The National Book Foundation has made entry guidelines for the 2010 National Book Awards available, by request, to publishers. It has also announced the names of the 20 writers who will judge the awards.
The fiction panel consists of Andrei Codrescu, Samuel R. Delany, Sabina Murray, Joanna Scott (chair), and Carolyn See. The nonfiction panel is made up of Blake Bailey, Marjorie Garber (chair), Jennifer Michael Hecht, Seth Lerer, and Sallie Tisdale. The poetry panel includes Rae Armantrout, Cornelius Eady (chair), Linda Gregerson, Jeffrey McDaniel, and Brenda Shaughnessy. The young people’s literature panel is comprised of Laban Carrick Hill, Kelly Link, Tor Seidler (chair), Hope Anita Smith, and Sara Zarr.
The judges will announce 20 finalists on October 13, and the winners will be named at the awards ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on November 17.
To receive entry guidelines, publishers can email Katie McDonough at kmcdonough@nationalbook.org. Entry forms must be postmarked by June 15.
