Nomination Guidelines

Deadline for 2025 submissions: January 31, 2025.

Nominate a title published in 2024 (Coming Soon)

• The book must be published in 2024.
• 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 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 2024 copyright title, publishers are invited to submit eleven copies of the nominated book to the Américas Review Committee Members (including the ex-officio member) and the Award Coordinators by January 31, 2025. There is no entry fee.

The list of award winners, honorable books, and commended titles will be announced in May 2025, recognizing works published in in the previous year.