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The Thurber Prize for American Humor, named after American humorist James Thurber, recognizes outstanding contributions in humor writing. The prize is given out by the Thurber House. It was first awarded irregularly, but since 2004 has been bestowed annually. In 2015, the finalists were for the first time, all women.[1] Winners of the Thurber Prize have included authors from an array of diverse backgrounds, from The Daily Show hosts Jon Stewart and Trevor Noah to The New Yorker staff writers Calvin Trillin and Ian Frazier, as well as university professors Julie Schumacher and Harrison Scott Key.[2]

Honorees

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Award winners and finalists[3]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1997 Ian Frazier Coyote v. Acme Winner [4]
Al Franken Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations Finalist
David Sedaris Naked Finalist
1999 The Onion editorial staff Our Dumb Century Winner
2001 David Sedaris Me Talk Pretty One Day Winner [5]
Henry Alford Big Kiss Special Honor
Andy Borowitz The Trillionaire Next Door Finalist
Bill Bryson In a Sunburned Country Finalist
Brett Leveridge Men My Mother Dated Finalist
Jim Mullen It Takes a Village Idiot Finalist
2004 Christopher Buckley No Way to Treat a First Lady Winner [6]
Robert Kaplow Me and Orson Welles Finalist
Dan Zevin The Day I Turned Uncool Finalist
2005 Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Javerbaum and The Daily Show writing staff America (The Book) Winner [7]
Andy Borowitz The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shockers Finalist
Firoozeh Dumas Funny in Farsi Finalist
2006 Alan Zweibel The Other Shulma Winner [8]
Kinky Friedman Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad Finalist
Bill Scheft Time Won't Let Me Finalist
2007 Joe Keenan My Lucky Star Winner [9][10][11]
Merrill Markoe Walking In Circles Before Lying Down Finalist
Bob Newhart I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This! And Other Things That Strike Me As Funny Finalist
2008 Larry Doyle I Love You Beth Cooper Winner [12]
Patricia Marx Him Her Him Again The End of Him Finalist [13][14]
Simon Rich Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations Finalist
2009 Ian Frazier Lamentations of the Father Winner [15]
Sloane Crosley I Was Told There'd Be Cake Finalist [4][16]
Don Lee Wrack and Ruin Finalist
Laurie Notaro The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death Finalist
2010 Steve Hely How I Became a Famous Novelist Winner [17]
Jancee Dunn Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo? Finalist [18]
Rhoda Janzen Mennonite in a Little Black Dress Finalist [18]
2011 David Rakoff Half Empty Winner [19][20]
Mike Birbiglia Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories Finalist [21]
Rick Reilly Sports from Hell Finalist [21]
2012 Calvin Trillin Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff Winner [22][23]
Nate DiMeo Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America Finalist [24][25]
Patricia Marx Starting from Happy Finalist [24][25]
2013 Dan Zevin Dan Gets a Minivan Winner [26]
Shalom Auslander Hope: A Tragedy Finalist [27]
Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel Lunatics Finalist [27]
2014 John Kenney Truth in Advertising Winner [28]
Liza Donnelly Women on Men Finalist [29][30]
Bruce McCall and David Letterman This Land Was Made for You and Me (But Mostly Me) Finalist [29][30]
2015 Julie Schumacher Dear Committee Members Winner [31][32][33]
Roz Chast Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Finalist [34][35]
Annabelle Gurwitch I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories from the Edge of 50 Finalist [34][35]
2016 Harrison Scott Key The World's Largest Man Winner [36][37]
Jason Gay Little Victories Finalist [38][39]
Mary Norris Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen Finalist [38][39]
2017 Trevor Noah Born a Crime Winner [40][41]
Ken Pisani Amp'd Finalist [42][43]
Aaron Thier Mr. Eternity Finalist [42][43]
2018 Patricia Lockwood Priestdaddy Winner [44]
Jenny Allen Would Everybody Please Stop? Finalist [45][46]
John Hodgman Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches Finalist [45][46]
2019 Simon Rich Hits and Misses Winner [47]
Sloane Crosley Look Alive Out There Finalist
John Kenney Love Poems for Married People Finalist
2020 Damon Young What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker Winner [48][49]
Dave Barry Lessons from Lucy Finalist [50]
Kira Jane Buxton Hollow Kingdom Finalist [50]
2021 James McBride Deacon King Kong Winner [51]
Mike Birbiglia The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad Finalist [52]
Alexandra Petri Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why Finalist [52]
2022 Steven Rowley The Guncle Winner [53]
Annabelle Gurwitch You're Leaving When? Adventures in Downward Mobility Finalist [54]
Danielle Henderson The Ugly Cry Finalist [54]
2023 S.E. Boyd The Lemon Winner
Elaine Hsieh Chou Disorientation Finalist
Elinor Lipman Ms. Demeanor Finalist

References

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