WNBA National

News and Information

For information on national awards and activities, please visit the official website: http://www.wnba-books.org/

2010 WNBA Award Winner

The Women's National Book Association is delighted to announce the 2010 WNBA Award winner is Masha Hamilton. Masha is the founder of the Afghan Women's Writing Project and the author of four acclaimed novels,including most recently 31 Hours, which the Washington Post hailed as one of the best novels of 2009. The ceremony in her honor was held on March 12 in New York City at the Center for Fiction/Mercantile Library, 17 East 47th Street.

The award is presented by WNBA to a living American woman who derives part or all of her income from books and allied arts, and who has done meritorious work in the world of books beyond the duties or responsibilities of her profession or occupation. For more information on this individual award, please go to the national website.

2011 Pannell Award Winners

The 2011 winner in the General Bookstore category is Queen Anne Books in Seattle, WA. The Children's Specialty Store category winner is Fairytales Bookstore in Nashville, TN.

A jury of five book industry professionals deliberated for four weeks, then selected the winners based on creativity, responsiveness to community needs and an understanding of young readers. Jurors complimented all ten entries for the valuable contributions they make to their communities.

History

The Women's National Book Association was established in 1917, before women in America even had the right to vote. WNBA is a broad-based non-profit organization with some 800 members across the country, three distinguished national awards, and a history of lively events in chapter cities and elsewhere.

Mission

The Women's National Book Association is a national organization of women and men who work with and value books. WNBA exists to promote reading and to support the role of women in the community of the book.

Purpose

The purposes of WNBA are educational and charitable. WNBA came into being to inform book women about matters relevant to themselves and the book world so that these women could inform and help one another.

That's what we still do, through actions such as these:

• bring together women and men who are active in the world of books
• educate and inform the public about the need to create, produce, distribute, and use books
• respond to requests for information about books and the allied arts and generate and support projects that help to disseminate such information
• serve as a catalyst for all in the book community who wish to work together, and
• promote recognition of women's achievements in the book industry.