News - Literary Awards

News - Literary Awards

LOVE AND DEATH IN THE SUNSHINE STATE by Cutter Wood

Cutter Wood has been honored with a 2018 NEA Literature Creative Writing Fellowship in Prose! Algonquin will publish his debut book, LOVE AND DEATH IN THE SUNSHINE STATE: THE STORY OF A CRIME, on April 17, 2018.

DARK AT THE CROSSING by Elliot Ackerman

The 2nd novel by Elliot Ackerman was one of the 10 books on the longlist for the National Book Award. Knopf published the book on January 24, 2017.

SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA by Jaroslav Kalfar

SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA is on the longlist for the 2017 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Little Brown & Company published the book on March 7, 2017.

IN THE DAYS OF RAIN by Rebecca Stott

John Williams interviewed Rebecca for the Arts section of the July 9 edition of the New York Times. A Martinez hosted Rebecca Stott on NPR Weekend Edition on the Exclusive Brethren, adapting to the real world, and what her faith looks like now. Spiegel & Grau published IN THE DAYS OF RAIN on July 4, 2017.

THE GIRL IN GREEN by Derek B. Miller

Derek B. Miller’s book THE GIRL IN GREEN has been nominated for The Gold Dagger, awarded to the best crime novel of the year by the Crime Writers’ Association. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt published the book January 3, 2017.

ARABELLA OF MARS by David D. Levine

David D. Levine’s debut novel receive a Nebula Award, the annual awards given by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. The book received the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy. Tor Books published the book on July 12, 2016 and they will publish the sequel ARABELLA AND THE BATTLE OF VENUS on July 18, 2017...

WAYS TO DISAPPEAR by Idra Novey

Idra Novey’s debut novel was awarded the Sami Rohr Prize by the Jewish Book Council. According to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the $100,000 award is given to “emerging writers who articulate the Jewish experience as determined by a specific work, as well as the author’s potential to make significant ongoing contributions to Jewish literature.” The paperback edition of WAYS TO DISAPPEAR was published on January 17, 2017.

THE ARGONAUTS by Maggie Nelson

Maggie Nelson’s book was named on the shortlist for the Rathbones Folio Prize, formerly the Folio Prize, an award given for the best work of literature regardless of form. Melville House UK published the book in the UK on April 7, 2016.

Jamie Lauren Keiles has been nominated for a 2017 James Beard Foundation Journalism Award in the Wines, Spirits, and Other Beverages category for her Eater article, “The 24-Year-Old Coca-Cola Virgin...”

WAYS TO DISAPPEAR by Idra Novey

Idra Novey’s novel was named a finalist for The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction a book prize given by the LA Times. Little Brown & Co. published the book in paperback on January 17, 2017.