NBM, Graywolf, Sourcebooks Snag Firecracker Awards

May 28, 2015

The Firecracker Book Awards, originally launched in 1996 and revived this year, were awarded in six categories at a ceremony at the PowerHouse Arena in Brooklyn. Organized by the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, the Firecracker awards are presented annually to celebrate books from independent and small press publishers.

The winners in each category are as follows:

Creative Nonfiction: Self-Portrait in Green by Marie NDiaye (Two Lines Press)

Fiction: Song of the Shank by Jeffery Renard Allen (Graywolf Press)

Graphic Novel: Beauty by Hubert & Kerasocoet (NBM Publishing)

Poetry: Sonnets: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition by Bernadette Mayer (Tender Buttons Press)

Young Adult: Some Boys by Patty Blount (Sourcebooks)

Magazines: For Poetry (Poetry Magazine); Best Debut (Story); General Excellence (Tin House).

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