The Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize was presented from 1967 until 2003 by the Royal Society of Literature for the best regional novel of the year. It is named after the novelist Winifred Holtby who was noted for her novels set in the rural scenes of her childhood. In 2003 it was superseded by the Ondaatje Prize.
| Year | Recipient | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Alexandra Fuller | Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight |
| 2001 | Anna Burns | No Bones |
| 2000 | Donna Morrissey | Kit's Law |
| 1999 | Andrew O'Hagan | Our Fathers |
| 1998 | Giles Foden | The Last King of Scotland |
| 1997 | Eden Robinson | Traplines |
| 1996 | Rohinton Mistry | A Fine Balance |
| 1995 | Paul Watkins | Archangel |
| 1994 | Jim Crace | Signals of Distress |
| 1993 | Carl McDougall | The Lights Below |
| 1992 | Adam Thorpe | Ulverton |
| 1991 | Elspeth Barker | O Caledonia |
| 1990 | Nino Ricci | Lives of the Saints |
| 1989 | Hilary Mantel | Fludd |
| 1988 | Shusha Guppy | The Blindfold Horse |
| 1986 | Maggie Hemingway | The Bridge |
| 1984 | Balraj Khanna | A Nation of Fools |
| 1983 | Graham Swift | Waterland |
| 1982 | Kazuo Ishiguro | A Pale View of Hills |
| 1981 | Alan Judd | A Breed of Heroes |
| 1980 | Elsa Joubert | Poppie |
| 1978 | Richard Herley | The Stone Arrow |
| 1977 | Anita Desai | Fire on the Mountain |
| 1976 | Eugene McCabe | Victims |
| 1975 | Jane Gardam | Black Faces, White Faces |
| 1974 | Graham King | The Pandora Valley |
| 1973 | Ronald Harwood | Articles of Faith |
| 1973 | Peter Tinniswood | I Didn't Know You Cared |
| 1971 | John Stewart | Last Cool Days |
| 1970 | Shiva Naipaul | Fireflies |
| 1969 | Ian McDonald | The Humming-Bird Tree |
| 1968 | Catherine Cookson | The Round Tower |
| 1967 | David Bean | The Big Meeting |
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