LONG DIVISION by Kiese Laymon is winner of the 53rd NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction. In his acceptance speech, Laymon said: “Black writers do not say this out loud enough, but this award is the award that most of us dream of being nominated for if we’re lucky enough to win.” Scribner published the novel on June 1, 2021.

EVERYBODY by Olivia Laing is an “octafinalist” for the 2022 BookTube Prize Award for Fiction. The prize was established in 2019 “to bring an award to everyday readers who are active content producers and participants in the bookish community on YouTube and other social media—called BookTube.” Quarterfinalists will be announced in April/May, semifinalists in June/July, finalists in August/September, and the winners will be announced on October 8, 2022. W.W. Norton & Company published the book on May 4, 2021.

CHINA ROOM by Sunjeev Sahota is an “octafinalist” for the 2022 BookTube Prize Award for Fiction. The prize was established in 2019 “to bring an award to everyday readers who are active content producers and participants in the bookish community on YouTube and other social media—called BookTube.” Quarterfinalists will be announced in April/May, semifinalists in June/July, finalists in August/September, and the winners will be announced on October 8, 2022. Viking published the novel on July 13, 2021.

THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV by Dawnie Walton is an “octafinalist” for the 2022 BookTube Prize Award for Fiction. The prize was established in 2019 “to bring an award to everyday readers who are active content producers and participants in the bookish community on YouTube and other social media—called BookTube.” Quarterfinalists will be announced in April/May, semifinalists in June/July, finalists in August/September, and the winners will be announced on October 8, 2022. 37 Ink published the novel on March 30, 2021.

THE PROPHETS by Robert Jones Jr. is an “octafinalist” for the 2022 BookTube Prize Award for Fiction. The prize was established in 2019 “to bring an award to everyday readers who are active content producers and participants in the bookish community on YouTube and other social media—called BookTube.” Quarterfinalists will be announced in April/May, semifinalists in June/July, finalists in August/September, and the winners will be announced on October 8, 2022. G.P. Putnam’s Sons published the novel on January 5, 2021.

CHINA ROOM by Sunjeev Sahota was longlisted for the 2022 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. The award “celebrates quality, innovation, and ambition of writing, and is open to books first published in the previous year in the UK, Ireland, or the Commonwealth.” The shortlist for the award will be announced in April, and the winner will be announced in June via the Borders Book Festival in Melrose, Scotland. Viking published CHINA ROOM on July 13, 2021.

HEAVY author Kiese Laymon is a 2022 United States Artists Fellow. USA Fellowships are awarded annually to “the most compelling artists working and living in the United States, in all disciplines, at every stage of their career.” Scribner published HEAVY on October 16, 2018.

BORN READY by Jodie Patterson is a Notable Book for a Global Society 2022 winner. Titles were selected for “reflect[ing] diversity in the broadest sense, celebrating a variety of voices and topics.” Crown Books for Young Readers published the book on April 20, 2021.

CROSSING THE LINE by Kareem Rosser is a winner of the ALA's 2022 Alex Award, “given to books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.” St. Martin’s Press published the hardcover edition on February 9, 2021, and will publish the paperback edition on February 1, 2022.

Kiese Laymon's reissued debut novel, LONG DIVISION, has been nominated for the 53rd NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work in Fiction. The winners will be announced live on BET on February 26. Scribner published the reissue on June 1, 2021.