The winners in each category are:

Fiction

Blackouts (Justin Torres, FSG)

Nonfiction

The Rediscovery of America: Native peoples and the unmaking of US history (Ned Blackhawk, Yale University Press)

Poetry

from unincorporated territory [åmot] (Craig Santos Perez, Omnidawn)
Translated literature

The Words That Remain (Stênio Gardel, trans by Bruna Dantas Lobato, New Vessel)

Young people’s literature

A First Time for Everything (Dan Santat, First Second).

There were also two lifetime achievement medals given out. Rita Dove, a poet, received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, while Paul Yamazaki, a bookseller at City Lights, received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the Literary Community.

The winners were picked from among the finalists released earlier this month. The National Book Foundation of the United States administers the awards.