National Book Award
Given by National Book Foundation
Other Names: National Book Award finalist, National Book Award for Nonfiction, National Book Award for Translation, National Book Award Longlist
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“Established in 1950, the National Book Award is an American literary prize given to writers by writers and administered by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization. Each year, the show more Foundation selects a total of twenty Judges, including five in each of the four Award categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature. Judges are published writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field, and in some cases, are past NBA Finalists or Winners. One of the five Judges on each panel is selected as the panel chair. This person acts as the voice of the panel and the liaison to the Foundation. The Foundation staff takes no part in the Judges’ deliberations, except to verify a submission’s eligibility.” http://nationalbook.org/nba_process.h...
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National Book Award finalists on LibraryThing
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Winner 399
Finalist 1,787
Longlist 2,055
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“Established in 1950, the National Book Award is an American literary prize given to writers by writers and administered by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization. Each year, the Foundation selects a total of twenty Judges, including five in each of the four Award categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature. Judges are published writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field, and in some cases, are past NBA Finalists or Winners. One of the five Judges on each panel is selected as the panel chair. This person acts as the voice of the panel and the liaison to the Foundation. The Foundation staff takes no part in the Judges’ deliberations, except to verify a submission’s eligibility.” http://nationalbook.org/nba_process.h...National Book Award finalists on LibraryThing
National Book Award longlist on LibraryThing (English, Member-written)
National Book Award Longlist nominees, all in the running for the National Book Award (announced a few weeks before the awards are given).
Starting in 2013, the longlist starts out with ten books. When the awards are announced, one book is the winner, and four are named as finalists. See National Book Award finalsts here.
See National Book Award winners here. (English, Member-written)
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