Literary awards and honors: May 7, 2025

Today's news of literary awards and honors is a mix of formal and informal awards.

• Congratulations to the 2025 Edgar Allan Poe Award winners! (Mystery Writers of America) 

• The New York Times shares its favorite fiction and nonfiction titles of the year so far (NYT). 

• While James by Percival Everett was the popular favorite to win the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, from the outside, its actual victory came in a surprising way (Literary Hub).