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Creative writing is such a key part of life for those who enjoy writing yet it is increasingly difficult to become traditionally published. Including them here should not be taken as an endorsement of the competition or its sponsors. The 2017 goodreads choice awards have three rounds of voting open to all registered goodreads members. At the 2017 national book awards, jesmyn ward won her second prize in the fiction category for sing, unburied, sing and celebrated russian journalist masha gessen took home the nonfiction trophy. National book awards 2017 national book foundation. Learn about the 10 top legitimate book awards open to selfpublished authors. Masha gessen accepts the 2017 national book award for nonfiction full speech. The majority of selfpublished book awards dont confer any benefit to the author, other than a seal that winners often must pay for. Books due to judges and nbf office september 12 september 16.
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