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At the national book awards ceremony and dinner held in new york city each november, the chair of each judging panel announce the winners of the years national book awards. The prize, worth 3000, is awarded for the best book in environmental history published in the two years preceding each biennial conference of the eseh. Finalists unveiled for this years national book awards npr. Soon, that number will be whittled to just four winners. Also shortlisted, for nonfiction, is roz chast, the first cartoonist to be honored by the national book awards in the adult categories. Winners of the 2015 national outdoor book awards noba. National book award judges are announced the national book foundation has announced its judges for the 2017 national book awards.
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