The Award Goes To...
The big dog of literature awards. It's Swedish.
Nobel Prize in Literature
5 - 7 - 5 syllable count.
Haiku
The ____ _____ Caterpillar
Very Hungry
Where you can find a list of page numbers
Table of Contents
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Pride and Prejudice
The award for short stories - named after an author!
O. Henry Award
No rules
Free Verse
Are You my ____
Mother
Useful reference material placed in the back of the book. Often alphabetical.
Index
"Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show."
David Copperfield
This is the only category of Pulitzer Prize that does not provide financial compensation.
Public Service
Five lines with AABBA rhyme scheme
Limerick
Goodnight ____
Moon
Introductory information, often written by someone other than the author
Forward
"I lost an arm on my last trip home."
Kindred
The Dispossessed is one of 18 books to win this, the name given to winners of the Hugo, Nebula, and Clarke awards.
Big Three
When the poem looks like something other than a poem.
Concrete poetry
Where the ___ ___
Sidewalk Ends
This page will probably tell you about the ISBN, among other things.
Copyright page
"Once a guy stood all day shaking bugs from his hair."
A Scanner Darkly
The two biggest awards for children's fiction.
Newberry and Caldecott.
Six stanzas of 6 lines with a 3-line envoi. This type of poem uses exact word repetition to connect the end of one line to the beginning of the next.
Sestina
Alexander and the ___ ___ __ __ __ ___ __
A decorative illustration placed across from the title page information.
Frontispiece
"They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did."
Wide Sargasso Sea