The winners of the 2010 Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards, award annually to authors of African descent for the year's best works in fiction, nonfiction and poetry, are:
Fiction: I Am Not Sidney Poitier: A Novel by Percival Everett
Poetry (two winners):
Liberation Narratives: New and Collected Poems, 1966-2009 by Haki R. Madhubuti
Sonata Mulattica: Poems by Rita Dove
Nonfiction: Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin Kelley
The 2005 Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards, honoring books by writers of African descent, have gone to:
Fiction: Who Slashed Celanire's Throat?: A Fantastical Tale by Maryse Conde
Nonfiction: Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde by Alexis de Veaux
Debut Fiction: Graceland by Chris Abani
Contemporary Fiction: A Woman's Worth by Tracy Price-Thompson
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Thomas Wolfe Literary Award (1955,2010)
THOMAS WOLFE MEMORIAL LITERARY AWARD
The Western North Carolina Historical Association is accepting nominations for the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award. Originated by the Louis Lipinsky family, the Award has been presented by the Association for printed works that focus special attention on Western North Carolina since 1955.
Guidelines: To be considered, an entry must be a published work of fiction, nonfiction, drama or poetry. It must be a first edition work; revised editions of published works will not be considered for the Award. The publication date must be in 2009 or no later than June 1, 2010. The author must be a native of the WNC region, or a resident of WNC for at least twelve months prior to the closing date for the Award. If not, the focus or setting of the work must be western North Carolina.
2010 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award goes to Wayne Caldwell Requiem by Fire
2009 Bruce Johnson Grove Park Inn
2008 Chemistry and Other Stories by Ron Rash
? Rob Amberg Sodom Laurel Album
2006 Thomas Wolfe: An Illustrated Biography by Bruce E. Johnson
2005 Shinemaster, a book of poems by UNC creative writing professor Michael McFee
? Tommy Hays In the Family Way
1984 John Marsden Ehle
1955. Wilma Dykeman The French Broad
Later recipients include John Parris, Gail Godwin, John Ehle, Charles Frazier, Lee Smith, and Ron Rash.
The Western North Carolina Historical Association is accepting nominations for the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award. Originated by the Louis Lipinsky family, the Award has been presented by the Association for printed works that focus special attention on Western North Carolina since 1955.
Guidelines: To be considered, an entry must be a published work of fiction, nonfiction, drama or poetry. It must be a first edition work; revised editions of published works will not be considered for the Award. The publication date must be in 2009 or no later than June 1, 2010. The author must be a native of the WNC region, or a resident of WNC for at least twelve months prior to the closing date for the Award. If not, the focus or setting of the work must be western North Carolina.
2010 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award goes to Wayne Caldwell Requiem by Fire
2009 Bruce Johnson Grove Park Inn
2008 Chemistry and Other Stories by Ron Rash
? Rob Amberg Sodom Laurel Album
2006 Thomas Wolfe: An Illustrated Biography by Bruce E. Johnson
2005 Shinemaster, a book of poems by UNC creative writing professor Michael McFee
? Tommy Hays In the Family Way
1984 John Marsden Ehle
1955. Wilma Dykeman The French Broad
Later recipients include John Parris, Gail Godwin, John Ehle, Charles Frazier, Lee Smith, and Ron Rash.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
John Llewellyn Rhys Literary Prize (1942-2010)
John Llewellyn Rhys Literary Prize Shortlist
Finalists for the £5,000 (US$7,996) John Llewellyn Rhys prize, which honors "the best work of literature by a U.K. or Commonwealth writer under the age of 35.
2010 Shortlist:
Bomber County by Daniel Swift
Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed
The Still Point by Amy Sackville -- Winner!
A Light Song of Light by Kei Miller
Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine
Corrag by Susan Fletcher
The 2009 shortlist:
Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga
The Striped World by Emma Jones
Six Months in Sudan by James Maskalyk
The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Waste by Tristram Stuart
After the Fire, a Still Small Voice by Evie Wyld -- Winner!
Previous winners list from Wikipedia accessed 10/28/09
The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is a British based literary prize. It is presented for the best work of literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama) by an author aged 35 or under, and from Britain or from the British Commonwealth.
The prize was initiated in 1942 by Jane Oliver in memory of her husband John Llewellyn Rhys, a young author who was killed on 5 August 1940 while serving as a bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force.
From 1987 to 2003, the prize was funded by the Mail on Sunday. The Mail on Sunday pulled out in 2003, after the 2002 prize was awarded to Mary Laven. Since then, the prize has been run by Booktrust, an independent educational charity. The winner receives £5,000, while the runners up each receive £500.
Winners:
* 1942 - Michael Richey, Sunk by a Mine
* 1943 - Morwenna Donnelly, Beauty for Ashes
* 1944 - Alun Lewis, The Last Inspection
* 1945 - James Aldridge, The Sea Eagle
* 1946 - Oriel Malet, My Bird Sings
* 1947 - Anne-Marie Walters, Moondrop to Gascony
* 1948 - Richard Mason, The Wind Cannot Read
* 1949 - Emma Smith, Maiden's Trip
* 1950 - Kenneth Allsop, Adventure Lit Their Star
* 1951 - Elizabeth Jane Howard, The Beautiful Visit
* 1952 - No Award
* 1953 - Rachel Trickett, The Return Home
* 1954 - Tom Stacey, The Hostile Sun
* 1955 - John Wiles, The Moon to Play With
* 1956 - John Hearne, Voices Under the Window
* 1957 - Ruskin Bond, The Room on the Roof
* 1958 - V. S. Naipaul, The Mystic Masseur
* 1959 - Dan Jacobson, A Long Way from London
* 1960 - David Caute, At Fever Pitch
* 1961 - David Storey, Flight Into Camden
* 1962 - Robert Rhodes James, An Introduction to the House of Commons, and Edward Lucie-Smith, A Tropical Childhood and Other Poems
* 1963 - Peter Marshall, Two Lives
* 1964 - Nell Dunn, Up the Junction
* 1965 - Julian Mitchell, The White Father
* 1966 - Margaret Drabble, The Millstone
* 1967 - Anthony Masters, The Seahorse
* 1968 - Angela Carter, The Magic Toyshop
* 1969 - Melvyn Bragg, Without a City Wall
* 1970 - Angus Calder, The People's War
* 1971 - Shiva Naipaul, Fireflies
* 1972 - Susan Hill, The Albatross
* 1973 - Peter Smalley, A Warm Gun
* 1974 - Hugh Fleetwood, The Girl Who Passed for Normal
* 1975 - David Hare, Knuckle, and Tim Jeal, Cushing's Crusade
* 1976 - No Award
* 1977 - Richard Cork, Vorticism & Abstract Art in the First Machine Age
* 1978 - A. N. Wilson, The Sweets of Pimlico
* 1979 - Peter Boardman, The Shining Mountain
* 1980 - Desmond Hogan, The Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea
* 1981 - A. N. Wilson, The Laird of Abbotsford
* 1982 - William Boyd, An Ice-Cream War
* 1983 - Lisa St Aubin de Teran, The Slow Train to Milan
* 1984 - Andrew Motion, Dangerous Play
* 1985 - John Milne, Out of the Blue
* 1986 - Tim Parks, Loving Roger
* 1987 - Jeanette Winterson, The Passion
* 1988 - Matthew Yorke, The March Fence
* 1989 - Claire Harman, Sylvia Townsend Warner
* 1990 - Ray Monk, Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
* 1991 - A. L. Kennedy, Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains
* 1992 - Matthew Kneale, Sweet Thames
* 1993 - Jason Goodwin, On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul
* 1994 - Jonathan Coe, What a carve up!
* 1995 - Melanie McGrath, Motel Nirvana
* 1996 - Nicola Barker, Heading Inland
* 1997 - Phil Whitaker, Eclipse of the Sun
* 1998 - Peter Ho Davies, The Ugliest House in the World
* 1999 - David Mitchell, Ghostwritten
* 2000 - Edward Platt (writer), Leadville
o Shortlist
o Julia Leigh, The Hunter
o Roddy Lumsden, The Book of Love
o Ben Rice, Pobby & Dingan
o Zadie Smith, White Teeth
o Cole Moreton, Hungry for Home Leaving the Blaskets: A Journey from the Edge of Ireland
* 2001 - Susanna Jones, The Earthquake Bird
* 2002 - Mary Laven, Virgins of Venice
o (note: The 2002 prize was initially awarded to Hari Kunzru for his book The Impressionist on 20 November 2003, but the author decided to decline the award due to its sponsorship by the Mail on Sunday)
* 2003 - Charlotte Mendelson, Daughters of Jerusalem
* 2004 - Jonathan Trigell, Boy A
o Shortlist
o Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus
Rory Stewart, The Places in Between
o Neil Bennun, The Broken String
o Colin McAdam, Some Great Thing
o Anthony Cartwright, The Afterglow
* 2005 - Uzodinma Iweala, Beasts of No Nation[1]
o Shortlist
o Rana Dasgupta, Tokyo Cancelled
o Peter Hobbs, The Short Day Dying
o Sinéad Morrissey, The State of the Prisons
o Rebecca Ray, Newfoundland
o Rachel Zadok, Gem Squash Tokoloshe
* 2006/7 - Sarah Hall, The Carhullan Army (US=Daughters of the North)
o Shortlist
o Ceridwen Dovey, Blood Kin
o Joanna Kavenna, Inglorious
o Robert Macfarlane, The Wild Places
o Gwendoline Riley, Joshua Spassky
o Rory Stewart, Occupational Hazards
* 2008 - Henry Hitchings, The Secret Life of Words
Shortlist
Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger
Adam Foulds, The Broken Word
James Palmer, The Bloody White Baron
Ross Raisin, God's Own Country
Brian Schofield, Selling Your Father's Bones
Finalists for the £5,000 (US$7,996) John Llewellyn Rhys prize, which honors "the best work of literature by a U.K. or Commonwealth writer under the age of 35.
2010 Shortlist:
Bomber County by Daniel Swift
Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed
The Still Point by Amy Sackville -- Winner!
A Light Song of Light by Kei Miller
Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine
Corrag by Susan Fletcher
The 2009 shortlist:
Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga
The Striped World by Emma Jones
Six Months in Sudan by James Maskalyk
The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Waste by Tristram Stuart
After the Fire, a Still Small Voice by Evie Wyld -- Winner!
Previous winners list from Wikipedia accessed 10/28/09
The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is a British based literary prize. It is presented for the best work of literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama) by an author aged 35 or under, and from Britain or from the British Commonwealth.
The prize was initiated in 1942 by Jane Oliver in memory of her husband John Llewellyn Rhys, a young author who was killed on 5 August 1940 while serving as a bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force.
From 1987 to 2003, the prize was funded by the Mail on Sunday. The Mail on Sunday pulled out in 2003, after the 2002 prize was awarded to Mary Laven. Since then, the prize has been run by Booktrust, an independent educational charity. The winner receives £5,000, while the runners up each receive £500.
Winners:
* 1942 - Michael Richey, Sunk by a Mine
* 1943 - Morwenna Donnelly, Beauty for Ashes
* 1944 - Alun Lewis, The Last Inspection
* 1945 - James Aldridge, The Sea Eagle
* 1946 - Oriel Malet, My Bird Sings
* 1947 - Anne-Marie Walters, Moondrop to Gascony
* 1948 - Richard Mason, The Wind Cannot Read
* 1949 - Emma Smith, Maiden's Trip
* 1950 - Kenneth Allsop, Adventure Lit Their Star
* 1951 - Elizabeth Jane Howard, The Beautiful Visit
* 1952 - No Award
* 1953 - Rachel Trickett, The Return Home
* 1954 - Tom Stacey, The Hostile Sun
* 1955 - John Wiles, The Moon to Play With
* 1956 - John Hearne, Voices Under the Window
* 1957 - Ruskin Bond, The Room on the Roof
* 1958 - V. S. Naipaul, The Mystic Masseur
* 1959 - Dan Jacobson, A Long Way from London
* 1960 - David Caute, At Fever Pitch
* 1961 - David Storey, Flight Into Camden
* 1962 - Robert Rhodes James, An Introduction to the House of Commons, and Edward Lucie-Smith, A Tropical Childhood and Other Poems
* 1963 - Peter Marshall, Two Lives
* 1964 - Nell Dunn, Up the Junction
* 1965 - Julian Mitchell, The White Father
* 1966 - Margaret Drabble, The Millstone
* 1967 - Anthony Masters, The Seahorse
* 1968 - Angela Carter, The Magic Toyshop
* 1969 - Melvyn Bragg, Without a City Wall
* 1970 - Angus Calder, The People's War
* 1971 - Shiva Naipaul, Fireflies
* 1972 - Susan Hill, The Albatross
* 1973 - Peter Smalley, A Warm Gun
* 1974 - Hugh Fleetwood, The Girl Who Passed for Normal
* 1975 - David Hare, Knuckle, and Tim Jeal, Cushing's Crusade
* 1976 - No Award
* 1977 - Richard Cork, Vorticism & Abstract Art in the First Machine Age
* 1978 - A. N. Wilson, The Sweets of Pimlico
* 1979 - Peter Boardman, The Shining Mountain
* 1980 - Desmond Hogan, The Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea
* 1981 - A. N. Wilson, The Laird of Abbotsford
* 1982 - William Boyd, An Ice-Cream War
* 1983 - Lisa St Aubin de Teran, The Slow Train to Milan
* 1984 - Andrew Motion, Dangerous Play
* 1985 - John Milne, Out of the Blue
* 1986 - Tim Parks, Loving Roger
* 1987 - Jeanette Winterson, The Passion
* 1988 - Matthew Yorke, The March Fence
* 1989 - Claire Harman, Sylvia Townsend Warner
* 1990 - Ray Monk, Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
* 1991 - A. L. Kennedy, Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains
* 1992 - Matthew Kneale, Sweet Thames
* 1993 - Jason Goodwin, On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul
* 1994 - Jonathan Coe, What a carve up!
* 1995 - Melanie McGrath, Motel Nirvana
* 1996 - Nicola Barker, Heading Inland
* 1997 - Phil Whitaker, Eclipse of the Sun
* 1998 - Peter Ho Davies, The Ugliest House in the World
* 1999 - David Mitchell, Ghostwritten
* 2000 - Edward Platt (writer), Leadville
o Shortlist
o Julia Leigh, The Hunter
o Roddy Lumsden, The Book of Love
o Ben Rice, Pobby & Dingan
o Zadie Smith, White Teeth
o Cole Moreton, Hungry for Home Leaving the Blaskets: A Journey from the Edge of Ireland
* 2001 - Susanna Jones, The Earthquake Bird
* 2002 - Mary Laven, Virgins of Venice
o (note: The 2002 prize was initially awarded to Hari Kunzru for his book The Impressionist on 20 November 2003, but the author decided to decline the award due to its sponsorship by the Mail on Sunday)
* 2003 - Charlotte Mendelson, Daughters of Jerusalem
* 2004 - Jonathan Trigell, Boy A
o Shortlist
o Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus
Rory Stewart, The Places in Between
o Neil Bennun, The Broken String
o Colin McAdam, Some Great Thing
o Anthony Cartwright, The Afterglow
* 2005 - Uzodinma Iweala, Beasts of No Nation[1]
o Shortlist
o Rana Dasgupta, Tokyo Cancelled
o Peter Hobbs, The Short Day Dying
o Sinéad Morrissey, The State of the Prisons
o Rebecca Ray, Newfoundland
o Rachel Zadok, Gem Squash Tokoloshe
* 2006/7 - Sarah Hall, The Carhullan Army (US=Daughters of the North)
o Shortlist
o Ceridwen Dovey, Blood Kin
o Joanna Kavenna, Inglorious
o Robert Macfarlane, The Wild Places
o Gwendoline Riley, Joshua Spassky
o Rory Stewart, Occupational Hazards
* 2008 - Henry Hitchings, The Secret Life of Words
Shortlist
Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger
Adam Foulds, The Broken Word
James Palmer, The Bloody White Baron
Ross Raisin, God's Own Country
Brian Schofield, Selling Your Father's Bones
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Endeavour Award (1999-2010)
from The Endeavour Award website accessed 11/21/10
THE ENDEAVOUR AWARD...
...for a distinguished SCIENCE FICTION or FANTASY BOOK written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year.
The award represents a collaboration between writers and fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy to encourage the growth of literature in the field and recognize works of excellence. It is named for H.M. Bark Endeavour, the ship of Northwest explorer Capt. James Cook.
The award is announced annually at OryCon, held in Portland, Oregon. The next award will be presented at OryCon 32 (November 2010) for a book published during 2009. The award is accompanied by a grant of $1,000.
2010 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
Mind Over Ship by David Marusek [#2 follows Counting Heads]
FINALISTS FOR 2010
City Without End by Kay Kenyon
Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight by Cat Rambo
Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
Push of the Sky by Camille Alexa
2009 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
Space Magic by David D. Levine
FINALISTS FOR 2009
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Ill Met in the Arena by Dave Duncan
Long Walks, Last Flights and Other Stories by Ken Scholes
A World Too Near: Book Two of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
2008 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
The Silver Ship and the Sea by Brenda Cooper
FINALISTS FOR 2008
The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari
Bright of the Sky: Book One of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
Not Flesh Nor Feathers by Cherie Priest
Powers by Ursula K. LeGuin
2007 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
Forest Mage by Robin Hobb
FINALISTS FOR 2007
Children of Chaos by Dave Duncan
Fortress of Ice by C.J. Cherryh
Horizon by Mary Rosenblum
Spirits that Walk in Shadow by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
2006 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
Anywhere But Here by Jerry Oltion
FINALISTS FOR 2006
Counting Heads, by David Marusek
Destroyer, by C.J. Cherryh
Fledgling: A Novel, by Octavia E. Butler
Quantico, by Greg Bear
2005 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
The Child Goddess by Louise Marley
FINALISTS FOR 2005
Alphabet of Thorn, by Patricia McKillip
Paradise Passed, by Jerry Oltion
The Secrets of Jin-Shei, by Alma Alexander
Two Trains Running, by Lucius Shepard
2004 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
Red Thunder by John Varley
FINALISTS FOR 2004
A Stir of Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Dragonmaster: Book Two - Knighthood of the Dragon by Chris Bunch
Storyteller by Amy Thomson
Time Travelers, Ghosts and Other Visitors by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
2003 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNERS
The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Lion's Blood by Steven Barnes
FINALISTS FOR 2003
The Maquisarde by Louise Marley
Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge
Technogenisis by Syne Mitchell
2002 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
Tales From Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
FINALISTS FOR 2002
The Free Lunch by Spider Robinson
Getaway Special by Jerry Oltion
Homefall by Chris Bunch
Past the Size of Dreaming by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
The Year the Cloud Fell by Kurt R.A. Giambastiani
2001 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNERS
The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Glass Harmonica by Louise Marley
FINALISTS FOR 2001
Storm Force by Chris Bunch
Wind Over Heaven and Other Dark Tales by Bruce Holland Rogers
Terminal Visions by Richard Paul Russo
2000 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear
FINALISTS FOR 2000
Calculus of Angels by J. Gregory Keyes
The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb
A Red Heart of Memories by Nina Kikiri Hoffman
The Terrorists of Irustan by Louise Marley
1999 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
Dinosaur Summer by Greg Bear
FINALISTS FOR 1999
Golden Globe by John Varley
The Good Children by Kate Wilheim
Iron Shadows by Steve Barnes
Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
THE ENDEAVOUR AWARD...
...for a distinguished SCIENCE FICTION or FANTASY BOOK written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year.
The award represents a collaboration between writers and fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy to encourage the growth of literature in the field and recognize works of excellence. It is named for H.M. Bark Endeavour, the ship of Northwest explorer Capt. James Cook.
The award is announced annually at OryCon, held in Portland, Oregon. The next award will be presented at OryCon 32 (November 2010) for a book published during 2009. The award is accompanied by a grant of $1,000.
2010 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
Mind Over Ship by David Marusek [#2 follows Counting Heads]
FINALISTS FOR 2010
City Without End by Kay Kenyon
Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight by Cat Rambo
Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
Push of the Sky by Camille Alexa
2009 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
Space Magic by David D. Levine
FINALISTS FOR 2009
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Ill Met in the Arena by Dave Duncan
Long Walks, Last Flights and Other Stories by Ken Scholes
A World Too Near: Book Two of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
2008 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
The Silver Ship and the Sea by Brenda Cooper
FINALISTS FOR 2008
The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari
Bright of the Sky: Book One of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
Not Flesh Nor Feathers by Cherie Priest
Powers by Ursula K. LeGuin
2007 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
Forest Mage by Robin Hobb
FINALISTS FOR 2007
Children of Chaos by Dave Duncan
Fortress of Ice by C.J. Cherryh
Horizon by Mary Rosenblum
Spirits that Walk in Shadow by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
2006 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
Anywhere But Here by Jerry Oltion
FINALISTS FOR 2006
Counting Heads, by David Marusek
Destroyer, by C.J. Cherryh
Fledgling: A Novel, by Octavia E. Butler
Quantico, by Greg Bear
2005 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
The Child Goddess by Louise Marley
FINALISTS FOR 2005
Alphabet of Thorn, by Patricia McKillip
Paradise Passed, by Jerry Oltion
The Secrets of Jin-Shei, by Alma Alexander
Two Trains Running, by Lucius Shepard
2004 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
Red Thunder by John Varley
FINALISTS FOR 2004
A Stir of Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Dragonmaster: Book Two - Knighthood of the Dragon by Chris Bunch
Storyteller by Amy Thomson
Time Travelers, Ghosts and Other Visitors by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
2003 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNERS
The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Lion's Blood by Steven Barnes
FINALISTS FOR 2003
The Maquisarde by Louise Marley
Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge
Technogenisis by Syne Mitchell
2002 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
Tales From Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
FINALISTS FOR 2002
The Free Lunch by Spider Robinson
Getaway Special by Jerry Oltion
Homefall by Chris Bunch
Past the Size of Dreaming by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
The Year the Cloud Fell by Kurt R.A. Giambastiani
2001 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNERS
The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Glass Harmonica by Louise Marley
FINALISTS FOR 2001
Storm Force by Chris Bunch
Wind Over Heaven and Other Dark Tales by Bruce Holland Rogers
Terminal Visions by Richard Paul Russo
2000 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear
FINALISTS FOR 2000
Calculus of Angels by J. Gregory Keyes
The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb
A Red Heart of Memories by Nina Kikiri Hoffman
The Terrorists of Irustan by Louise Marley
1999 ENDEAVOUR AWARD WINNER
Dinosaur Summer by Greg Bear
FINALISTS FOR 1999
Golden Globe by John Varley
The Good Children by Kate Wilheim
Iron Shadows by Steve Barnes
Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
National Book Awards (2005, 2009-10,+youth 1969-2008)
2010 finalists:
Winners will be announced November 17 in New York City.
Fiction:
Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey (Knopf)
Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon --winner!
Great House by Nicole Krauss (Norton)
So Much for That by Lionel Shriver (Harper)
I Hotel by Karen Tei Yamashita (Coffee House Press)
Nonfiction:
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick (Spiegel & Grau)
Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq by John W. Dower (Norton/The New Press)
Just Kids by Patti Smith --winner!
Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward by Justin Spring (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Every Man in This Village Is a Liar: An Education in War by Megan K. Stack (Doubleday)
Poetry:
The Eternal City by Kathleen Graber (Princeton University Press)
Lighthead by Terrance Hayes --winner!
By the Numbers by James Richardson (Copper Canyon Press)
One with Others by C.D. Wright (Copper Canyon Press)
Ignatz by Monica Youn (Four Way Books)
Young People's Literature
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine --winner!
Dark Water by Laura McNeal (Knopf)
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers (Amistad)
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (Amistad)
The 2009 NBA finalists are:
Fiction
* American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell
* Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann --Winner!
* In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
* Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips
* Far North by Marcel Theroux
Nonfiction
* Following the Water: A Hydromancer's Notebook by David M. Carroll
* Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures.... by Sean B. Carroll
* Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall.... by Greg Grandin
* The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, by Adrienne Mayor
* The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T. J. Stiles -- Winner!
Poetry
* Versed by Rae Armantrout (Wesleyan University Press)
* Or to Begin Again by Ann Lauterbach (Viking Penguin)
* Speak Low by Carl Phillips (FSG)
* Open Interval by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon (University of Pittsburgh Press)
* Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy by Keith Waldrop --Winner!
Young People's Literature
* Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
* Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose -- Winner!
* Stitches by David Small
* Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
2005 finalists:
Fiction:
* E.L. Doctorow for The March: A Novel (Random House)
* Mary Gaitskill for Veronica: A Novel (Pantheon)
* Christopher Sorrentino for Trance: A Novel (FSG)
* Renè Steinke for Holy Skirts: A Novel of a Flamboyant Woman Who Risked All for Art (P.S.) (Morrow)
* William T. Vollmann for Europe Central (Viking) -- WINNER!
Nonfiction:
* Alan Burdick for Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion (FSG)
* Leo Damrosch for Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius (Houghton Mifflin)
* Joan Didion for The Year of Magical Thinking (Knopf) -- WINNER!
* Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn for 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers (Times Books)
* Adam Hochschild for Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves (Houghton Mifflin)
Poetry:
* John Ashbery for Where Shall I Wander (Ecco)
* Frank Bidart for Star Dust: Poems (FSG)
* Brendan Galvin for Habitat: New and Selected Poems, 1965-2005 (Louisiana State University Press)
* W.S. Merwin for Migration: New and Selected Poems (Copper Canyon Press) -- WINNER!
* Vern Rutsala for The Moment's Equation (Ashland Poetry Press)
Young People's Literature
* Jeanne Birdsall for The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy -- WINNER!
* Adele Griffin for Where I Want to Be (Putnam)
* Chris Lynch for Inexcusable (Atheneum)
* Walter Dean Myers for Autobiography of My Dead Brother (HarperTempest)
* Deborah Wiles for Each Little Bird That Sings
from Collecting Children's Books by Peter D. Sieruta 10/11/09:
THOSE NBAs : A RETROSPECTIVE
Let’s take a look back at some of the early NBA finalists and winners. Were the best books generally chosen, or have the winning titles been mostly forgotten by now?
The National Book Awards began in 1950, with only three categories. That year’s winners were THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM by Nelson Algren (fiction), RALPH WALDO EMERSON by Ralph L. Rusk (nonfiction), and PATERON BOOK III AND SELECTED POEMS by William Carlos Williams (Poetry.)
A category for children’s books did not exist until 1969 when Meindert DeJong won for JOURNEY FROM PEPPERMINT STREET. Other finalists were THE HIGH KING by Lloyd Alexander, CONSTANCE by Patricia Clapp, THE ENDLESS STEPPE by Esther Hautzig, and LANGSTON HUGHES by Milton Meltzer. In retrospect, JOURNEY FROM PEPPERMINT STREET seems a way of belatedly honoring DeJong for his earlier, better work. Nowadays PEPPERMINT is out of print and not considered one of his best.
1970 : A DAY OF PLEASURE : STORIES OF A BOY GROWING UP IN WARSAW by Isaac Bashevis Singer beat out WHERE THE LILIES BLOOM (Vera and Bill Cleaver), POPCORN AND MA GOODNESS (Edna Mitchell Preston), SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE (William Steig), and THE YOUNG UNITED STATES, 1783-1830 (Edwin Tunis.) Singer’s autobiographical volume, also now long-forgotten, seems like another “career prize,” possibly awarded as much for his adult work as for his children’s books.
1971 : THE MARVELOUS MISADVENTURES OF SEBASTIAN by Lloyd Alexander won over GROVER by Vera and Bill Cleaver, BLOWFISH LIVE IN THE SEA by Paula Fox, FROG AND TOAD ARE FRIENDS by Arnold Lobel and THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN by E.B. White. Yet another example of a noted author winning an NBA for one his lesser-known works.
1972 : THE SLIGHTLY IRREGULAR FIRE ENGINE, OR THE HITHERING THITHERING DJINN by Donald Barthleme was clearly chosen by judges way-too-impressed by Barthelme’s work for adults. No one in the field of children’s books took this children’s book seriously. Many of the other finalists, however, were excellent. They include: THE ART AND INDUSTRY OF SAND CASTLES by Jan Adkins, WILD IN THE WORLD by John Donovon, THE PLANET OF JUNIOR BROWN by Virginia Hamilton, HIS OWN WHERE by June Jordan, THE TOMBS OF ATUAN by Ursula K. LeGuin, MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien, HILIDID’S NIGHT by Cheli Duran Ryan, AMOS AND BORIS by William Steig, and FATHER FOX’S PENNYRHYMES by Wendy and Clyde Watson.
1973 : THE FARTHEST SHORE by Ursula K. LeGuin beat nominees THE HOUSE OF WINGS by Betsy Byars, TROLLS by Ingri and Edgar Parin d”Aulaire, JULIE OF THE WOLVES by Jean Craighead George, CHILDREN OF VIETNAM by Betty Jean Lifton and Thomas C. Fox, THE IMPOSSIBLE PEOPLE by Georgess McHargue, THE WITCHES OF WORM by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, and DOMINIC by William Steig. Never out of print in the past three decades, THE FARTHEST SHORE is probably one of the NBA’s stronger choices.
1974 : Eleanor Cameron’s THE COURT OF THE STONE CHILDREN bested A HERO AIN’T NOTHING BUT A SANDWICH by Alice Childress, THE WHYS AND WHEREFORES OF LITTABELLE LEE by Vera and Bill Cleaver (and isn’t it nice to see them getting so much NBA love -- this is their third of four nominations -- when they were always passed over for the Newbery?), THE TREASURE IS THE ROSE by Julia Cunningham, SUMMER OF MY GERMAN SOLDIER by Bette Greene , GUESTS IN THE PROMISED LAND by Kristin Hunter, A PROUD TASTE FOR SCARLET AND MINIVER by E.L. Konigsburg, A FIGURE OF SPEECH by Norma Fox Mazer, POOR RICHARD IN FRANCE by F.N. Monjo, and DUFFY AND THE DEVIL by Harve Zemach. The now-out-of-print winner, a cerebral fantasy, beat out a number of much more emotionally-charged novels.
1975 : Virginia Hamilton’s M.C. HIGGINS THE GREAT was the winner in a field that included THE DEVIL’S STORYBOOK by Natalie Babbitt, DOCTOR IN THE ZOO by Bruce Buchenholz, I TELL A LIE EVERY SO OFTEN by Bruce Clements, MY BROTHER SAM IS DEAD by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier, JOI BANGLA : THE CHILDREN OF BANGLADESH by Jason Laure and Ettagale Laure, WORLD OF OUR FATHERS by Milton Meltzer, REMEMBER THE DAYS by Milton Meltzer (two nominations in one year), WINGS by Adrienne Rich, and THE EDGE OF NEXT YEAR by Mary Stolz. I especially love the last two titles on this list, but have to admit the Hamilton is a well-regarded choice. This was the first time the same book won the NBA and the Newbery.
1976 : A solid, old-fashioned novel, BERT BREEN’S BARN by Walter D. Edmonds took the trophy over TO THE GREEN MOUNTAINS by Eleanor Cameron, AS I WAS CROSSING BOSTON COMMON by Norma Faber, OF LOVE AND DEATH AND OTHER JOURNEYS by Isabelle Holland, THE STAR IN THE PAIL by David McCord, EL BRONX REMEMBERED by Nicolasa Mohr and LUDELL by Brenda Wilkinson. I always thought that BERT BREEN’S BARN had the feel of a classic, but it doesn’t appear to have caught on the way I expected.
1977 : THE MASTER PUPPETEER by Katherine Paterson won. The other finalists were NEVER TO FORGET : THE JEWS OF THE HOLOCAUST by Milton Meltzer, OX UNDER PRESSURE by John Ney, ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY by Mildred D. Taylor, and TUNES FOR A SMALL HARMONICA by Barbara Wersba. This was the first national prize recognition that Katherine Paterson received; soon she would become the most-honored author in children’s books.
1978 : THE VIEW FROM THE OAK by Judith Kohl and Herbert Kohl beat HEW AGAINST THE GRAIN by Betty Sue Cummings, MICHLING, SECOND DEGREE by Ilse Koehn, ONE AT A TIME by David McCord, and CALEB & KATE by William Steig. This year an out-of-left-field nonfiction book beat out a forgettable list of candidates. I think this may be the single weakest slate of NBA contenders in the history of the award.
1979 : Katherine Paterson scored again with THE GREAT GIILLY HOPKINS, leaving the following titles in the dust: THE FIRST TWO LIVES OF LUKAS-KASHA (Lloyd Alexander), QUEEN OF HEARTS (Vera and Bill Cleaver), HUMBUG MOUNTAIN (Sid Fleischman) and THE LITTLE SWINEHERD AND OTHER TALES (Paula Fox.) What’s so extraordinary about Katherine Paterson’s double NBA win is that within the same general time period she also won two Newberys for different titles!
From 1980 through 1986, the National Book Awards operated as the American Book Awards. The first year under that new name had two children’s categories -- for hardcover and paperback books, and as time went on the categories continued to multiply like Henry Huggins’ guppies, so that eventually there categories such as Hardcover Nonfiction and Paperback Picture Book. The paperback awards were especially odd, as they would often honor books published many years earlier in hardcover. Occasionally (and ridiculously) past NBA finalists would be nominated again when they turned up in paperback. For example, Lloyd Alexander’s 1969 finalist, THE HIGH KING, was nominated again as a paperback in 1981. It was insanity! Eventually the children’s categories were dropped completely and did not return when the American Book Awards reverted back to the National Book Awards in 1987. An NBA category called “Young People’s Literature” eventually reappeared in 1996.
1996 : PARROT IN THE OVEN : MI VIDA by Victor Martinez was the the first book to win in this category. Its competition included WHAT JAMIE SAW by Carolyn Coman, A GIRL NAMED DISASTER by Nancy Farmer, THE LONG SEASON OF RAIN by Helen Kim, and SEND ME DOWN A MIRACLE by Han Nolan. I believe the latter book was either a paperback original, or published simultaneougly in hardcover and paperback.
1997 : In a rather weak field, Han Nolan -- nominated for the second time in two years -- won for DANCING ON THE EDGE. Other contenders were THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES by Brock Cole, SONS OF LIBERTY by Adele Griffin, WHERE YOU BELONG by Mary Ann McGuigan, and MEAN MARGARET by Tor Seidler.
1998 : HOLES by Louis Sachar won -- the second time a book scored both the NBA and the Newbery. The four other finalists were THE SECRET LIFE OF AMANDA K. WOODS by Ann Cameron, JOEY PIGZA SWALLOWED THE KEY by Jack Gantos, NO PRETTY PICTURES : A CHILD OF WAR by Anita Lobel, and A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO by Richard Peck.
1999 : WHEN ZACHARY BEAVER CAME TO TOWN by Kimberly Willis Holt took the prize over SPEAK (Laurie Halse Anderson), THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE (Louise Erdrich), THE TROLLS (Polly Horvath) and MONSTER (Walter Dean Myers.) In retrospect, do you think ZACHARY is the strongest book on this list? I don’t.
2000 : HOMELESS BIRD by Gloria Whelan beat out finalists FORGOTTEN FIRE by Adam Bagdasarian, THE BOOK OF THE LION by Michael Cadnum, MANY STONES by Carolyn Coman, and HURRY FREEDOM : AFRICAN AMERICANS IN GOLD RUSH CALIFORNIA. This may be the second weakest slate of NBA contenders in the history of the award.
2001 : TRUE BELIEVER by Virginia Euwer Wolff took the top spot, with the other four nominees being THE TIGER RISING by Kate DiCamillo, WE WERE THERE TOO! : YOUNG PEOPLE IN U.S. HISTORY by Philip Hoose; A STEP FROM HEAVEN by AN NA, and CARVER : A LIFE IN POEMS by Marilyn Nelson. When the Printz Awards were announced a couple months later, A STEP FROM HEAVEN won the top prize, with TRUE BELIEVER relegated to Honor Book status.
2002 : And the winner was...THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION by Nancy Farmer. Other finalists were FEED by M.T. Anderson, 19 VARIETIES OF GAZELLE : POEMS OF THE MIDEAST by Naomi Shihab Nye; THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME : THE LIFE AND SONGS OF WOODY GUTHRIE by Elizabeth Partridge, and HUSH by Jacqueline Woodson. It was a big year for SCORPION, which also picked up Newbery and Printz Honor Awards.
2003 : Polly Horvath took top honors with THE CANNING SEASON. The other lucky four were Paul Fleischman’s BREAKOUT, Jim Murphy’s AN AMERICAN PLAGUE, Richard Peck’s THE RIVER BETWEEN US and Jacqueline Woodson’s LOCOMOTION. Polly Horvath’s books are an acquired taste; obviously that year’s committee appreciated her off-beat work. I still haven’t finished reading THE CANNING SEASON.
2004 : GODLESS by Pete Hautman won, reflecting this category’s continued domination by young adult, rather than children’s, books. The finalists were HONEY, BABY, SWEETHEART by Deb Caletti, HARLEM STOMP : A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE by Laban Carrick Hill, THE LEGEND OF BUDDY BUSH by Sheila P. Moses, and LUNA by Julie Ann Peters.
2005 : THE PENDERWICKS by Jeanne Birdsall was the winner. WHERE I WANT TO BE (Adele Griffin), INEXCUSABLE (Chris Lynch), AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY DEAD BROTHER (Walter Dean Myers) and EACH LITTLE BIRD THAT SINGS (Deborah Wiles) filled out the scorecard. Yeah, I know, I just got finished saying that the NBA tilts toward young adult titles, and then in 2005 they awarded the prize to an old-fashioned middle-grade novel. Still, I think it was the right choice.
2006 : THE ASTONISHING LIFE OF OCTAVIAN NOTHING, TRAITOR TO THE NATION, VOLUME 1 : THE POX PARTY by M.T. Anderson was the winner. The other finalists were KETURAH AND LORD DEATH by Martine Leavitt, SOLD by Patricia McCormick, THE RULES OF SURVIVAL by Nancy Werlin, and AMERICAN BORN CHINESE by Gene Luen Yang. OCTAVIAN is clearly one of the great modern books, so its selection will always reflect well on the NBA.
2007 : Sherman Alexie’s THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN took top honors with the other four finalists being SKIN HUNGER by Kathleen Duey, TOUCHING SNOW by M. Sindy Felin, THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick and STORY OF A GIRL by Sara Zarr. People were surprised a couple months later when PART-TIME INDIAN didn’t get Printz recognition.
2008 : WHAT I SAW AND HOW I LIED by Judy Blundell was the somewhat surprising winner in a field that included CHAINS by Laurie Halse Anderson, THE UNDERNEATH by Kathi Appelt, THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS by E. Lockhart and THE SPECTACULAR NOW by Tim Tharp.
Winners will be announced November 17 in New York City.
Fiction:
Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey (Knopf)
Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon --winner!
Great House by Nicole Krauss (Norton)
So Much for That by Lionel Shriver (Harper)
I Hotel by Karen Tei Yamashita (Coffee House Press)
Nonfiction:
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick (Spiegel & Grau)
Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq by John W. Dower (Norton/The New Press)
Just Kids by Patti Smith --winner!
Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward by Justin Spring (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Every Man in This Village Is a Liar: An Education in War by Megan K. Stack (Doubleday)
Poetry:
The Eternal City by Kathleen Graber (Princeton University Press)
Lighthead by Terrance Hayes --winner!
By the Numbers by James Richardson (Copper Canyon Press)
One with Others by C.D. Wright (Copper Canyon Press)
Ignatz by Monica Youn (Four Way Books)
Young People's Literature
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine --winner!
Dark Water by Laura McNeal (Knopf)
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers (Amistad)
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (Amistad)
The 2009 NBA finalists are:
Fiction
* American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell
* Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann --Winner!
* In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
* Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips
* Far North by Marcel Theroux
Nonfiction
* Following the Water: A Hydromancer's Notebook by David M. Carroll
* Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures.... by Sean B. Carroll
* Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall.... by Greg Grandin
* The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, by Adrienne Mayor
* The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T. J. Stiles -- Winner!
Poetry
* Versed by Rae Armantrout (Wesleyan University Press)
* Or to Begin Again by Ann Lauterbach (Viking Penguin)
* Speak Low by Carl Phillips (FSG)
* Open Interval by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon (University of Pittsburgh Press)
* Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy by Keith Waldrop --Winner!
Young People's Literature
* Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
* Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose -- Winner!
* Stitches by David Small
* Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
* Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia
2005 finalists:
Fiction:
* E.L. Doctorow for The March: A Novel (Random House)
* Mary Gaitskill for Veronica: A Novel (Pantheon)
* Christopher Sorrentino for Trance: A Novel (FSG)
* Renè Steinke for Holy Skirts: A Novel of a Flamboyant Woman Who Risked All for Art (P.S.) (Morrow)
* William T. Vollmann for Europe Central (Viking) -- WINNER!
Nonfiction:
* Alan Burdick for Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion (FSG)
* Leo Damrosch for Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius (Houghton Mifflin)
* Joan Didion for The Year of Magical Thinking (Knopf) -- WINNER!
* Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn for 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers (Times Books)
* Adam Hochschild for Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves (Houghton Mifflin)
Poetry:
* John Ashbery for Where Shall I Wander (Ecco)
* Frank Bidart for Star Dust: Poems (FSG)
* Brendan Galvin for Habitat: New and Selected Poems, 1965-2005 (Louisiana State University Press)
* W.S. Merwin for Migration: New and Selected Poems (Copper Canyon Press) -- WINNER!
* Vern Rutsala for The Moment's Equation (Ashland Poetry Press)
Young People's Literature
* Jeanne Birdsall for The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy -- WINNER!
* Adele Griffin for Where I Want to Be (Putnam)
* Chris Lynch for Inexcusable (Atheneum)
* Walter Dean Myers for Autobiography of My Dead Brother (HarperTempest)
* Deborah Wiles for Each Little Bird That Sings
from Collecting Children's Books by Peter D. Sieruta 10/11/09:
THOSE NBAs : A RETROSPECTIVE
Let’s take a look back at some of the early NBA finalists and winners. Were the best books generally chosen, or have the winning titles been mostly forgotten by now?
The National Book Awards began in 1950, with only three categories. That year’s winners were THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM by Nelson Algren (fiction), RALPH WALDO EMERSON by Ralph L. Rusk (nonfiction), and PATERON BOOK III AND SELECTED POEMS by William Carlos Williams (Poetry.)
A category for children’s books did not exist until 1969 when Meindert DeJong won for JOURNEY FROM PEPPERMINT STREET. Other finalists were THE HIGH KING by Lloyd Alexander, CONSTANCE by Patricia Clapp, THE ENDLESS STEPPE by Esther Hautzig, and LANGSTON HUGHES by Milton Meltzer. In retrospect, JOURNEY FROM PEPPERMINT STREET seems a way of belatedly honoring DeJong for his earlier, better work. Nowadays PEPPERMINT is out of print and not considered one of his best.
1970 : A DAY OF PLEASURE : STORIES OF A BOY GROWING UP IN WARSAW by Isaac Bashevis Singer beat out WHERE THE LILIES BLOOM (Vera and Bill Cleaver), POPCORN AND MA GOODNESS (Edna Mitchell Preston), SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE (William Steig), and THE YOUNG UNITED STATES, 1783-1830 (Edwin Tunis.) Singer’s autobiographical volume, also now long-forgotten, seems like another “career prize,” possibly awarded as much for his adult work as for his children’s books.
1971 : THE MARVELOUS MISADVENTURES OF SEBASTIAN by Lloyd Alexander won over GROVER by Vera and Bill Cleaver, BLOWFISH LIVE IN THE SEA by Paula Fox, FROG AND TOAD ARE FRIENDS by Arnold Lobel and THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN by E.B. White. Yet another example of a noted author winning an NBA for one his lesser-known works.
1972 : THE SLIGHTLY IRREGULAR FIRE ENGINE, OR THE HITHERING THITHERING DJINN by Donald Barthleme was clearly chosen by judges way-too-impressed by Barthelme’s work for adults. No one in the field of children’s books took this children’s book seriously. Many of the other finalists, however, were excellent. They include: THE ART AND INDUSTRY OF SAND CASTLES by Jan Adkins, WILD IN THE WORLD by John Donovon, THE PLANET OF JUNIOR BROWN by Virginia Hamilton, HIS OWN WHERE by June Jordan, THE TOMBS OF ATUAN by Ursula K. LeGuin, MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien, HILIDID’S NIGHT by Cheli Duran Ryan, AMOS AND BORIS by William Steig, and FATHER FOX’S PENNYRHYMES by Wendy and Clyde Watson.
1973 : THE FARTHEST SHORE by Ursula K. LeGuin beat nominees THE HOUSE OF WINGS by Betsy Byars, TROLLS by Ingri and Edgar Parin d”Aulaire, JULIE OF THE WOLVES by Jean Craighead George, CHILDREN OF VIETNAM by Betty Jean Lifton and Thomas C. Fox, THE IMPOSSIBLE PEOPLE by Georgess McHargue, THE WITCHES OF WORM by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, and DOMINIC by William Steig. Never out of print in the past three decades, THE FARTHEST SHORE is probably one of the NBA’s stronger choices.
1974 : Eleanor Cameron’s THE COURT OF THE STONE CHILDREN bested A HERO AIN’T NOTHING BUT A SANDWICH by Alice Childress, THE WHYS AND WHEREFORES OF LITTABELLE LEE by Vera and Bill Cleaver (and isn’t it nice to see them getting so much NBA love -- this is their third of four nominations -- when they were always passed over for the Newbery?), THE TREASURE IS THE ROSE by Julia Cunningham, SUMMER OF MY GERMAN SOLDIER by Bette Greene , GUESTS IN THE PROMISED LAND by Kristin Hunter, A PROUD TASTE FOR SCARLET AND MINIVER by E.L. Konigsburg, A FIGURE OF SPEECH by Norma Fox Mazer, POOR RICHARD IN FRANCE by F.N. Monjo, and DUFFY AND THE DEVIL by Harve Zemach. The now-out-of-print winner, a cerebral fantasy, beat out a number of much more emotionally-charged novels.
1975 : Virginia Hamilton’s M.C. HIGGINS THE GREAT was the winner in a field that included THE DEVIL’S STORYBOOK by Natalie Babbitt, DOCTOR IN THE ZOO by Bruce Buchenholz, I TELL A LIE EVERY SO OFTEN by Bruce Clements, MY BROTHER SAM IS DEAD by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier, JOI BANGLA : THE CHILDREN OF BANGLADESH by Jason Laure and Ettagale Laure, WORLD OF OUR FATHERS by Milton Meltzer, REMEMBER THE DAYS by Milton Meltzer (two nominations in one year), WINGS by Adrienne Rich, and THE EDGE OF NEXT YEAR by Mary Stolz. I especially love the last two titles on this list, but have to admit the Hamilton is a well-regarded choice. This was the first time the same book won the NBA and the Newbery.
1976 : A solid, old-fashioned novel, BERT BREEN’S BARN by Walter D. Edmonds took the trophy over TO THE GREEN MOUNTAINS by Eleanor Cameron, AS I WAS CROSSING BOSTON COMMON by Norma Faber, OF LOVE AND DEATH AND OTHER JOURNEYS by Isabelle Holland, THE STAR IN THE PAIL by David McCord, EL BRONX REMEMBERED by Nicolasa Mohr and LUDELL by Brenda Wilkinson. I always thought that BERT BREEN’S BARN had the feel of a classic, but it doesn’t appear to have caught on the way I expected.
1977 : THE MASTER PUPPETEER by Katherine Paterson won. The other finalists were NEVER TO FORGET : THE JEWS OF THE HOLOCAUST by Milton Meltzer, OX UNDER PRESSURE by John Ney, ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY by Mildred D. Taylor, and TUNES FOR A SMALL HARMONICA by Barbara Wersba. This was the first national prize recognition that Katherine Paterson received; soon she would become the most-honored author in children’s books.
1978 : THE VIEW FROM THE OAK by Judith Kohl and Herbert Kohl beat HEW AGAINST THE GRAIN by Betty Sue Cummings, MICHLING, SECOND DEGREE by Ilse Koehn, ONE AT A TIME by David McCord, and CALEB & KATE by William Steig. This year an out-of-left-field nonfiction book beat out a forgettable list of candidates. I think this may be the single weakest slate of NBA contenders in the history of the award.
1979 : Katherine Paterson scored again with THE GREAT GIILLY HOPKINS, leaving the following titles in the dust: THE FIRST TWO LIVES OF LUKAS-KASHA (Lloyd Alexander), QUEEN OF HEARTS (Vera and Bill Cleaver), HUMBUG MOUNTAIN (Sid Fleischman) and THE LITTLE SWINEHERD AND OTHER TALES (Paula Fox.) What’s so extraordinary about Katherine Paterson’s double NBA win is that within the same general time period she also won two Newberys for different titles!
From 1980 through 1986, the National Book Awards operated as the American Book Awards. The first year under that new name had two children’s categories -- for hardcover and paperback books, and as time went on the categories continued to multiply like Henry Huggins’ guppies, so that eventually there categories such as Hardcover Nonfiction and Paperback Picture Book. The paperback awards were especially odd, as they would often honor books published many years earlier in hardcover. Occasionally (and ridiculously) past NBA finalists would be nominated again when they turned up in paperback. For example, Lloyd Alexander’s 1969 finalist, THE HIGH KING, was nominated again as a paperback in 1981. It was insanity! Eventually the children’s categories were dropped completely and did not return when the American Book Awards reverted back to the National Book Awards in 1987. An NBA category called “Young People’s Literature” eventually reappeared in 1996.
1996 : PARROT IN THE OVEN : MI VIDA by Victor Martinez was the the first book to win in this category. Its competition included WHAT JAMIE SAW by Carolyn Coman, A GIRL NAMED DISASTER by Nancy Farmer, THE LONG SEASON OF RAIN by Helen Kim, and SEND ME DOWN A MIRACLE by Han Nolan. I believe the latter book was either a paperback original, or published simultaneougly in hardcover and paperback.
1997 : In a rather weak field, Han Nolan -- nominated for the second time in two years -- won for DANCING ON THE EDGE. Other contenders were THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES by Brock Cole, SONS OF LIBERTY by Adele Griffin, WHERE YOU BELONG by Mary Ann McGuigan, and MEAN MARGARET by Tor Seidler.
1998 : HOLES by Louis Sachar won -- the second time a book scored both the NBA and the Newbery. The four other finalists were THE SECRET LIFE OF AMANDA K. WOODS by Ann Cameron, JOEY PIGZA SWALLOWED THE KEY by Jack Gantos, NO PRETTY PICTURES : A CHILD OF WAR by Anita Lobel, and A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO by Richard Peck.
1999 : WHEN ZACHARY BEAVER CAME TO TOWN by Kimberly Willis Holt took the prize over SPEAK (Laurie Halse Anderson), THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE (Louise Erdrich), THE TROLLS (Polly Horvath) and MONSTER (Walter Dean Myers.) In retrospect, do you think ZACHARY is the strongest book on this list? I don’t.
2000 : HOMELESS BIRD by Gloria Whelan beat out finalists FORGOTTEN FIRE by Adam Bagdasarian, THE BOOK OF THE LION by Michael Cadnum, MANY STONES by Carolyn Coman, and HURRY FREEDOM : AFRICAN AMERICANS IN GOLD RUSH CALIFORNIA. This may be the second weakest slate of NBA contenders in the history of the award.
2001 : TRUE BELIEVER by Virginia Euwer Wolff took the top spot, with the other four nominees being THE TIGER RISING by Kate DiCamillo, WE WERE THERE TOO! : YOUNG PEOPLE IN U.S. HISTORY by Philip Hoose; A STEP FROM HEAVEN by AN NA, and CARVER : A LIFE IN POEMS by Marilyn Nelson. When the Printz Awards were announced a couple months later, A STEP FROM HEAVEN won the top prize, with TRUE BELIEVER relegated to Honor Book status.
2002 : And the winner was...THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION by Nancy Farmer. Other finalists were FEED by M.T. Anderson, 19 VARIETIES OF GAZELLE : POEMS OF THE MIDEAST by Naomi Shihab Nye; THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME : THE LIFE AND SONGS OF WOODY GUTHRIE by Elizabeth Partridge, and HUSH by Jacqueline Woodson. It was a big year for SCORPION, which also picked up Newbery and Printz Honor Awards.
2003 : Polly Horvath took top honors with THE CANNING SEASON. The other lucky four were Paul Fleischman’s BREAKOUT, Jim Murphy’s AN AMERICAN PLAGUE, Richard Peck’s THE RIVER BETWEEN US and Jacqueline Woodson’s LOCOMOTION. Polly Horvath’s books are an acquired taste; obviously that year’s committee appreciated her off-beat work. I still haven’t finished reading THE CANNING SEASON.
2004 : GODLESS by Pete Hautman won, reflecting this category’s continued domination by young adult, rather than children’s, books. The finalists were HONEY, BABY, SWEETHEART by Deb Caletti, HARLEM STOMP : A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE by Laban Carrick Hill, THE LEGEND OF BUDDY BUSH by Sheila P. Moses, and LUNA by Julie Ann Peters.
2005 : THE PENDERWICKS by Jeanne Birdsall was the winner. WHERE I WANT TO BE (Adele Griffin), INEXCUSABLE (Chris Lynch), AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY DEAD BROTHER (Walter Dean Myers) and EACH LITTLE BIRD THAT SINGS (Deborah Wiles) filled out the scorecard. Yeah, I know, I just got finished saying that the NBA tilts toward young adult titles, and then in 2005 they awarded the prize to an old-fashioned middle-grade novel. Still, I think it was the right choice.
2006 : THE ASTONISHING LIFE OF OCTAVIAN NOTHING, TRAITOR TO THE NATION, VOLUME 1 : THE POX PARTY by M.T. Anderson was the winner. The other finalists were KETURAH AND LORD DEATH by Martine Leavitt, SOLD by Patricia McCormick, THE RULES OF SURVIVAL by Nancy Werlin, and AMERICAN BORN CHINESE by Gene Luen Yang. OCTAVIAN is clearly one of the great modern books, so its selection will always reflect well on the NBA.
2007 : Sherman Alexie’s THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN took top honors with the other four finalists being SKIN HUNGER by Kathleen Duey, TOUCHING SNOW by M. Sindy Felin, THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick and STORY OF A GIRL by Sara Zarr. People were surprised a couple months later when PART-TIME INDIAN didn’t get Printz recognition.
2008 : WHAT I SAW AND HOW I LIED by Judy Blundell was the somewhat surprising winner in a field that included CHAINS by Laurie Halse Anderson, THE UNDERNEATH by Kathi Appelt, THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS by E. Lockhart and THE SPECTACULAR NOW by Tim Tharp.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Cundill Prize (2008-2010)
From Wikipedia accessed 11/17/10
Books determined to have had (or likely to have) a profound literary, social and academic impact in the area of history.
2010
Grand Prize
Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
Recognition of Excellence Prizes
Giancarlo Casale, The Ottoman Age of Exploration
Marla Miller, Betsy Ross and the Making of America
2009
Grand Prize
Lisa Jardine, Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory
Recognition of Excellence Prizes
David Hackett Fischer, Champlain’s Dream
Pekka Hämäläinen, The Comanche Empire
2008
Grand Prize
Stuart B. Schwartz, All Can Be Saved: Religious Tolerance and Salvation in the Iberian Atlantic World
Recognition of Excellence Prizes
Harold J. Cook, Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age
Peter Fritzsche, Life and Death in the Third Reich
Books determined to have had (or likely to have) a profound literary, social and academic impact in the area of history.
2010
Grand Prize
Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
Recognition of Excellence Prizes
Giancarlo Casale, The Ottoman Age of Exploration
Marla Miller, Betsy Ross and the Making of America
2009
Grand Prize
Lisa Jardine, Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory
Recognition of Excellence Prizes
David Hackett Fischer, Champlain’s Dream
Pekka Hämäläinen, The Comanche Empire
2008
Grand Prize
Stuart B. Schwartz, All Can Be Saved: Religious Tolerance and Salvation in the Iberian Atlantic World
Recognition of Excellence Prizes
Harold J. Cook, Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age
Peter Fritzsche, Life and Death in the Third Reich
Hudson Booksellers: Best Books (2009-10)
From SA 11/24/09
2010:
Hudson Booksellers, which has 65 bookstores and sells books in more than 350 Hudson News newsstands in airports and transportation terminals in North America, has selected its best books published in 2010. The lists are displayed in all the stores and were picked by a panel of company booksellers and managers.
Book of the Year: The Big Short by Michael Lewis
Best Fiction:
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Room by Emma Donoghue
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
Tinkers by Paul Harding
The Eden Hunter by Skip Horack
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
Bitter in the Mouth by Monique Truong
The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
Best Nonfiction:
The Possessed by Elif Batuman
Let's Take the Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell
The Wave by Susan Casey
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Fatal System Error by Joseph Menn
Birdology by Sy Montgomery
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Last Call by Daniel Okrent
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
Best Young Readers:
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
It's a Book by Lane Smith
Art & Max by David Wiesner
Best Business Interest:
Switch by Chip and Dean Heath
Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
Getting Naked by Patrick Lencioni
The Big Short by Michael Lewis
Aftershock by Robert Reich
2009 winners:
Nonfiction:
Last Words by George Carlin
Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
Lit by Mary Karr
Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
Either You're in or You're in the Way by Logan and Noah Miller
Stitches by David Small
Emergency by Neil Strauss
Fiction:
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
The Song Is You by Arthur Phillip
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Young Readers:
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
Business Interest:
The Silver Lining by Scott D. Anthony
What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
Super Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Adland by James P. Othmer
Cheap by Ellen Ruppel Shell
2010:
Hudson Booksellers, which has 65 bookstores and sells books in more than 350 Hudson News newsstands in airports and transportation terminals in North America, has selected its best books published in 2010. The lists are displayed in all the stores and were picked by a panel of company booksellers and managers.
Book of the Year: The Big Short by Michael Lewis
Best Fiction:
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Room by Emma Donoghue
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
Tinkers by Paul Harding
The Eden Hunter by Skip Horack
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
Bitter in the Mouth by Monique Truong
The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
Best Nonfiction:
The Possessed by Elif Batuman
Let's Take the Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell
The Wave by Susan Casey
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Fatal System Error by Joseph Menn
Birdology by Sy Montgomery
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Last Call by Daniel Okrent
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
Best Young Readers:
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
It's a Book by Lane Smith
Art & Max by David Wiesner
Best Business Interest:
Switch by Chip and Dean Heath
Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
Getting Naked by Patrick Lencioni
The Big Short by Michael Lewis
Aftershock by Robert Reich
2009 winners:
Nonfiction:
Last Words by George Carlin
Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
Lit by Mary Karr
Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
Either You're in or You're in the Way by Logan and Noah Miller
Stitches by David Small
Emergency by Neil Strauss
Fiction:
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Spooner by Pete Dexter
The Magicians by Lev GrossmanThe Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Fool by Christopher MooreThe Song Is You by Arthur Phillip
Lark & Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips
The Help by Kathryn StockettCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Young Readers:
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
Business Interest:
The Silver Lining by Scott D. Anthony
What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
Super Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Adland by James P. Othmer
Cheap by Ellen Ruppel Shell
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