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Jane Geske Award

The Nebraska Center for the Book annually presents this award to an organization, business, library, school, association, or other group that has made an exceptional contribution to literacy, books, reading, libraries, or Nebraska literature. More...

2023 Award Recipient
Pat Leach & "All About Books" on Nebraska Public Media

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Mildred Bennett Award

This award is given to an individual who provides leadership and service in the promotion of Nebraska literature. More...

2023 Award Recipient
Steven Shively

Previous years’ recipients

Nebraska Book Awards

The Nebraska Book Awards program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book (NCB), recognizes and honors books that are written by Nebraska authors, illustrated by Nebraska artists, published by Nebraska publishers, set in Nebraska or concerning Nebraska. More...

2024 (25th annual) for books published in 2023

Children's Picture Book
Ted Kooser: More Than a Local Wonder by Carla Ketner
Illustrator: Paula Wallace
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Children's Novel
The Adventures of Pearl & Monty: The Bait and Switch by E. Adams
Publisher: Jade Forest Publishing
Teen Novel
The Unstoppable Bridget Bloom by Allison L. Bitz
Publisher: HarperTeen
Cover and Design
Feisty Righty: A Cancer Survivor’s Journey by Jennifer D. James
Cover Design: Courtney Keller
Publisher: Self Published
Design Honor
Horizons by Julie S. Paschold
Publisher: Atmosphere Press
Fiction
The War Begins in Paris: A Novel by Theodore Wheeler
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Nonfiction Nebraska as Place
Field Guide to a Hybrid Landscape by Dana Fritz
Publisher: Bison Books
Nonfiction History
The First Migrants: How Black Homesteaders’ Quest for Land and Freedom Heralded America’s Great Migration by Richard Edwards and Jacob K. Friefeld
Publisher: Bison Books
Poetry
The Gathering of Bastards by Romeo Oriogun
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Poetry Honor
The Book Eaters by Carolina Hotchandani
Publisher: Perugia Press

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Other Awards

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