On Sunday, the American Library Association announced that Everett's “James” was this year's winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, which includes a $5,000 cash award.

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James” is up for another literary award ... has won the National Book Award, the Kirkus Prize and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.

Zadie Smith’s collection of short stories, "Grand Union," was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Watch the Literary Award Ceremony at the Sheldon. Watch the Craft Talk.

NEW YORK — James McBride’s latest novel and nonfiction by poets Claudia Rankine and Natasha Trethewey are among the finalists for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for fiction and ... 2021. The awards are ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Receiving a literary prize from ... the library association awarded Abdurraqib the medal for excellence in nonfiction and gave the fiction prize to 25-year-old Tom Lin, the youngest ...

Belfast writer Kelly McCaughrain has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing ... a specially commissioned golden medal and a £5,000 Colin Mears Award cash prize.