Each year, International House President and CEO Calvin Sims invites a select group of Residents to join him at the National Book Awards Ceremony in New York. At the annual black tie event, winners in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature for the prestigious prize are announced. Sims serves as Board Secretary for the National Book Foundation, which presents the awards.

The 2017 Awards were held on Wednesday, November 15, with nine Residents there to Represent the I-House community.