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. 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 In 2003 it was superseded by the Ondaatje Prize.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 Title2002 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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