CLMP
Congratulations to Douglas Kearney and Jenny Xie who are finalists for the 2023 Firecracker Award in nonfiction and poetry. Peruse other authors here.
National Humanities Medal
President Biden awarded a National Humanities Medal to Richard Blanco for work representing “a mosaic of our past, our present, and our future.”
Lambda Literary
Congratulations to all long listed for the Lambda Literary Awards, with a little extra confetti for Akil Kumarasamy, Bushra Rehman, and Mecca Jamilah Sullivan.
PEN America
Congratulations to all those shortlisted for this year’s PEN America literary awards, especially Percival Everett and Chris Abani.
NBCC
Congratulations to all the National Book Critics Circle finalists, including Percival Everett and Joy Harjo.
Griffin Poetry Prize
Nikola Madzirov and Natasha Trethewey among three named as judges for the 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize.
The Center for Fiction
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan’s Big Girl included on The Center for Fiction’s 2022 First Novel Prize Shortlist.
American Poets Prizes
Marilyn Nelson, Jericho Brown, and Mai Der Vang among winners of the 2022 American Poets Prizes.
National Book Awards
Jenny Xie’s The Rupture Tense and Meghan O’Rourke’s The Invisible Kingdom among titles included on the National Book Awards’ longlists.
Booker Prize
Congratulations to all the 2022 Booker Prize finalists, including Percival Everett for his novel The Trees!