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With all the works submitted by publishers, the judges for this years national book awards have had their hands and bookshelves full the past few months. Oct 16, 20 the finalists for the national book awards were announced this morning on morning joe. This years nominees of the prestigious national book foundations national book awards in nonfiction present selected readings. General nonfiction for adult readers is a national book award category continuous only from 1984, when the general award was restored after two decades of awards in several nonfiction categories. The national book foundation convened wednesday night to present its prestigious awards for the best in books for 2017. The award was first presented in 1950, and there are four categories.
The national book foundation selected winners from a total of 25 finalists in 5 categories. As an extension of the nonfiction authors association, we are committed to honoring excellence in nonfiction books and welcome submissions by selfpublished and traditionally published authors alike, in both print and ebook formats. Sep 15, 2017 the national book foundation has announced the long list of 10 books for the 2017 national book award for fiction. National book awards 2019 national book foundation.
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