Must Read Poetry Book Award
Blue Edge Books is very pleased to announce that On the Mercy Me Planet, by Maya Janson, is a Must Read Poetry book for the 2023 Massachusetts Book Awards.
Just in time for summer reading, the Must-Read titles in the 23rd Annual Massachusetts Book Awards were announced May 8th, at the Massachusetts Library Association conference in Falmouth.
Massachusetts Center for the Book (MCB) has announced the “Must Read” (long-listed) titles in the 23rd Annual Massachusetts Book Awards program. The titles represent achievements in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature by Massachusetts writers and illustrators during 2022.
The longlists were released Monday, May 8th, at the 2023 Massachusetts Library Association Conference in Falmouth. “Since its inauguration in 2001, the ‘MassBooks’ have become one of the largest state awards programs in the country,” observed Sharon Shaloo, MCB Executive Director. “It’s an annual reminder of the talent and diversity of the many writers who live and work in the Commonwealth, fueling our well-deserved reputation as a literature-rich and book-centric place.”
In her first year as Program Coordinator, Karolina Zapal was impressed by the robust submissions in all genres. “Longlists will be promoted throughout the summer,” noted Zapal. “Awards will then be announced in late summer in the five Must Read categories. We’ll also announce a prize in the new Translated Literature category, and we look forward to celebrating at a State House ceremony in the fall.”