Best Book

Africa - Ben OKRI : Incidents at the Shrine
Africa - Ken SARO-WIWA : A Forest of  Flowers
Canada and the Caribbean -  Margaret ATWOOD : The Handmaid's Tale
Canada and the Caribbean - Olive SENIOR : Summer Lightning *
Europe and South Asia - Natantara SAHGAL : Plans for Departure
South East Asia and South Pacific - Blanche d'ALPUGET : Winter in Jerusalem
South East Asia and South Pacific - Witi IHIMAERA : The Matriarch
Africa - Festus IYAYI : Heroes *
Canada and the Caribbean - Jack HODGINS : The Honorary Patron
Europe and South Asia - Bruce CHATWIN : The Songlines
South East Asia and South Pacific - George TURNER : The Sea and Summer
Africa - Tsitsi DANGARAMBGA : Nervous Conditions
Canada and the Caribbean - Erna BRODBER : Myai
Europe and South Asia - Marina WARNER :  The Lost Father
South East Asia and South Pacific - Janet FRAME : The Carpathians *
Africa - Shimmer CHINODYA : Harvest of Thorns
Canada and the Caribbean - Mordecai RICHLER : Solomon Gursky Was Here *
Europe and South Asia - Shashi THAROOR : The Great Indian Novel
South East Asia and South Pacific - Robert DREWE : The Bay of Contented Men
Africa - Syl CHENEY-COKER : The Last Harmanttan of Alusine Dunbar
Canada and the Caribbean - Alice MUNRO : Friend of My Youth
Europe and South Asia - A. S. BYATT :  Possession  : A Romance
South East Asia and South Pacific - David MALOUF : The Great World *
Africa - Ama Ata AIDOO : Changes
Canada and the Caribbean - Rohinton MISTRY : Such a Long Journey *
Europe and South Asia - Louis de BERNIERES : Senor Vivo & the Coca Lord
South East Asia and South Pacific - Albert WENDT : Ola
Africa - Isidore OKPEWHO  : Tides
Canada and the Caribbean - Michael ONDAATJE : The English Patient
Europe and South Asia - Lee LANGLEY : Persistents Rumours
South East Asia and South Pacific - Alex MILLER : The Ancestor Game *
Africa - Lindsey COLLEN : The Rape of Sita
Canada and the Caribbean - Margaret ATWOOD : The Robber Bride
Europe and South Asia - Vikram SETH : A Suitable Boy *
South East Asia and South Pacific - David MALOUF : Remembering Babylon
Africa - J. M. COETZEE : The Master of Petersburg
Canada and the Caribbean - V. S. NAIPAUL : A Way in the World
Europe and South Asia - Louis de BERNIERES : Captain Corelli's Mandolin *
South East Asia and South Pacific - Tim WINTON : The Riders
Africa - Non décerné
Canada and the Caribbean - Rohinton MISTRY : A Fine Balance *
Europe and South Asia - David LODGE : Therapy
South East Asia and South Pacific - Gillian MEARS : The Grass Sister
Africa - Yvonne VERA : Under the Tongue
Canada and the Caribbean - Earl LOVELACE : Salt *
Europe and South Asia - Beryl BAINDBRIDGE : Every Man for Himself
South East Asia and South Pacific - Sue WOOLFE : Leaning Towards Infinity
Africa - Charles MUNGOSHI : Walking Still
Canada and the Caribbean - Mordecai RICHLER : Barney's Version
Europe and South Asia - Vikram CHANDRA : Love and Longing in Bombay
South East Asia and South Pacific - Peter CAREY : Jack Maggs *
Africa - Marion MOLTENO : If You Can Walk, You Can Dance
Canada and the Caribbean - Lawrence SCOTT : Aelred's Sin
Europe and South Asia - Beryl BAINDBRIDGE : Master Georgie
South East Asia and South Pacific - Murray BAIL : Eucalyptus *
Africa - J. M. COETZEE  : Disgrace *
Canada and the Caribbean - Shauna Singh BALDWIN : What the Body remembers
Europe and South Asia - Salman RUSHDIE : The Ground Beneath Her Feet
South East Asia and South Pacific - Lily BRETT :  Too Many Men
Africa - Zades MDA : The Heart of Redness
Canada and the Caribbean - Anita Rau BADAMI : The Hero's Walk
Europe and South Asia - J. G. BALLARD : Super-Cannes
South East Asia and South Pacific - Peter CAREY : True History of the Kelly Gang *
Africa - Nadine GORDIMER : The Pickup
Canada and the Caribbean - Alice MUNRO : Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
Europe and South Asia - Ian McEwan : Atonement
South East Asia and South Pacific - Richard FLANAGAN : Gould's Book of Fish *
Africa - André BRINK : The Other Side of Silence
Canada and the Caribbean - Austin CLARKE : The Polished Hoe *
Europe and South Asia - Michael FRAYN : Spies
South East Asia and South Pacific - Sonya HARTNETT :  Of a Boy
Africa -  Damon GALGUT : The Good Doctor
Canada and the Caribbean - Frances ITANI : Deafening
Europe and South Asia - Caryl PHILLIPS : A Distant Shore *
South East Asia and South Pacific - Michelle de KRETSER : The Hamilton Case
Africa -  Lindsey COLLEN : Boy
Canada and the Caribbean - Alice MUNRO : Runaway
Europe and South Asia - Andrea LEVY : Small Island *
South East Asia and South Pacific - Andrew Mc GAHAN : The White Earth
Africa -  Benjamin KWAKYE : The Sun by Night
Canada and the Caribbean - Lisa MOORE : Alligator
Europe and South Asia - Zadie SMITH : On Beauty
South East Asia and South Pacific - Kate GRENVILLE : The Secret River *
Africa -  Shaun JOHNON : The Native Commisioner
Canada and the Caribbean - David Adams RICHARDS : The Friends of Meager Fortune
Europe and South Asia - Naeem MURR : The  Perfect Man
South East Asia and South Pacific - Lloyd JONES : Mister Pip *
Africa -  Karen KING-ARIBISALA : The Hangman's Game
Canada and the Caribbean - Lawrence HILL : The Book of Negroes *
Europe and South Asia - Indra SINHA : Animal's People
South East Asia and South Pacific - Steven CARROLL : The Time We Have Taken
Africa -   Mandla LANGA : The Lost Colours of the Chameleon
Canada and the Caribbean - Marina ENDICOTT : Good to a Fault
Europe and South Asia - Jhumpa LAHIRI : Unaccustomed Earth
South East Asia and South Pacific - Christos TSIOLKAS : The Slap *
Africa - Marié HEESE : The Double Crown 
Canada and the Caribbean -  Michael CRUMMEY : Galore
Europe and South Asia - Rana DASGUPTA : Solo *
South East Asia and South Pacific - Albert WENDT : The Adventures of Vela
Africa - Aminatta FORNA :  The Memory of Love  *
Canada and the Caribbean - Emma DONOGHUE : Room
Europe and South Asia - David MITCHELL : The Thousand Autums of Jacob de Zoet
South East Asia and South Pacific - Kim SCOTT : That Deadman Dance



Best First Book

Africa - Non décerné
Canada and the Caribbean - Bonnie BURNARD : Women of Influence *
Europe and South Asia -  Allan SEALY : The Trootter-Nama
South East Asia and South Pacific - Gillian MEARS : Ride a Cock Horse
Africa - M.G. VASSANJI : The Gunny Sack
Canada and the Caribbean - Darlene BARRY QUAIFE : Bone Bird
Europe and South Asia - Paul GRIFFITHS : Myself and Marco Polo
South East Asia and South Pacific - John CRANNA : Visitors *
Africa - Karen KING-ARIBISALA : Our Wife and Other Stories
Canada and the Caribbean - Pauline MELVILLE : Shape Shifter *
Europe and South Asia  - Louis de BERNIERES : The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
South East Asia and South Pacific - Thea WELSH : The Story of the Year of 1912 in the Village of Elza Darzins
Africa - Lawrence DARMANI  : Grief Child
Canada and the Caribbean -  Robert ANTONI : Divina Trace *
Europe and South Asia - Amit CHAUDHURI : A Strange and Sublime Address
South East Asia and South Pacific - Beryl FLETCHER : The Word Burners
Africa - Paul CONTON : The Price of Liberty
Canada and the Caribbean - Alecia McKENZIE : Satellite City
Europe and South Asia - Githa HARIHARAN : The Thousand Daces of Night *
South East Asia and South Pacific -  Andrew McGAHAN : Praise
Africa - Lucy SAFO : Cry a Whisper
Canada and the Caribbean - Vanessa SPENCE : The Roads are Down
Europe and South Asia - Keith OATLEY : The Case of Emily V *
South East Asia and South Pacific - Fotini EPANOMITIS : The Mule's Foal
Africa - Margaret A. OGOLA : The River and the Source
Canada and the Caribbean - Hiromi GOTO : Chorus of Mushrooms
Europe and South Asia - Derek BEAVEN : Newton's Niece
South East Asia and South Pacific - Adib KHAN : Seasonal Adjustments *
Africa - Dene COETZEE : Winds of Change
Canada and the Caribbean - Thomas WHARTON : Icefields
Europe and South Asia - Vikram CHANDRA : Red Earth and Pouring Rain *
South East Asia and South Pacific - Charlotte RANDALL : Dead Sea Fruit
Africa - Ronnie GOVENDER : At the Edge and otherr Cato Manor Stories
Canada and the Caribbean - Ann-Marie MacDONALD : Fall on Your Knees *
Europe and South Asia - Jeremy POOLMAN : Interesting Facts about the State of Arizona
South East Asia and South Pacific - Sia FIGIEL : Where We Once Belonged
Africa - Pamela JOOSTE : Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter
Canada and the Caribbean - Tim WYNVEEN : Angel Falls *
Europe and South Asia - A. SIVANANDAN : When Memory Dies
South East Asia and South Pacific - Emma TOM : Deadset
Africa - Benjamin KWAKYE : The Clothes of Nakedness
Canada and the Caribbean - Kerri SAKAMOTO : The Electrical Field *
Europe and South Asia - Manju KAPUR : Difficult Daughters
South East Asia and South Pacific - Catherine CHIDGEY : In a Fishbone Church
Africa - Funso AIYERJINA : The Legend of the Rockhills and Other Stories
Canada and the Caribbean - Jeffrey MOORE : Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain *
Europe and South Asia -  Raj Kamal JHA : The Blue Bedspread
South East Asia and South Pacific - Kapka KASSBOVA : Reconnaissance
Africa - K. Sello DUIKER : Thirteen Cents
Canada and the Caribbean - Pearl LUKE : Burning Ground
Europe and South Asia - Zadie SMITH : White Teeth *
South East Asia and South Pacific - Arabella EDGE : The Compagny
Africa - Manu HERBSTEIN : Ama *
Canada and the Caribbean - Michael REDHILL : Martin Sloane
Europe and South Asia -  William MUIR : The 18th Pale Descendant
South East Asia and South Pacific - Meaghan DELAHUNT : In the Blue House
Africa - Helon HABILA : Waiting for an Angel
Canada and the Caribbean - Paulo Da COSTA : The Scent of a Lie
Europe and South Asia - Sarah HALL : Haweswater *
South East Asia and South Pacific - Rani MANICKA : The Rice Mother
Africa - Diane AWERBUCK : Gardening at Night
Canada and the Caribbean - Kate TAYLOR : Madame Proust and the Kosher Kitchen
Europe and South Asia - Mark HADDON : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time *
South East Asia and South Pacific - Nada Awar JARRAR : Somewhere, Home
Africa - Chimamanda NGOZI ADICHIE : Purple Hibiscus *
Canada and the Caribbean - David BEZMOZGIS : Natasha and Other Stories
Europe and South Asia - Rupa BAJWA : The Sari shop
South East Asia and South Pacific - Larissa BEHRENDT : Home
Africa - Doreen BAINGANA : Tropical Fish
Canada and the Caribbean - Mark McWATT : Suspended Sentences *
Europe and South Asia - Donna DALEY-CLARKE : Lazy Eye
South East Asia and South Pacific - Tash AW : The Harmony Silk Factory
Africa - Maxine CASE : All We Have Lelt Unsaid
Canada and the Caribbean - D. Y. BECHARD : Vandal Love *
Europe and South Asia - Hisham MATAR : In the Country of Men
South East Asia and South Pacific - Andrew O'CONNOR : Tuvalu
Africa - Sade ADENIRAN : Imagine This
Canada and the Caribbean - C. S. RICHARDSON : The End of the Alphabet
Europe and South Asia - Tahmina ANAM : A Golden Age *
South East Asia and South Pacific - Karen FOXLEE : The Anatomy of Wings
Africa - Uwem AKPAN : Say You're One of Them
Canada and the Caribbean - Joan THOMAS : Reading by Lightning
Europe and South Asia - Mohammed HANIF : A Case of Exploding Mangoes  *
South East Asia and South Pacific -Mo Zhi HONG : The Year of the Shanghai Shark
Africa - Adaobi Tricia NWAUBANI : I Do Not Come to You By Chance
Canada and the Caribbean - Shandi MITCHELL : Under This Unbroken Sky
Europe and South Asia - Daniyal MUEENUDDIN : In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
South East Asia and South Pacific - Glenda GUEST : Siddon Rock  *
Africa - Cynthia JELE : Happiness Is a Four-letter Word
Canada and the Caribbean - Katrina BEST : Bird Eat Bird
Europe and South Asia - Mischa HILLER : Sabra Zoo
South East Asia and South Pacific -  Craig CLIFF : A Man Melting *


Short Story Competition

Dana GILKES : Crab Catcher
Sujam SANKRANTI
Cherie JONES : Bride
Dennis NICHOLS : The Release
Lelawattee MANOO-RAHMING : Saving Rupa
Michael RECKORD :  The Cleaning Class
Madhukika LIDDLE : A Morning Swin
Juliane Okot BITEK : Going Home
Preeta KRISHNA : Treason
Erin SOROS : The Moon, the Cat and the Donkey
Ellen BANDA-AAKU : Sozi's Box
Julie CURWIN : World Backwards
Jennifer MOORE : Table Talk
Shachi KAUL: Retirement
Philip NASH : Rejoinder

Short Story Prize

Africa - Jekwu ANYAEGBUNA (Nigeria) : Morrison Okoli
Asia - Anushka JASRAJ (India) : Radio Story
Cananda and Europe - Andrea MULLANEY (United Kingdom) : The Ghost Marriage
Caribbean - Diana McCAULAY (Jamaica) : The Dolphin Catcher
Pacific - Emma MARTIN (New Zealand) : Two Girls in a Boat*
Africa - Julian JACKSON (South Africa) : The New Customers
Asia - Michael MENDIS (Sri Lanka) : The Sarong-Man in the Old House and an Incubus for a Rainy Night
Canada and Europe - Eliza RONERTSON (Canada) : We Walked on Water*
Caribbean - Sharon MILLAR (Trinidad et Tobago) : The Whale House*
Pacific - Zoë MEAGER (New Zealand) : Things with Faces
Africa - Jennifer NANSUBUGA MAKUMBI (Ouganda) : Let's Telle This Story Properly*
Asia - Sara ADAM ANG (Singapour) : A Day in the Death
Canada and Europe - Lucy CALDWELL (United Kingdom) : Killing Time
Caribbean - Maggie HARRIS (Guyana) : Sending for Chantal
Pacific - Lucy TREOLAR (Autralia) : The Dog and the Sea
Africa - LEsley Nneka ARIMAH (Nigeria) : Light
Asia - Siddharta GIGOO (India) : The Umbrella Man
Canada and Europe - Jonathan TEL (United Kingdom) : The Human Photograph*
Caribbean - Kevin Jared HOSEIN ( Trinidad et Tobago) : The King of Settlement 4
Pacific - Mary ROKONADRAVU (Fiji) : Famished Eels
Africa - Faraaz MAHOMED (South Africa) : The Pigeon
Asia - Parashar KULKARNI (India) : Cow and Company*
Canada and Europe - Stephanie SEDDON (United Kingdom) : Eel
Caribbean - Lance DOWRICH (Trinidad et Tobago) : Etherlbert and the Free Cheese
Pacific - Tina MAKERETI ( New Zealand) : Black Milk
Africa - Akwaeke EMEZI (Nigeria) : Who Is Like God
Asia - Anushka JASRAJ (India) : Drawing Lessons
Canada and Europe - Tracy FELLS (United Kingdom) : The Naming of Moths
Caribbean - Ingrid PERSAUD (Trinidat et Tobago) : The Sweet Sop*
Pacific - Nat NEWMAN (Australie) : The Death and the Margaret Roe
Africa - Efua TRAORE ( Nigeria) : True Happiness
Asia - Sagnik DATTA ( Nigeria) : The Divine Pregnancy of a Twelve-Year-Old Girl
Canada and Europe - Lynda CLARK (United Kingdom) : Ghillie's Mum
Caribbean - Kevin Jared HOSEIN (Trinidad et Tobago) : Passage*
Pacific - Jenny BENNETT-TUIONETOA (Samoa) : Matalasi
Africa - Mbozi HAIMBE ( Zambia) : Madam's Sister
Asia - Saras MANICKAM (Malaysia) : My Mother Pattu
Canada and Europe - Constantia SOTERIOU (Cyprus) : Death Customs*
Caribbean - Alexia TOLAS ( Bahamas) : Granma's Porch
Pacific - Harley HERN ( New Zealand) : Screaming
Africa - Innocent CHIZARAM ILO ( Nigeria) : When a Woman Renounces Motherhood
Asia - Kritika PANDEY (India) : The Great Indian Tee and Snakes*
Canada and Europe - Reyah MARTIN (United Kingdom) : Wherever Mister Jensen Went
Caribbean - Brian S. HEAp ( Jamaica) : Mafootoo
Pacific - Andrea E. MACLEOD (Australia) : The Art of Waving
Africa - Rémy NGAMIJE ( Namibia) : Granddaughter of the Octopus
Asia - Kamya D'ALMEIDA (Sri Lanka) : I cleaned The*
Canada and Europe - Carol FARRELLY (United Kingdom) : Turnstones
Caribbean - Roland WATSON-GRANT (Jamaica) : The Disappearance of Mulla Del
Pacific -  Katerina GIBSON (Singapore) : The Last Diver on Earth
Africa - Ntsika KOTA (Eswatini) : And the earth drank deep*
Asia - Sofia Mariah MA ( Singapore) : The Last Diver on Earth
Canada and Europe - Cecil BROWNE (United Kingdom/St Vincent and the Grandines) : A Hat for Lemer
Caribbean - Diana McCAULAY (Jamaica) : Bridge over the Yallahs River
Pacific - Mary ROKODRAVU (Fiji) : The Nightwatch
Africa - Hana GAMMON (South Africa) : The Undertaker's Apprentice
Asia - Agnes CHEW ( Singapore) : Oceans Away from My Homeland
Canada and Europe - Rue BALDRY ( United Kingdom) : Lech, Prince and the Nice Things
Caribbean - Kwame McPHERSON (Jamaica) : Ocoee*
Pacific - Himali McINNES (New Zealand) : Kilinoccchi
Africa - Reena Usha RUNGOO (Mauritius) : Dite
Asia - Sanjana THAKUR (India) : Aishwarya Rai*
Canada and Europe - Julie BOUCHARD (Canada) : What Burns
Caribbean - Portia SUBRAN ( Trinidad et Tobago) : The Devil's Son
Pacific - Pip ROBERTSON ( New Zealand) : A River Then the Road