Wainwright Prize

The Wainwright Prize is a literary prize awarded annually for the best work of general outdoors, nature and UK-based travel writing. In 2020 it was split into The Wainwright Prize for UK nature writing and The Wainwright Prize for writing on global conservation, with separate longlists and judging panels. It is restricted to books published in the UK.[1]

It celebrates the legacy of British guidebook writer Alfred Wainwright. The prize was established by Frances Lincoln Publishers and The Wainwright Society, in association with The National Trust. It was originally sponsored by Thwaites Brewery, who produced a beer called Wainwright Ale[2] and was later sponsored by Marston's Brewery, who took over Thwaites' production of Wainwright Golden Beer, and sometimes referred to as The Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize.[3] In 2020 the prize was no longer sponsored, but was supported by an anonymous benefactor and was "in association with the National Trust".[1]

The prize was first awarded in 2014 to Hugh Thomson for his The Green Road Into The Trees: A Walk through England. The winner receives a cheque for £5,000. With the introduction of two prizes in 2020 the prize money is shared between the two winners.[1]

Winners

In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the book was first published. Entries with a blue background and an asterisk (*) next to the writer's name have won the award; those with a pale background are the other nominees on the shortlist.

  *   Winners

Year Author Novel Publisher Notes
2014[4] Hugh Thomson * The Green Road Into The Trees: A Walk through England
Simon Armitage Walking Home
Patrick Barkham Badgerlands
Charlotte Higgins Under Another Sky
Robert Macfarlane The Old Ways
Esther WoolfsonField Notes from a Hidden City
2015[5] John Lewis-Stempel *Meadowland[6]
Richard Askwith Running Free: A Runner's Journey Back to Nature
William Atkins The Moor
Mark Cocker Claxton: Field Notes from a Small Planet
Helen MacdonaldH is for Hawk
Philip Marsden Rising Ground: A Search for the Spirit of Place
2016[7] Amy Liptrot*The Outrun[8]
Rob CowenCommon Ground
Robert MacfarlaneLandmarks
Michael McCarthyThe Moth Snowstorm
Katharine NorburyThe Fish Ladder
James Rebanks The Shepherd's Life
2017[9] John Lewis-Stempel * Where Poppies Blow
Madeleine Bunting Love of Country
Simon Cooper The Otters' Tale
John Lewis-Stempel The Running Hare
Stephen Moss Wild Kingdom
Christopher Somerville The January Man
Clover Stroud The Wild Other
2018[10] Adam Nicolson * The Seabird's Cry
Neil Ansell The Last Wilderness
Alys Fowler Hidden Nature
John GrindrodOutskirts
John Lister-Kaye The Dun Cow Rib
Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris The Lost Words
Raynor Winn The Salt Path
2019[11] Robert Macfarlane * Underland
Julia BlackburnTime Song
Juliet Blaxland The Easternmost House
Mark Cocker Our Place
Kate Humble Thinking on My Feet
Isabella Tree Wilding
Luke Turner Out of the Woods
2020:
Global
Cons'n
[12]		 winner tba 9 Sept 2020
Chris GoodallWhat We Need to Do Now
Julian HoffmanIrreplaceable
Benedict Macdonald Rebirding: Restoring Britain's Wildlife
Helen PilcherLife Changing: How Humans are Altering Life on Earth
Jeremy Purseglove Working With Nature
Carolyn Steel Sitopia: How Food Can Save the World
2020:
UK
Nature
Writing
[13]		 winner tba 9 Sept 2020
Lamorna Ash Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town
David Gange The Frayed Atlantic Edge
Patrick Laurie Native: Life in a Vanishing Landscape
Dara McAnulty Diary of a Young Naturalist
Mike Parker On the Red Hill
Jini Reddy Wanderland: A Search for Magic in the Landscape
Brigit Strawbridge Howard Dancing with Bees: A Journey Back to Nature

References
  1. "Submissions for the 2020 Awards". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. "The prize celebrates the legacy of British nature writer Alfred Wainwright". Retrieved 2015-02-14.
  3. "Home page". The Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. "Shortlist 2014". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  5. "Shortlist 2015". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  6. "New Literary Prize for Nature & Travel Writing about Britain Launched". thebookseller.com. thebookseller.com. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  7. "Shortlist 2016". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  8. "The Outrun by Amy Liptrot wins The Wainwright Golden Beer Prize 2016". wainwrightprize.com. wainwrightprize.com. Retrieved 5 Aug 2016.
  9. "Shortlist 2017". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  10. "Shortlist 2018". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  11. "Shortlist 2019". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  12. "2020 Writing on Global Conservation shortlist". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  13. "2020 UK Nature Writing shortlist". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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