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Shortlist Named for Selfies Award

By Nicholas Clee | 02/08/2019 @ 09:00AM

The finalists for the inaugural Selfies Award for a self-published novel have been named, and the winner will be announced at the upcoming London Book Fair.
Meg Medina on Winning the Newbery Medal

By Sue Corbett | 01/29/2019 @ 09:00AM

We speak with author Meg Medina, whose middle grade novel about an irrepressible Cuban-American girl, 'Merci Suárez Changes Gears,' was awarded the 2019 Newbery Medal.
Medina, Blackall, Acevedo Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz

By Emma Kantor and Diane Roback | 01/28/2019 @ 01:00PM

The 2019 Youth Media Awards were announced Monday morning at the American Library Association’s midwinter conference in Seattle.
Makkai, Laymon Win 2019 Carnegie Medals

By John Maher | 01/28/2019 @ 09:00AM

'The Great Believers' by Rebecca Makkai has won the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and 'Heavy: An American Memoir' by Kiese Laymon has won the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.
University Presses Get $1.2M for Diversity Grants

By John Maher | 01/23/2019 @ 04:00AM

A four-year, $1,205,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support continued development and expansion of a program designed to diversify academic publishing, and will directly affect six presses.
NBCC Awards Finalists Announced

By John Maher | 01/22/2019 @ 09:00AM

The National Book Critics Circle has announced 31 finalists in six categories––autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry––for the annual National Book Critic Circle Awards.
AAP Gets $2.2 Million In the Name of Poetry

By John Maher | 01/15/2019 @ 12:00PM

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has donated the funding for two grants to the Academy of American Poets, totaling $2.2 million.
Talking Pictures Awards Submissions Open

By John Maher | 01/08/2019 @ 09:00AM

The contest, part of a cultural initiative of the New York Rights Fair celebrating excellence in book design in five categories, is now open for submissions for its 2019 awards.
After Outcry, MWA Withdraws Fairstein's Grand Master Honor

By John Maher | 11/29/2018 @ 01:00PM

Just two days after Mystery Writers of America said it would name Linda Fairstein a Grand Master for 2019, the organization withdrew the award following a public outcry over her role in the prosecution of the Central Park Five.
Acevedo, Nunez, Reed, Stewart, and Tawada/Mitsutani Win 2018 National Book Awards

By John Maher | 11/14/2018 @ 09:00PM

At the 69th National Book Awards, the political fervor underpinning the past few ceremonies remained, even as a somewhat tongue-in-cheek lightness rose to the fore.
Anna Burns Wins 2018 Man Booker Prize for 'Milkman'

By John Maher | 10/16/2018 @ 04:30PM

'Milkman,' which is published by Graywolf Press in the U.S., makes Burns the first Northern Irish writer to win the prize.
2018 National Book Award Finalists Announced

By John Maher | 10/10/2018 @ 10:37AM

The five finalists in the five categories have been named. The winner in each category will be announced at a ceremony in New York City on November 14.
2018 Man Booker Shortlist Announced

By John Maher | 09/20/2018 @ 09:00AM

The list features two debut novels, including one from the youngest author ever to make the list, in addition to a novel in verse from an award-winning poet.
PW Star Watch 2018 Superstars: Francesca Cavallo and Elena Favilli

By John Maher, with reporting by Judith Rosen | 09/13/2018 @ 09:00AM

Francesca Cavallo and Elena Favilli, creators of 'Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls,' were named PW Star Watch Superstars at a party at Marquee New York in Manhattan on September 12.
2018 National Book Award Longlists Announced

By John Maher | 09/12/2018 @ 02:45PM

The National Book Foundation has announced its longlists for the 2018 National Book Awards. The five finalists in each category will be named on October 10, and the winner will be announced at a ceremony in New York City on November 14.
2018 NBA Longlist for Young People's Literature Announced

By Emma Kantor | 09/12/2018 @ 10:15AM

The National Book Foundation has announced the 2018 National Book Award longlist for Young People’s Literature.
Sanchez, Espada, Teicher Snag American Poets Prizes

By Calvin Reid | 08/29/2018 @ 09:00AM

The Academy of American Poets has named poets Sonia Sanchez, Martín Espada, and PW staffer Craig Teicher among the nine winners of its 2018 American Poets Prizes.
Rona Jaffe Award Winners Announced for 2018

By Calvin Reid | 08/28/2018 @ 09:00AM

Writers Chelsea Bieker, Lisa Chen, Lydia Conklin, Gabriela Garcia, Karen Outen, and Alison C. Rollins have been awarded the 2018 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards, which honors women writers early in their writing careers.
NBCC, Seeking Increased Endowment, Launches Fundraiser

By John Maher | 08/22/2018 @ 09:00AM

The National Book Critics Circle, for the first time in its 47-year history, has launched a fundraiser in order to bolster its funding for website maintenance and its new emerging critics initiative.
2018 PW Star Watch Top Honorees Announced

By John Maher | 08/14/2018 @ 09:00AM

Publishers Weekly and Frankfurter Buchmesse have announced the "Top Honorees" of the fourth annual PW Star Watch program.

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