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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 ...
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.
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.
1990s Best Novel winners [2] Year Author Title Result Ref. 1990 James Lee Burke: Black Cherry Blues: Winner [3] Frances Fyfield: A Question of Guilt: Shortlist Bartholomew Gill: Death of a Joyce Scholar: Andrew Coburn: Goldilocks: Eugene Izzi: The Booster: 1991 Julie Smith: New Orleans Mourning: Winner Reginald Hill: Bones and Silence ...
The following is a list of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction. The prize has been awarded each year since 1969 to the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland. In 2014, it was opened for the first time to any work ...
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; Tähtivaeltaja Award (Finland) – since 1986; Arthur C. Clarke Award – since 1987; Japan Fantasy Novel Award – since 1989; Sir Julius Vogel Award (New ...
The National Book Awards for 1935 to 1940 annually recognized the "Most Distinguished Novel" (1935–1936) or "Favorite Fiction" (1937–1940). Furthermore, works of fiction were eligible for the "Bookseller Discovery" and "Most Original Book" awards; fiction winners are listed here.
The National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, established in 1976, [1] is an annual American literary award presented by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English." [2] Books previously published in English are not eligible, such as re-issues and paperback editions.