The Chautauqua Prize is an annual American literary award established by the Chautauqua Institution in 2012. The winner receives US$7,500 and all travel and expenses for a one-week summer residency at Chautauqua. It is a "national prize that celebrates a book of fiction or literary/narrative nonfiction that provides a richly rewarding reading experience and honors the author for a significant contribution to the literary arts."
Winners and runners-up
2012: Andrew Krivak, The SojournGeraldine Brooks, Caleb's CrossingErik Larson, In the Garden of BeastsNathaniel Philbrick, Why Read Moby-Dick?Leonard Rosen, All Cry ChaosStephanie Powell Watts, We Are Taking Only What We Need2013: Timothy Egan, Short Nights of the Shadow CatcherBen Fountain, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkNancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy, The Presidents ClubGilbert King, Devil in the GroveMadeline Miller, The Song of AchillesJohn Colman Wood, The Names of Things2014: Elizabeth Scarboro, My Foreign CitiesLouise Aronson, A History of the Present Illness: StoriesLindsay Hill, Sea of HooksRoger Rosenblatt, The Boy Detective: A New York ChildhoodJames Tobin, The Man He Became: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the PresidencyMargaret Wrinkle, Wash2015: Phil Klay, RedeploymentMichael Blanding, The Map ThiefKim Church, ByrdBrian Hart, The Bully of OrderLily King, EuphoriaJason Sokol, All Eyes Are Upon UsBilal Tanweer, The Scatter Here is Too GreatJean Thompson, The Witch2016: Cyrus Copeland, Off the Radar: A Father’s Secret, a Mother’s Heroism, and a Son’s QuestLynsey Addario, It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and WarLenore Myka, King of the Gypsies: StoriesSteven Niteingale, Granada: A Pomegranate in the Hand of GodSusan Southard, Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear WarChautauqua Prize Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
