# Royal Society of Literature

The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820 by King George IV to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". A charity that represents the voice of literature in the UK, the RSL has about 800 Fellows, elected from among the best writers in any genre currently at work. Additionally, Honorary Fellows are chosen from those who have made a significant contribution to the advancement of literature, including publishers, agents, librarians, booksellers or producers. The society is a cultural tenant at London's Somerset House. The RSL is an independent charity and relies on the support of its Members, Patrons, Fellows and friends to continue its work.

## History

The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) was founded in 1820, with the patronage of George IV, to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent", and its first president was Thomas Burgess, Bishop of St David's (who was later translated as Bishop of Salisbury). From the beginning of the 21st century, Presidents have served four year terms and the RSL has employed a professional director to oversee its membership and outreach programmes. From 2018, the RSL's patron has been Queen Camilla, who took over in the role from Elizabeth II.

### Fellowship

Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature: are elected annually and accorded the privilege of using the post-nominal letters FRSL. Traditionally around 14 new fellows per year were elected, with a total number of about 500 being maintained. To be nominated for fellowship, a writer must have published two works of literary merit, and nominations must be seconded by an RSL fellow. All nominations are presented to members of the Council of the Royal Society of Literature, who vote biannually to elect new fellows. Newly elected fellows are introduced at the Society's annual general meeting and summer party. While the President reads a citation for each, they are invited to sign their names in the roll book which dates back to 1820, Additionally, Honorary Fellows are chosen from those who have made a significant contribution to the advancement of literature, including publishers, agents, librarians, booksellers or producers, or who have rendered special service to the RSL.
Past fellows include Samuel Taylor Coleridge, J. R. R. Tolkien, W. B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Koestler, Chinua Achebe, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Robert Ardrey, Sybille Bedford, Muriel Spark, P. J. Kavanagh, Hilary Mantel, and Sir Roger Scruton. Present Fellows include Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo, David Hare, Kazuo Ishiguro, Andrew Motion, Paul Muldoon, Zadie Smith, Nadeem Aslam, Sarah Waters,J. K. Rowling, and Nick Cave. A newly created fellow inscribes his or her name on the society's official roll using either Byron's pen, T. S. Eliot's fountain pen, which replaced Dickens's quill in 2013, or (as of 2018) George Eliot's pen, with pens belonging to Jean Rhys and Andrea Levy being additional choices from 2020.
In 2018, the RSL launched the initiative "40 Under 40", which saw the election of 40 new fellows aged under 40. In 2020, the RSL celebrated its 200th anniversary with the announcement of RSL 200, "a five-year festival launched with a series of major new initiatives and 60 new appointments championing the great diversity of writing and writers in the UK". Initiatives included RSL Open (electing new Fellows from communities, backgrounds and experiences currently under-represented in UK literary culture), and RSL International Writers (recognising the contribution of writers across the globe to literature in English). RSL 200 resulted in more than 60 new fellows and honorary fellows being elected annually between 2021 and 2024. There are now more than 800 FRSLs.
From 2023, the RSL began to be criticized over the new diversity of fellowship and for not taking a strong enough stance about the stabbing of Salman Rushdie and the cancellation of Kate Clanchy. In February 2024, President Bernardine Evaristo defended the RSL in The Guardian over the changes to fellowship and issues of freedom of speech, and stated that the RSL "cannot take sides in writers' controversies and issues, but must remain impartial." In reply, Rushdie commented on X: "Just wondering if the Royal Society of Literature is 'impartial' about attempted murder?" Publication of the RSL's annual magazine was delayed in connection with an article mentioning Israel. In February 2024 the RSL referred itself to the Charity Commission in response to what it described as a "sustained campaign of misinformation being made against it".
In January 2025, Director Molly Rosenberg and Chair Daljit Nagra stepped down from their positions, and, following an annual general meeting, it was announced that the RSL would be implementing a governance review under the new leadership of Ruth Scurr.

### Publications

The society publishes an annual magazine, the RSL Review, which includes features, interviews and essays.
In 2000, the RSL published a volume that provides a description and history of the society, written by one of its fellows, Isabel Quigly.

### Membership

From 2012, the RSL established a membership programme offering a variety of events to members and the general public. Membership of the RSL is open to all.

### Outreach

In 2021, the RSL launched "Literature Matters: Reading Together", a project aiming to make recreational reading accessible to young people across the UK.

## Awards and prizes

Through its prize programmes, the RSL supports new and established contemporary writers.
* The RSL Christopher Bland Prize — £10,000 for debut prose writers aged 50 or over.
* The Encore Awards — £10,000 for best second novel of the year. The RSL took over the administration of this award in 2016.
* The RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction – annual awards, currently one of £10,000 and one of £5,000 and one of £2,500, to authors engaged on their first commissioned works of non-fiction (replaced the Jerwood Award in 2017).
* The RSL Ondaatje Prize – an annual award of £10,000 for a distinguished work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, evoking the spirit of a place.
* The V. S. Pritchett Memorial Prize – an annual prize of £1,000 for the best unpublished short story of the year.
* The Benson Medal – awarded to those who have done sustained and outstanding service to literature.
* The RSL Literature Matters Awards for projects which connect with audiences or topics outside the usual reach of literature.
* Sky Arts RSL Writers Awards awarded to British writers of colour at the beginnings of their careers.
* Entente Littéraire Prize for writing and translation from France and the UK. Two books, one English and one French, receive a prize of €8,000 shared between the author and the translator.
* Companion of Literature – the highest honour that the society can bestow upon a writer; inaugurated in 1961, it is held by up to 12 writers at any one time.

## Council and presidents

The Council of the Royal Society of Literature is central to the election of new fellows, and directs the RSL's activities through its monthly meetings. Council members serve for a fixed term of four years, with new members being elected by Council when members retire.

### Patron

    Queen Camilla

### President

    Bernardine Evaristo

### Presidents Emeriti

    Sir Michael Holroyd
    Colin Thubron
    Marina Warner

### Acting Chair of Council

    Ruth Scurr

### Vice-Presidents

    Lisa Appignanesi
    Simon Armitage
    Mary Beard
    Anne Chisholm
    Maureen Duffy
    Maggie Gee
    Victoria Glendinning
    Jackie Kay
    Blake Morrison
    Grace Nichols
    Philip Pullman
    Elif Shafak
    Kamila Shamsie
    Colm Tóibín
    Claire Tomalin
    Jenny Uglow

### Council

    Reza Vishka, Hon. Treasurer
    Louise Doughty
    Inua Ellams
    Maureen Freely
    Daisy Hay
    Catherine Johnson
    Joanna Kavenna
    Helen Mort
    Susheila Nasta
    Patrick McGuinness
    Roger Robinson
    Ruth Scurr

## List of presidents

* 1820–1832: Bishop Thomas Burgess
* 1832–1833: George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
* 1834–1845: F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
* 1845–1849: Henry Hallam
* 1849–1851: Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
* 1851–1856: George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle
* 1856–1876: The Rt Rev. Connop Thirlwall (Bishop of St David's until 1874)
* 1876–1884: The Prince Leopold (Duke of Albany from 1881)
* 1885–1893: Sir Patrick Colquhoun
* 1893–1920: Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury
* 1921–1945: Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe
* 1946–1947: Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton
* 1947–1982: Lord Butler of Saffron Walden
* 1982–1988: Sir Angus Wilson
* 1988–2003: Lord Jenkins of Hillhead
* 2003–2008: Sir Michael Holroyd
* 2008–2017: Colin Thubron
* 2017–2021: Marina Warner
* 2022–present: Bernardine Evaristo

### Current fellows

The current list of approximately 800 fellows: :
| Fellow | Year of election |
| Hassan Abdulrazzak | 2024 |
| *Julia Abel Smith | 2008 |
| Leila Aboulela | 2023 |
| *Melanie Abrahams | 2020 |
| Peter Ackroyd | 1984 |
| Donald Adamson | 1983 |
| Fleur Adcock | 1984 |
| Sulaiman Addonia | 2022 |
| Diran Adebayo | 2006 |
| John Agard | 2007 |
| *Sandra Agard | 2022 |
| Bola Agbaje | 2018 |
| Patience Agbabi | 2017 |
| Hanan al-Shaykh | 2019 |
| *Clare Alexander | 2021 |
| Monica Ali | 2019 |
| Yasmin Alibhai-Brown | 2022 |
| Keith Alldritt | 1978 |
| *Ellah Wakatama Allfrey | 2019 |
| David Almond | 2011 |
| *David Altaras | 1996 |
| Karin Altenberg | 2023 |
| Moniza Alvi | 2023 |
| Mark Amory | 1996 |
| Tahmima Anam | 2017 |
| Anthony Anaxagorou | 2023 |
| *Linda Anderson | 2020 |
| *Adjoa Andoh | 2022 |
| *Nelle Andrew | 2023 |
| Carole Angier | 2002 |
| Romalyn Ante | 2023 |
| Raymond Antrobus | 2020 |
| Kwame Anthony Appiah | 2017 |
| Lisa Appignanesi, Vice-President | 2015 |
| Anne Applebaum | 2021 |
| Michael Arditti | 2022 |
| *Sarah Ardizzone | 2024 |
| Chloe Aridjis | 2020 |
| Simon Armitage, Vice-President | 2004 |
| Claire Armitstead | 2022 |
| Karen Armstrong | 2005 |
| Bruce Arnold | 1994 |
| Mona Arshi | 2022 |
| Michael Asher | 1996 |
| Rosemary Ashton | 1999 |
| Zawe Ashton | 2021 |
| Jenn Ashworth | 2018 |
| Nadeem Aslam | 2010 |
| *Syima Aslam | 2019 |
| *Lucy Astor | 2024 |
| Polly Atkin | 2022 |
| Kate Atkinson | 2010 |
| Margaret Atwood | 2010 |
| Tash Aw | 2023 |
| Sir Alan Ayckbourn | 1991 |
| *Pete Ayrton | 2019 |
| David Baddiel | 2019 |
| Paul Bailey | 1999 |
| *Bibi Bakare-Yusuf | 2019 |
| *Mohit Bakaya | 2023 |
| Sarah Bakewell | 2012 |
| John Banville | 2007 |
| Richard Barber | 1971 |
| Juliet Barker | 2001 |
| Pat Barker | 1995 |
| Damian Barr | 2020 |
| Sebastian Barry | 2009 |
| Susan Bassnett | 2007 |
| *Sanchita Basu De Sarkar | 2024 |
| Sir Jonathan Bate | 2004 |
| Laura Bates | 2018 |
| Martin Bax | 2002 |
| Sally Bayley | 2021 |
| Dame Mary Beard, Vice-President | 2019 |
| Dame Gillian Beer | 2006 |
| Sir Antony Beevor | 1999 |
| *Sharmilla Beezmohun | 2019 |
| Rosalind Belben | 1999 |
| Jay Bernard | 2018 |
| Emily Berry | 2018 |
| *Richard Beswick | 2023 |
| Homi Bhabha | 2021 |
| *Xandra Bingley | 2019 |
| *Robert Binyon | 2000 |
| Dea Birkett | 2000 |
| Julia Blackburn | 2002 |
| Terence Blacker | 2017 |
| Malorie Blackman | 2009 |
| Sir Quentin Blake | 2013 |
| Rachael Boast | 2022 |
| *Ruth Borthwick | 2018 |
| Elleke Boehmer | 2019 |
| Malika Booker | 2022 |
| *Mair Bosworth | 2020 |
| William Boyd | 1982 |
| Susie Boyt | 2022 |
| Tony Bradman | 2024 |
| Melvyn Bragg | 1971 |
| Carys Bray | 2023 |
| Piers Brendon | 2010 |
| Howard Brenton | 2017 |
| Simon Brett | 2015 |
| Robin Briggs | 1999 |
| *Jenny Brown | 2021 |
| *Tony Brown | 2020 |
| Alan Brownjohn | 1999 |
| James Buchan | 2001 |
| Rowan Hisayo Buchanan | 2023 |
| Moira Buffini | 2014 |
| Melvin Burgess | 2022 |
| Anna Burns | 2021 |
| John Burnside | 1999 |
| *Margaret Busby | 2017 |
| Jez Butterworth | 2019 |
| A. S. Byatt (Dame Antonia Byatt ) | 1983 |
| David Cairns | 2001 |
| Lucy Caldwell | 2018 |
| Sir David Cannadine | 1999 |
| Vahni Capildeo | 2019 |
| John Carey | 1982 |
| Peter Carey | 1989 |
| Ciaran Carson | 2014 |
| Jan Carson | 2023 |
| Miranda Carter | 2011 |
| Helen Castor | 2017 |
| David Caute | 1998 |
| Nick Cave | 2022 |
| Hugh Cecil | 1997 |
| Aidan Chambers | 2009 |
| *Charles III | 2002 |
| Debjani Chatterjee | 2019 |
| Amit Chaudhuri | 2009 |
| Tracy Chevalier | 2008 |
| Kayo Chingonyi | 2022 |
| Anne Chisholm, Vice-President | 1989 |
| Rupert Christiansen | 1997 |
| Kate Clanchy | 2010 |
| Susannah Clapp | 2013 |
| Gillian Clarke | 2000 |
| John Clay | 1998 |
| *Frances Coady | 2024 |
| *Michael Codron | 2019 |
| Jonathan Coe | 2012 |
| Michaela Coel | 2022 |
| Joseph Coelho | 2023 |
| J. M. Coetzee | 1988 |
| Josh Cohen | 2023 |
| Richard Cohen | 2017 |
| *Gill Coleridge | 2021 |
| Linda Colley (Lady Cannadine) | 2004 |
| *Geraldine Collinge | 2024 |
| Sophie Collins | 2018 |
| Cressida Connolly | 2020 |
| Tony Connor | 1972 |
| P. J. Conrad | 1974 |
| Peter Conradi | 2010 |
| David Constantine | 2007 |
| *Jon Cook | 2021 |
| Artemis Cooper (Lady Beevor) | 2016 |
| Susan Cooper | 2020 |
| Wendy Cope | 1992 |
| John Cornwell | 1985 |
| Frank Cottrell Boyce | 2012 |
| Cressida Cowell | 2021 |
| Jim Crace | 1999 |
| Robert Crawford | 2021 |
| Jacqueline Crooks | 2024 |
| Kevin Crossley-Holland | 1998 |
| Patricia Cumper | 2023 |
| *James Currey | 2023 |
| Tony Curtis | 2000 |
| Rachel Cusk | 2012 |
| Emma Dabiri | 2023 |
| David Dabydeen | 2000 |
| Fred D'Aguiar | 2022 |
| William Dalrymple | 1995 |
| Richard Davenport-Hines | 2003 |
| Andrew Davies | 1996 |
| Carys Davies | 2022 |
| Norman Davies | 2013 |
| Paul Davies | 1999 |
| Russell T. Davies | 2022 |
| Stevie Davies | 1998 |
| Dick Davis | 1981 |
| Richard Dawkins | 1997 |
| Jill Dawson | 2020 |
| Elizabeth Day | 2024 |
| April De Angelis | 2020 |
| Louis de Bernières | 2006 |
| Margreta de Grazia | 2021 |
| Alain de Botton | 2011 |
| *Tim Dee | 2017 |
| Ferdinand Dennis | 2022 |
| Edmund de Waal | 2021 |
| Kit de Waal | 2022 |
| Anita Desai | 1978 |
| Imtiaz Dharker | 2010 |
| David Dilks | 1986 |
| Maura Dooley | 2006 |
| Tishani Doshi | 2023 |
| *Jonathan Douglas | 2021 |
| Robert Douglas-Fairhurst | 2015 |
| Roddy Doyle | 2003 |
| Dame Margaret Drabble | 1973 |
| Jane Draycott | 2020 |
| Dame Carol Ann Duffy | 1999 |
| Maureen Duffy, Vice-President | 1985 |
| Sasha Dugdale | 2020 |
| Ian Duhig | 2006 |
| Sarah Dunant | 2024 |
| Douglas Dunn | 1981 |
| Jane Dunn | 1999 |
| Nell Dunn | 2004 |
| Geoff Dyer | 2005 |
| Will Eaves | 2021 |
| Reni Eddo-Lodge | 2021 |
| David Edgar | 1985 |
| Helen Edmundson | 2015 |
| Yvvette Edwards | 2020 |
| Max Egremont (Lord Egremont) | 2001 |
| Menna Elfyn | 2015 |
| Inua Ellams | 2018 |
| Anne Enright | 2010 |
| Wendy Erskine | 2023 |
| Diana Evans | 2020 |
| Martina Evans | 2024 |
| Sir Richard Evans | 1999 |
| Bernardine Evaristo | 2004 |
| Sir Richard Eyre | 2011 |
| Jenni Fagan | 2023 |
| Ruth Fainlight | 2007 |
| Duncan Fallowell | 2015 |
| Kit Fan | 2022 |
| Paul Farley | 2012 |
| Sebastian Faulks | 1994 |
| Lara Feigel | 2018 |
| James Fenton | 1983 |
| Adam Fergusson | 2009 |
| Maggie Fergusson | 2007 |
| William Fiennes | 2009 |
| Orlando Figes | 2003 |
| Anne Fine | 2003 |
| Tibor Fischer | 2003 |
| Leontia Flynn | 2022 |
| Richard Ford | 2012 |
| Aminatta Forna | 2012 |
| Richard Fortey | 2009 |
| Roy Foster | 1992 |
| Adam Foulds | 2009 |
| Linda France | 2024 |
| Gavin Francis | 2023 |
| *Dan Franklin | 2019 |
| Peter Frankopan | 2020 |
| Lady Antonia Fraser | 2003 |
| Robert Fraser | 2007 |
| Michael Frayn | 1969 |
| Maureen Freely | 2012 |
| Annie Freud | 2024 |
| Esther Freud | 2019 |
| Stephen Fry | 2019 |
| Athol Fugard | 1986 |
| John Fuller | 1980 |
| Neil Gaiman | 2018 |
| Patrick Gale | 2021 |
| Janice Galloway | 2023 |
| Jane Gardam | 2005 |
| *Anthony Gardner | 2004 |
| Philip Gardner | 1986 |
| Rosie Garland | 2023 |
| Alan Garner | 2011 |
| Timothy Garton Ash | 2005 |
| Jamila Gavin | 2015 |
| *Kate Gavron | 2020 |
| Gabriel Gbadamosi | 2024 |
| Maggie Gee, Vice-President | 1994 |
| *Sue Gee | 2024 |
| Adèle Geras | 2013 |
| Amitav Ghosh | 2009 |
| Peter Gill | 2019 |
| Sir David Gilmour, 4th Baronet | 1990 |
| Paul Gilroy | 2016 |
| Lesley Glaister | 1994 |
| Victoria Glendinning, Vice-President | 1982 |
| Julian Gloag | 1970 |
| Salena Godden | 2020 |
| *David Godwin | 2020 |
| *Georgina Godwin | 2023 |
| Vesna Goldsworthy | 2021 |
| *Lennie Goodings | 2020 |
| Priyamvada Gopal | 2024 |
| Edmund Gordon | 2018 |
| Lyndall Gordon | 2002 |
| Warwick Gould | 1997 |
| James Graham | 2018 |
| Colin Grant | 2020 |
| Linda Grant | 2013 |
| *Victoria Gray | 2021 |
| Anthony Grayling | 2006 |
| Peter Green | 1956 |
| Lavinia Greenlaw | 2004 |
| Bonnie Greer | 2022 |
| Germaine Greer | 2016 |
| John Gribbin | 1999 |
| *Chris Gribble | 2023 |
| Niall Griffiths | 2022 |
| Vona Groarke | 2024 |
| Guy Gunaratne | 2024 |
| Romesh Gunesekera | 2004 |
| Kirsty Gunn | 2020 |
| Xiaolu Guo | 2022 |
| Sunetra Gupta | 2024 |
| Tanika Gupta | |
| Abdulrazak Gurnah | 2006 |
| Jen Hadfield | 2021 |
| Tessa Hadley | 2009 |
| John Haffenden | 1986 |
| William Hague (Lord Hague) | 2009 |
| Daniel Hahn | 2020 |
| Sarah Hall | 2016 |
| John Halperin | 1985 |
| James Hamilton-Paterson | 2023 |
| Sir Christopher Hampton | 1976 |
| *Lucy Hannah | 2024 |
| Sophie Hannah | 2024 |
| Sir David Hare | 1985 |
| Kiran Millwood Hargrave | 2023 |
| Claire Harman | 2006 |
| Richard Harries (Lord Harries of Pentregarth) | 1996 |
| Alexandra Harris | 2013 |
| Joanne Harris | 2022 |
| Robert Harris | 1996 |
| Tony Harrison | 1984 |
| David Harsent | 1999 |
| Rosalind Harvey | 2018 |
| Sir Max Hastings | 1996 |
| Lady Selina Hastings | 1994 |
| Roy Hattersley (Lord Hattersley) | 2003 |
| Daisy Hay | 2018 |
| Cameron Hazlehurst | 1973 |
| John Hemming CG | 2013 |
| Philip Hensher | 1998 |
| W. N. Herbert | 2015 |
| Mick Herron | 2024 |
| *Mark C. Hewitt | 2023 |
| Rachel Hewitt | 2018 |
| Seán Hewitt | 2023 |
| Ella Hickson | 2018 |
| Rosemary Hill | 2010 |
| Tobias Hill | 2011 |
| Bevis Hillier | 1997 |
| Tim Hilton | 1993 |
| Afua Hirsch | 2024 |
| Victoria Hislop | 2024 |
| Henry Hitchings | 2015 |
| Peter Hobbs | 2014 |
| Eva Hoffman | 2007 |
| Michael Hofmann | 2023 |
| *Andrew Holgate | 2020 |
| Tom Holland | 2016 |
| Alan Hollinghurst | 1995 |
| *Richard Hollis | 2019 |
| Richard Holmes | 1975 |
| Sir Michael Holroyd President Emeritus | 1968 |
| Jeremy Hooker | 2021 |
| Christopher Hope | 1990 |
| Nick Hornby | 1996 |
| *Sarah Hosking | 2021 |
| Sarah Howe | 2018 |
| Kerry Hudson | 2020 |
| Kathryn Hughes | 2006 |
| *Peggy Hughes | 2023 |
| Lucy Hughes-Hallett | 2010 |
| Roland Huntford | 2001 |
| Aamer Hussein | 2004 |
| Angela Huth | 1978 |
| *Sir Nicholas Hytner | 2019 |
| Armando Iannucci | 2019 |
| Khadijah Ibrahiim | 2024 |
| Robert Icke | 2018 |
| Robert Irwin | 2001 |
| Kazuo Ishiguro | 1989 |
| Howard Jacobson | 2012 |
| Maya Jaggi | 2023 |
| Kathleen Jamie | 2009 |
| Deborah Jay | 2005 |
| Alan Jenkins | 2002 |
| Sir Simon Jenkins | 2003 |
| Liz Jensen | 2005 |
| Catherine Johnson | 2019 |
| Linton Kwesi Johnson | 2013 |
| *Paula Johnson | 2008 |
| Jennifer Johnston | 2009 |
| Cynan Jones | 2019 |
| Steve Jones | 2011 |
| Anjali Joseph | 2024 |
| Anthony Joseph | 2023 |
| Gabriel Josipovici | 1997 |
| Alan Judd | 1990 |
| Margaret Jull Costa | 2013 |
| Meena Kandasamy | 2022 |
| Bhanu Kapil | 2022 |
| Joanna Kavenna | 2024 |
| Jackie Kay, Vice-President | 2002 |
| Jonathan Keates | 1992 |
| Laurence Kelly | 2003 |
| Peter Kemp | 2015 |
| Thomas Keneally | 1973 |
| A. L. Kennedy | 1999 |
| *Prince Edward, Duke of Kent | 1978 |
| Hannah Khalil | 2022 |
| Mimi Khalvati | 2009 |
| Andrew Kidd | 2023 |
| Thomas Kilroy | 1972 |
| Lucy Kirkwood | 2018 |
| Matthew Kneale | 2003 |
| Zaffar Kunial | 2022 |
| Hari Kunzru | 2014 |
| Hanif Kureishi | 2008 |
| Kwame Kwei-Armah | 2014 |
| David Kynaston | 2010 |
| Olivia Laing | 2019 |
| Nick Laird | 2013 |
| John Lanchester | 2002 |
| Robin Lane Fox | 1974 |
| Lee Langley | 1996 |
| James Lasdun | 2009 |
| Bryony Lavery | 2002 |
| Patrice Lawrence | 2023 |
| Mark Lawson | 2015 |
| Zachary Leader | 2007 |
| Dame Hermione Lee | 1992 |
| Brendan Lehane | 1999 |
| Mike Leigh | 2008 |
| Rebecca Lenkiewicz | 2017 |
| Deborah Levy | 2017 |
| Paul Levy | 1980 |
| Gwyneth Lewis | 1999 |
| Alison Light | 2021 |
| Joanne Limburg | 2022 |
| Toby Litt | 2023 |
| Dame Penelope Lively | 1985 |
| Samuel Lock | 2001 |
| David Lodge | 1976 |
| Michael Longley | 1988 |
| *Sharmaine Lovegrove | 2021 |
| Hannah Lowe | 2022 |
| Edward Lucie-Smith | 1964 |
| Andrew Lycett | 2010 |
| Richard Mabey | 2011 |
| Alexander McCall Smith | 2014 |
| Karen McCarthy Woolf | 2022 |
| Geraldine McCaughrean | 2009 |
| Val McDermid | 2016 |
| Ian McDonald | 1970 |
| Ian McEwan CBE | 1983 |
| Robert Macfarlane | 2011 |
| Roy McFarlane | 2023 |
| Darren McGarvey | 2023 |
| Lisa McGee | 2022 |
| Roger McGough | 2004 |
| Patrick McGrath | 2002 |
| Patrick McGuinness | 2019 |
| Jamie McKendrick | 2014 |
| Andrew McMillan | 2020 |
| Ian McMillan | 2022 |
| *Jean McNicol | 2024 |
| Ben Macintyre | 2014 |
| Shena Mackay | 1999 |
| Rory MacLean | 2007 |
| *Christopher MacLehose | 2021 |
| Margaret MacMillan | 2003 |
| Tessa McWatt | 2021 |
| Candia McWilliam | 1994 |
| Sabrina Mahfouz | 2018 |
| *Claire Malcolm | 2024 |
| Sir Noel Malcolm | 1997 |
| Nesrine Malik | 2023 |
| David Malouf | 2008 |
| Norman Manea | 2011 |
| Alberto Manguel | 2010 |
| Philip Mansel | 2010 |
| Sarah Ladipo Manyika | 2023 |
| Patrick Marber | 2002 |
| Patrick Marnham | 1988 |
| Justin Marozzi | 2021 |
| *Robyn Marsack | 2023 |
| Philip Marsden | 1996 |
| Rosalind Marshall | 1974 |
| Adam Mars-Jones | 2007 |
| Yann Martel | 2014 |
| Francesca Martinez | 2022 |
| Allan Massie | 1982 |
| Hisham Matar | 2013 |
| Douglas Matthews | 1998 |
| Glyn Maxwell | 1999 |
| *Shirley May | 2020 |
| Jonathan Meades | 2019 |
| James Meek | 2020 |
| Gita Mehta | 2021 |
| Pauline Melville | 2018 |
| Edward Mendelson | 2003 |
| Jeffrey Meyers | 1983 |
| China Miéville | 2015 |
| Andrew Miller | 2012 |
| Kei Miller | 2018 |
| Michael Millgate | 1983 |
| Pankaj Mishra | 2008 |
| Rohinton Mistry | 2009 |
| David Mitchell | 2013 |
| Julian Mitchell | 1985 |
| Deborah Moggach | 1999 |
| Nadifa Mohamed | 2018 |
| Ray Monk | 2015 |
| Caroline Moorehead | 1993 |
| David Morley | 2018 |
| Sir Michael Morpurgo | 2004 |
| Sinéad Morrissey | 2019 |
| Blake Morrison, Vice-President | 1988 |
| Helen Mort | 2018 |
| Sarah Moss | 2019 |
| Kate Mosse | 2020 |
| Sir Andrew Motion | 1984 |
| Sir Ferdinand Mount | 1991 |
| Fiona Mozley | 2022 |
| Paul Muldoon | 1981 |
| *Henderson Mullin | 2023 |
| Raman Mundair | 2022 |
| Alice Munro | 2002 |
| Richard Murphy | 1968 |
| Benjamin Myers | 2023 |
| Daljit Nagra | 2017 |
| Beverley Naidoo | 2023 |
| Suniti Namjoshi | 2023 |
| *Susheila Nasta | 2019 |
| Patrick Ness | 2023 |
| Charles Nicholl | 2005 |
| Grace Nichols, Vice-President | 2007 |
| Virginia Nicholson | 2019 |
| William Nicholson | 1999 |
| Adam Nicolson (Lord Carnock) | 2005 |
| *Alastair Niven | 2021 |
| Gerard Noel | 1999 |
| Barney Norris | 2018 |
| Okechukwu Nzelu | 2024 |
| Edna O'Brien | 2011 |
| Sean O'Brien | 2007 |
| Bernard O'Donoghue | 1999 |
| Maggie O'Farrell | 2021 |
| Andrew O'Hagan | 2010 |
| Redmond O'Hanlon | 1993 |
| Kaite O'Reilly | 2023 |
| Irenosen Okojie | 2018 |
| Ben Okri | 1997 |
| Musa Okwonga | 2022 |
| David Olusoga | 2019 |
| *Sir Christopher Ondaatje | 2003 |
| Michael Ondaatje | 2012 |
| Chibundu Onuzo | 2018 |
| Susie Orbach | 2019 |
| *Deirdre Osborne | 2022 |
| *Ursula Owen | 2020 |
| Helen Oyeyemi | 2012 |
| Ruth Padel | 1998 |
| *Stephen Page | 2019 |
| Sir Michael Palin | 2020 |
| Peter Parker | 1997 |
| Nii Ayikwei Parkes | 2024 |
| Sandeep Parmar | 2020 |
| Vinay Patel | 2018 |
| Don Paterson | 2004 |
| *Emma Paterson | 2023 |
| Brian Patten | 2003 |
| Glenn Patterson | 2023 |
| *Polly Pattullo | 2022 |
| Laline Paull | 2023 |
| Tim Pears | 2012 |
| Sarah Perry | 2018 |
| Pascale Petit | 2018 |
| *Ruthie Petrie | 2021 |
| Adam Phillips | 2012 |
| Caryl Phillips | 2000 |
| Mike Phillips | 2000 |
| Winsome Pinnock | 2020 |
| David Plante | 2002 |
| Clare Pollard | 2024 |
| Jacob Polley | 2024 |
| Stephen Poliakoff | 1985 |
| Peter Pomerantsev | 2021 |
| Max Porter | 2020 |
| Lucy Prebble | 2018 |
| *Alexandra Pringle | 2017 |
| *Stuart Profitt | 2019 |
| (Baron) David Profumo | 1995 |
| *Simon Prosser | 2021 |
| David Pryce-Jones | 1980 |
| Kate Pullinger | 2024 |
| Philip Pullman, Vice-President | 2001 |
| Craig Raine | 1984 |
| Nina Raine | 2019 |
| Ross Raisin | 2018 |
| Ian Rankin | 2016 |
| Nicholas Rankin | 2009 |
| Frederic Raphael | 1964 |
| Sigrid Rausing | 2020 |
| Piers Paul Read | 1972 |
| Anne Redmon | 1980 |
| Deryn Rees-Jones | 2024 |
| Christopher Reid | 1999 |
| *Emma Rice | 2024 |
| Sir Christopher Ricks | 1970 |
| Jane Ridley | 2007 |
| Matthew White Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley | 1999 |
| Denise Riley | 2019 |
| Gwendoline Riley | 2018 |
| William Rivière | 2000 |
| Graham Robb | 1999 |
| Andrew Roberts | 2001 |
| Michèle Roberts | 1999 |
| *Sue Roberts | 2023 |
| Robin Robertson | 2010 |
| Roger Robinson | 2020 |
| *Fiammetta Rocco | 2021 |
| Monique Roffey | 2022 |
| Jane Rogers | 1994 |
| Stephen Romer | 2011 |
| Jacqueline Rose | 2022 |
| Michael Rosen | 2006 |
| Meg Rosoff | 2013 |
| Jacob Ross | 2006 |
| Leone Ross | 2023 |
| J. K. Rowling | 2002 |
| Anthony Rudolf | 2005 |
| Carol Rumens | 1984 |
| David Runciman (Viscount Runciman of Doxford) | 2021 |
| Katherine Rundell | 2020 |
| Sir Salman Rushdie | 1983 |
| Frances Ryan | 2022 |
| Amy Sackville | 2018 |
| Sunjeev Sahota | 2018 |
| S. F. Said | 2021 |
| Lawrence Sail | 1998 |
| Edward St Aubyn | 2011 |
| *Marina Salandy-Brown | 2020 |
| Fiona Sampson | 2010 |
| *Sarah Sanders | 2020 |
| Philippe Sands | 2020 |
| Sathnam Sanghera | 2016 |
| J. J. Scarisbrick | 1969 |
| Sir Simon Schama | 2016 |
| *Aki Schilz | 2023 |
| Ann Schlee | 1997 |
| Michael Schmidt | 1993 |
| *Patricia Schute | 1991 |
| Lawrence Scott | 2019 |
| Richard Scott | 2024 |
| Ruth Scurr | 2015 |
| Simon Sebag-Montefiore | 2003 |
| Anne Sebba | 2021 |
| Elisa Segrave | 2001 |
| Richard Sennett | 1999 |
| *Kadija Sesay | 2021 |
| Vikram Seth | 1994 |
| Miranda Seymour | 1996 |
| Elif Shafak, Vice-President | 2019 |
| Nicholas Shakespeare | 1999 |
| Kamila Shamsie, Vice-President | 2011 |
| Jo Shapcott | 1999 |
| Owen Sheers | 2023 |
| Warsan Shire | 2018 |
| Elaine Showalter | 2011 |
| Nikesh Shukla | 2019 |
| *William Sieghart | 2019 |
| Posy Simmonds | 2004 |
| Helen Simpson | 1996 |
| Iain Sinclair | 2009 |
| Sunny Singh | 2023 |
| Adam Sisman | 2015 |
| Lemn Sissay | 2022 |
| Robert Skidelsky (Lord Skidelsky of Tilton) | 1978 |
| Gillian Slovo | 2013 |
| Dorothea Smartt | 2019 |
| Ali Smith | 2007 |
| Cherry Smyth | 2022 |
| Deborah Smith | 2018 |
| *John Saumarez Smith, Benson Medallist | 1996 |
| Zadie Smith | 2002 |
| *Nicola Solomon | 2019 |
| Ahdaf Soueif | 2002 |
| Diana Souhami | 2024 |
| *Wole Soyinka | 1983 |
| Frances Spalding | 1984 |
| *Nicholas Spice | 2019 |
| Jean Sprackland | 2021 |
| Francis Spufford | 2007 |
| *Alice Spawls | 2024 |
| Hilary Spurling | 2005 |
| Sir John Spurling | 2010 |
| Martin Stannard | 1999 |
| C. K. Stead | 1995 |
| Polly Stenham | 2018 |
| Rory Stewart | 2009 |
| Stanley Stewart | 2001 |
| Sir Tom Stoppard | 1972 |
| Peter Stothard | 2023 |
| Rebecca Stott | 2021 |
| Sir Roy Strong | 1999 |
| Andrea Stuart | 2014 |
| *SuAndi | 2024 |
| Kate Summerscale | 2010 |
| *Tom Sutcliffe | 2020 |
| John Sutherland | 1990 |
| *David Sutton | 2012 |
| *Bill Swainson | 2023 |
| Graham Swift | 1984 |
| Charlie Swinbourne | 2022 |
| Meera Syal | 2017 |
| Michael Symmons Roberts | 2014 |
| George Szirtes | 1982 |
| Bryan Talbot | 2018 |
| Preti Taneja | 2023 |
| D. J. Taylor | 1997 |
| Joelle Taylor | 2022 |
| Sara Taylor | 2018 |
| Kae Tempest | 2015 |
| Adam Thirlwell | 2018 |
| Dame Emma Thompson | 2021 |
| Tade Thompson | 2023 |
| Ian Thomson | 2003 |
| Rupert Thomson | 2015 |
| Jack Thorne | 2020 |
| Colin Thubron President | 1969 |
| Ann Thwaite | 1987 |
| Stella Tillyard | 2019 |
| Gillian Tindall | 1983 |
| Colm Tóibín, Vice-President | 2007 |
| (Count) Nikolai Tolstoy | 1979 |
| Claire Tomalin, Vice-President | 1976 |
| *Boyd Tonkin | 2020 |
| Barbara Trapido | 2011 |
| Jeremy Treglown | 1989 |
| Dame Rose Tremain | 1983 |
| Lynne Truss | 2004 |
| Jenny Uglow, Vice-President | 1998 |
| *Amy Wack | 2024 |
| Erica Wagner | 2023 |
| James Walvin | 2006 |
| Alan Warner | 2013 |
| Dame Marina Warner | 1984 |
| Sarah Waters | 2009 |
| Robert Wells | 1994 |
| Stanley Wells | 2013 |
| Timberlake Wertenbaker | 1999 |
| Sara Wheeler | 1999 |
| *Sylvia Whitman | 2023 |
| Helen Wilcox | 1999 |
| Verna Wilkins | 2021 |
| Eley Williams | 2018 |
| Hugo Williams | 1988 |
| Nigel Williams | 1994 |
| Lord Williams of Oystermouth | 2003 |
| *Mary-Kay Wilmers | 2017 |
| A. N. Wilson | 1982 |
| Bee Wilson | 2023 |
| Frances Wilson | 2008 |
| Dame Jacqueline Wilson | 2005 |
| Jeanette Winterson | 2016 |
| *Gaby Wood | 2021 |
| James Wood | 2011 |
| Michael Wood | 1992 |
| Gerard Woodward | 2005 |
| Pamela Woof | 1999 |
| Kit Wright | 1997 |
| Ann Wroe | 2007 |
| Evie Wyld | 2018 |
| *Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey | 2020 |
| Louisa Young | 2024 |
| Gary Younge | 2021 |
| Adam Zamoyski | 2006 |
| Theodore Zeldin | 1999 |
The * before the name denotes an Honorary Fellow. The list is online at the RSL website.

### RSL International Writers

The RSL International Writers programme is a new life-long honour and award recognizing the contribution of writers across the globe to literature in English, and the power of literature to transcend borders in bringing people together, the inaugural list of recipients being announced in 2021.
| Year | Writer | Country | Language(s) | Genre(s) | Panel of Nominators |
| 2021 | Don Mee Choi (b. 1962) | South Korea United States | Korean and English | poetry, translation | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Lisa AppignanesiSyima AslamBibi Bakare-YusufSophie CollinsSasha DugdaleMax PorterPhilippe SandsElif ShafakBoyd Tonkin |
| 2021 | Annie Ernaux (b. 1940) | France | French | novel, memoir, autobiography | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Lisa AppignanesiSyima AslamBibi Bakare-YusufSophie CollinsSasha DugdaleMax PorterPhilippe SandsElif ShafakBoyd Tonkin |
| 2021 | David Grossman (b. 1954) | Israel | Hebrew | novel, essays | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Lisa AppignanesiSyima AslamBibi Bakare-YusufSophie CollinsSasha DugdaleMax PorterPhilippe SandsElif ShafakBoyd Tonkin |
| 2021 | Jamaica Kincaid (b. 1949) | Antigua and Barbuda United States | English | novel, essays, short story | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Lisa AppignanesiSyima AslamBibi Bakare-YusufSophie CollinsSasha DugdaleMax PorterPhilippe SandsElif ShafakBoyd Tonkin |
| 2021 | Yan Lianke (b. 1958) | China | Mandarin | novel, short story | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Lisa AppignanesiSyima AslamBibi Bakare-YusufSophie CollinsSasha DugdaleMax PorterPhilippe SandsElif ShafakBoyd Tonkin |
| 2021 | Amin Maalouf (b. 1949) | Lebanon France | French | novel, essays | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Lisa AppignanesiSyima AslamBibi Bakare-YusufSophie CollinsSasha DugdaleMax PorterPhilippe SandsElif ShafakBoyd Tonkin |
| 2021 | Alain Mabanckou (b. 1966) | Republic of Congo France | French | novel, poetry, essays | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Lisa AppignanesiSyima AslamBibi Bakare-YusufSophie CollinsSasha DugdaleMax PorterPhilippe SandsElif ShafakBoyd Tonkin |
| 2021 | Javier Marías (1951–2022) | Spain | Spanish | novel, short story, essays, translation | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Lisa AppignanesiSyima AslamBibi Bakare-YusufSophie CollinsSasha DugdaleMax PorterPhilippe SandsElif ShafakBoyd Tonkin |
| 2021 | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (b. 1938) | Kenya | English and Kikuyu | novel, drama, short story, essays | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Lisa AppignanesiSyima AslamBibi Bakare-YusufSophie CollinsSasha DugdaleMax PorterPhilippe SandsElif ShafakBoyd Tonkin |
| 2021 | Claudia Rankine (b. 1963) | United States | English | poetry, essays, drama | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Lisa AppignanesiSyima AslamBibi Bakare-YusufSophie CollinsSasha DugdaleMax PorterPhilippe SandsElif ShafakBoyd Tonkin |
| 2021 | Olga Tokarczuk (b. 1962) | Poland | Polish | novel, short story, poetry, essay, screenplay | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Lisa AppignanesiSyima AslamBibi Bakare-YusufSophie CollinsSasha DugdaleMax PorterPhilippe SandsElif ShafakBoyd Tonkin |
| 2021 | Dubravka Ugrešić (1949–2023) | Croatia | Croatian | novel, essays | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Lisa AppignanesiSyima AslamBibi Bakare-YusufSophie CollinsSasha DugdaleMax PorterPhilippe SandsElif ShafakBoyd Tonkin |
| 2022 | Anne Carson (b. 1950) | Canada | English | poetry, essays | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Mojisola AdebayoNick BarleySharmilla BeezmohunMaureen FreelyNell LeyshonNadifa MohamedDaljit NagraKatherine Rundell |
| 2022 | Maryse Condé (1937–2024) | France | French | novel, drama, essays | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Mojisola AdebayoNick BarleySharmilla BeezmohunMaureen FreelyNell LeyshonNadifa MohamedDaljit NagraKatherine Rundell |
| 2022 | Tsitsi Dangarembga (b. 1959) | Zimbabwe | English | novel, drama, essays, screenplay | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Mojisola AdebayoNick BarleySharmilla BeezmohunMaureen FreelyNell LeyshonNadifa MohamedDaljit NagraKatherine Rundell |
| 2022 | Cornelia Funke (b. 1958) | Germany | German | novel | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Mojisola AdebayoNick BarleySharmilla BeezmohunMaureen FreelyNell LeyshonNadifa MohamedDaljit NagraKatherine Rundell |
| 2022 | Mary Gaitskill (b. 1954) | United States | English | novel, short story, essays | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Mojisola AdebayoNick BarleySharmilla BeezmohunMaureen FreelyNell LeyshonNadifa MohamedDaljit NagraKatherine Rundell |
| 2022 | Faïza Guène (b. 1985) | France | French | novel | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Mojisola AdebayoNick BarleySharmilla BeezmohunMaureen FreelyNell LeyshonNadifa MohamedDaljit NagraKatherine Rundell |
| 2022 | Saidiya Hartman (b. 1960) | United States | English | essays | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Mojisola AdebayoNick BarleySharmilla BeezmohunMaureen FreelyNell LeyshonNadifa MohamedDaljit NagraKatherine Rundell |
| 2022 | Kim Hyesoon (b. 1955) | South Korea | Korean | poetry, essays | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Mojisola AdebayoNick BarleySharmilla BeezmohunMaureen FreelyNell LeyshonNadifa MohamedDaljit NagraKatherine Rundell |
| 2022 | Yōko Ogawa (b. 1962) | Japan | Japanese | novel, short story, essays | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Mojisola AdebayoNick BarleySharmilla BeezmohunMaureen FreelyNell LeyshonNadifa MohamedDaljit NagraKatherine Rundell |
| 2022 | Raja Shehadeh (b. 1951) | Palestine | Arabic | memoirs, essays | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Mojisola AdebayoNick BarleySharmilla BeezmohunMaureen FreelyNell LeyshonNadifa MohamedDaljit NagraKatherine Rundell |
| 2022 | Juan Gabriel Vásquez (b. 1973) | Colombia | Spanish | novel, short story, essays | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Mojisola AdebayoNick BarleySharmilla BeezmohunMaureen FreelyNell LeyshonNadifa MohamedDaljit NagraKatherine Rundell |
| 2022 | Samar Yazbek (b. 1970) | Syria | Arabic | novel, short story, essays | Chair: Daniel HahnMembers:Mojisola AdebayoNick BarleySharmilla BeezmohunMaureen FreelyNell LeyshonNadifa MohamedDaljit NagraKatherine Rundell |
| 2023 | Tony Birch (born c. 1957) | Australia | English | novel, short story, essays | Chair: Maureen FreelyMembers:Sandra AgardKit FanDaniel HahnMargaret Jull CostaHannah KhalilMusa OkwongaGaby Wood |
| 2023 | Yussef El Guindi (b. 1960) | Egypt United States | English | drama | Chair: Maureen FreelyMembers:Sandra AgardKit FanDaniel HahnMargaret Jull CostaHannah KhalilMusa OkwongaGaby Wood |
| 2023 | Lorna Goodison (b. 1947) | Jamaica | English | poetry, essays, memoir | Chair: Maureen FreelyMembers:Sandra AgardKit FanDaniel HahnMargaret Jull CostaHannah KhalilMusa OkwongaGaby Wood |
| 2023 | Yaa Gyasi (b. 1989) | Ghana United States | English | novel | Chair: Maureen FreelyMembers:Sandra AgardKit FanDaniel HahnMargaret Jull CostaHannah KhalilMusa OkwongaGaby Wood |
| 2023 | Han Kang (b. 1970) | South Korea | Korean | novel | Chair: Maureen FreelyMembers:Sandra AgardKit FanDaniel HahnMargaret Jull CostaHannah KhalilMusa OkwongaGaby Wood |
| 2023 | Yiyun Li (b. 1972) | China United States | English | short story, novel | Chair: Maureen FreelyMembers:Sandra AgardKit FanDaniel HahnMargaret Jull CostaHannah KhalilMusa OkwongaGaby Wood |
| 2023 | Attica Locke (b. 1974) | United States | English | novel | Chair: Maureen FreelyMembers:Sandra AgardKit FanDaniel HahnMargaret Jull CostaHannah KhalilMusa OkwongaGaby Wood |
| 2023 | Valeria Luiselli (b. 1983) | Mexico | Spanish and English | essays, novel | Chair: Maureen FreelyMembers:Sandra AgardKit FanDaniel HahnMargaret Jull CostaHannah KhalilMusa OkwongaGaby Wood |
| 2023 | Anne Michaels (b. 1958) | Canada | English | poetry, novel | Chair: Maureen FreelyMembers:Sandra AgardKit FanDaniel HahnMargaret Jull CostaHannah KhalilMusa OkwongaGaby Wood |
| 2023 | Scholastique Mukasonga (b. 1956) | Rwanda France | French | short story, novel | Chair: Maureen FreelyMembers:Sandra AgardKit FanDaniel HahnMargaret Jull CostaHannah KhalilMusa OkwongaGaby Wood |
| 2023 | Maria Stepanova (b. 1972) | Russia | Russian | poetry, novel, journalism | Chair: Maureen FreelyMembers:Sandra AgardKit FanDaniel HahnMargaret Jull CostaHannah KhalilMusa OkwongaGaby Wood |
| 2023 | Gao Xingjian (b. 1940) | China France | Chinese | novel, drama | Chair: Maureen FreelyMembers:Sandra AgardKit FanDaniel HahnMargaret Jull CostaHannah KhalilMusa OkwongaGaby Wood |
| 2024 |
| 2024 | Jo Ann Beard (b. 1955) | United States | English | essays | Chair: Kit FanMembers:Moniza AlviKwame Anthony AppiahChloe AridjisHomi K. BhabhaMargaret BusbyMaureen FreelyDeirdre OsborneNathalie Teitler |
| 2024 | Nuruddin Farah (b. 1945) | Somalia | Somali and English | novel, short story, essays, drama | Chair: Kit FanMembers:Moniza AlviKwame Anthony AppiahChloe AridjisHomi K. BhabhaMargaret BusbyMaureen FreelyDeirdre OsborneNathalie Teitler |
| 2024 | Carolyn Forché (b. 1950) | United States | English | poetry, essays, translation | Chair: Kit FanMembers:Moniza AlviKwame Anthony AppiahChloe AridjisHomi K. BhabhaMargaret BusbyMaureen FreelyDeirdre OsborneNathalie Teitler |
| 2024 | Georgi Gospodinov (b. 1956) | Bulgaria | Bulgarian | novel, poetry, drama | Chair: Kit FanMembers:Moniza AlviKwame Anthony AppiahChloe AridjisHomi K. BhabhaMargaret BusbyMaureen FreelyDeirdre OsborneNathalie Teitler |
| 2024 | Witi Ihimaera (b. 1944) | New Zealand | Māori and English | novel, short story, memoir, drama, essays | Chair: Kit FanMembers:Moniza AlviKwame Anthony AppiahChloe AridjisHomi K. BhabhaMargaret BusbyMaureen FreelyDeirdre OsborneNathalie Teitler |
| 2024 | Marlon James (b. 1970) | Jamaica | English and Jamaican Patois | novel | Chair: Kit FanMembers:Moniza AlviKwame Anthony AppiahChloe AridjisHomi K. BhabhaMargaret BusbyMaureen FreelyDeirdre OsborneNathalie Teitler |
| 2024 | Haruki Murakami (b. 1949) | Japan | Japanese | novel, short story, essays | Chair: Kit FanMembers:Moniza AlviKwame Anthony AppiahChloe AridjisHomi K. BhabhaMargaret BusbyMaureen FreelyDeirdre OsborneNathalie Teitler |
| 2024 | Suzan-Lori Parks (b. 1963) | United States | English | drama, screenplay | Chair: Kit FanMembers:Moniza AlviKwame Anthony AppiahChloe AridjisHomi K. BhabhaMargaret BusbyMaureen FreelyDeirdre OsborneNathalie Teitler |
| 2024 | Judith Schalansky (b. 1980) | Germany | German | novel, essays | Chair: Kit FanMembers:Moniza AlviKwame Anthony AppiahChloe AridjisHomi K. BhabhaMargaret BusbyMaureen FreelyDeirdre OsborneNathalie Teitler |
| 2024 | Samanta Schweblin (b. 1978) | Argentina | Spanish | novel, short story | Chair: Kit FanMembers:Moniza AlviKwame Anthony AppiahChloe AridjisHomi K. BhabhaMargaret BusbyMaureen FreelyDeirdre OsborneNathalie Teitler |
| 2024 | Kim Scott (b. 1957) | Australia | English | novel, short story, essays | Chair: Kit FanMembers:Moniza AlviKwame Anthony AppiahChloe AridjisHomi K. BhabhaMargaret BusbyMaureen FreelyDeirdre OsborneNathalie Teitler |
| 2024 | Olive Senior (b. 1941) | Jamaica | English and Jamaican Patois | poetry, short story, novel, essays | Chair: Kit FanMembers:Moniza AlviKwame Anthony AppiahChloe AridjisHomi K. BhabhaMargaret BusbyMaureen FreelyDeirdre OsborneNathalie Teitler |