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Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize
2026

winner

The Fertile Earth
by
Ruthvika Rao

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White Road
by
Harry Whitehead

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Poor Girls
by
Clare Whitfield

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The Tarot Reader of Versailles
by
Anya Bergman

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Boudicca's Daughter
by
Elodie Harper

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Esperance
by
Adam Oyebanji

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The Hymn to Dionysus
by
Natasha Pulley

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The Society of Unknowable Objects
by
Gareth Brown

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House of Monstrous Women
by
Daphne Fama

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59 Minutes
by
Holly Seddon

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The Waiter
by
Kwan Ann Tan

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Yoruba Boy Running
by
Biyi Bandele

Years when the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize was given

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