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This is your semi-regular roundup of new and recent awards won by Texas books and authors.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Jane Addams Peace Association<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Jane Addams Peace Association has announced the recipients of the 2021 Jane Addams Children\u2019s Book Awards. The winner in the Books for Older Children category is <\/strong><\/span>A Wish in the Dark<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>by <\/span>Christina Soontornvat<\/strong><\/a> (Candlewick). Beginning in 1953, the Jane Addams Children\u2019s Book Award annually recognizes children\u2019s books that effectively engage young readers in thinking socially and globally.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Youth Media Awards<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Youth Media Awards were announced during the American Library Association\u2019s midwinter conference. Five Newbery Honor Books were named, including <\/span>All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys\u2019 Soccer Team<\/span><\/em><\/strong> and <\/span>A Wish in the Dark<\/span><\/em><\/strong>, both by Christina Soontornvat. Two Belpre\u0301 Children\u2019s Author Honor Books were named, including <\/span>The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez<\/span><\/em><\/strong> by Adrianna Cuevas. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Association of American Publishers<\/strong><\/a><\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Association of American Publishers (AAP) unveiled forty-five Subject Category Winners for the 2021 PROSE Awards honoring the best scholarly works published in 2020. Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump<\/em><\/strong> by Jennifer Mercieca won in the Government & Politics category.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Will Rogers Medallion Awards<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Patrick Dearen<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s historical novel Apache Lament<\/em><\/strong> took gold in Inspirational Western Fiction in the Will Rogers Medallion Awards in Fort Worth. <\/span>Silverbelly<\/span><\/em><\/strong>, the sixth installment in <\/span>S. J. Dahlstrom<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s Wilder Good series, took gold in Western Fiction: Young Readers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Winners of the 2021 Golden Kite Awards, presented to children’s book authors and artists by their peers and sponsored by the <\/span>Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators<\/span>, have been named. This year’s winning titles include <\/span>William Still and His Freedom Stories<\/span><\/em><\/strong> by <\/span>Don Tate<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers, <\/strong><\/span>All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team<\/span><\/em><\/strong> by Christina Soontornvat in Nonfiction Text for Older Readers, and <\/strong><\/span>Elatsoe<\/span><\/em><\/strong> by Darcie Little Badger was named an honor book in Young Adult Fiction.<\/span><\/span><\/span> Fuller Award<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>Chicago Literary Hall of Fame <\/span>presented the Fuller Award to Sandra Cisneros<\/strong> for her lifetime contribution to literature. The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame said: “Cisneros, a world-famous novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, performer, activist, and artist first achieved acclaim with her international bestselling novel, The House on Mango Street<\/em>. Published in 1984, the novel has since sold over six million copies, has been translated into 20 languages, and, according to the <\/span>author’s website <\/span>is ‘taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities.’ Set in Chicago, where she was born and raised, The House on Mango Street<\/em> won the Before Columbus Foundation’s American Book Award in 1985.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bruce Bond, poet, musician, the Regents Professor of English at the University of North Texas, and poetry co-editor for <\/span>American Literary Review,<\/span><\/em> is the winner of the 2021 Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature for his poetry collection <\/span>Liberation of Dissonance<\/span><\/em><\/strong>, which Schaffner Press will publish in spring 2022. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Winners and finalists for the 2021 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards, which honor the best in American nonfiction writing and are sponsored by the Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, include Jessica Goudeau, for <\/span>After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Audio Publishers Association<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Audie Awards recognize distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment and are sponsored by the <\/span>Audio Publishers Association<\/span> (APA). Winners of the twenty-sixth year of annual Audie Awards include Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire<\/strong><\/em> by Jen Hatmaker in the Faith-Based Fiction or Nonfiction category. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n PEN America Literary Awards<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Book award winners were announced at the PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony on April 8, including Amang\u2019s <\/span>Raised by Wolves: Poems and Conversations<\/span><\/em>, <\/span><\/strong>translated from the Chinese by Steve Bradbury.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Christopher Awards<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Twelve books for adults and young people have been honored with <\/span>Christopher Awards<\/span>, which are presented to authors and illustrators whose works “affirm the highest values of the human spirit.” This year’s winning titles include After the Last Border<\/em><\/strong> by Jessica Goudeau and A Knock at Midnight<\/em><\/strong> by Brittany K. Barnett in the Adult category and Fauja Singh Keeps Going<\/em><\/strong> by Simran Jeet Singh, illustrated by Baljinder Kaur, and <\/span>Nacho’s Nachos<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/em> by Sandra Nickel, illustrated by Oliver Dominguez, in the Young Readers category. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Los Angeles Times Book Prizes<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The forty-first annual <\/span>Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, presented in twelve categories, included the Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, which went to Stephen Graham Jones, for <\/span>The Only Good Indians<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Big Other Book Awards<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Fowzia Karimi\u2019s <\/span>Above Us the Milky Way<\/strong><\/a><\/em> (which was also a PubWest Design Bronze winner) was announced as the winner of the 2020 Big Other Book Award for Fiction. <\/span> Einstein’s Compass: A YA Time Traveler Adventure<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/em> by Grace Blair and Laren Bright won in the Spirituality\/Religion category at the 2020 Story Monsters Approved Awards from Story Monsters, home to the award-winning Story Monsters Ink<\/em>\u00ae magazine.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Press Women of Texas<\/strong><\/a><\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nGolden Kite Awards<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
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