Ateneo University Press garners 13 nominations at the 41st National Book Awards

Could the Ateneo University Press’ five-year Publisher of the Year streak soon extend to a sixth? With the recent announcement of the 41st National Book Awards finalists, this may well be the case.

On 6 November 2023, the National Book Development Board (NBDB) and the Manila Critics Circle (MCC) announced the finalists of the 41st National Book Awards, an annual prize honoring the most outstanding book titles written, designed, and published in the Philippines. Compared to last year’s three, this year’s awards honor books written in seven languages: Filipino, English, Bikol, Binisaya, Hiligaynon, Tausug, and Waray. This cycle received 235 title nominations across 34 categories, from poetry to design.

The Ateneo University Press garnered nominations across 13 categories, including a total of 18 titles published by the Press. View the full list of Press finalists below:

NOVEL (ENGLISH)
The Collaborators: A Novel by Katrina Tuvera
Yñiga: A Novel by Glenn Diaz

SHORT FICTION (ENGLISH)
Armor: Stories by John Bengan
Song of the Mango and Other New Myths by Vida Cruz-Borja

NONFICTION PROSE (ENGLISH)
Lost Graves, Found Lives: A History and Memoir by Agapito Labalan del Rosario and Rosario Cruz-Lucero

NONFICTION PROSE (FILIPINO)
Saglit: Alaala’t Muni by Rofel G. Brion

ANTHOLOGY (ENGLISH)
Kalandrakas Part 1, 1890-1945: Stories and Storytellers of/on Regions in Mindanao, 1890-1990 and Kalandrakas Part 2, 1946-1990: Stories and Storytellers of/on Regions in Mindanao, 1946-1990, edited by Ricardo M. De Ungria

ANTHOLOGY (FILIPINO)
Plus/+ at Iba Plus, Maramihan: New Philippine Nonfiction on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities, edited by Rolando B. Tolentino and Chuckberry J. Pascual

LITERARY CRITICISM/CULTURAL STUDIES
Isang Dalumat ng Panahon by Christian Jil R. Benitez

MEDIA STUDIES
Keeping Memories: Cinema and Archiving in the Asia-Pacic, edited by Nick Deocampo

POETRY (ENGLISH)
Mass at the Edge of Morning by Simeon Dumdum Jr.

POETRY (FILIPINO)
Ang Kartograpiya ng Pagguho: Mga Tula by Ralph Fonte

SOCIAL SCIENCES
International Studies in the Philippines: Mapping New Frontiers in Theory and Practice, edited by Frances Antoinette Cruz and Nassef Manabilang Adiong
Patronage Democracy in the Philippines: Clans, Clients, and Competition in Local Elections, edited by Julio C. Teehankee and Cleo Anne A. Calimbahin
Transguring Mindanao: A Mindanao Reader, edited by Jose Jowel Canuday and Joselito Sescon

HISTORY
The Marcos Era: A Reader, edited by Leia Castañeda Anastacio and Patricio N. Abinales
Moro Warrior: A Philippine Chieftain, an American Schoolmaster, and the Untold Story of the Most Remarkable Resistance Fighters of the Pacific War by Thomas McKenna

DESIGN
Transguring Mindanao: A Mindanao Reader, edited by Jose Canuday and Joselito Sescon

Book design by Karl Castro

These titles and more are available at the Press’s Shopee and Lazada stores.