Gotham Book Prize Explained

Gotham Book Prize
Reward:$50,000
Date:December
Year:2020
Year2:Active

The Gotham Book Prize is awarded annually to a fiction or non-fiction work judged the best about or set in New York City. The award was founded by Bradley Tusk and Howard Wolfson.[1] [2]

Recipients

Year! scope="col"
AuthorTitleResultRef.
2021Deacon King KongWinner[3] [4]
Leave the World BehindFinalist[5]
Finalist[6]
Kings CountyFinalist
You Again Finalist
Finalist
Finalist
Luster Finalist
Musical Chairs Finalist
Is This Anything? Finalist
2022Winner
New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess and TransformationFinalist
LibertieFinalist
The Other Black GirlFinalist
Ghosts of New YorkFinalist
Detransition, BabyFinalist[7] [8]
Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993Finalist
Astrid Sees AllFinalist
When We Make ItFinalist
Harlem ShuffleFinalist
2023Stories from the Tenants DownstairsWinner (tie)
Finalist[9] [10]
TrustFinalist
Olga Dies DreamingFinalist
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to CarlottaFinalist
Activities of Daily LivingFinalist
Finalist
Roses, in the Mouth of a LionFinalist
Big Girl Finalist
Three Muses Finalist
2024Crook ManifestoFinalist[11]
Rikers: An Oral History, Graham RaymanFinalist[12] [13]
All the Beauty in the WorldFinalist
Between Two MoonsFinalist
Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra KimFinalist
Finalist
Flores and Miss PaulaFinalist
Women of the PostFinalist
Finalist
Finalist
We Are a HauntingFinalist[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bussel. Rachel Kramer. Gotham Book Prize To Award Winning Author $50,000 For Book About Or Set In New York City. 2021-06-15. Forbes. en. 2021-06-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20210611165846/https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelkramerbussel/2020/07/30/gotham-book-prize-to-award-winning-author-50000-for-book-about-or-set-in-new-york-city/. live.
  2. Web site: 2020-07-30. New writer's prize aims to keep mistique of NYC alive through literature. 2021-06-15. PIX11. en-US. 2021-05-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20210514134744/https://pix11.com/news/coronavirus/rebound/new-writers-prize-aims-to-keep-mistique-of-nyc-alive-through-literature/. live.
  3. Web site: Temple . Emily . 2023-04-24 . Two New York City books will split this year's $70,000 Gotham Book Prize. . 2024-04-17 . . en-US . 2023-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230501192005/https://lithub.com/two-new-york-city-books-will-split-this-years-70000-gotham-book-prize/ . live .
  4. News: McBride. James. 6 April 2021. James McBride's 'Deacon King Kong' wins inaugural Gotham prize. The Boston Globe. 11 June 2021. 11 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210611020641/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/06/arts/james-mcbrides-deacon-king-kong-wins-inaugural-gotham-prize/. live.
  5. Web site: 2021-01-20 . Inaugural Gotham Book Prize Finalists . 2024-04-18 . . en-US . 2022-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220627021331/https://locusmag.com/2021/01/inaugural-gotham-book-prize-finalists/ . live .
  6. Web site: 2021-01-19 . Gotham Book Prize Announces Inaugural Finalists . 2024-04-18 . . en . 2024-01-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116122934/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=3059 . live .
  7. Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2022-01-29 . Finalists for the 2022 Gotham Book Prize Revealed . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220129201359/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/finalists-for-the-2022-gotham-book-prize-revealed/ . 2022-01-29 . 2022-01-30 . Kirkus Reviews . en.
  8. Web site: Mechler . Anita . 2022-01-28 . 2022 Gotham Book Prize Finalists Announced Book Pulse . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220130041404/https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/2022-gotham-book-prize-finalists-announced-bookpulse . 2022-01-30 . 2022-01-30 . Library Journal.
  9. Web site: Culgan . Rossilynne Skena . 2023-02-13 . The 2023 Gotham Book Prize finalists have been announced; add these NYC books to your list . 2024-04-17 . Time Out New York . en-US . 2023-03-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230330210335/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/the-2023-gotham-book-prize-finalists-have-been-announced-add-these-nyc-books-to-your-list-021323 . live .
  10. Web site: Temple . Emily . 2023-02-13 . Here are the finalists for the $50,000 Gotham Book Prize. . 2024-04-17 . . en-US . 2023-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231207161003/https://lithub.com/here-are-the-finalists-for-the-50000-gotham-book-prize/ . live .
  11. Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2024-06-05 . Winner of the Gotham Book Prize Is Revealed . 2024-06-11 . . en.
  12. Web site: Gallery 3 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240416200734/https://www.gothambookprize.org/24finalists . 2024-04-16 . 2024-04-17 . Gotham Book Prize . en-US.
  13. Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2024-04-16 . Finalists for the Gotham Book Prize Are Revealed . 2024-04-18 . . en.
  14. Web site: 2024-04-16 . 2024 Gotham Book Prize Finalists . 2024-04-17 . . en-US . 2024-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240416211529/https://locusmag.com/2024/04/2024-gotham-book-prize-finalists/ . live .