News - Literary Awards

News - Literary Awards

WAYS TO DISAPPEAR by Idra Novey
May 5, 2017

Idra Novey’s debut novel was awarded the Sami Rohr Prize by the Jewish Book Council. According to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the $100,000 award is given to “emerging writers who articulate the Jewish experience as determined by a specific work, as well as the author’s potential to make significant ongoing contributions to Jewish literature.” The paperback edition of WAYS TO DISAPPEAR was published on January 17, 2017.

THE ARGONAUTS by Maggie Nelson
April 7, 2017

Maggie Nelson’s book was named on the shortlist for the Rathbones Folio Prize, formerly the Folio Prize, an award given for the best work of literature regardless of form. Melville House UK published the book in the UK on April 7, 2016.

March 17, 2017

Jamie Lauren Keiles has been nominated for a 2017 James Beard Foundation Journalism Award in the Wines, Spirits, and Other Beverages category for her Eater article, “The 24-Year-Old Coca-Cola Virgin...”

WAYS TO DISAPPEAR by Idra Novey
February 24, 2017

Idra Novey’s novel was named a finalist for The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction a book prize given by the LA Times. Little Brown & Co. published the book in paperback on January 17, 2017.

ARABELLA OF MARS by David Levine
February 24, 2017

David Levine’s ARABELLA OF MARS has been nominated for the Andre Norton Award, which recognizes the best YA science fiction/fantasy published and is run by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The book was published by Tor on July 12, 2016.

I CONTAIN MULTITUDES by Ed Yong
February 24, 2017

Ed Yong’s acclaimed book was named a finalist for an LA Times Book Prize in the Science & Technology category. Ecco published the book on August 9, 2016.

BATS OF THE REPUBLIC by Zach Dodson
December 17, 2016

BATS OF THE REPUBLIC won Print Magazine’s Best of Region for the Southwest in PRINT’s 2016 Regional Design Awards, where the editor called it “a brilliant—and brilliantly interactive—testament to the power of print, and how design can elevate a classic form to the extraordinary.” Doubleday published the book on October 16, 2015.

WAYS TO DISAPPEAR by Idra Novey
October 28, 2016

Idra Novey’s acclaimed debut novel won the second annual Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize, an annual prize from the Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn booksellers given “to works of fiction and nonfiction by authors who have lived in Brooklyn, portrayed the borough in their work or addressed themes relevant to its life and culture.” Little Brown published the book on February 9, 2016.

THE TOYMAKER’S APPRENTICE by Sherri L Smith
October 28, 2016

THE TOYMAKER’S APPRENTICE is a finalist for the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Award for Middle Grade Books. The finalists are nominated by industry professionals and chosen by independent booksellers as best regional offerings. The paperback edition of the book was published by Putnam & Sons on October 4, 2016.

THE QUESTION OF RED by Laksmi Pamuntjak
August 15, 2016

The German edition of THE QUESTION OF RED was awarded the LiBeraturpreis for 2016 by the Society for the Promotion of African, Asian and Latin American Literature. Both THE QUESTION OF RED and Pamuntjak’s second novel ARUNA AND HER PALATE were also shortlisted for the Khatulistiwa Award, the top literary award in Indonesia. AmazonCrossing published THE QUESTION OF RED in English on July 12, 2016....