Balakian Award

by NBCC | Sep-18-2007

The National Book Critics Circle invites its members to make submissions for the 2008 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing. The Award is given each year in honor of Nona Balakian, a founding member of the National Book Critics Circle, where she served as the Board’s first Secretary. The eminent critic and longtime editor at the New York Times Book Review also served on the Pulitzer Prize committee, the Board of Directors of PEN, and the Authors Guild board, was the author of Critical Encounters: Essays (1978), and co-wrote The Creative Present (1969) with Charles Simmons. She died in 1991.

Previous winners of the citation include Sam Anderson, Daniel Mendelsohn, Thomas Mallon, Laurie Stone, Maureen McLane, Scott McLemee, Albert Mobilio, JoAnn Gutin, David Orr, Brigitte Frase, Elizabeth Ward, and George Scialabba.

Submission Guidelines

You must be a member of the NBCC to be considered. If you are not a member, you can join online anytime in order to be eligible for the award. All submitted reviews must have been published in 2008.

Submission Procedures [all new]

The deadline for NBCC Balakian self nominations is Friday, December
29, 2008.

Submissions must be postmarked no later than Friday, December 29, 2008. Send up to five book reviews (all published
in 2008) of no more than 5000 words collectively, with a brief cover letter, to each of the board members below:

Scott McLemee (chair) 1711 Mass Ave, NW, #321, Washington, DC 20036

Ellen Heltzel 3705 S.W. Dosch Ct., Portland, OR 97221

Barbara Hoffert Library Journal 360 Park Avenue South New York, NY
10010

Maureen McLane 1819 Lake Shore Rd, Essex NY, 12936

Celia McGee 50 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023

David Orr 330 Degraw St. Apt #3, Brooklyn, NY 11231

Kevin Prufer 305 Zoll Street Warrensbburg, MO 64093

Carlin Romano Philadelphia Inquirer, 400 North Broad Street,
Philadelphia PA 19101

Lizzie Skurnick 296 Marblewood Road, Englewood, NJ 07631

Elizabeth Taylor Chicago Tribune Books - 5th Floor 435 N. Michigan
Ave. Chicago, IL 60657

David L. Ulin, 1089 South Genesee Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90019

Marcela Valdes, 922 Jackson Street Annapolis, MD 21404

Eric Miles Williamson 3913 Martin Avenue McAllen, TX 78504

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