Nomination Guidelines

Deadline for 2027 submissions: January 31, 2027.

Nominate a Title Published in 2026
View the complete Américas Award Guidelines

• The book must be published in 2026.
• The title may be for primary or secondary reading levels.
• Language of publication may be English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, or any language indigenous to the Americas.
• The book must be published in the United States (including Puerto Rico) or by a publisher with offices within the U.S.
• Submissions may be fiction, poetry, folklore, or non-fiction.
• A book will only be considered in its first year of publication in the United States. A book originally published in the U.S. in English with a translated edition in a subsequent year will only be eligible the first year of the edition.

Process

To nominate a 2026 copyright title, publishers are invited to submit nine copies of the nominated book to the Américas Review Committee members (one copy per Review Committee member, including the ex-officio member) and the Award Coordinator by January 31, 2027. There is no entry fee. For all questions, please reach out to award coordinator: Cynthia Garza (cgarza@tulane.edu).

The list of award winners, honor books, and commended titles will be announced in June 2027, recognizing works published in in the previous year.

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