National Book Awards
Given to achievements in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Literature, the National Book Awards were founded in 1950 and have become the nation's preeminent literary pirzes.
2013 Winners
Fiction
Good Lord Bird, James McBride
Non Fiction
The Unwinding, George Packer
Poetry
Incarnadine, Mary Szybist
Young People's Literature
The Thing About Luck, Cynthia Kadohata