Prof. Mary Fulbrook’s groundbreaking RECKONINGS has been named a finalist for the 2019 Cundill History Prize, alongside works by Jill Lepore and Julia Lovell. One of the jurors called the book “harrowing, absorbing, and extremely well-written.” The winner will be announced on November 14. Oxford University Press published the book on October 2, 2018.

The Root has selected Kiese Laymon for their annual list, The Root 100, which honors 100 young, influential African Americans. They call HEAVY a “searing, unrelenting biography.” Scribner published the book on October 16, 2018.

Dan Werb has been named to the Governor General’s Literary Awards 2019 nonfiction shortlist for his book CITY OF OMENS: A Search for the Missing Women of the Borderlands. Honoring works in both the French and English language, the prize is considered one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards. Bloomsbury published the book on June 4, 2019.

Elliot Ackerman's debut book-length work of nonfiction, PLACES AND NAMES, has been nominated for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Nonfiction. Penguin Press published the book on June 11, 2019.

Mary Fulbrook’s RECKONINGS has made the shortlist for the 2019 Cundill History Prize, alongside works by Jill Lepore, Victoria Johnson, and others. The winner will be announced at the Cundill History Prize Gala at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on November 14. Oxford University Press published the book on October 2, 2018.

A SAND BOOK, Ariana Reines’ first book of poems since her groundbreaking 2011 collection MERCURY, has been longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award for Poetry alongside Ilya Kaminsky, Jericho Brown, and others. The winners will be announced November 20, 2019. Tin House published the book on June 18, 2019.

Samantha Hunt’s short story collection, THE DARK DARK, has won the 2019 St. Francis College Literary Prize. The award is given to mid-career authors who have recently published their third to fifth work of fiction. Farrar, Straus and Giroux published the book on July 18, 2017.

The National Book Foundation has named Johannes Lichtman a 5 Under 35 honoree for his timely and provocative debut novel SUCH GOOD WORK, which tells the story of a creative writing teacher who is kick-starting a newly sober chapter in his life. Simon & Schuster published the book on February 5, 2019.

Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s WE CAST A SHADOW has been selected for the 2019 Crook’s Corner Book Prize Longlist. The Crook’s Corner Book Prize is awarded to the best debut novel set in the American South. The 2019 Shortlist will be announced in September, and the winner will be announced in January 2020. One World published the book on January 29, 2019.

INSURRECTO by Gina Apostol has been named a fiction finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Other finalists on the shortlist include THE OVERSTORY by Richard Powers and THERE THERE by Tommy Orange. The winners of the award, which honors the power of literature to promote peace and reconciliation, will be announced September 17, 2019. Soho Press published the book on November 13, 2018.