# Goldsmiths Prize

The Goldsmiths Prize is a British literary award, founded in 2013 by Goldsmiths, University of London, in association with the New Statesman. It is awarded annually to a piece of fiction that "breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form." It is limited to citizens and residents of the United Kingdom and Ireland, and to novels published by presses based in the United Kingdom or Ireland. The winner receives £10,000.
Tim Parnell of the Goldsmiths English department conceived and runs the prize, inspired by his research into Laurence Sterne and other eighteenth-century writers, like Denis Diderot, who experimented with the novel form. The prize "casts its net wider than most other prizes" and intends to celebrate "creative daring," but resists the phrase "experimental fiction," because it implies "an eccentric deviation from the novel’s natural concerns, structures and idioms."
To date, Rachel Cusk is the author best represented on the prize's shortlists, having been shortlisted four times for Outline (2014), Transit (2016), Kudos (2018), and Parade (2024). Nine authors have been shortlisted twice: Amy Arnold, Sara Baume, Will Eaves, Deborah Levy, Eimear McBride, Anakana Schofield, Ali Smith, Adam Thirwell, and Isabel Waidner.

## Winners and shortlists

Key :
* winner
* shortlisted
Shortlisted and winning books (2013–2024) :
| Year | Author | Novel | Publisher | Notes |
| 2024 | Rachel Cusk | Parade | Faber & Faber | The shortlist was announced on 2 October, with the winner announced on 6 November. |
| 2024 | Mark Bowles | All My Precious Madness | Galley Beggar | The shortlist was announced on 2 October, with the winner announced on 6 November. |
| 2024 | Jonathan Buckley | Tell | Fitzcaraldo | The shortlist was announced on 2 October, with the winner announced on 6 November. |
| 2024 | Neel Mukherjee | Choice | Atlantic | The shortlist was announced on 2 October, with the winner announced on 6 November. |
| 2024 | Lara Pawson | Spent Light | CB Editions | The shortlist was announced on 2 October, with the winner announced on 6 November. |
| 2024 | Han Smith | Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking | John Murray | The shortlist was announced on 2 October, with the winner announced on 6 November. |
| 2023 | Benjamin Myers | Cuddy | Bloomsbury | The shortlist was announced on 4 October, with the winner announced on 8 November. |
| 2023 | Amy Arnold | Lori & Joe | Prototype | The shortlist was announced on 4 October, with the winner announced on 8 November. |
| 2023 | Kate Briggs | The Long Form | Fitzcarraldo Editions | The shortlist was announced on 4 October, with the winner announced on 8 November. |
| 2023 | H. Gareth Gavin | Never Was | Cipher Press | The shortlist was announced on 4 October, with the winner announced on 8 November. |
| 2023 | Richard Milward | Man-Eating Typewriter | White Rabbit | The shortlist was announced on 4 October, with the winner announced on 8 November. |
| 2023 | Adam Thirlwell | The Future Future | Cape | The shortlist was announced on 4 October, with the winner announced on 8 November. |
| 2022 | Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams | Diego Garcia | Fitzcarraldo Editions | The shortlist was announced on 5 October, and the winner on 10 November. |
| 2022 | Mona Arshi | Somebody Loves You | And Other Stories | The shortlist was announced on 5 October, and the winner on 10 November. |
| 2022 | Sara Baume | Seven Steeples | Tramp Press | The shortlist was announced on 5 October, and the winner on 10 November. |
| 2022 | Maddie Mortimer | Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies | Picador | The shortlist was announced on 5 October, and the winner on 10 November. |
| 2022 | Helen Oyeyemi | Peaces | Faber & Faber | The shortlist was announced on 5 October, and the winner on 10 November. |
| 2022 | Yara Rodrigues Fowler | there are more things | Fleet | The shortlist was announced on 5 October, and the winner on 10 November. |
| 2021 | Isabel Waidner | Sterling Karat Gold | Peninsula Press | The shortlist was announced on 6 October, and the winner on 10 November. |
| 2021 | Claire-Louise Bennett | Checkout 19 | Jonathan Cape | The shortlist was announced on 6 October, and the winner on 10 November. |
| 2021 | Natasha Brown | Assembly | Hamish Hamilton | The shortlist was announced on 6 October, and the winner on 10 November. |
| 2021 | Keith Ridgway | A Shock | New Directions | The shortlist was announced on 6 October, and the winner on 10 November. |
| 2021 | Leone Ross | This One Sky Day | Faber and Faber | The shortlist was announced on 6 October, and the winner on 10 November. |
| 2021 | Rebecca Watson | little scratch | Faber and Faber | The shortlist was announced on 6 October, and the winner on 10 November. |
| 2020 | M. John Harrison | The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again | Gollancz | The shortlist was announced on 14 October, and the winner on 11 November. |
| 2020 | Paul Griffiths | Mr Beethoven | Henningham Family Press | The shortlist was announced on 14 October, and the winner on 11 November. |
| 2020 | Xiaolu Guo | A Lover's Discourse | Chatto & Windus | The shortlist was announced on 14 October, and the winner on 11 November. |
| 2020 | DBC Pierre | Meanwhile in Dopamine City | Faber | The shortlist was announced on 14 October, and the winner on 11 November. |
| 2020 | Monique Roffey | The Mermaid of Black Conch | Peepal Tree Press | The shortlist was announced on 14 October, and the winner on 11 November. |
| 2020 | Anakana Schofield | Bina | Fleet | The shortlist was announced on 14 October, and the winner on 11 November. |
| 2019 | Lucy Ellmann | Ducks, Newburyport | Galley Beggar Press | The shortlist was announced on 2 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2019 | Isabel Waidner | We Are Made of Diamond Stuff | Dostoyevsky Wannabe | The shortlist was announced on 2 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2019 | Vesna Main | Good Day? | Salt | The shortlist was announced on 2 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2019 | Amy Arnold | Slip of a Fish | And Other Stories | The shortlist was announced on 2 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2019 | Mark Haddon | The Porpoise | Chatto & Windus | The shortlist was announced on 2 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2019 | Deborah Levy | The Man Who Saw Everything | Hamish Hamilton | The shortlist was announced on 2 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2018 | Robin Robertson | The Long Take | Picador | The shortlist was announced on 26 September, and the winner on 14 November. |
| 2018 | Rachel Cusk | Kudos | Faber | The shortlist was announced on 26 September, and the winner on 14 November. |
| 2018 | Will Eaves | Murmur | CB Editions | The shortlist was announced on 26 September, and the winner on 14 November. |
| 2018 | Guy Gunaratne | In Our Mad and Furious City | Headline | The shortlist was announced on 26 September, and the winner on 14 November. |
| 2018 | Gabriel Josipovici | The Cemetery in Barnes | Carcanet | The shortlist was announced on 26 September, and the winner on 14 November. |
| 2018 | Olivia Laing | Crudo | Picador | The shortlist was announced on 26 September, and the winner on 14 November. |
| 2017 | Nicola Barker | H(A)PPY | William Heinemann | The shortlist was announced on 27 September, and the winner on 15 November 2017. |
| 2017 | Sara Baume | A Line Made by Walking | William Heinemann | The shortlist was announced on 27 September, and the winner on 15 November 2017. |
| 2017 | Kevin Davey | Playing Possum | Aaargh! Press | The shortlist was announced on 27 September, and the winner on 15 November 2017. |
| 2017 | Jon McGregor | Reservoir 13 | Fourth Estate | The shortlist was announced on 27 September, and the winner on 15 November 2017. |
| 2017 | Gwendoline Riley | First Love | Granta | The shortlist was announced on 27 September, and the winner on 15 November 2017. |
| 2017 | Will Self | Phone | Viking | The shortlist was announced on 27 September, and the winner on 15 November 2017. |
| 2016 | Mike McCormack | Solar Bones | Tramp Press | The shortlist was announced on 28 September, and the winner on 9 November. |
| 2016 | Deborah Levy | Hot Milk | Hamish Hamilton | The shortlist was announced on 28 September, and the winner on 9 November. |
| 2016 | Sarah Ladipo Manyika | Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun | Cassava Republic Press | The shortlist was announced on 28 September, and the winner on 9 November. |
| 2016 | Anakana Schofield | Martin John | And Other Stories | The shortlist was announced on 28 September, and the winner on 9 November. |
| 2016 | Eimear McBride | The Lesser Bohemians | Faber and Faber | The shortlist was announced on 28 September, and the winner on 9 November. |
| 2016 | Rachel Cusk | Transit | Jonathan Cape | The shortlist was announced on 28 September, and the winner on 9 November. |
| 2015 | Kevin Barry | Beatlebone | Canongate | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 11 November. All the authors on the shortlist were men. |
| 2015 | Richard Beard | Acts of the Assassins | Vintage | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 11 November. All the authors on the shortlist were men. |
| 2015 | Magnus Mills | The Field of the Cloth of Gold | Bloomsbury Publishing | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 11 November. All the authors on the shortlist were men. |
| 2015 | Tom McCarthy | Satin Island | Jonathan Cape | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 11 November. All the authors on the shortlist were men. |
| 2015 | Max Porter | Grief Is the Thing with Feathers | Faber and Faber | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 11 November. All the authors on the shortlist were men. |
| 2015 | Adam Thirlwell | Lurid & Cute | Jonathan Cape | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 11 November. All the authors on the shortlist were men. |
| 2014 | Ali Smith | How to Be Both | Penguin | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2014 | Rachel Cusk | Outline | Vintage | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2014 | Will Eaves | The Absent Therapist | CB Editions | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2014 | Howard Jacobson | J | Jonathan Cape | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2014 | Paul Kingsnorth | The Wake | Unbound Publishing | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2014 | Zia Haider Rahman | In the Light of What We Know | Picador | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2013 | Eimear McBride | A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing | Galley Beggar Press | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2013 | Philip Terry | tapestry | Reality Street | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2013 | Jim Crace | Harvest | Picador | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2013 | Lars Iyer | Exodus | Melville House | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2013 | David Peace | Red or Dead | Faber and Faber | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 13 November. |
| 2013 | Ali Smith | Artful | Penguin Books | The shortlist was announced on 1 October, and the winner on 13 November. |