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2024 NBA longlist for young people’s literature announced
Sep 10 2024
The National Book Foundation is announcing the 2024 National Book Award longlists this week. Five finalists in each of the five categories—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s literature—will be named October 1. The winners will be announced during an awards ceremony in New York City on November 20.
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