Tag: national book awards

The longlist for the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction has just been released.  The finalists will be announced on Oct. 14. From the NBA release: Among the Nonfiction Longlist are several that evoke...

Established in 1950, the National Book Award is an American literary prize administered by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization. THE 2013 WINNERS:   FICTION WINNER: James McBride, The Good Lord Bird (Riverhead Books/Penguin Group USA) - Interview > NON-FICTION...

The National Book Awards began as an idea in 1950 to give awards to writers from writers. The awards are sponsored by; The American Book Publisher’s Council, The Book Manufacturers’ Institute, and The...

L. McMaken 12-3-11 Cincinnati, OH   The National Book Awards just announced the winners for 2011. They received 1,223 books for review for the prestigious award, Fiction - 315 books submitted, Nonfiction - 441, Poetry - 189, YPL- 278. The...

L. McMaken 10-22-11 Cincinnati, OH   Author Lauren Myracle was a nominee, then she wasn't, then she was, then she was asked to withdraw her book. Ms. Myracle's book, Shine, was on the original list of...

L. McMaken 10-5-11 Cincinnati, OH   The National Book Foundation, the organization that gives us the National Book Awards is helping to celebrate, National Book Month. Created to celebrate the written word in all it's various...

L. McMaken 8-15-11 Cincinnati, OH     For the first time, the National Book Foundation is accepting an eBook submission for the National Book Awards. Since eBooks, and eReaders are becoming more mainstream, the committee of judges...