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vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Medal_for_Distinguished_Contribution_(lifetime)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Medal for Distinguished Contribution (lifetime)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medal_for_Distinguished_Contribution_(lifetime)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Literarian_Award_for_Outstanding_Service_(lifetime)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Literarian_Award_for_Outstanding_Service_(lifetime)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Literarian Award for Outstanding Service (lifetime)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Literarian_Award_for_Outstanding_Service_(lifetime)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> 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For other countries see <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Awards_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="National Book Awards (disambiguation)">National Book Awards (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">National Book Award</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Book_Award_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/48/National_Book_Award_logo.svg/220px-National_Book_Award_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/48/National_Book_Award_logo.svg/330px-National_Book_Award_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/48/National_Book_Award_logo.svg/440px-National_Book_Award_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="591" data-file-height="149" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Logo of National Book Awards</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Sponsored by</th><td class="infobox-data">U.S. books industry</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">November</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Hosted by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/National_Book_Foundation" title="National Book Foundation">National Book Foundation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">First awarded</th><td class="infobox-data">Original version: 1936–42 (1935–41 publications); new version: 1950 (1949 publications)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Last awarded</th><td class="infobox-data">Active</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationalbook.org">nationalbook<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Book_Awards_digital_medallions.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/National_Book_Awards_digital_medallions.png/250px-National_Book_Awards_digital_medallions.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/National_Book_Awards_digital_medallions.png/375px-National_Book_Awards_digital_medallions.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/National_Book_Awards_digital_medallions.png/500px-National_Book_Awards_digital_medallions.png 2x" data-file-width="528" data-file-height="189" /></a><figcaption>The medallions of National Book Awards</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>National Book Awards</b> (<b>NBA</b>) are a set of annual U.S. <a href="/wiki/Literary_awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Literary awards">literary awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Foundation" title="National Book Foundation">National Book Foundation</a> presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. The National Book Awards were established in 1936 by the <a href="/wiki/American_Booksellers_Association" title="American Booksellers Association">American Booksellers Association</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1936a_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1936a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt1936_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1936-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> abandoned during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, and re-established by three book industry organizations in 1950. Non-U.S. authors and publishers were eligible for the pre-war awards. Since then they are presented to U.S. authors for books published in the United States roughly during the award year. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization">nonprofit</a> National Book Foundation was established in 1988 to administer and enhance the National Book Awards and "move beyond [them] into the fields of education and literacy", primarily by sponsoring public appearances by writers.<sup id="cite_ref-letters_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-letters-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its mission is "to celebrate the best literature in America, expand its audience, and ensure that books have a prominent place in American culture."<sup id="cite_ref-foundation_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foundation-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, there were 1,637 books nominated for the five award categories, led by the Nonfiction category with 546 nominations. The 2018 ceremony was held on November 14 in New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-faq_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-faq-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Winners_and_finalists">Winners and finalists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Book_Award&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Winners and finalists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_National_Book_Award" title="List of winners of the National Book Award">List of winners of the National Book Award</a>, winners only.<sup id="cite_ref-winners_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winners-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Fiction" title="National Book Award for Fiction">National Book Award for Fiction</a>, winners and finalists.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Nonfiction" title="National Book Award for Nonfiction">National Book Award for Nonfiction</a>, winners and finalists.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Poetry" title="National Book Award for Poetry">National Book Award for Poetry</a>, winners and finalists.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Translated_Literature" title="National Book Award for Translated Literature">National Book Award for Translated Literature</a>, winners and finalists.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Young_People%27s_Literature" title="National Book Award for Young People's Literature">National Book Award for Young People's Literature</a>, winners and finalists.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Process">Process</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Book_Award&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>National Book Awards are given to one book (author) annually in each of five categories: <a href="/wiki/Fiction" title="Fiction">fiction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nonfiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonfiction">nonfiction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poetry" title="Poetry">poetry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Translation" title="Translation">translation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_literature" title="Children's literature">young people's literature</a>. There have previously been many other categories but they have been retired or subsumed in the existing five. The National Book Foundation also presents two lifetime achievement awards each year: the "Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters" and the "Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community".<sup id="cite_ref-history_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Only publishers nominate books for the National Book Awards, but panelists may request particular nominations from publishers. Each panel comprises five judges, including writers, librarians, booksellers, and literary critics. In 2013, the judging panels were expanded to include experts in the literary field in addition to established writers.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each panel considers hundreds of books each year in each of the five categories. In 2013, the Foundation announced the addition of a National Book Awards longlist—announced in September and consisting of ten titles per category—to precede the finalists list, announced in October and comprising five titles per category.<sup id="cite_ref-2013change_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013change-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fifth category, the <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Translated_Literature" title="National Book Award for Translated Literature">National Book Award for Translated Literature</a>, was added in 2018, recognizing works in translation for the first time since 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner held in New York City each November, the chair of each judging panel announces the winners of the year's National Book Awards. Each finalist receives $1,000, a medal, and a citation written by the judging panel; winners get $10,000 and a bronze sculpture.<sup id="cite_ref-selection_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-selection-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Book_Award&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-war_awards_by_booksellers">Pre-war awards by booksellers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Book_Award&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pre-war awards by booksellers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first National Book Awards were presented in May 1936 at the annual convention of the <a href="/wiki/American_Booksellers_Association" title="American Booksellers Association">American Booksellers Association</a>, one month after <i>The New York Times</i> reported institution of the "new annual award". The winners were authors of four 1935 books selected by a vote of ABA members. <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Kirkus" title="Virginia Kirkus">Virginia Kirkus</a> chaired the central committee of seven including the ABA president, three bookshops, <i><a href="/wiki/Publishers_Weekly" title="Publishers Weekly">Publishers Weekly</a></i>, and <a href="/wiki/American_News_Company" title="American News Company">American News Company</a>. Three were called "the most distinguished of 1935" (novel, biography, and general nonfiction) and one "the most original" (novel).<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1936a_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1936a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt1936_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1936-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two of the books were advertised by their publishers as "The most distinguished autobiography of 1935" and "The most distinguished general non-fiction book of 1935" in <i>NYTimes</i> on May 12, the same day that the newspaper reported yesterday's awards.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the next six years, 1937 to 1942, the awards were announced from mid-February to early March.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1937_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1937-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt1938_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1938-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt1939_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1939-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt1940_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1940-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt1941_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1941-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt1942_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1942-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "Most Distinguished" Nonfiction, Biography, and Novel (for 1935 and 1936)<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1936a_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1936a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt1936_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1936-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt1937_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1937-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were reduced to two and termed "Favorite" Nonfiction and Fiction beginning 1937. Master of ceremonies <a href="/wiki/Clifton_Fadiman" title="Clifton Fadiman">Clifton Fadiman</a> declined to consider the <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prizes</a> (not yet announced in February 1938) as potential ratifications. "Unlike the Pulitzer Prize committee, the booksellers merely vote for their favorite books. They do not say it is the best book or the one that will elevate the standard of manhood or womanhood. Twenty years from now we can decide which are the masterpieces. This year we can only decide which books we enjoyed reading the most."<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1938_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1938-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Bookseller Discovery officially recognized "outstanding merit which failed to receive adequate sales and recognition" (quoted by NYT)<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1939_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1939-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finally that award stood alone for 1941 and the <i>New York Times</i> frankly called it "a sort of consolation prize that the booksellers hope will draw attention to his work."<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1942_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1942-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The winning authors and books were selected by a nationwide poll of booksellers (ABA members); during the 1937/38 cycle, ballots were received from 319 stores, triple the number who voted in the first rendition early in 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1938_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1938-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 1941 advertisement, the Booksellers described the "significance of the awards" thus:<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1941aba_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1941aba-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>In effect, his ballot says, "Of all the books of the year these are the three I enjoyed most – <i>in two ways</i>! I enjoyed reading them; and I enjoyed selling them." And that to a bookseller means people who, on his recommendation, read and enjoyed – and sent in other people who also read and enjoyed. The National Book Awards give you perhaps a greater guarantee of reading pleasure than any other literary prizes.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reestablished_by_the_book_industry">Reestablished by the book industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Book_Award&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reestablished by the book industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 1950 three book industry organizations announced that "works by Americans published here" would be recognized by three awards in March (at the annual convention?). There would be three distinct panels of five judges.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1950a_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1950a-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fifteen judges were "Elmer Davis, John Kieran, Henry Steele Commager, Fairfield Osborn and Norman Cousins for non-fiction; Mary Colum, Glenway Wescott, Max Gissin, W. G. Rogers and <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Cowley" title="Malcolm Cowley">Malcolm Cowley</a> for fiction; and W. H. Auden, Louise Bogan, Babett Duetsch, Horace Gregory and Louise Untermeyer for poetry."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The awards were administered by the National Book Committee from 1950 to 1974, when the Committee disbanded after publishers withdrew support.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1967_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1967-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt1975_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1975-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1950 and 1967, at least, the prize sponsors were three book-industry organizations American Booksellers Association, the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_American_Publishers" title="Association of American Publishers">American Book Publishers Council</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Book_Industry_Study_Group#History" title="Book Industry Study Group">Book Manufacturers Institute</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1950a_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1950a-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt1967_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1967-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1973 NYTimes still called the National Book Committee a nonprofit funded "by publishers and by organizations involved in the book trade"<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1973_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1973-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A temporary Committee on Awards Policy handled 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1975_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1975-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_categories_and_split_awards">New categories and split awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Book_Award&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: New categories and split awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1964 Nonfiction was divided in three.<sup id="cite_ref-nba1964_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba1964-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The National Book Award for Translation was introduced in 1967 and split between two books,<sup id="cite_ref-nba1967_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba1967-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first split.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1973_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1973-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Children's literature was first recognized as one of seven categories in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-nba1969_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba1969-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two awards were split in 1973 for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1973_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1973-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Publishers dropped their support after 1974 and the National Book Committee was disbanded.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1975_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1975-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1975 the temporary administrator"begged" judges not to split awards.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1975_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1975-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three of 27 awards were split in 1983<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1983_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1983-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before the drastic cutback that also required selection of a single winner in all three categories for 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1984a_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1984a-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt1984_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1984-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The currently active Poetry category was added in 1991, followed by Young People's Literature in 1996, and Translated Literature in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""American_Book_Awards""><span id=".22American_Book_Awards.22"></span>"American Book Awards"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Book_Award&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: "American Book Awards""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1980 the "National Book Awards" were canceled and replaced by "American Book Awards" on the <a href="/wiki/Film_industry" title="Film industry">film industry</a> model (Oscars). "It will be run almost exactly the way the Academy Awards are run," a spokesman told reporters."<sup id="cite_ref-fehrman_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fehrman-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There would be nearly 30 awards presented in an extravagant TV-friendly ceremony, to winners selected by a standing "academy" of more than 2,000 people in the book industry.<sup id="cite_ref-fehrman_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fehrman-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Implementation was poor, the episode a disaster.<sup id="cite_ref-fehrman_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fehrman-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most new categories survived only one to four cycles, 1980 to 1983. There were seven awards categories in 1979, twenty-eight in 1980, nineteen in 1983 (plus graphics awards, see below), three in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-nba1979_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba1979-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nba1980_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba1980-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1983 there were 30 award winners in 27 categories including 14 categories of literary achievement in writing for adults; in turn, five for hardcover editions, six for paperback editions, and three general.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1983_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1983-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>1983 awards categories (27) </p> <ul><li>8 for graphics: Pictorial Design, Typographical Design, Illustration Collected Art, Illustration Original Art, Illustration Photographs, Cover Design, Jacket Design<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>5 for children's literature: (Children's) Fiction hardcover and paperback, Nonfiction, Picture Books hardcover and paperback</li> <li>14 for adults' literature: General Nonfiction hardcover and paperback, History hardcover and paperback, Biography hardcover and paperback, Science hardcover and paperback, Translation, Fiction hardcover and paperback, Poetry, First Novel, Original Paperback</li></ul> <p>Late that year, the AAP Board voted to fund a new version of the Awards, which had been "close to expiring from lack of support". At the time, AAP and <a href="/wiki/Harper_(publisher)" title="Harper (publisher)">Harper & Row</a> president Brooks Thomas anticipated "probably fewer than ten" categories, including some "only for original paperbacks, not reprints". Edwin McDowell reported that "many book-industry officials hope ... [to] rank in importance with the $15,000 <a href="/wiki/Booker_Prize" title="Booker Prize">Booker McConnell Prize for Fiction</a>" (British).<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1983vote_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1983vote-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For 1983 publications (January to October) there would be no awards. A committee comprising American Book Awards executive director Barbara Prete and four publishers designed the new and improved program, implemented fall 1984 for a publication year beginning November 1983. They cut the roster to merely three (Nonfiction, Fiction, and First Work of Fiction), moved the ceremony from early spring to late fall, and redefined eligibility to require publication during the calendar year of the awards (roughly, see Annual eligibility).<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1984a_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1984a-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were only fiction and nonfiction awards in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1987-present_day">1987-present day</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Book_Award&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1987-present day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1987 the "National" award returned in name. Covering the November ceremony, Edwin McDowell of <i>The New York Times</i> remarked upon the recurring changes in format and contrasted 1983 in particular, when there were 96 finalists in 27 awards categories (listed above). </p><p>The surviving awards for general <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Fiction" title="National Book Award for Fiction">Fiction</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Nonfiction" title="National Book Award for Nonfiction">Nonfiction</a>, now with precisely five finalists each, were administered by National Book Awards, Inc., whose Chairman of the Board was the president of Hearst Trade Book Group. He declaimed that "Book people are really not actors, and there's a realization now that we should not try to reward things like who did the best book blurb."<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1987_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1987-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fixed number five finalists was retained through 2012,<sup id="cite_ref-process_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-process-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the number of book categories has doubled with the addition of <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Poetry" title="National Book Award for Poetry">Poetry</a> in 1991 and <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Young_People%27s_Literature" title="National Book Award for Young People's Literature">Young People's Literature</a> in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-winners_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winners-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning with 2013, the Foundation announced there would be a "longlist" of 10 titles in each of the four categories in September (40 titles), followed by a "finalist" list of 5 titles in October (20 titles), and then the winners in November (4 titles).<sup id="cite_ref-2013change_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013change-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018 a fifth award category was announced, the <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Translated_Literature" title="National Book Award for Translated Literature">National Book Award for Translated Literature</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is for living translators and authors and for fiction and non-fiction. The foundation previously gave a translation award from 1967-1983, but did not require the author to be living and was for fiction only. </p><p>In 2024, the National Book Foundation announced the awards would no longer require U.S. citizenship for eligibility, following a similar decision the <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prizes" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulitzer Prizes">Pulitzer Prizes</a> had made in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Annual_eligibility">Annual eligibility</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Book_Award&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Annual eligibility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A book must be published "between December 1 of the previous year and November 30 of the current year" to be eligible. Its publisher must complete a nomination in the spring and mail copies to the panelists. The panelists read all the valid nominees during this time, and the panels compile shortlists in September.<sup id="cite_ref-process_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-process-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nationalbook.org_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationalbook.org-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The pre-war awards were announced in the winter, usually February, and described with reference to the year of publication, if any; for example, "National Book Awards for 1939" announced February 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1940-2_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1940-2-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1950 to 1983 awards, as the National Book Foundation labeled them, were presented in the spring to works published during the preceding calendar year.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1983_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1983-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt1950_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1950-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1984 the NBA have been presented in the fall, usually November, to books published roughly during the calendar year (December of the previous year through November).<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1984a_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1984a-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nationalbook.org_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationalbook.org-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medal_for_Distinguished_Contribution_(lifetime)"><span id="Medal_for_Distinguished_Contribution_.28lifetime.29"></span>Medal for Distinguished Contribution (lifetime)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Book_Award&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Medal for Distinguished Contribution (lifetime)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters</b> is a lifetime achievement award presented by the Foundation at the final ceremony for the Book Awards. The medal comes with a cash prize of $10,000. It recognizes someone who "has enriched [American] literary heritage over a life of service, or a corpus of work."<sup id="cite_ref-letters_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-letters-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Epstein" title="Jason Epstein">Jason Epstein</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Boorstin" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Boorstin">Daniel Boorstin</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Saul_Bellow" title="Saul Bellow">Saul Bellow</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Eudora_Welty" title="Eudora Welty">Eudora Welty</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/James_Laughlin" title="James Laughlin">James Laughlin</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Clifton_Fadiman" title="Clifton Fadiman">Clifton Fadiman</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks" title="Gwendolyn Brooks">Gwendolyn Brooks</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/David_McCullough" title="David McCullough">David McCullough</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Toni_Morrison" title="Toni Morrison">Toni Morrison</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Studs_Terkel" title="Studs Terkel">Studs Terkel</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/John_Updike" title="John Updike">John Updike</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Bradbury" title="Ray Bradbury">Ray Bradbury</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Miller" title="Arthur Miller">Arthur Miller</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Philip_Roth" title="Philip Roth">Philip Roth</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_King" title="Stephen King">Stephen King</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Judy_Blume" title="Judy Blume">Judy Blume</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Norman_Mailer" title="Norman Mailer">Norman Mailer</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Adrienne_Rich" title="Adrienne Rich">Adrienne Rich</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Joan_Didion" title="Joan Didion">Joan Didion</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Maxine_Hong_Kingston" title="Maxine Hong Kingston">Maxine Hong Kingston</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Gore_Vidal" title="Gore Vidal">Gore Vidal</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Wolfe" title="Tom Wolfe">Tom Wolfe</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/John_Ashbery" title="John Ashbery">John Ashbery</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Elmore_Leonard" title="Elmore Leonard">Elmore Leonard</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/E._L._Doctorow" title="E. L. Doctorow">E. L. Doctorow</a><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula Le Guin</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Don_DeLillo" title="Don DeLillo">Don DeLillo</a><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Caro" title="Robert Caro">Robert Caro</a><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Annie_Proulx" title="Annie Proulx">E. Annie Proulx</a><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Isabel_Allende" title="Isabel Allende">Isabel Allende</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Edmund_White" title="Edmund White">Edmund White</a><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mosley" title="Walter Mosley">Walter Mosley</a><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Karen_Tei_Yamashita" title="Karen Tei Yamashita">Karen Tei Yamashita</a><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Art_Spiegelman" title="Art Spiegelman">Art Spiegelman</a><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Rita_Dove" title="Rita Dove">Rita Dove</a><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <p>Five of the seventeen medalists through 2004 were <a href="/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_National_Book_Award" title="List of winners of the National Book Award">previous National Book Award winners</a> (Bellow, Welty, McCullough, Updike, and Roth, all but McCullough for fiction). Between 2005 and 2018, all of the medalists except Leonard and Allende have been previous National Book Award winners. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literarian_Award_for_Outstanding_Service_(lifetime)"><span id="Literarian_Award_for_Outstanding_Service_.28lifetime.29"></span>Literarian Award for Outstanding Service (lifetime)<span class="anchor" id="Literarian_Award"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Book_Award&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Literarian Award for Outstanding Service (lifetime)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community</b> is a lifetime achievement award presented by the Foundation annually from 2005. It recognizes "an individual for outstanding service to the American literary community, whose life and work exemplify the goals of the National Book Foundation to expand the audience for literature and to enhance the cultural value of literature in America."<sup id="cite_ref-literarian2005_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-literarian2005-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Ferlinghetti" title="Lawrence Ferlinghetti">Lawrence Ferlinghetti</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Silvers" title="Robert B. Silvers">Robert B. Silvers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Epstein" title="Barbara Epstein">Barbara Epstein</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Gross" title="Terry Gross">Terry Gross</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Barney_Rosset" title="Barney Rosset">Barney Rosset</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Eggers" title="Dave Eggers">Dave Eggers</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Joan_Ganz_Cooney" title="Joan Ganz Cooney">Joan Ganz Cooney</a></li> <li>2011: Mitchell Kaplan</li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Sulzberger_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Sulzberger Jr.">Arthur Sulzberger Jr.</a><sup id="cite_ref-nyt2012_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt2012-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Zimmer_(First_Book)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyle Zimmer (First Book)">Kyle Zimmer</a><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/James_Patterson" title="James Patterson">James Patterson</a><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Cave_Canem_Foundation" title="Cave Canem Foundation">Cave Canem Foundation</a><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Robinson_(chief_executive)" title="Richard Robinson (chief executive)">Richard Robinson</a><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Doron_Weber" title="Doron Weber">Doron Weber</a><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2019: Oren J. Teicher<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Reidy" title="Carolyn Reidy">Carolyn Reidy</a><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pearl" title="Nancy Pearl">Nancy Pearl</a><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Tracie_D._Hall" title="Tracie D. Hall">Tracie D. Hall</a><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2023: Paul Yamazaki<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Book_Award&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid 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Burgess Children's Book Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Writers_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth Writers Prize">Commonwealth Writers Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prix_Goncourt" title="Prix Goncourt">Prix Goncourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costa_Book_Awards" title="Costa Book Awards">Costa Book Awards</a>, formerly the Whitbread Book Awards</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_General%27s_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor General's Award">Governor General's Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literary_festival" title="Literary festival">Literary festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Innovations_in_Reading_Prize" title="Innovations in Reading Prize">Innovations in Reading Prize</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Book_Award&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Both on page 21: Vincent Sheean's autobiography <i>Personal History</i> advertised by <a href="/wiki/Doubleday_(publisher)#History" title="Doubleday (publisher)">Doubleday, Doran</a>; <a href="/wiki/Anne_Morrow_Lindbergh" title="Anne Morrow Lindbergh">Anne Morrow Lindbergh</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/North_to_the_Orient" title="North to the Orient">North to the Orient</a></i> advertised by <a href="/wiki/Harcourt_(publisher)#History" title="Harcourt (publisher)">Harcourt, Brace & Co.</a> <br />  By 1937/38, if not earlier, there would be "National Book Award Editions" of some books.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Only seven graphics awards are listed here, as in the contemporary source. Multiple sources say 27 and 19.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Book_Award&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0154352.html">"National Book Award"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090517112931/http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0154352.html">Archived</a> 2009-05-17 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Infoplease: Arts and Entertainment: Awards: Book, Magazine, Newspaper Awards. <i>Infoplease.com</i>. Retrieved before 2011-10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003432687_webbookaward15.html">"Seattle's Egan wins National Book Award"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100409225552/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003432687_webbookaward15.html">Archived</a> 2010-04-09 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Mary Ann Gwynn, <i>The Seattle Times</i>, November 15, 2006. Retrieved before 2011-10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1936a-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1936a_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1936a_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1936a_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"Books and Authors", <i>The New York Times</i>, 1936-04-12, page BR12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1936-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1936_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1936_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1936_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"Lewis is Scornful of Radio Culture: Nothing Ever Will Replace the Old-Fashioned Book ...", <i>The New York Times</i>, 1936-05-12, page 25.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-letters-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-letters_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-letters_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">National Book Foundation: Awards: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalbook.org/amerletters.html">"Distinguished Contribution to American Letters"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110310053959/http://www.nationalbook.org/amerletters.html">Archived</a> 2011-03-10 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Retrieved before 2012-01-07.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-foundation-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-foundation_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">National Book Foundation: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalbook.org/about-us/mission-history/">"Mission and History of the National Book Foundation"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230805045417/https://www.nationalbook.org/about-us/mission-history/">Archived</a> 2023-08-05 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Retrieved 2019-01-03.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-faq-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-faq_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">National Book Foundation: About Us: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalbook.org/faq.html">"Frequently Asked Questions"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171119202042/http://www.nationalbook.org/faq.html">Archived</a> 2017-11-19 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Retrieved 2012-01-05.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-winners-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-winners_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-winners_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">National Book Foundation: Awards: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalbook.org/nbawinners_category.html">"National Book Award Winners: 1950 – 2009"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120528173755/http://www.nationalbook.org/nbawinners_category.html">Archived</a> 2012-05-28 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Retrieved 2012-01-05.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-history-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-history_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">National Book Foundation: About Us: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalbook.org/aboutus_history.html">"History of the National Book Awards"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181003005153/http://nationalbook.org/aboutus_history.html">Archived</a> 2018-10-03 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Retrieved before 2011-10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalbook.org/nba_process.html#.WIjL_lMrKUk">"How the National Book Awards Work"</a>. <i>www.nationalbook.org</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110609202556/http://www.nationalbook.org/nba_process.html#.WIjL_lMrKUk">Archived</a> from the original on June 9, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 27,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.nationalbook.org&rft.atitle=How+the+National+Book+Awards+Work&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalbook.org%2Fnba_process.html%23.WIjL_lMrKUk&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Book+Award" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2013change-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-2013change_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2013change_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalbook.org/2013_01_15_nba_changes.html">"National Book Foundation Announces Changes in the National Book Awards Review and Selection Process"</a>. National Book Award. January 15, 2013. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118032939/http://www.nationalbook.org/2013_01_15_nba_changes.html?">Archived</a> from the original on January 18, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 15,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=National+Book+Foundation+Announces+Changes+in+the+National+Book+Awards+Review+and+Selection+Process&rft.pub=National+Book+Award&rft.date=2013-01-15&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalbook.org%2F2013_01_15_nba_changes.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Book+Award" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/2018/11/15/668135748/book-awards-honor-translated-literature-for-the-first-time-since-1983">"Book Awards Honor Translated Literature For The First Time Since 1983"</a>. <i>NPR.org</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190101125459/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/15/668135748/book-awards-honor-translated-literature-for-the-first-time-since-1983">Archived</a> from the original on January 1, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 3,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=NPR.org&rft.atitle=Book+Awards+Honor+Translated+Literature+For+The+First+Time+Since+1983&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2018%2F11%2F15%2F668135748%2Fbook-awards-honor-translated-literature-for-the-first-time-since-1983&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Book+Award" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-selection-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-selection_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">National Book Foundation: Awards: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalbook.org/selection_process.html">"National Book Award Selection Process"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080613084047/http://www.nationalbook.org/selection_process.html">Archived</a> 2008-06-13 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Retrieved before 2011-10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1937-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1937_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1937_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> "5 Honors Awarded on the Year's Books: Authors of Preferred Volumes Hailed at Luncheon of Booksellers Group", <i>The New York Times</i>, 1937-02-26, page 23.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1938-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1938_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1938_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1938_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <br />"Booksellers Give Prize to 'Citadel': Cronin's Work About Doctors Their Favorite--'Mme. Curie' Gets Non-Fiction Award TWO OTHERS WIN HONORS Fadiman Is 'Not Interested' in What Pulitzer Committee Thinks of Selections", <i>The New York Times</i> 1938-03-02, page 14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1939-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1939_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1939_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"Book About Plants Receives Award: Dr. Fairchild's 'Garden' Work Cited by Booksellers", <i>The New York Times</i> 1939-02-15, page 20.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1940-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nyt1940_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"1939 Book Awards Given by Critics: Elgin Groseclose's 'Ararat' is Picked as Work Which Failed to Get Due Recognition", <i>The New York Times</i>, 1940-02-14, page 25.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1941-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nyt1941_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Books and Authors", <i>The New York Times</i>, 1941-02-16, page BR12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1942-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1942_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1942_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"Neglected Author Gets High Honor: 1941 Book Award Presented to George Perry for 'Hold Autumn In Your Hand'", <i>The New York Times</i>, 1942-02-11, page 18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1941aba-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nyt1941aba_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> "The Booksellers of America Announce Their National Awards", <i>The New York Times</i>, February 23, 1941, page BR21. <br />• More than half of the advertisement featured the three prize books of 1937, announced earlier that month. The "Discovery of the Year" sported a <a href="/wiki/Dust_jacket" title="Dust jacket">dust jacket</a> with stylized "First Prize" ribbon affixed and the Novel was promoted in its "National Book Award Edition" (also advertised ten days earlier: February 13, 1941, page 17).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1950a-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1950a_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1950a_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> "Book Trade Plans to Honor Writers: Industry Will Award Annual Prizes for Poetry, Fiction ...", <i>The New York Times</i>, January 22, 1950, page 68.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79715092/louise-untermeyer/">"Host of Celebrated Writers To Attend Book Award Dinner"</a>. <i>Seminole Producer</i>. March 26, 1950. p. 7. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221110234339/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79715092/louise-untermeyer/">Archived</a> from the original on November 10, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 10,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Seminole+Producer&rft.atitle=Host+of+Celebrated+Writers+To+Attend+Book+Award+Dinner&rft.pages=7&rft.date=1950-03-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F79715092%2Flouise-untermeyer%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Book+Award" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1967-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1967_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1967_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> "Book Award Goes to 'La Vida'; 'The Fixer' Wins Fiction Prize: 3 Others Will Be Honored at a Cerem[ony] ...", <i>The New York Times</i>, March 5, 1967, page 39.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1975-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1975_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1975_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1975_25-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1975_25-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"The Last of the National Book Awards?" (The Guest Word), William Cole, <i>The New York Times</i>, May 4, 1975, page 288.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1973-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1973_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1973_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1973_26-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/11/archives/2-book-awards-split-for-first-time-serengeti-lion-wins-other-judges.html?sq=augustus%2520john%2520williams%2520book&scp=8&st=cse">"2 Book Awards Split for First Time"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20180318144903/https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/11/archives/2-book-awards-split-for-first-time-serengeti-lion-wins-other-judges.html">Archived</a> 2018-03-18 at <a href="/wiki/Archive.today" title="Archive.today">archive.today</a>, Eric Pace, <i>The New York Times</i>, April 11, 1973. Retrieved 2012-01-25.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nba1964-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nba1964_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1964">"National Book Awards – 1964"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210415193400/https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1964">Archived</a> 2021-04-15 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-01-31. Compare 1963 (via menu at top of page).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nba1967-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nba1967_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1967">"National Book Awards – 1967"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190328132454/https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1967/">Archived</a> 2019-03-28 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-01-31. Compare 1966 (via menu at top of page).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nba1969-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nba1969_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1969">"National Book Awards – 1969"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181028064852/http://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1969/">Archived</a> 2018-10-28 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-01-31. Compare 1968 (via menu at top of page).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1983-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1983_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1983_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1983_30-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"American Book Awards Announced", Edwin McDowell, <i>The New York Times</i>, April 14, 1983, page C30.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1984a-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1984a_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1984a_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt1984a_31-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"11 Nominated for American Book Awards", Edwin McDowell, <i>The New York Times</i>, October 18, 1984, page C25.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1984-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nyt1984_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Three Writers Win Book Awards". <i>The New York Times</i>, November 16, 1984, page C32.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalbook.org/national-book-awards/years/">"National Book Foundation - Browse Awards by Year"</a>. <i>National Book Foundation</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230227211703/https://www.nationalbook.org/national-book-awards/years/">Archived</a> from the original on February 27, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 3,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Book+Foundation&rft.atitle=National+Book+Foundation+-+Browse+Awards+by+Year&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalbook.org%2Fnational-book-awards%2Fyears%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Book+Award" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fehrman-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-fehrman_34-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fehrman_34-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fehrman_34-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/books/review/the-short-unsuccessful-life-of-the-american-book-awards.html">"The Short, Unsuccessful Life of the American Book Awards"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190903225938/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/books/review/the-short-unsuccessful-life-of-the-american-book-awards.html">Archived</a> 2019-09-03 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Craig Fehrman, <i>The New York Times</i>, October 28, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-31.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nba1979-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nba1979_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1979">"National Book Awards – 1979"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190620135926/https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1979">Archived</a> 2019-06-20 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-04.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nba1980-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nba1980_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1980">"National Book Awards – 1980"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200426083421/https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1980/">Archived</a> 2020-04-26 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-04. Compare 1983 and 1984 (via menu at top of page).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt1983vote-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nyt1983vote_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> "Publishing: New Life for American Book Awards", Edwin McDowell, <i>The New York Times</i>, November 4, 1983, page C28.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1986#.VxVXDEp4WK1">"National Book Awards - 1986"</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Foundation" title="National Book Foundation">National Book Foundation</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181028064943/http://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1986/#.VxVXDEp4WK1">Archived</a> from the original on October 28, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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