National Book Awards Young People S Literature

At the final national book awards ceremony every november the national book foundation presents the national book awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors.

National book awards young people s literature. Authors and publishers were eligible for the pre war awards. Publishers submitted a total of 311 books for the 2020 national book award for young people s literature. Neal shusterman author of more than thirty novels including challenger deep which won the 2015 national book award.

The 2019 national book awards longlist. The category young people s literature was established in 1996. The national book award for young people s literature is one of five annual national book awards which are given by the national book foundation to recognize outstanding literary work by us citizens.

They are awards by writers to writers. From 1969 to 1983 prior to the foundation there were some children s categories. In the same category jason reynolds was longlisted in 2017 and a finalist in 2016.

Young people s literature among this year s contenders are kwame alexander and the new yorker cover artist kadir nelson. Interior chinatown charles yu. The national book awards were established in 1936 by the american booksellers association abandoned during world war ii and re established by three book industry organizations in 1950.

Pantheon books penguin random house more about this book finalists. The national book awards are a set of annual u s. This year s judges for the young people s literature category are randy ribay author of patron saints of nothing which was a finalist for the 2019 national book award.

Publishers submitted over 300 books for consideration and the longlist below. Kwame alexander was longlisted in 2016. Six of the authors on the ypl longlist have been recognized by the national book foundation in the past including cynthia kadohata winner of the 2013 national book award for young people s literature.