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...
2024 Award Recipient —
Lincoln Literacy
This award is given to an individual who provides leadership and service in the promotion of Nebraska literature. More...
2024 Award Recipient —
Matt Mason
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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