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.

De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s IN WEST MILLS has been selected for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Long List. The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize is awarded to the best debut novel of the year. The 2019 Short List will be announced in September and the winner will be announced in December at The Center for Fiction's Annual Benefit and Awards Dinner. Bloomsbury published the book on June 4, 2019.

Namwali Serpell’s THE OLD DRIFT has been selected for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Long List. The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize is awarded to the best debut novel of the year. The 2019 Short List will be announced in September and the winner will be announced in December at The Center for Fiction's Annual Benefit and Awards Dinner. Hogarth published the book on March 26, 2019.

Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s WE CAST A SHADOW has been selected for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Long List. The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize is awarded to the best debut novel of the year. The 2019 Short List will be announced in September and the winner will be announced in December at The Center for Fiction's Annual Benefit and Awards Dinner. One World published the book on January 29, 2019.

Yrsa Daley-Ward’s memoir THE TERRIBLE is the winner of the 2019 PEN Ackerley Award, the UK’s only award for memoir and autobiography. Penguin Books published the book on June 5, 2018. Congratulations, Yrsa!

The Salt Lake County Library System has selected THE BOOK OF ESSIE by Meghan MacLean Weir as a nominee for their semi-annual Reader’s Choice Award. Knopf published the book on June 12, 2018.

Yrsa Daley-Ward’s memoir THE TERRIBLE has been shortlisted for the 2019 PEN Ackerley Prize, the only prize in the UK to award memoir and autobiography. Penguin Books published the book on June 5, 2018.