Friday, Septermber 16, 2021
The National Book Award longlists have been annoucned! These are some of the best books of the year, across five categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People's Literature.
Wedesday, September 15, 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Booker Prize has been announced! How many of the nominated books have you read so far?
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
The 2021 winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction has been announced! See the winner, as well as the shortlisted and longlisted titles here.
Friday, July 23, 2021
The 2021 finalists for the World Fantasy Awards has been anncouned! These prizes recognize excellent fantasy writing, from novels to short story collections. How many of this year's finalists have you read?
Friday, July 16, 2021
The 2021 longlist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize has been anncouned! This $10,000 prize is awarded to the best debut fiction title published in a given year, selected from a longlist of 22 nominated books. How many have you read so far this year?
Monday July 12th, 2021
The 2021 winners of the CWA Dagger Awards have been announced! Check out the list for some of this year's best in crime writing.
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
First presented in 1967 and customarily announced in June, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors in the field of children’s and young adult literature. Check out the 2021 winners for Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction.
Tuesday, June 15th, 2021
Awarded for journalistic and artistic excellence, the Pulitzer Prize is awarded in more than twenty different categories including Investigative Reporting, Criticism, Fiction, Poetry, and Music. Check out this year's winners and finalists!
Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
Lambda Literary Awards celebrates works that explore LGBT themes. Categories include Humor, Romance and Biography. The Lambda Literary Foundation states that its mission is "to celebrate LGBT literature and provide resources for writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, and librarians—the whole literary community." The awards were instituted in 1988.
Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
Prior to 2016, the Booker Prize was open only to UK authors, but the addition of the Booker International Prize now helps highlight the works of superb authors and translators from around the world.
The Booker International Prize is awarded annually for a single book, translated into English and published in the UK. The £50,000 prize, awarded in May, is divided equally between the winning author and the English translator. This year's winner has just been announced!
