Here's the shortlist for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.

Here's the shortlist for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.

By Rasheeda Saka | October 15, 2020

Here's the shortlist for the 2020 T. S. Eliot Prize.

Here's the shortlist for the 2020 T. S. Eliot Prize.

By Rasheeda Saka | October 15, 2020

48 literary social media accounts you should be following.

48 literary social media accounts you should be following.

By Rasheeda Saka | October 14, 2020

Aleksandar Hemon has been awarded the 2020 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature.

Aleksandar Hemon has been awarded the 2020 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature.

By Rasheeda Saka | October 13, 2020

Sarah Hall is the first writer to win the BBC Short Story Award twice.

Sarah Hall is the first writer to win the BBC Short Story Award twice.

By Rasheeda Saka | October 6, 2020

Why now is a great time to read Colson Whitehead's <em>Zone One</em>.

Why now is a great time to read Colson Whitehead's Zone One.

By Rasheeda Saka | October 6, 2020

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Here are the finalists for the 2020 National Book Awards.

By Rasheeda Saka | October 6, 2020

Good news break: a new journal, Air/Light, has launched.

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Here's the shortlist for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

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Here's the shortlist for the Center for Fiction's 2020 First Novel Prize.

Here's the shortlist for the Center for Fiction's 2020 First Novel Prize.

By Rasheeda Saka | October 1, 2020

Nikky Finney has won the $100,000 Wallace Stevens lifetime achievement award.

Nikky Finney has won the $100,000 Wallace Stevens lifetime achievement award.

By Rasheeda Saka | September 23, 2020

Namwali Serpell's <em>The Old Drift</em> has won the 2020 Arthur C. Clarke Award.

Namwali Serpell's The Old Drift has won the 2020 Arthur C. Clarke Award.

By Rasheeda Saka | September 23, 2020

Here's the longlist for the 2020 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize.

Here's the longlist for the 2020 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize.

By Rasheeda Saka | September 22, 2020

Here's the longlist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction.

Here's the longlist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction.

By Rasheeda Saka | September 18, 2020

Bryan Washington's <em>Lot</em> has won the NYPL's Young Lions Fiction Award.

Bryan Washington's Lot has won the NYPL's Young Lions Fiction Award.

By Rasheeda Saka | September 17, 2020

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