Book Prizes and Publishing Industry Awards

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Choi, Desai, Kitamura Among Booker Prize Finalists

By Ed Nawotka | 09/24/2025 @ 09:00AM

The six finalists include Americans Susan Choi and Katie Kitamura as well as previous winner Kieran Desai. The winner will be announced November 10.
Self-Publishers Rise Up at 2025 Ignatz Awards

By Sam Spratford | 09/15/2025 @ 10:30AM

While Fantagraphics took home two of the evening’s biggest prizes, independent creators made a strong showing at the 28th annual Ignatz Awards, presented on September 13 at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Md.
2025 National Book Award Longlists Announced

by Sophia Stewart | 09/10/2025 @ 03:00PM

The National Book Foundation has unveiled the longlists for the 2025 National Book Awards. The five finalists in each category will be named on October 7, and winners will be revealed at an awards ceremony in New York City on November 19.
NEA’s Creative Writing Fellowship Program Canceled

By Sophia Stewart | 08/22/2025 @ 03:00PM

On August 22, writers who applied for the National Endowment for the Arts’ 2026 Creative Writing Fellowships received an email from the NEA saying that the program had been “withdrawn.”
2025 American Manga Award Winners Announced

By Eva Baron | 08/22/2025 @ 10:00AM

Kodansha and Square Enix each took home two of the night’s six awards, which were launched last year to honor outstanding achievements in the world of Japanese comics. The ceremony, held August 21, coincided with the first day of this year’s Anime NYC convention in New York.
2025 Booker Prize Longlist Announced

By Sam Spratford | 07/29/2025 @ 09:20AM

This year’s longlist comprises 13 novels by authors representing nine different nationalities. Among the longlisted titles are Susan Choi’s Flashlight and Katie Kitamura’s Audition.
Hulls, Sacco, Yang Take Home 2025 Eisner Awards

By Sam Spratford | 07/28/2025 @ 10:00AM

Tessa Hulls’s Feeding Ghosts, Joe Sacco’s The War on Gaza, and Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham’s Lunar New Year Love Story won big at the 37th annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, held July 25 at San Diego Comic-Con.
The Novelry Offers $100,000 Prize to Break Publishing Barriers

By Ed Nawotka | 07/14/2025 @ 09:00AM

The Novelry, an online creative writing school founded by author Louise Dean, has launched the Next Big Story competition, a $100,000 prize aimed at reaching writers outside traditional publishing circles.
2025 American Manga Award Nominees Announced

By PW staff | 06/16/2025 @ 10:30AM

Anime NYC and Japan Society have announced the 35 nominees for the second annual American Manga Awards, set to take place on August 21.
Young Lions Fiction Award Celebrates 25 Years

By Iyana Jones | 06/13/2025 @ 10:00AM

The annual award, founded in 2001 and presented by the New York Public Library’s Young Lions, a membership organization for library supporters in their 20s and 30s, celebrates works of fiction by authors ages 35 and younger. At a ceremony last night at the NYPL’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, this year’s prize went to Alexander Sammartino’s Last Acts.
‘AudioFile’ Magazine Announces 2025 Golden Voice Award Winners

by PW staff | 06/02/2025 @ 10:00AM

AudioFile has named the three winners of its annual Golden Voice awards, which honors voice actors who have made significant contributions to audiobook publishing. The recipients are Hillary Huber, Vikas Adam, and Kimberly Farr.
‘Heart Lamp’ Wins 2025 International Booker Prize

By Sam Spratford | 05/20/2025 @ 05:40PM

Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp, translated by Deepa Bhasthi and published by And Other Stories, is the first short story collection and first book originally written in Kannada to win the £50,000 prize, which is split equally between the author and translator.
Macmillan CEO Jon Yaged: Censorship ‘Puts Us On a Path to Mediocrity’

By John Maher | 05/19/2025 @ 09:00AM

At this year’s PEN America Literary Gala, Macmillan Publishers CEO Jon Yaged, the recipient of PEN’s annual Business Visionary Award, took aim at the efforts to censor free expression that have increasingly defined American culture over the past several years.
PEN America Literary Awards Return After a Tumultuous Year

By Sophia Stewart | 05/09/2025 @ 10:55AM

While it was largely business as usual following the cancelation of last year’s ceremony, the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award was not conferred for a second year in a row due to nominee withdrawals. The $75,000 purse was donated to the nonprofits Palestine Children’s Relief Fund and Palestine Legal.
Percival Everett, Tessa Hulls Among 2025 Pulitzer Prize Winners

By Sophia Stewart | 05/05/2025 @ 03:50PM

Everett’s novel ‘James’ and Hulls’s graphic memoir ‘Feeding Ghosts’ were among the seven books to receive this year’s Pulitzer Prizes, announced May 5.
Emerging Authors and Genre Legends Honored at 79th Edgar Awards

By Lenny Picker | 05/02/2025 @ 11:00AM

At the 79th Edgar Awards, held May 1 in Manhattan, the Mystery Writers of America honored the work of Laura Lippman and John Sandford and named Charlotte Vassell’s The In Crowd as the year’s best novel.
Jiaming Tang, Blas Falconer Among 2025 Publishing Triangle Award Winners

by Eva Baron | 04/21/2025 @ 09:30AM

The winners of the 37th annual Triangle Awards, which honor the year’s best LGBTQ literature published in 2024, were honored at a celebration held at the New School in New York City on April 17.
2025 Whiting Awards Recognize 10 Emerging Writers

by Sophia Stewart | 04/10/2025 @ 09:30AM

The awards—which since 1985 have bestowed more than $10 million on early-career writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama—were announced at a ceremony at the New York Historical on April 9.
2025 Sheikh Zayed Book Award Winners Hail from Seven Countries

By Sophia Stewart | 04/08/2025 @ 10:00AM

Haruki Murakami and Hoda Barakat are among the winners of the 19th Sheikh Zayed Book Awards, which are awarded in eight categories and honor excellence in Arab-language publishing.
2025 International Booker Prize Shortlist Announced

By Sophia Stewart | 04/08/2025 @ 09:15AM

This year’s six-book International Booker Prize shortlist comprises five novels and one short story collection translated from five languages. The winner will be revealed at a ceremony in London on May 20.

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