Janklow & Nesbit’s own Richard Morris’s children’s book, THIS IS A MOOSE, has been chosen as a finalist for the 2015 Indies Choice Book Awards. The finalists are chosen by members of the American Booksellers Association. Little, Brown published the book on May 6th, 2014.

Craig Davidson has won the inaugural James Herbert Award for Horror Writing, for his novel THE TROOP. The award commemorates the late horror writer James Herbert, whose daughter said of THE TROOP, “This is the darkest of tales where human evil meets an insatiable force of nature to wreak havoc on kids, a scout troop, no less. What could be better? My father would have chuckled in his chair; his fans will love it. And you’ll never go camping again.

Novella Carpenter’s GONE FERAL has been shortlisted, in the Adult Non-Fiction category, for the Reading the West Book Award, given by the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers’ Association. Penguin Press published the book on June 12, 2014.

BOY ON ICE was included on the longlist for the PEN/ESPN award for Literary Sports Writing. Norton published the book on September 29, 2014.

Dinaw Mengestu’s ALL OUR NAMES has won the international fiction spot for the 2015 CBC Bookie Awards. Knopf published the book on March 4, 2014.

Dinaw Mengesu’s ALL OUR NAMES has been nominated for the inaugural Kirkus Prize in fiction. The winner will receive $50,000 and will be announced at an awards ceremony in Austin, TX on October 23. The New York Times called ALL OUR NAMES “deeply moving” and The New York Times Book Review said “you can’t turn the pages fast enough.” ALL OUR NAMES was published by Knopf on March 4, 2014.

Ted Thompson’s THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS has been shortlisted for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, awarded by the Center for Fiction for the best debut novel of the year. Little, Brown published the book on March 5, 2014.

Josh Weil’s THE GREAT GLASS SEA has been shortlisted for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, awarded by the Center for Fiction for the best debut novel of the year. Grove Atlantic published the book on July 2, 2014.

Jim Gavin’s MIDDLE MEN was named a finalist for the 2014 PEN USA Literary Award in Fiction. Simon & Schuster published the book on February 19, 2013.

Kiese Laymon is the Fiction Winner of the 2014 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, for his 2013 novel LONG DIVISION. The award is given jointly by The Stanford University Libraries and the William Saroyan Foundation. Laymon’s novel and memoir are forthcoming from Bloomsbury.