Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards
The Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards, formerly known as the Scottish Arts Council Book Awards, Scottish Arts Council Creative Scotland Award (2001), and Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book Awards (2007-2008), were a series of annual literary awards in Scotland that ran from 1972 to 2013. Organised by Creative Scotland (formerly the Scottish Arts Council/SAC), it was sponsored by the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (2013), Sundial Properties (at least 2007-2008).
The Scottish Arts Council Book Awards have recognised and rewarded Scottish authors in four categories: Fiction (including the short story), Poetry, Literary Non-Fiction and First Book. The winners in each category were selected by a panel of judges, and a public vote decided the overall winner of the Book of the Year award.
In 1999 a new overall prize of £10,000 for the Book of the Year. In 2013 the category winners received £5,000 each, with the Book of the Year winner receiving a further £25,000.
Winners
| Year | Category | Title | Author | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Fiction | A Gift from Nessus | William McIlvanney | |
| Poetry | Stoats in the Sunlight | Stewart Conn | ||
| 1970 | Book of the Year | Terry Street | Douglas Dunn | |
| Poetry | ||||
| 1972 | Poetry | Memo for Spring | Liz Lochhead | |
| 1974 | <unknown> | Anne Stevenson | ||
| 1975 | Fiction | Docherty | William McIlvanney | |
| Poetry | Love or Nothing | Douglas Dunn | ||
| 1977 | Literary Non-Fiction | Jacobite Risings in Britiain | Bruce Philip Lenman | |
| 1978 | Fiction | Secrets and Other Stories | Bernard MacLaverty | |
| 1979 | Poetry | Under the Ice | Stewart Conn | |
| 1980 | Literary Non-Fiction | An Economic History of Modern Scotland | Bruce Philip Lenman | |
| 1981 | Fiction | Lamb | Bernard MacLaverty | |
| 1981 | Book of the Year | Lanark: A Life in Four Books | Alasdair Gray | |
| First Book | ||||
| 1982 | Fiction | A Time to Dance and Other Stories | Bernard MacLaverty | |
| Poetry | Black Spiders | Kathleen Jamie | ||
| Literary Non-Fiction | The Death of Men | Allan Massie | ||
| 1985 | Literary Non-Fiction | Red Sky at Night | John Barrington | |
| 1986 | Poetry | Standing Female Nude | Carol Ann Duffy | |
| 1988 | Fiction | The Great Profundo and Other Stories | Bernard MacLaverty | |
| Poetry | The Way We Live | Kathleen Jamie | ||
| First Book | A Case of Knives | Candia McWilliam | ||
| Poetry | The Hoop | John Burnside | ||
| 1989 | Fiction | A Little Stranger | Candia McWilliam | |
| Poetry | The Apple Ghost | John Glenday | ||
| 1990 | Literary Non-Fiction | In Xanadu | William Dalrymple | |
| Poetry | The Other Country | Carol Ann Duffy | ||
| 1991 | Poetry | Common Knowledge | John Burnside | |
| First Book | Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains | A.L. Kennedy | ||
| 1992 | Poetry | The Adoption Papers | Jackie Kay | |
| Surviving the Shipwreck and Strange Loyalties | William McIlvanney | |||
| The Luncheon of the Boating Party | Stewart Conn | |||
| 1993 | Poetry | Mean Time | Carol Ann Duffy | |
| Fiction | Looking for the Possible Dance | A.L. Kennedy | ||
| First Book | Nil NIl | Don Paterson | ||
| 1993 (or 1994) | First Book | Trainspotting | Irvine Welsh | |
| 1994 | Poetry | Forked Tongue | W. N. Herbert | |
| Fiction | Now That You're Back | A.L. Kennedy | ||
| First Book | Pig | Andrew Cowan | ||
| 1995 | Book of the Year | Free Love and Other Stories | Ali Smith | |
| First Book | ||||
| Fiction | So I Am Glad | A.L. Kennedy | ||
| 1996 | Poetry | Cabaret McGonagall | W. N. Herbert | |
| Poetry | Slattern | Kate Clanchy | ||
| 1997 | Literary Non-Fiction | From the Holy Mountain | William Dalrymple | |
| God's Gift to Women | Don Paterson | |||
| 1998 | Poetry | The Laurelude | W. N. Herbert | |
| 1999 | First Book | Scar Culture | Toni Davidson | |
| Poetry | Samarkand | Kate Clanchy | ||
| Fiction | Everything You Need | A.L. Kennedy | ||
| Children's Book | Chamber of Secrets | J. K. Rolling | ||
| 2000 | Fiction | Mr Mee | Andrew Crumey | |
| 2001 | Book of the Year | Hotel World | Ali Smith | |
| Fiction | ||||
| Literary Non-Fiction | The Golden Peak: Travels in Northern Pakistan | Kathleen Jamie | ||
| Goblet of Fire | J. K. Rolling | |||
| 2002 | <unknown> | Don Paterson | ||
| 2004 | Book of the Year | Joseph Knight | James Robertson | |
| 2005 | Book of the Year | The Tree House | Kathleen Jamie | |
| Poetry | ||||
| 2006 | Book of the Year | The People's Act of Love | James Meek | |
| Fiction | The Accidental | Ali Smith | ||
| 2007 | Book of the Year | The Boy and the Sea | Kirsty Gunn | |
| Fiction | ||||
| Literary Non-Fiction | A Lie About My Father | John Burnside | ||
| First Book | George Mackay Brown: The Life | Maggie Fergusson | ||
| Poetry | Swithering | Robin Robertson | ||
| 2008 | Book of the Year | A Book of Lives | Edwin Morgan | |
| Poetry | ||||
| First Book | Morocco Rococo | Jane McKie | ||
| 2009 | Book of the Year | Kieron Smith, Boy | James Kelman | |
| Literary Non-Fiction | What Is She Doing Here?: A Refugee's Story | Kate Clanchy | ||
| 2010 | Book of the Year | A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir | Donald Worster | |
| <unknown> | A.L. Kennedy | |||
| <unknown> | Don Paterson | |||
| 2011 | Book of the Year | The Breakfast Room | Stewart Conn | |
| Poetry | ||||
| Literary Non-Fiction | Red Dust Road | Jackie Kay | ||
| 2012 | Book of the Year | All Made Up | Janice Galloway | |
| Literary Non-Fiction | ||||
| Fiction | There but for the | Ali Smith | ||
| Poetry | Aibisidh | Angus Peter Campbell | ||
| First Book | Let Not the Waves of the Sea | Simon Stephenson | ||
| 2013 | Book of the Year | Empire Antarctica | Gavin Francis |