This is a list of the winners of the National Jewish Book Award by category. The awards were created in 1950 to honor excellent Jewish books. The awards are given by the Jewish Book Council, a nonprofit organization based in New York.
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is a center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, focused on Hispanic culture, arts, and humanities. The campus covers 20 acres and is located along the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, on Avenida César Chávez and 4th Street. The NHCC hosts 700 events each year and includes three theatres, an art museum, library, genealogy center, Spanish-language resource center, two restaurants (Pop Fizz Paleteria and La Fonda del Bosque), and the largest concave fresco in North America.
The National Book Critics Circle Awards are given each year by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to recognize the best books and reviews written in English. The first awards were announced and presented on January 16, 1976. According to The New York Times, these awards, along with the National Book Awards and the Pulitzer Prizes, are among the most respected literary prizes in the United States.
The National Book Awards (NBA) are annual literary awards given in the United States. Each November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors at the final ceremony. The awards were first created in 1936 by the American Booksellers Association.
The Michael Braude Award for Light Verse is given every two years for light verse written in English, no matter where the author is from. The American Academy of Arts and Letters presents the award, and it includes a $5,000 payment. Mrs.
The San Francisco Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the largest community foundations in the United States. The organization’s goal is to bring together community leaders, nonprofits, government agencies, and donors to promote equal rights, respect for different backgrounds, and fair economic opportunities.
Since 1980, the Los Angeles Times has given out annual book awards. The Los Angeles Times Book Prize now has nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction (the Art Seidenbaum Award, added in 1991), history, mystery/thriller (added in 2000), poetry, science and technology (added in 1989), and young adult fiction (added in 1998). Additionally, the Robert Kirsch Award is given each year to a living author who has a strong connection to the American West.
The Lannan Literary Awards are a group of awards and fellowships given by the Lannan Foundation in the United States. These awards were created in 1989 to recognize both well-known and new writers whose work is of very high quality. According to the foundation, these awards are among the most valuable in literature.
The Lambda Literary Awards, also called the “Lammys,” are given each year by Lambda Literary to honor the work of LGBTQ+ writers in influencing the world. These awards celebrate the best books written by LGBTQ+ authors. The Lambda Literary Awards are the most complete set of awards in the United States that focus on LGBTQ+ literature.
The Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards are two American prizes located at Claremont Graduate University. These awards are given to poets for their collections of poetry written in English by citizens or legal resident aliens of the United States. The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is a $100,000 prize given to a poet who is in the middle of their career and has already written many poems.