The National Book Foundation has announced their long lists which will include 10 authors for The Young People's Literature which highlight “titles across genres, topics, and styles with authors based across the United States,” according to their press release. The longlist:
- Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo
- The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor
- A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
- Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
- Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon
- Me (Moth) by Amber McBride
- The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore
- Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrations by Floyd Cooper
- From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo
The finalists will be announced October 5 with winners announced at an in-person celebration November 17 in New York City. The winners will each receive $10,000 while each finalist will take home $1,000. There will be a virtual element as well that includes a full broadcast.
The National Book Awards, which was first held in 1950, are given to outstanding works of literature by American writers. They have been bestowed to authors such as William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, John Irving, Alice Walker, Jesmyn Ward, and Colson Whitehead.
Judges for Young People’s Literature: Pablo Cartaya, Traci Chee, Leslie Connor, Cathryn Mercier, and Ibi Zoboi.
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