Thurber Prize for American Humor

Award winners

1997: Ian Frazier (winner) — Coyote v. Acme

Al Franken (finalist) — Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other ObservationsDavid Sedaris (finalist) — Naked

1999: The Onion editorial staff (winner) — Our Dumb Century

2001: David Sedaris (winner) — Me Talk Pretty One Day

Henry Alford (Special Honor Book) — Big KissAndy Borowitz (finalist) — The Trillionaire Next DoorBill Bryson (finalist) — In a Sunburned CountryBrett Leveridge (finalist) — Men My Mother DatedJim Mullen (finalist) — It Takes a Village Idiot

2004: Christopher Buckley (winner) — No Way to Treat a First Lady

Robert Kaplow (finalist) — Me and Orson WellesDan Zevin (finalist) — The Day I Turned Uncool

2005: Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Javerbaum and the writing staff of The Daily Show (winner) — America (The Book)

Andy Borowitz (finalist) — The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of ShockersFiroozeh Dumas (finalist) — Funny in Farsi

2006: Alan Zweibel (winner) — The Other Shulma

Kinky Friedman (finalist) — Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny ToadBill Scheft (finalist) — Time Won't Let Me

2007: Joe Keenan (winner) — My Lucky Star

Merrill Markoe (finalist) — Walking In Circles Before Lying DownBob Newhart (finalist) — I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me As Funny

2008: Larry Doyle (winner) — I Love You Beth Cooper

Patricia Marx (finalist) — Him Her Him Again The End of HimSimon Rich (finalist) — Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations

2009: Ian Frazier (winner) — Lamentations of the Father

Sloane Crosley (finalist) — I Was Told There'd Be CakeBruce Ducker (finalist) Dizzying Heights: The Aspen NovelDon Lee (finalist) — Wrack and RuinLaurie Notaro (finalist) — The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death

2010: Steve Hely (winner) — How I Became a Famous Novelist

Jancee Dunn (finalist) — Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo?Rhoda Janzen (finalist) — Mennonite in a Little Black Dress

2011: David Rakoff (winner) — Half Empty

Mike Birbiglia (finalist) — Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True StoriesRick Reilly (finalist) — Sports from Hell

2012: Calvin Trillin (winner) — Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff

Nate DiMeo (finalist) — PawneePatricia Marx (finalist) — Starting from Happy

2013: Dan Zevin (winner) — Dan Gets a Minivan

Shalom Auslander (finalist) — Hope: A TragedyDave Barry and Alan Zweibel (finalists) — Lunatics: A Novel

2014: John Kenney (winner) — Truth In Advertising

Liza Donnelly (finalist) — Women on MenBruce McCall and David Letterman (finalists) — This Land Was Made for You and Me (But Mostly Me)

2015: Julie Schumacher (winner) — Dear Committee Members

Roz Chast (finalist) — Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?Annabelle Gurwitch (finalist) — I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories from the Edge of 50

2016: Harrison Scott Key (winner) — The World's Largest Man

Jason Gay (finalist) — Little VictoriesMary Norris (finalist) — Between You &: and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen.