New-York Historical Society book prizes

The New-York Historical Society gives three book prizes annually. From 2005-2012 there was one award for American history. A second award was added in 2013 for children's history. A third award was added in 2016 for military history.

Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History

The Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History, prior to 2016 known as The New-York Historical Society American History Book Prize or, simply, the American History Book Prize, is an American literary award given annually by the New-York Historical Society for an adult non-fiction book on American history or biography, copyrighted in the year of the award, "that is distinguished by its scholarship, its literary style and its appeal to a general as well as an academic audience."[1] The winner receives an engraved medal, $50,000 cash and the unofficial title of American Historian Laureate.[1] The inaugural award was presented in 2006 for books published in 2005.

Winners

Date is year when books were published; the following year is when the award was given. Thus the inaugural award was given in 2006 for Team of Rivals published in 2005.

New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize

The New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize was first award in 2013 for the best children’s historical literature.

Winners
  • 2013 Kristin Levine, The Lions of Little Rock
  • 2014 Helen Frost, Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War
  • 2015 Pam Muñoz Ryan, Echo
  • 2016 Ann E. Burg, Unbound: A Novel in Verse
  • 2016 Firoozeh Dumas, It Ain’t So Awful Falafel
  • 2017 Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi (Authors), Yutaka Houlette (Illustrator), Fred Korematsu Speaks Up [17]

Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History

The Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History at the New-York Historical Society was first awarded in 2016 for the best book on military history in the English-speaking world. Prior to 2016, the prize was known as the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, established in 2013 by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the inaugural prize was awarded in February 2014.[18] The purpose of the prize is to increase public attention to military history for educational purposes.

Winners
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See also

References
  1. The New-York Historical Society American History Book Prize. THE 6th ANNUAL COMPETITION (2010)
  2. Lawrence Van Gelder (March 29, 2006). "Doris Kearns Goodwin Wins $50,000 Prize". New York Times. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  3. Lawrence Van Gelder (March 27, 2007). "Carnegie Biography Wins History Prize". New York Times. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  4. Benjamin Lytal (Apr. 27, 2007). "New-York Historical Society Awards Prize". The New York Sun (New York, NY). Arts and Entertainment: p18. GALE|A166437433
  5. "Footnotes". New York Times. March 11, 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  6. "Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust wins $50,000 book prize." (March 10, 2009). The Canadian Press. Database Newspaper Source Plus MYO086509936909
  7. Patricia Cohen (February 28, 2010). "Brown Professor Wins History Prize". New York Times. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  8. Julie Bosman (March 4, 2011). "Ron Chernow Wins Prize For Biography". New York Times. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  9. Jennifer Schuessler (February 29, 2012). "Gaddis Wins History Prize for Kennan Biography". New York Times. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  10. Jennifer Schuessler (February 20, 2013). "Another Prize for Robert Caro". New York Times. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  11. Jennifer Schuessler (March 5, 2014). "Book on Losing British Generals Wins American History Prize". New York Times. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  12. Jennifer Schuessler (February 17, 2015). "A Book Prize for Wonder Woman". New York Times. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  13. Jennifer Schuessler (February 11, 2016). "Eric Foner Wins Historical Society Book Prize". New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  14. Jennifer Schuessler (March 14, 2017). "Jane Kamensky Wins Historical Society Book Prize". New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  15. Penguin Random House (March 18, 2018). "John A. Farrell's RICHARD NIXON Wins New-York Historical Society Book Prize". Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  16. Jennifer Schuessler (March 11, 2019). "Scholar of the Marshall Plan Wins American History Book Prize". The New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  17. "Children's History Book Prize". The New-York Historical Society. 2018.
  18. "Project Guggenheim Lehrman Prize In Military History". Goldbergmcduffie.com. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  19. "Gettysburg book wins $50,000 history prize". PennLive. PA Media Group. Associated Press. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  20. "Alexander Watson Wins $50,000 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History". Marketwire.
  21. "2015 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize Military History - Video - C-SPAN.org". C-SPAN.org.
  22. "New-York Historical Society - The Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History at the New-York Historical Society". www.nyhistory.org.
  23. "Peter Cozzens Wins Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize - The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History". www.gilderlehrman.org. 3 April 2017.
  24. "peter cozzens - Welcome". www.petercozzens.net.
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