Florida Book Award

The Florida Book Awards are a set of annual statewide literary awards that recognize Floridian authors and books about Florida published in the previous year.[1] Established in 2006, the awards are administered by the Florida State University Libraries, with co-sponsors including the Florida Humanities Council, Florida Center for the Book, the State Library and Archives of Florida, and the Florida Historical Society.[2]

Finalists are selected in eleven categories by three-member juries, with gold, silver, and bronze medals awarded.[2] Cash prizes ranging from $500-$1,000 are awarded in three award categories, including the Phillip and Dana Zimmerman Gold Medal for Florida Nonfiction, the Gwen P. Reichert Gold Medal for Children’s Literature, and the Richard E. Rice Gold Medal Award for Visual Arts.[3] Winners are recognized at the annual awards ceremony in Tallahassee, FL, in April.[4]

Previous recipients of the Florida Book Award include Craig Pittman, Jack E. Davis, Edwidge Danticat, Arlo Haskell, Randy Wayne White, Lynne Barrett, Campbell McGrath, William McKeen, Carlton Ward Jr., and Patricia Engel.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

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  3. ^ "Winners of 2017 Florida Book Awards include Tallahassee poet". tallahassee.com. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Florida Book Awards honor state's best". miamiherald.com. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Got a question about the Gulf? Here's your answer". miamiherald.com. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Arlo Haskell Wins Florida Book Award for "The Jews of Key West"". konknet.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  7. ^ University, Web Development, Florida State (1 February 2011). "The Florida Book Awards". floridabookawards.lib.fsu.edu. Retrieved 19 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "McKeen wins Florida Book Awards medal for 'Mile Marker Zero' | College of Communication". www.bu.edu.
  9. ^ ""Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition" Receives Florida Book Award". National Geographic Society Newsroom. February 6, 2014.
  10. ^ "Press Release: "Magpies," Published by Carnegie Mellon University Press, Wins Gold Medal at Florida Book Awards - News - Carnegie Mellon University".