If you have not registered for this event yet, see below for registration options and event details.
ABOUT THIS EVENT
A celebration of literary excellence announcing the 2021 award winners. Finalists for this awards ceremony were revealed at our January 20, 2022 celebration.
Please join President David Varno and the National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors for a virtual celebration of literary excellence announcing and honoring our 2021 award winners.
The Awards Ceremony at 7pm EST will be preceded at 5:30pm EST by a special “Finalists Reading.”
FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T MAKE THE LIVE EVENT: If you can't make the live program at 5:30pm EST, you can replay the event at anytime - but you still need to register! Once registered, you'll receive an email with details on where you can watch a replay.
REGISTER & ENTER TO WIN FREE BOOKS!
NBCC will be giving away a handful of prizes to those that enter the giveaway drawing. Prizes include bundles of books from this years’ finalists and winners, as well as signed copies of books from past winners, memberships, and more.
Please select a registration option below to enter the giveaway.
Or, if you’d like to attend the ceremony for free (without qualifying for the giveaway), click below:
PURCHASE THE 2021 FINALISTS
Order your copies directly from NBCC’s page on Bookshop!
MORE ABOUT NBCC
The National Book Critics Circle honors outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature.
The National Book Critics Circle was founded in April 1974 at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City, with founding members John Leonard, Nona Balakian, and Ivan Sandrof intending to extend the Algonquin round table to a national conversation. The NBCC gained 501(c)(3) status in October 2006, and in 2010 received an NEA grant to support the website and its literary blog, Critical Mass.
The NBCC serves nearly 800 member critics, authors, literary bloggers, book publishing professionals, student members, and friends. Membership is open to freelance and staff book reviewers, associate nonvoting members, student members, and friends. Full members receive access to tips on book reviewing, an annually updated guide to publications that accept freelance pitches for reviews, the ability to nominate titles for our annual awards and elect board members, plus a variety of discounts on literary magazines.
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