The 71st National Book Awards ceremony and its preceding events are going virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2019 National Book Awards honor Susan Choi for her novel “Trust Exercise” and Sarah M. Broom for her memoir “The Yellow House.”
The ceremony’s preceding events such as 5 Under 35, the National Book Awards Finalist Reading and Teen Press Conference, which usually take place the week before the ceremony, will now be stretched throughout October and November. This year’s submissions window also was extended from April 1 through May 20 due to the pandemic. The foundation said the number of submissions from publishers did not decline from previous years, “showing the commitment of the entire publishing community to our mission to honor books, to champion the work of writers, and to protect, stimulate, and promote discourse in American culture.”
“The National Book Awards are a celebration of books and all the people who have a hand in forming them,” said Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation. “As a country, and within the literary community, we have all experienced a shift in reality; yet through this collective uncertainty, we are dedicated to centering and elevating the work of writers who are grounding us and giving us the gift of their words.
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