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First book awards are literary prizes given to novelists for their debut novel or non-fiction writers for their first full length work. These awards are important for new writers to establish themselves in literary markets and gaining critical attention.
The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize is an annual award presented by the Center for Fiction, a non-profit organization in New York City, for the best debut novel. From 2006 to 2011, it was called the John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize in honor of John Turner Sargent, Sr.. From 2011 to 2014, it was known as the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel ...
If an American author has published a novel of any genre or under any name previously, they are ineligible for the award, unless the novel was self-published. Authors ineligible for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel may be eligible for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel or the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original ...
Compton Crook Award – best first time novel in genre in a year, since 1983 Janusz A. Zajdel Award (Poland) – since 1984 Writers of the Future – contest for new authors, since 1985
John C. Zacharis First Book Award; John Leonard Prize; John Lyman Book Awards; John Steinbeck Award for Fiction; John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel; Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize; Judy Gaines Young Book Award
The Harvard Book Award or Harvard Prize Book is an award given out by the alumni of Harvard University to the top-performing student(s) in 11th/12th grade reading classes in nearly 2,000 "selected" high schools from around the world. [1] The award has been in existence since 1910. [2] The award is traditionally handed out at graduation ceremonies.
First book awards (3 C, 83 P) Food and drink literary awards (3 P) H. History awards (3 C, 43 P) Literary awards honouring human rights (12 P)
General fiction for adult readers is a National Book Award category that has been continuous since 1950, with multiple awards for a few years beginning 1980. From 1935 to 1941, there were six annual awards for novels or general fiction and the "Bookseller Discovery", the "Most Original Book"; both awards were sometimes given to a novel.