Dos Passos Prize

The John Dos Passos Prize is an annual literary award given to American writers.

The Prize was founded at Longwood University in 1980 and is meant to honor John Dos Passos by recognizing other writers in his name. The prize is administered by a committee from the Department of English and Modern Languages; the chair of the committee also serves as the chair of the prize jury. Other members on the committee include the immediate past recipient and a distinguished critic, editor, or scholar.

Recipients of the prize receive $5,000 and a bronze medal engraved with their name.

Recipients Year Winner Ref.1980Graham Greene1981Gilbert Sorrentino1982Robert Stone1983Doris Betts1984Tom Wolfe1985Russell Banks1986John Edgar Wideman1987Lee Smith1988Shelby Foote1989Paule Marshall1990Larry Woiwode1991Elizabeth Spencer1992William Hoffman1993Ernest J. Gaines1994James Welch1995Helena Maria Viramontes1997E. Annie Proulx1998Maxine Hong Kingston1999Eric Kraft2000Jill McCorkle2001Madison Smartt Bell2002Randall Kenan2003Richard Powers2004Maureen Howard2005Tim Gautreaux2006Kent Haruf2008Allen Wier2009Robert Bausch2010Percival Everett2011Mat Johnson2012Colson Whitehead2013Sherman Alexie2014Ruth Ozeki2015Paul Beatty2016Danzy Senna2017Chang-Rae Lee2018Karen Tei Yamashita2019Rabih Alameddine2020Aleksandar Hemon2021Monique Truong2022Carolina De Robertis2023Patricia Engel2024Angie Cruz2025Eugene Lim

Dos Passos Prize

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