Believer Book Award Explained

Believer Book Award is an American literary award presented yearly by The Believer magazine to novels and story collections, nonfiction books or essay collections, poetry collections, and, beginning in 2021 (awarding to books published in 2020), works of graphic narrative the magazine's editors thought were the "strongest and most under-appreciated" of the year.[1] A shortlist and longlist are announced for each genre, along with reader's favorites, then a final winner is selected by the magazine's editors. The inaugural award was in 2005 for books published in 2004.

Winners and shortlist

2004–2018

The year below denotes when the books were published; the award is announced the following year. Thus below, the inaugural 2004 books were announced in early to mid-2005. From 2004 to 2018, a single award was presented. Beginning in 2019, awards were presented in categories.

Year! scope="col" width="35%"
AuthorTitleResultRef.
scope=row rowspan="5" 2004Home LandWinner[2]
Dot in the Universescope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4" [3]
scope=row rowspan="5" 2005Atomik AztexWinner[4]
Canaan's Tonguescope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4" [5]
God Lives in St. Petersburg
Wide Eyed
Willful Creatures
2006Winner[6]
scope=row rowspan="10" 2007RemainderWinner[7]
African Psychoscope=row rowspan="9" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="9" [8]
Generation Loss
Samedi the Deafness
Sunless
Zeroville
scope=row rowspan="8" 2008Novel About My WifeWinner[9] [10]
All Shall Be Well; And All Shall Be Well; and All Manner of Things Shall Be Wellscope=row rowspan="7" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="7" [11]
Black Flies
Girl Factory
Souls of Wind
Tampico
scope=row rowspan="5" 2009I Am Not Sidney PoitierWinner[12]
One D.O.A., One on the Wayscope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4" [13]
Scorch Atlas
scope=row rowspan="5" 2010NextWinner[14]
Orion You Came and You Took All My Marblesscope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4" [15]
Skippy Dies
Sprawl
scope=row rowspan="5" 2011Leaving the Atocha StationWinner[16] [17]
Lightning Rodsscope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4" [18] [19] [20]
Spurious
Widow
scope=row rowspan="5" 2012MaidenheadWinner[21]
scope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4" [22]
I'm Trying to Reach You
My Struggle
Parsifal
scope=row rowspan="5" 2013Bobcat and Other StoriesWinner[23]
scope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4" [24]
Hawthorn and Child
Long Division
Woke Up Lonely
scope=row rowspan="5" 2014McGlueWinner[25]
Faces in the Crowdscope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4" [26]
Man V. Nature
Thunderstruck and Other Stories
Writers
scope=row rowspan="5" 2017Winner
I’m Fine, But You Appear to Be Sinkingscope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4" [27]
MacArthur Park
Sour Heart
Temporary People
scope=row rowspan="5" 2018Belly UpWinner[28]
Riddance; Or: The Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Childrenscope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4"
, trans. by Louise Heal KawaiSeventeen
Tell Them of Battles, Kings,
Your Black Friend and Other Strangers

2019–present

The year below denotes when the books were published; the award is announced the following year. Thus below, the inaugural 2004 books were announced in early to mid-2005. From 2004 to 2018, a single award was presented. Beginning in 2019, awards were presented in categories.

Year! scope="col" width="10%"
CategoryAuthorTitleResultRef.
scope=row rowspan="15" 2019scope=row rowspan="5" FictionHot CombWinner[29] [30]
trans. by Ann Goldsteinscope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4"
, trans. by Maureen Shaughnessy
scope=row rowspan="5" NonfictionSocialist RealismWinner
, trans. by John Lambert97,196 Wordsscope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4"
Females
, trans. by Janet HongGrass
scope=row rowspan="5" PoetrySoft TargetsWinner
Dispatchscope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4"
Safe Houses I Have Known
Soft Science
Valuing
scope=row rowspan="20" 2020scope=row rowspan="5" Fiction, trans. by Charlotte BarslundLong Live the Post Horn!Winner[31] [32]
How to Pronounce Knifescope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4"
What Happens at Night
scope=row rowspan="5" Graphic NarrativeOdessaWinner
and Georgia WebberDancing after TENscope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4"
From Truth with Truth
Gipi, trans. by Jaime RichardsOne Story
Shame Pudding: A Graphic Memoir
scope=row rowspan="5" NonfictionWinner
scope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4"
Heaven
Stranger Faces
scope=row rowspan="5" PoetryYou Don’t Have to Go to Mars For LoveWinner
Death Industrial Complexscope=row rowspan="4" Shortlistscope=row rowspan="4"
Exclusions
Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry
Rift Zone

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.themillions.com/2011/03/the-believer-book-award.html "The Believer Book Award"
  2. Web site: The Believer Book Award 2004 winner . March 6, 2014 . . March 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307052158/http://www.believermag.com/issues/200503/?read=believer_book_award . live .
  3. Web site: March–April 2005 . The Believer Book Award 2004 finalists . March 6, 2014 . . March 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307034712/http://www.believermag.com/issues/200502/?read=believer_book_award_finalists . live .
  4. Web site: The Believer Book Award 2005 winner . March 6, 2014 . . March 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307042408/http://www.believermag.com/issues/200603/?read=believer_book_award . live .
  5. Web site: March–April 2006 . The Believer Book Award 2005 finalists . March 6, 2014 . . March 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307044429/http://www.believermag.com/issues/200602/?read=believer_book_award_finalists . live .
  6. Web site: The Believer Book Award 2006 winner . March 6, 2014 . . March 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307052301/http://www.believermag.com/issues/200705/?read=believer_book_awards . live .
  7. Web site: The Believer Book Award 2007 winner . March 6, 2014 . . March 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307050527/http://www.believermag.com/issues/200806/?read=believer_book_award . live .
  8. Web site: March–April 2008 . The Believer Book Award 2007 finalists . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107112454/https://www.believermag.com/issues/200805/?read=believer_book_awards . November 7, 2017 . March 6, 2014 . The Believer.
  9. Web site: The Believer Book Award 2008 winner . March 6, 2014 . . March 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307034838/http://www.believermag.com/issues/200903/?read=believer_book_award . live .
  10. Web site: March 23, 2009 . Emily Perkins Wins Fifth Annual Believer Book Award . October 9, 2012 . . April 15, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150415222534/http://www.pw.org/content/emily_perkins_wins_fifth_annual_believer_book_award?cmnt_all=1 . live .
  11. Web site: March–April 2009 . The Believer Book Award 2008 finalists . March 6, 2014 . . October 21, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131021231808/http://www.believermag.com/issues/200902/?read=believer_book_awards . live .
  12. Web site: The Believer Book Award 2009 winner . March 6, 2014 . . March 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307035615/http://www.believermag.com/issues/201005/?read=believer_book_award . live .
  13. Web site: March–April 2010 . The Believer Book Award 2009 finalists . March 6, 2014 . . March 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307042243/http://www.believermag.com/issues/201003/?read=believer_book_award . live .
  14. Web site: The Believer Book Award 2010 winner . March 6, 2014 . . March 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307082141/http://www.believermag.com/issues/201105/?read=believer_book_award . live .
  15. Web site: March–April 2011 . The Believer Book Award 2010 finalists . March 6, 2014 . . March 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307044218/http://www.believermag.com/issues/201103/?read=believer_book_award . live .
  16. Web site: The Believer Book Award 2011 winner . March 6, 2014 . . March 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307044227/http://www.believermag.com/issues/201205/?read=believer_book_award . live .
  17. Web site: May 1, 2012 . Heather Christle and Ben Lerner Win Believer Awards . October 9, 2012 . . April 15, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150415221613/http://www.pw.org/content/heather_christle_and_ben_lerner_win_believer_book_awards?cmnt_all=1 . live .
  18. Web site: March–April 2012 . The Believer Book Award 2011 finalists . March 6, 2014 . . March 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307045249/http://www.believermag.com/issues/201203/?read=believer_book_award . live .
  19. Web site: Jaesung Lee . March 1, 2011 . The Believer's book award finalists include Grace Krilanovich . October 9, 2012 . . July 10, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120710002708/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/03/the-believers-book-award-finalists-include-grace-krilanovich-.html . live .
  20. Web site: March 5, 2012 . Small Presses Dominate Believer Book Prize Shortlist . October 9, 2012 . . September 30, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120930085528/http://www.pw.org/content/small_presses_dominate_believer_book_prize_shortlist?cmnt_all=1 . live .
  21. Web site: March–April 2013 . The Believer Book Award 2013 finalists . March 6, 2014 . . March 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307052123/http://www.believermag.com/issues/201303/?read=believer_book_award . live .
  22. Web site: Mark Medley . April 29, 2013 . Tamara Faith Berger wins The Believer Book Award . dead . https://archive.today/20130629234559/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2013/04/29/tamara-faith-berger-wins-the-believer-book-award/ . 2013-06-29 . April 29, 2013 . National Post.
  23. Web site: May 2014 . Announcing the 2013 Believer Book and Poetry Award Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140502002832/http://logger.believermag.com/post/84333559896/announcing-the-2013-believer-book-and-poetry-award . 2014-05-02 . May 1, 2014 . The Believer.
  24. Web site: March–April 2014 . The Believer Book Award 2014 finalists . March 6, 2014 . . March 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307030432/http://www.believermag.com/issues/201403/?read=believer_book_award . live .
  25. Web site: November 2015 . The Believer Book Award . November 23, 2015 . . November 24, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151124093604/http://www.believermag.com/issues/201511/?read=article_book_award . live .
  26. Web site: March–April 2015 . The Believer Book Award 2015 finalists . April 7, 2015 . . April 7, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150407024653/http://www.believermag.com/exclusives/?read=believer_book_award . live .
  27. Web site: The Believer Book Award . December 18, 2018 . The Believer . en-US . December 18, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181218010719/https://believermag.com/logger/book-award-2018/ . live .
  28. Web site: The 2018 Believer Book Awards . July 18, 2019 . The Believer . en-USarchive-url= . July 19, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190719025118/https://believermag.com/logger/the-2018-believer-book-awards/ . live .
  29. Web site: The 2019 Believer Book Awards . July 23, 2020 . The Believer . en-USarchive-url= . August 6, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200806071458/https://believermag.com/the-believer-book-award/ . live .
  30. Web site: The Believer Book Awards Go to Trisha Low and Deborah Landau . July 23, 2020 . Poetry Foundation . en-USarchive-url= . July 24, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200724011647/https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2020/03/the-believer-book-awards-announced . live .
  31. Web site: The 2020 Believer Book Awards Winners and Finalists . January 23, 2022 . The Believer . en-USarchive-url= . May 18, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210518145530/https://believermag.com/logger/2020-believer-book-award-winners-and-finalists/ . live .
  32. Web site: Believer Book Awards, Skylight Booksellers Form Union, and More . January 23, 2022 . Poets and Writers . en-USarchive-url= . January 23, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220123150013/https://www.pw.org/content/believer_book_awards_skylight_booksellers_form_union_and_more . live .

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