The 2020 CWIP (LOCKDOWN) PRIZE

2020 Winners

Nina Stibbe

Published Comedy Novel Winner

Candice Carty-Williams

Published Comedy Novel Runner up

Faye Brann

Unpublished Comedy Novel Winner

Zahra Barri

Unpublished Comedy Novel Runner up

Janey Preger

Unpublished Comedy Novel Runner up

Ruth Jones

CWIP Witty Woman of the Year

Danny Noble

Humorous Graphic Novel Joint Winner

Posy Simmonds

Humorous Graphic Novel Joint Winner

Mavis Cheek

CWIP Recognition Award

2020 Winners Online Event

2020 Partners

2020 Judges

Marian Keyes

Head Judge - Published

Lolly Adefobe

Published Novel Judge

Emma Kennedy

Published Novel Judge

Pauline McLynn

Published Novel Judge

Joanna Scanlan

Published Novel Judge

Laura Steven

Published Novel Judge

Yomi Adegoke

Unpublished Novel Judge

Fanny Blake

Unpublished Novel Judge

Kate Bradley

Unpublished Novel Judge

Grace Campbell

Unpublished Novel Judge

Kirsty Eyre

Unpublished Novel Judge

Jennifer Young

Unpublished Novel Judge

Rachel Ball

Unpublished Novel Judge

Dr Nicola Streeten

Unpublished Novel Judge

Janet Ellis

Unpublished Novel Judge

Hannah Berry

Unpublished Novel Judge

Jen Brister

Unpublished Novel Judge

Paula Wilcox

Unpublished Novel Judge

The 2020 Published Novels Shortlist

The 2020 titles reflect a range of surprising heroines that made us laugh in different ways - with tight witty narratives (Nina Stibbe), deep hilarity (Candice Carty Williams), harsh raucousness (Michelle Gallen), social satire (Angela Makholwa) compelling urban extremities (Beth O’Leary), ironic storytelling (Abbi Waxman) and provoking witty subject matter (Jeanette Winterson).

Abbi Waxman

Candice Carty-Williams

Angela Makholwa

Nina Stibbe

Michelle Gallen

Jeanette Winterson

Beth O'Leary

The 2020 Unpublished Novels Shortlist

The 2020 outstanding unpublished entries made judging a nightmare! We had such a range of witty content - with Laugh out loud gems (Zahra Barri), witty thriller (Faye Brann), ironically observed (Annette Gordon), wittily drawn characters (Janey Preger), original witty narrative (Julia Walter) and hilariously paced story telling (Kathleen Whyman).

Annette Gordon

Kathleen Whyman

Faye Brann

Janey Preger

Julia Walter

The 2020 Published Humorous Graphic Novels Shortlist

2020 Graphic judging was a riot and a revelation. The judges were in awe of the art and laughed at the humour - with pitch perfect satire (Posy Simmonds), laugh out loud originality (Danny Noble), truth humour (Rachel Smith), witty history telling (Kate Charlesworth), surreal storytelling (Mei Lian Hoe) and hilarious extremities (Emily McGovern).