Please nominate now for the 2025 Jane Geske Award. The deadline is August 15, 2025.
Nominations received after the deadline will be considered for the 2025 Jane Geske Award. Organizations are welcome to nominate themselves.
To submit a nomination please use the
Jane Geske Award Nomination Form
The Nebraska Center for the Book annually presents this award to an organization, business, library, school, association, or other group that has made an exceptional contribution to literacy, books, reading, libraries, or Nebraska literature. More...
Please nominate now for the 2025 Mildred Bennett Award. The deadline is August 15, 2025.
Nominations received after the deadline will be considered for the 2025 Mildred Bennett Award. Individuals are welcome
to nominate themselves.
To submit a nomination please use the
Mildred Bennett Award Nomination Form
This award is given to an individual who provides leadership and service in the promotion of Nebraska literature. More...
The entry fee is $40 per book and per category entered. You must also supply three copies of the book, four if submiting in more than one category.
Enter in one of two ways:
NCB Book Awards Competition
c/o Nebraska Library Commissionbr
The Atrium
1200 N Street, Suite 120
Lincoln, NE 68508-2023
The Nebraska Book Awards program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book (NCB), recognizes and honors books that are written by Nebraska authors, published by Nebraska publishers, set in Nebraska or concerning Nebraska. More...
Please note: The Awards competition opens in February each year and entries are due by May 31 each year. Books published in 2024, as indicated by the copyright date, will be eligible for nomination in 2025.
Nominations for the 2025 Awards for books published in 2024 will be accepted in February 2025. Books published in 2024, as indicated by the copyright date, will be eligible for nomination. They must be professionally published, have an International Standard Book Number (ISBN), and be bound. Books may be entered in one or more of the following categories: Nonfiction, Fiction, Children/Young Adult, Cover/Design/Illustration, and Poetry. Certificates will be awarded to the winners in each category.
The Nebraska Center for the Book invites recommendations for One Book One Nebraska book selection. The Center for the Book will consider books written by a Nebraska author (living or dead/with current or former residence in the state,) or that have a Nebraska theme or setting. Books should have a broad appeal to readers across Nebraska and lend well to group book discussion. Books may be fiction, non-fiction, biography, memoir, or poetry. They must be in print and readily available. The Center for the Book strongly suggests that anyone who nominates a text should have read it. More...
Nominations can now be submitted year-round! The annual deadline is May 31. Nominations received after the deadline will be considered in the following year. To nominate a book for 2026 One Book One Nebraska, you can fill out this Online Form. Recommendations may also be sent via the U.S. Postal Service to:
Nebraska Center for the Book
One Book One Nebraska
c/o Nebraska Library Commission Reference Services
The Atrium
1200 N Street, Ste 120
Lincoln, NE 68505-2023
Locate outstanding state, national and international book award winners and nominees. More...