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2013 Charles Taylor Prize Shortlist Announced

| 01/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

The Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction, which recognizes excellence in Canadian non-fiction writing, has its five nominees for 2013.
Call for Nominations: 2013’s PW Bookstore and PW Rep of the Year

| 01/08/2013 @ 12:00AM

Publishers Weekly is readying its annual awards for PW Bookstore and PW Sales Rep of the Year, launched two decades ago. The deadline for nominations is March 1.
Record Number of Entries for AAP’s 2013 PROSE Awards

Andrew Albanese | 01/07/2013 @ 12:00AM

Officials from the the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers say they’ve received a record number of entries for this year’s Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) Awards. And, this year, those interested in the judging process can get "sneak peeks" into the the judging, which takes place in New York, via Twitter.
40 Books Nominated for NAACP Image Awards

by Diane Patrick | 01/04/2013 @ 12:00AM

The NAACP Image Awards include 40 nominees for Outstanding Literary works in 9 categories and represent titles published by major houses, indie presses and self-publishers.
Great American Fiction Winner Announced by Saturday Evening Post

| 12/17/2012 @ 12:00AM

The Saturday Evening Post has named Lucy Jane Bledsoe as the winner of the first Great American Fiction Contest for her story "Wolf." The story will be published in the January/February 2013 issue of The Saturday Evening Post and on the magazine's Web site.
Unique Translation Prize Aims For U.S. Publication

| 12/17/2012 @ 12:00AM

Kurt Beals has won the first ever German Book Office translation competition, giving him a $600 commission to translate the first 15 pages of Nora Bossong’s novel Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung into English.
Self-Published Title Wins Mississippi Author Award

By Paige Crutcher | 12/14/2012 @ 12:00AM

Stokes McMillan's self-published book, One Night of Madness, was named winner of the 2012 Mississippi Author Award.
Books For a Better Life 2012 Finalists Announced

| 12/12/2012 @ 12:00AM

The New York City – Southern New York Chapter of the National MS Society has announced the finalists for the 17th Annual Books for a Better Life Awards. The winners will be announced on Monday, March 11, 2013 during the awards ceremony at The Times Center in Manhattan. The event, hosted by television personality Meredith Vieira, will honor George Slowik, Jr., president of PW and bestselling author Gail Sheehy.
Library of Congress Gets $1.5 Million for New Literacy Awards

| 12/06/2012 @ 12:00AM

David Rubenstein, a cofounder of the Carlyle Group and a major donor to the Library of Congress, will contribute $1.5 million to fund three new Library of Congress annual literacy awards over five years.
Next Amazon Novel Winners Will be Published by Amazon

| 12/04/2012 @ 12:00AM

Amazon’ s newest Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award will include a number of changes the most notable being that rather than the winners being published by Penguin, they will now be published by Amazon Publishing.
Follett, Maron Named 2013 MWA Grand Masters

| 12/03/2012 @ 12:00AM

Ken Follett and Margaret Maron have been chosen as this year's Grand Masters by the Mystery Writers of America and will be presented with their awards at the Edgar Awards Banquet in New York on May 2, 2013.
Quebec Writers' Federation Honors the Best

by Mélanie Grondin | 11/21/2012 @ 12:00AM

The Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) celebrated the best in Quebec English-language literature at its annual gala November 20.
Erdrich, Boo Headline 2012 Winners

By Gabe Habash | 11/17/2012 @ 12:00AM

The 2012 National Book Awards were held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York on November 14, with prizes going to William Alexander for Goblin Secrets (Young People’s Literature), David Ferry for Bewilderment (Poetry), Katherine Boo for Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Nonfiction), and Louise Erdrich for The Round House (Fiction).
PW Talks with NBA Medalist William Alexander

By John A. Sellers | 11/15/2012 @ 03:00PM

Rubbing elbows with the likes of Louise Erdrich and Dave Eggers came as a bit of a shock to author William Alexander, who received the NBA for Young People's Literature for his first novel, Goblin Secrets.
2012 National Book Award Winners Go Back to Press

| 11/15/2012 @ 12:00AM

The publishers of the four National Book Awards winners are all going back to press following their victories.
2012 National Book Awards Go to Erdrich, Boo, Ferry, Alexander

| 11/14/2012 @ 12:00AM

The big winners at the 2012 National Book Awards ceremony were Louise Erdrich, Katherine Boo, David Ferry, and William Alexander.
Canadian Governor General’s Literary Award Winners Named

Staff | 11/14/2012 @ 12:00AM

Winners of Canada's Governor General's Literary Awards were announced yesterday.
Canadian Nabs Top British Nonfiction Award

By Liz Thomson | 11/13/2012 @ 12:00AM

A Canadian author has won one of England's best regarded literary awards.
Candace Savage Wins Canada’s Largest Non-fiction Prize

By Leigh Anne Williams | 11/13/2012 @ 12:00AM

Author Candace Savage's prairie history Geography of Blood has won Canada's newest and largest prize for non-fiction.
Shipstead Wins 2012 Dylan Thomas Prize

| 11/12/2012 @ 12:00AM

Maggie Shipstead has won the £30,000 University of Wales Dylan Thomas Prize for her debut novel, Seating Arrangements, published in June by Knopf. The book is a satirical look at the pretentions of New England society.

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