Florida Book Awards



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116 Honors Way, Ste. 314
Tallahassee, FL US

The Florida Book Awards is an annual competition that exists for one purpose--to honor the best work written by Florida authors and about Florida culture in the previous year. Begun in 2006, the Florida Book Awards is the most comprehensive state book awards program in the United States, and the only one with a Spanish Language category. The successes and growth the Florida Book Awards have enjoyed in the last ten years are testimony to the quality of authorship and the rich culture of books that exists and continues to prosper in the Sunshine State. Contest categories include Florida Nonfiction, General Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Popular Fiction, Spanish Language, Visual Arts, Young Adult Literature, Younger Children's Literature (ages 0-6), Older Children's Literature (ages 7-12) and Cookbooks


Submission Info

Prize Info

  • First Prize: Winning books and their authors are featured in the Summer issue of FORUM, the statewide magazine of the Florida Humanities.

  • Additional Information: Florida Book Award-winning books are on permanent display in the library at the Governor's Mansion in Tallahassee, and in an exhibit case at Florida State University's Strozier Library.

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