The Autograph Man Hamish Hamilton
2004 Jasper Fforde The Well of Lost Plots Hodder & Stoughton Winner [10]
Andrey Kurkov Penguin Lost Vintage Books Shortlisted
Deborah Moggach These Foolish Things Vintage Books
Alexei Sayle Overtaken Sceptre
2005 Marina Lewycka A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Viking Press Winner [11][12]
James Hamilton-Paterson Cooking with Fernet Branca Faber and Faber Shortlisted [13]
Lloyd Jones Mr Vogel Seren
Tiffany Murray Happy Accidents Harper Perennial
Terry Pratchett Going Postal Doubleday
Malcolm Pryce The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth Bloomsbury
2006 Christopher Brookmyre All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye Abacus Books Winner [14]
Jilly Cooper Wicked! Bantam Press Shortlisted [15]
Robert Lewis The Last Llanelli Train Serpent's Tail
John O'Farrell May Contain Nuts Doubleday
Terry Pratchett Thud! Doubleday
Zadie Smith On Beauty Hamish Hamilton
2007 Paul Torday Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Weidenfeld & Nicolson Winner [16][17]
Howard Jacobson Kalooki Nights Jonathan Cape Shortlisted [18]
Marina Lewycka Two Caravans Penguin Books, Fig Tree
David Nobbs Cupid's Dart Heinemann
2008 Will Self The Butt Bloomsbury Winner [19][20]
Alan Bennett The Uncommon Reader Faber and Faber Shortlisted [21]
Joe Dunthorne Submarine Hamish Hamilton
Julian Gough Jude: Level 1 Old Street
Garrison Keillor Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon Viking Press
John Walsh Sunday at the Cross Bones Harper Perennial
2009 Geoff Dyer Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi Canongate Books Winner [22][23]
Christopher Brookmyre A Snowball in Hell Little, Brown and Company Shortlisted [24][25]
Lissa Evans Their Finest Hour and a Half Transworld / Doubleday
James Hamilton-Paterson Rancid Pansies Faber and Faber
Saša Stanišić How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Steve Toltz A Fraction of the Whole Hamish Hamilton
2010 Ian McEwan Solar Jonathan Cape Winner [26][27]
Paul Murray Skippy Dies Hamish Hamilton Shortlisted [28][29]
Tiffany Murray Diamond Star Halo Portobello
David Nicholls One Day Hodder & Stoughton
Malcolm Pryce From Aberystwyth with Love Bloomsbury
2011 Gary Shteyngart Super Sad True Love Story Granta Winner [1][30]
Manu Joseph Serious Men John Murray Shortlisted [31]
India Knight Comfort and Joy Penguin Books, Fig Tree
Sam Leith The Coincidence Engine Bloomsbury
Catherine O'Flynn The News Where You Are Penguin Books
2012 Terry Pratchett Snuff Transworld / Doubleday Winner [32][33]
Julian Gough Jude in London Old Street Shortlisted [34][35]
John Lanchester Capital W. W. Norton
John O'Farrell The Man Who Forgot His Wife Doubleday
Sue Townsend The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year Michael Joseph
2013 Howard Jacobson Zoo Time Bloomsbury Winner [36][37]
Joseph Connolly England's Lane Quercus Shortlisted [38]
Helen DeWitt Lightning Rods (and Other Stories) New Directions
Michael Frayn Skios Faber and Faber
Deborah Moggach Heartbreak Hotel Chatto & Windus
2014 Edward St Aubyn Lost for Words Picador Winner [39][40][41]
Sebastian Faulks Jeeves and the Wedding Bells Hutchinson Shortlisted [42][43][44]
Helen Fielding Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Jonathan Cape
Hanif Kureishi The Last Word Faber and Faber
John Niven Straight White Male Heinemann
Joseph O'Connor The Thrill of it All Harvill Secker
2015 Alexander McCall Smith Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party Polygon Winner [45][46]
Helen Lederer Losing It Pan Macmillan Shortlisted [47][48]
Caitlin Moran How to Build a Girl Ebury
Joseph O'Neill The Dog 4th Estate
Nina Stibbe Man at the Helm Viking Press, Penguin Books
Irvine Welsh A Decent Ride Jonathan Cape
2016 Paul Murray The Mark and the Void Penguin Books Winner (tie) [49][50]
Hannah Rothschild The Improbability of Love Bloomsbury
Paul Beatty The Sellout Oneworld Publications Shortlisted [51][52]
Marina Lewycka The Lubetkin Legacy Penguin Random House
John O'Farrell There's Only Two David Beckhams Black Swan, Transworld
2017 Helen Fielding Bridget Jones's Baby Vintage Books Winner [53][54]
Carl Hiaasen Razor Girl Little, Brown and Company Shortlisted [55]
James Robertson To Be Continued... Penguin Random House
Richard Russo Everybody's Fool Atlantic Books
Nina Stibbe Paradise Lodge Penguin Random House
Simon Wroe Here Comes Trouble Orion Books
2018 Not awarded [56][57][58]
2019 Nina Stibbe Reasons to be Cheerful Little, Brown and Company Winner [59][60]
Jen Beagin Vacuum in the Dark Simon & Schuster Shortlisted [61][62]
Kate Davies In at the Deep End Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Roddy Doyle Charlie Savage Jonathan Cape
Lissa Evans Old Baggage Harper Perennial
Paul Ewen Francis Plug: Writer in Residence Galley Beggar Press
2020 Matthew Dooley Flake Jonathan Cape Winner [2][63]
Oisín Fagan Nobber John Murray Shortlisted [64]
Jessica Francis Kane Rules for Visiting Granta
Jenny Offill Weather Granta
Alastair Puddick 46% Better than Dave Raven Crest Books
Hannah Rothschild House of Trelawney Bloomsbury
2021 Guy Kennaway The Accidental Collector Mensch Winner [65]
Dolly Alderton Ghosts Penguin Books Shortlisted [66]
A. Naji Bakhti Between Beirut and the Moon Influx Press
Diksha Basu Destination Wedding Bloomsbury
Hilary Leichter Temporary Faber and Faber
Lauren Oyler Fake Accounts 4th Estate
2022 Percival Everett The Trees Influx Press Winner [67]
John Boyne The Echo Chamber Doubleday Shortlisted [68]
Zakiya Dalila Harris The Other Black Girl Bloomsbury
Marian Keyes Again, Rachel Penguin Books, Michael Joseph
Andrew Lipstein Last Resort Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Sarah Lotz Impossible HarperCollins
Phoebe Luckhurst The Lock-in Penguin Books, Michael Joseph
Lucy Mangan Are We Having Fun Yet? Profile
Richard Osman The Man Who Died Twice Viking Press
Gary Shteyngart Our Country Friends Atlantic Books
Nina Stibbe One Day I Shall Astonish the World Viking Press
Joy Williams Harrow Profile
2023 Bob Mortimer The Satsuma Complex Gallery Books Winner [69][70]
Fergus Craig Murder at Crime Manor Sphere Shortlisted [71]
James Hannaham Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta Europa Editions
Aravind Jayan Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors Serpent's Tail
India Knight Darling Fig Tree
Sophie McCartney Mother Hens HarperNorth
2024 Ferdia Lennon Glorious Exploits Fig Tree Winner [72]
2024 Dolly Alderton Good Material Fig Tree Shortlisted [73]
Kaliane Bradley The Ministry of Time Sceptre
Andrew Hunter Murray A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering Hutchinson Heinemann
Ferdia Lennon Glorious Exploits Fig Tree
Caroline O'Donoghue The Rachel Incident Virago
David Nicholls You Are Here Sceptre
Jen Sugden
and Chris Sugden 		High Vaultage Gollancz

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