Sept - Dec Book Awards

Book Award Winners! Book Awards Winners! Many more will be announced this fall. Be in the know with our handy list below, divided by age groups (Adults, Teens, and Children) for your convenience.

Adult Awards

September

7th: Anthony Award (Crime Fiction/Mystery)
Mid-Sept.: National Book Awards Longlists

• 5 categories -- Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People's Literature

17th: Giller Longlist (Fiction)
19th: Christy Finalists (Christian Fiction)

October

1st: Giller Shortlist (Fiction)
10th: National Book Awards Finalists

• 5 categories -- Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People's Literature

12th: The New Academy Prize in Literature (AKA Alternative Nobel Prize in Literature)

• Note: the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature has been postponed until 2018, where two awards will be announced. The New Academy Prize in Literature was formed in response to this scandal.

16th: Man Booker Prize Winner (Fiction)
25th: Kirkus Prize Winner (Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Reader's Literature)

November

4th: World Fantasy

• 5 categories -- Best Novel, Short Fiction, Long Fiction, Collection, and Anthology

7th: Christy Winners (Christian Fiction)

14th: National Book Awards Winners

• 5 categories -- Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People's Literature

19th: Giller Winner (Fiction)
End of November: Costa Book Shortlist (UK & Ireland)

December

???: PEN Literary Awards Longlist
5th: Goodreads Choice (by readers)

Teen Awards

September

Mid-Sept.: National Book Awards Longlists

• 5 categories -- one of which is Young People's Literature
  

October

10th: National Book Awards Finalists

• 5 categories -- one of which is Young People's Literature
  

November

7th: Christy Winners (Christian Fiction)
14th: National Book Awards Winners

• 5 categories -- one of which is Young People's Literature

End of November: Costa Book Shortlist (UK & Ireland)

• 5 categories -- one of which is the Children's Book Award
  

December

5th: Goodreads Choice (by readers)

Children Awards

September

No Awards

October

25th: Kirkus Prize Winner (Young Reader's Literature)

November

End of November: Costa Book Shortlist (UK & Ireland)

• 5 categories -- one of which is the Children's Book Award
  

December

5th: Goodreads Choice (by readers)

Want More?

You can find the complete list of awards in our previous post, the Ultimate Book Awards Calendar. The specific dates aren't listed because they change every year, but you can check our Jan-April 2018 listings, May-August 2018 listings, and the stay tuned for our next installment (Jan-April 2019) in December!