The 2011 Discover Awards were presented on March 7, 2012 at the annual awards ceremony in NYC. Each first place winner receives $10,000.

Established in 1990, the Discover Award honors forthcoming new work by debuting and underappreciated authors, and is based solely on literary merit.

For more information about the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Awards, visit http://www.audiopub.org

2011 Winners

First place, Fiction

UNTOUCHABLE by Scott O'Connor (Tyrus Books)

Second Place, Fiction
TURN OF MIND by Alice LaPlante (Grove/Atlantic, Inc.)

Third Place, Fiction
VOLT by Alan Heathcock (Graywolf Press)

First Place, Nonfiction
KOSHER CHINESE by Michael Levy (Henry Holt & Co.)

Second Place, Nonfiction
DAY OF HONEY by Annia Ciezadlo (Free Press)

Third Place, Nonfiction
[SIC] by Joshua Cody (Norton, W.W. & Company, Inc.)