The 2018 Tournament of Books was presented by Field Notes, and that year’s Rooster went to Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, who had this to say about the win:

Thank you for this incredible award, dear Jury. The news that multiple novelists, publishers, and journalists have chosen Fever Dream as the winner of this year’s Tournament, and that the prize is really a live rooster, is the most perfect prize I could have hoped for. My next book is Mouthful of Birds and perhaps I should change the title to Mouthful of Roosters. I’m very honored to have been considered in the company of these other books and great writers. I’m jumping for joy.