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Here are the winners of the 2017 national book awards. The winner of the first national book award for fiction was author nelson algren for his novel the man with the golden arm. Tanehisi coates, adam johnson win national book awards. Monetary prizes are given in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, juvenile literature, young adult literature, first work of. Florida book award winners the florida book awards is an annual competition that recognizes, honors, and celebrates the best florida literature published in the previous year. Winners of 2017 florida book awards include tallahassee poet. Previous recipients of the florida book award include craig pittman writer, jack e. Until 20, only writers from commonwealth countries were eligible to win the british prize. Threeperson juries including members of cosponsoring organizations, subject experts from the faculties of florida colleges and universities, and previous florida book award winners will choose up to three finalists in each of 11 categories. National book award winner richard powers and macarthur genius edward hirsch. More than 200 eligible publications were submitted across the 11 categories of competition.
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