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The Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize was presented from 1967 until 2003 by the Royal Society of Literature for the best regional novel of the year.[1] It is named after the novelist Winifred Holtby who was noted for her novels set in the rural scenes of her childhood.
In 2003 it was superseded by the Ondaatje Prize.
Year
Recipient
Title
2002
Alexandra Fuller
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
2001
Anna Burns
No Bones
2000
Donna Morrissey
Kit's Law
1999
Andrew O'Hagan
Our Fathers
1998
Giles Foden
The Last King of Scotland
1997
Eden Robinson
Traplines
1996
Rohinton Mistry
A Fine Balance
1995
Paul Watkins
Archangel
1994
Jim Crace
Signals of Distress
1993
Carl McDougall
The Lights Below
1992
Adam Thorpe
Ulverton
1991
Elspeth Barker
O Caledonia
1990
Nino Ricci
Lives of the Saints
1989
Hilary Mantel
Fludd
1988
Shusha Guppy
The Blindfold Horse
1986
Maggie Hemingway
The Bridge
1984
Balraj Khanna
A Nation of Fools
1983
Graham Swift
Waterland
1982
Kazuo Ishiguro
A Pale View of Hills
1981
Alan Judd
A Breed of Heroes
1980
Elsa Joubert
Poppie
1978
Richard Herley
The Stone Arrow
1977
Anita Desai
Fire on the Mountain
1976
Eugene McCabe
Victims
1975
Jane Gardam
Black Faces, White Faces
1974
Graham King
The Pandora Valley
1973
Ronald Harwood
Articles of Faith
1973
Peter Tinniswood
I Didn't Know You Cared
1971
John Stewart
Last Cool Days
1970
Shiva Naipaul
Fireflies
1969
Ian McDonald
The Humming-Bird Tree
1968
Catherine Cookson
The Round Tower
1967
David Bean
The Big Meeting
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