Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Awards and nominations
AShortlisted BRunner-up CJoint win DLonglisted

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Section Title: Awards and nominations
Table Section Text: AShortlisted BRunner-up CJoint win DLonglisted

Year	Award	Work	Result

2002	Caine Prize for African Writing	"You in America"	Nominated

Commonwealth Short Story Competition	"The Tree in Grandma's Garden"	Nominated

BBCmeasuring Competition	"That Harmattan Morning"	Won

2002/2003	David T. Wong International Short Story Prize (PEN American Center Award)	"Half of a Yellow Sun	Won

2003	O. Henry Prize	"The American Embassy"	Won

2004	Hurston-Wright Legacy Award: Best Debut Fiction Category	Purple Hibiscus	Won

Orange Prize	Nominated

Booker Prize	Nominated

Young Adult Library Services Association Best Books for Young Adults Award	Nominated

2004/2005	John Llewellyn Rhys Prize	Nominated

2005	Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best First Book (Africa)	Won

Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best First Book (overall)	Won

2006	National Book Critics Circle Award	Half of a Yellow Sun	Nominated

2007	British Book Awards: "Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year" category	Nominated

James Tait Black Memorial Prize	Nominated

Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best Book (Africa)	Nominated

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award: Fiction category	Won

PEN Beyond Margins Award	Won

Orange Broadband Prize: Fiction category	Won

2008	International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award	Nominated

Reader's Digest Author of the Year Award	Won

Future Award, Nigeria: Young Person of the Year category	Won

MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant	Won

2009	International Nonino Prize	Won

Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award	The Thing Around Your Neck	Nominated

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize	Nominated

2010	Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best Book (Africa)	Nominated

Dayton Literary Peace Prize	Nominated

2011	This Day Awards: "New Champions for an Enduring Culture" category	Nominated

2013	Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize: Fiction category	Americanah	Won

National Book Critics Circle Award: Fiction category	Won

2014	Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction	Nominated

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction	Nominated

MTV Africa Music Awards 2014: Personality of the Year	Nominated

2015	International Dublin Literary Award	Americanah	Nominated

Grammy Awards: Album of the Year	Beyoncé (as featured artist)	Nominated

2018	PEN Pinter Prize	Won

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie´s Purple Hibiscus was shortlisted for the Orange Prize (2004) and was awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (2005).

final_sentence: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie´s Purple Hibiscus was shortlisted for the Orange Prize (2004) and was awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (2005).