Wallace Stevens Award
Congratulations to Cornelius Eady, winner of the Academy of American Poets 2025 Wallace Stevens Award for a lifetime achievement in Poetry.
George Saunders Receives Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
The National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards, announced that it will award George Saunders with the 2025 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (DCAL), which will be presented at the 76th National Book Awards Ceremony & Benefit Dinner.
Ibi Zoboi Longlisted for NBA
Ibi Zoboi’s (S)Kin (Versify / HarperCollins Publishers) has been longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
Mahogany L. Browne Longlisted for NBA
Mahogany L. Browne’s A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe (Crown Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House) has been longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
Chigozie Obioma Nominated for Nigerian Prize for Literature
The shortlisted novels include Obioma’s The Road to the Country, This Motherless Land by Nikki May, and Sanya by Oyin Olugbile. The winner will be announced in October 2025.
NY Emmy Awards
Mahogany L. Browne has been nominated for a NY Emmy for her debut film How to Build A City.
Whiting Award
Congratulations to Aisha Sabatini Sloan, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Nonfiction!
Guggenheim
Congratulations to Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah recipient of a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship.
Pulitzer Prizes 2025
Congratulations to Marie Howe, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, and to Danez Smith, a finalist in poetry for Bluff.
BAFTA
Mr. Loverman, the BBC’s adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s novel, receives 3 BAFTA nominations.