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The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Fiction Find The New Yorker’s announcement here. The National Book Foundation today announced the Longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction. The Finalists in all five categories will be revealed on Tuesday, October 3. The 2023 Fiction Longlist includes authors at all stages of their careers, and features a debut novel and a debut short story collection. Three authors on the Fiction Longlist have been previously honored by the National Book Foundation: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah was a 2018 5 Under 35 honoree; Jayne Anne Phillips was a Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction in 2009; and Justin Torres was a 2012 5 Under 35 honoree. The Longlisted authors have been recognized by numerous other awards and honors, including the Arts and Letters Award, the Booker Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, the Whiting … Continue reading “2023 National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction”
The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Nonfiction Find The New Yorker’s announcement here. The National Book Foundation announced the Longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction. The Finalists in all five categories will be revealed on Tuesday, October 3. The 2023 Nonfiction Longlist includes emerging and established writers, and features works of memoir, science writing, biographies of both iconic figures and unsung heroes, investigative works that reframe historically significant events, and more. Viet Thanh Nguyen, who was a Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2016, is the sole honoree on the 2023 Nonfiction Longlist who has been previously recognized by the National Book Awards. This year’s Nonfiction Longlist includes two MacArthur Fellows and a Guggenheim Fellow. The Longlisted authors have been previously honored by the Orwell Prize, the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, and the Pulitzer … Continue reading “2023 National Book Awards Longlist for Nonfiction”
The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Poetry Find The New Yorker’s announcement here. The National Book Foundation announced the Longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Poetry. The Finalists in all five categories will be revealed on Tuesday, October 3. The 2023 Poetry Longlist includes poets in all stages of their publishing careers. Only one honoree on the Poetry Longlist has been previously honored by the National Book Awards: Monica Youn was a Finalist for Poetry in 2010 and a Longlister for Poetry in 2016. This year’s Poetry Longlist includes a Guggenheim Fellow and three National Endowment for the Arts Fellows. The poets have been recognized by the American Book Award, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry, the Lannan Literary Award, the Pushcart Prizes, the William Carlos Williams Award, and more. Three of the books come … Continue reading “2023 National Book Awards Longlist for Poetry”
The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Translated Literature Find The New Yorker’s announcement here. The National Book Foundation announced the Longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature. The Finalists in all five categories will be revealed on Tuesday, October 3. The ten titles on this year’s Translated Literature Longlist were originally published in seven different languages: Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. Six honorees have previously been recognized as Longlisters or Finalists for the National Book Award for Translated Literature. Khaled Khalifa and Leri Price were Finalists in 2019 for Death Is Hard Work, and Price was a Finalist again in 2021 for Samar Yzabek’s Planet of Clay; Fernanda Melchor and Sophie Hughes were Longlisted in 2020 for Hurricane Season; and Pilar Quintana and Lisa Dillman were Finalists in 2020 for The Bitch. The authors and translators on the list have been … Continue reading “2023 National Book Awards Longlist for Translated Literature”
The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Find The New Yorker’s announcement here. The National Book Foundation announced the Longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature (YPL). The Finalists in all five categories will be revealed on Tuesday, October 3. This year’s Longlist is composed of 11 newcomers to the National Book Awards. The ten titles highlight three works of nonfiction—including a graphic memoir; and seven works of fiction—including a picture book and two graphic novels. Authors appearing on this list have been honored by the Caldecott Medal, the Middle East Book Award, and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children, among others. Through moving prose and captivating illustrations, the titles on the 2023 YPL Longlist center characters coming of age from a diversity of perspectives and identities. These books trace family histories, re-frame historical and scientific events, and … Continue reading “2023 National Book Awards Longlist for Young People’s Literature”
You can find the full Associated Press announcement here. The National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards, announced that it will award Rita Dove with the 2023 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (DCAL). Dove’s sweeping body of work features eleven books of poetry, including Museum, Grace Notes, Selected Poems, Mother Love, On the Bus with Rosa Parks, American Smooth, Sonata Mulattica, Playlist for the Apocalypse, and her debut collection, The Yellow House on the Corner; a novel, Through the Ivory Gate; a collection of her Poet Laureate lectures titled The Poet’s World; a short story collection, Fifth Sunday; and the play The Darker Face of the Earth. She is the Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Thomas and Beulah, her third collection of poetry based loosely on the lives of her maternal grandparents. From 1993 to 1995, Dove served as the first Black Poet Laureate of the United States. … Continue reading “National Book Foundation to Present Lifetime Achievement Award to Rita Dove”
You can find the full Los Angeles Times announcement here. The National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards, announced Paul Yamazaki, principal buyer at City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in San Francisco, California, as the recipient of its 2023 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community. Starting out as a part-time clerk at City Lights in 1970, Yamazaki has mentored generations of booksellers, and his collaborative approach to bookselling has elevated countless authors, shaping the United States’ literary landscape for over 50 years. A champion for books, writers, publishers, and independent bookstores, Yamazaki will be presented with the Literarian Award by past recipient and revered bookseller Mitchell Kaplan at the 74th National Book Awards Ceremony & Benefit Dinner on November 15, 2023. “Paul Yamazaki’s career has had an irreplaceable, culture-shifting impact on bookselling, independent bookstores, and publishing at large,” said David Steinberger, Chair of the … Continue reading “National Book Foundation to Present Lifetime Achievement Award to Paul Yamazaki”
Authors honored by the National Book Foundation to appear at nine events culminating in the 74th National Book Awards The National Book Foundation announced its fall NBF Presents line-up of nine events taking place in Huntsville, Miami, New York, and Portland, from September through November, leading up to the 74th National Book Awards Ceremony & Benefit Dinner on November 15, 2023. NBF Presents, the moniker for all of the Foundation’s public programs, represents the National Book Foundation’s goal to connect readers across the United States with authors honored by the National Book Foundation through the National Book Awards, 5 Under 35, and Science + Literature. NBF Presents is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Programming for the fall season will be … Continue reading “National Book Foundation Announces 2023 Fall Season of NBF Presents”
The National Book Foundation (NBF) announced the inaugural cohort of Fellows selected for the NBF Teacher Fellowship, a new initiative to support and celebrate 6th-12th grade teachers using innovative methods to make reading for pleasure a part of their students’ school day experience. The 2023/2024 NBF Teacher Fellows were selected by a committee, also announced today, of five authors, educators, and literary experts. “While we were developing our strategic plan, aimed at guiding us through the landmark 75th National Book Awards and beyond, we wanted to join forces with teachers at a time when access to diverse books is being challenged in classrooms and libraries at an alarming and accelerating rate across the country,” said Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation. “The NBF Teacher Fellowship, our latest initiative, aims to do just that by supporting teachers as they implement creative projects that connect more young people with … Continue reading “Announcing the 2023/2024 National Book Foundation Teacher Fellows”