National Book Critics Circle Awards Announces First-Ever Longlist
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TheNational Book Critics Circle Awardsfirst-ever longlist is here!
The NBCC announced on Dec. 16 its first longlist of six — the criticism genre longlist. In honor of the organization’s 50th anniversary, six more longlists will be announced throughout the week — for fiction, autobiography, biography, nonfiction and poetry, and for the NBCC’s Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize.
“The NBCC is proud to release our longlists for the first time in our 50-year history,” said NBCC President Heather Scott Partington in the announcement. “Revealing them allows us to honor more writers, translators and books than we ever have in a single year. The best books of 2024 were narratives of resilience, interrogation and imagination. They asked us to question power, art and genre."
She continued, “At a time when the freedom to read is under attack, we’re thrilled to shout these authors’ names from the rooftops. We celebrate their fearlessness and artistic vision. These are vital words.”
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The Criticism genre longlist includes:
The NBCC “honors outstanding writing and fosters conversation about reading, criticism and literature,“according to its website. Critics choose the winners of each of the awards — the only book awards in the country to do so.
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The remaining longlists will be announced throughout the week — the Fiction longlist on Dec. 16, the Autobiography and Biography longlists on Dec. 17, the Nonfiction and Poetry longlists on Dec. 18 and the longlist for the Barrios Book in Translation Prize on Dec. 19.
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The finalists for the 2024 publishing year will be announced Jan. 23, 2025, and awards will be presented March 20 — which will mark the 50th time the awards have been bestowed.
source: people.com
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