Tuesday, March 19

All 1973 Book Awards

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British Fantasy Awards – August Derleth Award – Horror Novel

The King of the Swords Michael Moorcock

The King of the Swords

Michael Moorcock

Costa Book Award – Novel

The Chip Chip Gatherers Shiva Naipaul

The Chip Chip Gatherers

Shiva Naipaul

Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction

The Temptations of Big Bear Rudy Wiebe

The Temptations of Big Bear

Rudy Wiebe

Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction

Painters in a New Land Michael Bell

Painters in a New Land

Michael Bell

Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry

Lions at her Face Miriam Mandel

Lions at her Face

Miriam Mandel

Hugo Awards – Novel

The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov

The Gods Themselves

Isaac Asimov

James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Fiction

The Black Prince Iris Murdoch

The Black Prince

Iris Murdoch

John W. Campbell – Novel

Beyond Apollo Barry N. Malzberg

Beyond Apollo

Barry N. Malzberg

Nebula – Novel

The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov

The Gods Themselves

Isaac Asimov

Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography

Luce and His Empire W. A. Swanberg

Luce and His Empire

W. A. Swanberg

Pulitzer Prize – Fiction

The Optimist's Daughter Eudora Welty

The Optimist’s Daughter

Eudora Welty

Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction

Children of Crisis, vols. 2 and 3, Robert Coles

Children of Crisis, vols. 2 and 3,

Robert Coles

Pulitzer Prize – History

People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization Michael Kammen

People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization

Michael Kammen

Pulitzer Prize – Poetry

Up Country Maxine Kumin

Up Country

Maxine Kumin

Boston Globe – Fiction & Poetry

The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper

The Dark Is Rising

Susan Cooper

Boston Globe – Picture Book

King Stork by Howard Pyle

King Stork

Howard Pyle

Caldecott – Picture Book

The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel

The Funny Little Woman

Arlene Mosel

Carnegie Medal – Children’s

The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively

The Ghost of Thomas Kempe

Penelope Lively

Coretta Scott King – Author

I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson by Alfred Duckett

I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson

Alfred Duckett

Costa – Children’s

The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast by Alan Aldridge and William Plomer

The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast

Alan Aldridge and William Plomer

Edgar Allan Poe – First Novel

Squaw Point by R.H. Shimer

Squaw Point

R.H. Shimer

Edgar Allan Poe – Juvenile

Deathwatch by Robb White

Deathwatch

Robb White

Edgar Allan Poe – Novel

The Lingala Code by Warren Kiefer

The Lingala Code

Warren Kiefer

Edgar Allan Poe – Paperback Original

The Invader by Richard Wormser

The Invader

Richard Wormser

Greenaway Medal – Illustrator

Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs

Father Christmas

Raymond Briggs

Newbery Medal – Children’s

Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

Julie of the Wolves

Jean Craighead George