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The Kiriyama Prize was established in 1996 to recognize outstanding books about the Pacific Rim and South Asia that encourage greater mutual understanding of and among the peoples and nations of this vast and culturally diverse region. The Prize consists of a cash award of US $30,000, which is split equally between the fiction and nonfiction winners. Beginning in 2008, if a work in translation is chosen as a winner in either category, the translator will receive $5,000 and the winning author $10,000.
In February each year, two panels of judges select five finalists in each category, fiction and nonfiction. The winners are chosen from among these finalists in late March. Along with the winners and finalists, the Prize also publishes an annual list of notable books in the fiction and nonfiction categories, which are
also drawn from the judging process. Thus, each year, the Prize recognizes,
celebrates, and promotes a wide variety of outstanding books.
We invite you to explore the Prize website and Pacific Rim Voices' other sites. From here, readers with a wide range of tastes and interests can explore many ways to begin their own literary explorations of the Pacific Rim and South Asia.
The Kiriyama Prize is part of the PacificRimVoices family
of websites. Visit our other sites:
 
WaterBridge Review
Here you'll find reviews of recently published and forthcoming books, together with interviews, and more.
papertigers.org
For a look at books from and about the Pacific Rim and South Asia for children and young adults.
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2008 Winners Announced!
Posted April 1, 2008—We are pleased to present the winners of this year's Kiriyama Prize:
 Fiction
Lloyd Jones' Mister Pip is set on the South Pacific island of Bougainville, during the island's bloody secessionist clash with Papua New Guinea in the 1990's. Beautifully written and masterfully told, Mister Pip charts the ground where life and literature meet and flourish, and where they must ultimately divide.
 Nonfiction
Julia Whitty's The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific will transport you to the other-worldly realm under the surface of the ocean and will introduce you to some of the tenacious people who live along its delicate shores. The Fragile Edge is a paean to the seas that makes us yearn to keep them safe, not only for the wildlife and people who live near or in it, but for us all.
Read more about this year's winners by clicking on the titles above or read our April 1 press release.
2008 Finalists
We hope you'll pick up both of this year's winning books, but please don't stop your Pacific Rim journey there. All of this year's finalists are engaging and insightful reads.
Fiction Finalists 
The Complete Stories
by David Malouf
The Last Chinese Chef
by Nicole Mones
Mosquito
by Roma Tearne
I Love Dollars
by Zhu Wen, translated by Julia Lovell
Nonfiction Finalists
 The Father of All Things
by Tom Bissell
East Wind Melts the Ice
by Liza Dalby
India After Gandhi
by Ramachandra Guha
The Talented Women of the Zhang Family
by Susan Mann
Read our February 26, 2008 press release announcing the finalists.
WaterBridge Review
Read full reviews of all the Kiriyama Prize finalists together with a conversation with the chairs of the judging panels on Pacific Rim Voices' WaterBridge Review.
Press inquiries about this year's finalists can be directed to the Prize manager: tel (415) 777-1628 or email jeannine(at)kiriyamaprize.org.
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