The Florida Book Awards are a set of annual statewide literary awards that recognize Floridian authors and books about Florida published in the previous year. Established in 2006, the awards are administered by the

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Libraries, with co-sponsors including the Florida Humanities Council, Florida Center for the Book, the

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, and the

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. Finalists are selected in eleven categories by three-member juries, with gold, silver, and bronze medals awarded. Cash prizes ranging from $500-$1,000 are awarded in three award categories, including the Phillip and Dana Zimmerman Gold Medal for Florida Nonfiction, the Gwen P. Reichert Gold Medal for Children’s Literature, and the Richard E. Rice Gold Medal Award for Visual Arts. Winners are recognized at the annual awards ceremony in Tallahassee, FL, in April. Previous recipients of the Florida Book Award include

Craig Pittman Craig Pittman (born March 7, 1959) is a former United States Marine and professional wrestler. He served in the Marine Corps until the early 1990s. He then wrestled professionally as Sgt. Craig "Pitbull" Pittman in World Championship Wrestling ( ...

, Jack E. Davis,

Edwidge Danticat Edwidge Danticat (; born January 19, 1969) is a Haitian American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, '' Breath, Eyes, Memory'', was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written ...

Arlo Haskell Arlo Haskell is an American author, publisher, and literary organizer. Early life and education Arlo Haskell was born and raised in Key West, Florida, where his mother, Monica Haskell, was director of the Key West Literary Seminar during the la ...

Randy Wayne White Randy Wayne White (born 1950) is an American writer of crime fiction and non-fiction adventure tales. He has written New York Times best-selling novels and has received awards for his fiction and a television documentary. He is best known for his ...

Lynne Barrett Lynne Barrett is an American writer and editor, best known for her short stories. Background Born and raised in New Jersey, she received a B.A. in English Composition from Mount Holyoke College and her M.F.A. from the University of North Carolina ...

Campbell McGrath Campbell John McGrath (born January 26, 1962) is an American poet. He is the author of twelve full-length collections of poetry, including ''Seven Notebooks'' (Ecco Press, 2008), ''Shannon: A Poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition'' (Ecco Press, 20 ...

William McKeen William McKeen is an American author and educator. He is professor and former chairman of the Department of Journalism at Boston University. Biography McKeen was born in Indianapolis September 16, 1954, he was raised in England, Germany, Nebra ...

, Carlton Ward Jr.,

Uva de Aragón Uva de Aragón (born 1944) is a Cuban American author and scholar. She has published poems, essays, newspaper columns, short stories, novels, and a play. Her first novel, ''Memories of Silence/Memoria del Silencio,'' won second place Best Histori ...

, and

Patricia Engel Patricia Engel is a Colombian-American writer, professor of creative writing at the University of Miami, and author of five books, including ''Vida'', which was a PEN/Hemingway Fiction Award Finalist and winner of the Premio Biblioteca de Narrati ...

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* {{Official website, http://floridabookawards.lib.fsu.edu American literary awards Awards by university and college in the United States Florida State University Awards established in 2006 2006 establishments in Florida