National Book Awards Submissions Open for 2019

Mar 13, 2019

The National Book Foundation has opened submissions for the 70th National Book Awards. The Foundation has announced its 25 judges for this year's awards, in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people’s literature, and translated literature.

This year's judges panels are as follows:

  • Fiction panel: Dorothy Allison, Ruth Dickey, Javier Ramirez, Danzy Senna (chair), Jeff VanderMeer
  • Nonfiction panel: Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Carolyn Kellogg, Mark Laframboise, Kiese Laymon, Jeff Sharlet (chair)
  • Poetry panel: Jos Charles, John Evans, Vievee Francis, Cathy Park Hong, Mark Wunderlich (chair)
  • Translated literature panel: Keith Gessen, Elisabeth Jaquette, Katie Kitamura, Idra Novey (chair), Shuchi Saraswat
  • Young people's literature panel: Elana K. Arnold, Kristen Gilligan, Varian Johnson, An Na (chair), Deborah Taylor
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