Winners of official US national contests, every result checked against two independent sources.
| Year | Contest | Category | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | National Book Award | Fiction | Rabih Alameddine — The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) |
| 2024 | U.S. Chess Championship | U.S. Championship | Fabiano Caruana |
| 2023 | U.S. Chess Championship | U.S. Championship | Fabiano Caruana |
| 2023 | National Book Award | Fiction | Justin Torres — Blackouts |
| 2022 | National Book Award | Fiction | Tess Gunty — The Rabbit Hutch |
| 2021 | U.S. Chess Championship | U.S. Championship | Wesley So |
| 2021 | National Book Award | Fiction | Jason Mott — Hell of a Book |
| 2020 | U.S. Chess Championship | U.S. Championship | Wesley So |
| 2019 | U.S. Chess Championship | U.S. Championship | Hikaru Nakamura |
| 2019 | National Book Award | Fiction | Susan Choi — Trust Exercise |
| 2016 | National Book Award | Fiction | Colson Whitehead — The Underground Railroad |
| 2015 | National Book Award | Fiction | Adam Johnson — Fortune Smiles: Stories |
| 2014 | National Book Award | Fiction | Phil Klay — Redeployment |
| 2013 | National Book Award | Fiction | James McBride — The Good Lord Bird |
| 2012 | National Book Award | Fiction | Louise Erdrich — The Round House |
| 2011 | National Book Award | Fiction | Jesmyn Ward — Salvage the Bones |
| 2010 | National Book Award | Fiction | Jaimy Gordon — Lord of Misrule |
| 2009 | National Book Award | Fiction | Colum McCann — Let the Great World Spin |
| 2007 | National Book Award | Fiction | Denis Johnson — Tree of Smoke |
| 2006 | National Book Award | Fiction | Richard Powers — The Echo Maker |
| 2003 | National Book Award | Fiction | Shirley Hazzard — The Great Fire |
| 2002 | National Book Award | Fiction | Julia Glass — Three Junes |
| 2001 | National Book Award | Fiction | Jonathan Franzen — The Corrections |
| 2000 | National Book Award | Fiction | Susan Sontag — In America |
| 1998 | National Book Award | Fiction | Alice McDermott — Charming Billy |
| 1997 | National Book Award | Fiction | Charles Frazier — Cold Mountain |
| 1996 | National Book Award | Fiction | Andrea Barrett — Ship Fever and Other Stories |
| 1995 | National Book Award | Fiction | Philip Roth — Sabbath's Theater |
| 1994 | National Book Award | Fiction | William Gaddis — A Frolic of His Own |
| 1993 | National Book Award | Fiction | Annie Proulx — Shipping News |
Contests
- National Book Award Literature · 1954–2025 official
- U.S. Chess Championship Chess and board games · 2019–2024 official