March
2010
National Book Awards On Campus
Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
Authors Colum
McCann and Daniyal
Mueenuddin, 2009 National Book Award Winner and
Finalist in fiction respectively, will be on campus
for the featured Readings and Conversation hosted by
MPR’s Kerri Miller at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March
25 in the Knutson Center Centrum. A reception and book
signing will follow at 9 p.m.
APRIL 2010
Guidelines for National Book Awards Available
Online
guidelines for review >
MAY 2010
 Innovations
in Reading Prize winners will be announced.
Each year, the National
Book Foundation awards a number of prizes of up to $2,500
each to individuals and institutions--or partnerships
between the two--that have developed innovative means
of creating and sustaining a lifelong love of reading.
More
>
JUNE 2010
Entry form deadline
Online
guidelines for review >
NOVEMBER 2010
5 Under 35
A celebration of emerging
talent and the perfect way to kick off National Book
Awards Week
Details TBA.
View
video and images from the 2009 event >
NBA Teen Press Conference
Details TBA.
Students prepare for the event by reading one of the
five Finalists' books and drafting questions based on
the text, the writing life, and what it means to be
a National Book Award Finalist. At the event, each participating
student will receive a professionally designed press
kit with biographical information on each author, excerpts
from their books, and materials related to the National
Book Awards.
View
images from the 2009 event >
Image: 2009 NBA YPL Winner Phillip
Hoose, with Finalists Laini Taylor, Deborah Heiligman,
Rita Williams-Garcia, and David Small. Photo: Joe Pacheco
National Book Award Finalist Reading
New School University
Details TBA.
National Book Awards Dinner
& Ceremony
| 
March
25-26
November
15
November
16 
