Awards Archives - Eisenhower Public Library

2024 Carnegie Medal Shortlists

Six books (three fiction and three nonfiction) have been selected as finalists for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence.

Rebecca Campbell’s Arboreality Wins 2023 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize

Congratulations to Rebecca Campbell, the winner of the 2023 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Arboreality.

James McBride’s Heaven & Earth Grocery Store Named Barnes & Noble Book of the Year

Each year, Barnes & Noble booksellers vote for the book that they have been most proud to sell, and this year they have chosen The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride.

Tania Branigan Wins 2023 Cundill History Prize

Tania Branigan has been named winner of the 2023 Cundill History Prize for Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution.

2023 World Fantasy Award Winners

The World Fantasy Awards winners for works published in 2021 were announced during the World Fantasy convention in New Orleans.

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters wins Barnes and Noble’s 2023 Discover Prize

Each month, Barnes & Noble selects a debut novel to feature as their Discover Monthly Pick. Booksellers read and deliberate to deliver a shortlist from these selections and other debuts, and ultimately select an overall Discover Prize winner for the year.

2023 Hugo Award Winners

The Hugo Award is an annual literary award administered by the World Science Fiction Society for the year's best science fiction or fantasy works. It is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories.

2023 Cundill History Prize Shortlist

The nominees for the Cundill History Prize have been announced. The prize is awarded annually to the book that best embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality, and broad appeal.

2023 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winners

The Dayton Literary Peace Prize is dedicated to advancing peace through the power of the written word. Geraldine Brooks’s Horse and Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa’s His Name Is George Floyd have won the award for 2023.

2023 Booker Prize Shortlist

The Booker Prize recognizes the best work of long-form fiction, written in English, selected from entries published in the UK and Ireland between October 1st, 2022 and September 30th, 2023.

2023 Kirkus Prize Winners

Kirkus Reviews has announced the three winners of their ninth annual Kirkus Prize in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers’ Literature. The winners were chosen from the 10,794 books that were reviewed by Kirkus in the last year.

2023 Dragon Award Winners

The Dragon Awards are a set of literary and media awards presented annually since 2016 for excellence in various categories of science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels, movies, television, and games. The Dragon Awards are among the few awards nominated and voted on directly by fans.

2023 Anthony Award Winners

At Bouchercon, the world mystery convention, the winners of the Anthony Awards were announced. The “Anthonys,” named in honor of writer, reviewer, and editor Anthony Boucher, recognize the year’s best achievements in mystery and crime fiction.

2023 Mark Twain American Voice Award Shortlist

The Mark Twain House & Museum has announced the shortlist for The 2023 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award!

2023 Kirkus Childrens and YA Prize Shortlists

Kirkus Reviews has announced the finalists for the 2023 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers

2023 Kirkus Nonfiction Prize Shortlist

Kirkus Reviews has announced the finalists for the 2023 Kirkus Prize in Fiction.

2023 Kirkus Fiction Prize Shortlist

Kirkus Reviews has announced the finalists for the 2023 Kirkus Prize in Fiction.

2023 Mythopoeic Award Winners

The Mythopoeic Awards for literature and literary studies are given annually for outstanding works in the fields of myth, fantasy, and the scholarly study of these areas. Established by the Mythopoeic Society in 1971, the Award is given for "fiction in the spirit of the Inklings".

2023 Leacock Medal for Humour Writing Finalists

The Leacock Medal of Humour annually awards writers for excellence in Canadian humor writing. The award was first given out in 1947, and 2023 marks its 76th anniversary. The 2023 prize will be awarded to one of three finalists — Wayne Johnston, Susan Juby or Zarqa Nawaz.

2023 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

First presented in 1967, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors in the field of children's and young adult literature. Winners and Honor Books are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction.