Nov. 18 marks National Book Award Day. With that, here are some major awards authors can win and some books to add to your list of books to read over winter break.
Awards
Booker Prize is a leading literary award in the English speaking world that has brought recognition to outstanding fiction for over 50 years. This award is given annually to the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.
The Caldecott Medal is awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American Picture Book for Children published in the U.S. during the preceding year.
The Pulitzer Prize, named after a newspaper journalist, Joseph Pulitzer, was established over 100 years ago to honor exceptional achievements in journalism. It has 21 categories that can range from literature to musical composition.
The John Newbery Medal is awarded in January each year by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American Children’s book published the previous year.
National Book Critics Circle Awards are awarded each March for the finest books and reviews published in English in the U.S. the previous year for six categories which are fiction, nonfiction, autobiography, biography, criticism and poetry.
National Book Awards are awarded to the best in American literature. These awards have been announced in November each year since 1950.
Costa Book Awards are the most prestigious book awards in the UK, which were once known as the Whitbread Awards. The five categories for winners consist of the first novel, novel, biography, poetry and children’s book. These awards are announced in early January for books published the previous year. However, The Costa Book of the Year award is announced in late January.
Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing throughout the world.
Now that break is upon us and we are spending more time inside than ever before, be sure to indulge in some reading with a few award-winning books:
“Trust Exercise” – Susan Choi, 2019 national book award winner
“Hello Lighthouse” – Sophie Blackall, 2019 Caldecott medal winner
“New Kid- Jerry Craft” – 2020 Newbery medal winner
“The New Wilderness” – Diane Cook, 2020 shortlist for the booker prize
“This Mournable Body: A Novel” – Tsitsi Dangarembga 2020 shortlist for the booker prize
“Burnt Sugar” – Avni Doshi, 2020 shortlist for the booker prize
“The Shadow King” – Maaza Mengiste, 2020 shortlist for the booker prize
