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What are the National Book Awards?
The National Book Awards are U.S.-based literary awards presented annually in several categories, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s literature.
The awards are presented by the National Book Foundation. Judging panels for each category consist of writers in that category, including previous winners.
The name of the award is often abbreviated as NBA.
When are the National Book Awards?
The 2021 National Book Award winners will be announced on November 17.
Nominations for the National Book Award are usually announced at the beginning of October, and the awards are usually presented in November.
More information and context on National Book Awards
An award known as the National Book Award was first established in 1936 by the American Booksellers Association, which presented it until 1942. The award was reestablished in 1950 by multiple industry organizations. The awards continued to expand and add categories over the years and were renamed the American Book Awards. Eventually, the National Book Award name was reestablished and the categories were limited to fiction and nonfiction, with administration of the awards coming under the National Book Foundation.
The poetry category was reinstated in 1991. The youth literature category was created in 1996, and the translated literature category was established in 2018.
Notable early winners of the award include Saul Bellow, Truman Capote, Rachel Carson, Ralph Ellison, William Faulkner, Vladimir Nabokov, Flannery O’Connor, and J. D. Salinger.
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The National Book Award is considered one of the most prestigious literature awards given in the U.S.
John Lewis' book "March" just won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. #NBAwards
— deray (@deray) November 17, 2016
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100's of agent rejections over 3 books of querying,over 50 editor rejections over 2 books, then @FeiwelFriends believed in ME (MOTH), a book about hurt & hoodoo & love & storytelling, which is now a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
— Me (Amber McBride)⁷ (@ambsmcbride) October 27, 2021
one time when I was 19 I named a character Ambrosius Goldenloin as a joke and then the book got nominated for a National Book Award
— ND Stevenson (@Gingerhazing) January 15, 2017
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The National Book Award is presented in multiple categories.