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The award is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and administered by the American Library Association (ALA). [1] Booklist and the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) cosponsor the awards. [1] The shortlist and winners are selected by a seven-member selection committee of library experts who work with adult readers. [1]
www.carnegie.org /awards /great-immigrants / The Great Immigrants Award is an annual initiative by the Carnegie Corporation of New York to honor naturalized citizens of the United States who have made significant contributions to American society, democracy, and culture.
Amanda Peters is a Canadian writer from Falmouth, Nova Scotia, [1] whose debut novel The Berry Pickers was the winner of the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, [2] 2023 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, [3] 2024 Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence, [4] and 2024 Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction.
For articles on winning books see Category: Carnegie Medal in Literature–winning works. The Medal was inaugurated for the 1936 publication year and there have been 85 Medals and winning works in 88 cycles through 2023/2024; there are only 78 winning authors because eight have won twice and two were co-authors.
Andrew Carnegie was born to Margaret (Morrison) Carnegie and William Carnegie in Dunfermline, Scotland, [9] in a typical weaver's cottage with only one main room. It consisted of half the ground floor, which was shared with the neighboring weaver's family. [ 10 ]
Goodreads Choice Awards: Science Fiction: Nominated [15] Debut: Nominated [16] Gordon Burn Prize — Longlisted [17] National Book Award: Fiction: Finalist [18] Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize — Shortlisted [19] 2024 Alex Awards — Finalist [20] Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence: Fiction: Longlisted [21] Arthur C. Clarke Award ...
The book was awarded the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. [55] It was also awarded the 2021 Gordon Burn Prize. [56] Abdurraqib's 2024 book, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, was longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award for Nonfiction. [57]
Each awards cycle, the Carnegie family of institutions nominates candidates for the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. These nominations are then reviewed by a selection committee composed of four members of the steering committee that organized the inaugural medal — Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Carnegie Institution for Science, and the ...