2015 New Mexico Book Awards Banquet
The 2015 Awards Banquet will be held on Friday, November 20, 2015 at the Tanoan Country Club, located at 10801 Academy Road NE, Albuquerque.
The schedule is:
4:30pm Cocktail Hour Cash Bar & Auction
6pm Welcome Auction winners & Dinner
7pm Book Awards Recognition Program
Reservations are $60 per person as of October 12. New Mexico business attire. Tables of 10.
There are two entree choices:
1) Rosemary Lemon Roasted Chicken Breast
Smashed Yukon Gold Potatoes
Thyme Demi Glace
Fresh Seasonal Vegetables
2) Vegetarian (Chef’s choice - dairy-free, nut-free, gluten-free)
Roll & Butter
Garden Salad
Dessert
Tea, Decaf or Regular Coffee
Please let us know if you want the vegetarian menu when you make your reservation. If you want the Rosemary Lemon Roasted Chicken you do not need to indicate to us. We will not be able to change entrees at the banquet event.
Order Banquet Reservation
Join in this gala event honoring great books in the Southwest!
The New Mexico Book Awards is organized by The New Mexico Book Co-op,
a not-for-profit organization serving authors and publishers
2015 Book Award Sponsors: Anthology — sponsored by Gaon Books, Elizabeth Ann Galligan, Judi Alvernaz-Nagy
Anthropology/Archaeology — sponsored by Joe the Book Guy, Pauline and Mel Eisenstadt
Arts Book — sponsored by Gaon Books, Museum of New Mexico Shops, University of New Mexico Press, Wink Visual Arts
Biography – Arizona subject — sponsored by Dennis June Gallery and Lee Dunne
Biography – New Mexico subject — sponsored by Sharon Snyder, Treasure House Books
Biography – Other — sponsored by Mary Neighbour of MediaNeighbours
Business Book — sponsored by Paul Rhetts and Barbe Awalt
Children’s Activity Book — sponsored by New Mexico Book Co-op
Children’s Picture Book — sponsored by Enchantment Lane Publications, Carla Ward/Tinkertown Museum, Santa Fe Public Library
Children’s Picture and Activity Books – Bilingual — sponsored by Candace Jordan Russell, Elizabeth Ann Galligan, SOMOS
Cookbook — sponsored by Jean and Ross Van Dusen
Crafts/Hobby/How-to Book— sponsored by New Mexico Book Co-op
Fiction – adventure or drama — sponsored by David Knop
Fiction - historical fiction — sponsored by Deanna Dickinson McCall, Florence Weinberg, Scott Archer Jones
Fiction - mystery/suspense — sponsored by The Sirens of Suspense, Santa Fe Public Library
Fiction - other — sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. John Zeigler, Mare Pearl and Sue Boggio
Fiction - romance — sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. John Zeigler, Mare Pearl and Sue Boggio
Fiction - science fiction & fantasy — sponsored by Jenna Hiott, Florence Weinberg, Shadow Dragon Press
First Book — sponsored by Southwest Writers, Blessingway Author Services, Joseph Badal
Gardening Book — sponsored by April Radbill
Gay/Lesbian Book — sponsored by Jean and Ross Van Dusen
Health Book — sponsored by Paula Paul
History Book – Arizona subject — sponsored by New Mexico Book Co-op
History Book – New Mexico subject — sponsored by Bathtub Row Press, Santa Fe Public Library, Diane Layden
History Book – Other — sponsored by Museum of New Mexico Shops
Juvenile Book — sponsored by Lee Dunne
Multi-cultural Subject — sponsored by 3: A Taos Press, Santa Fe Public Library
Nature/Environment Book — sponsored by Vicky Ramakka
New Age Book — sponsored by Jean and Ross Van Dusen
Nonfiction - other — sponsored by Artemesia Publishing
Parenting/Family Issues Book — sponsored by Kelly Chisholm/Great Relationships Now
Pets and Animals — sponsored by April Radbill
Philosophy — sponsored by New Mexico Humanist Society
Poetry Book — sponsored by Bookworks Bookstore, New Mexico State Poetry Society, Jane Lipman
Political Book — sponsored by Pauline and Mel Eisenstadt
Reference Book — sponsored by Jean and Ross Van Dusen
Religious Book— sponsored by New Mexico Book Co-op
Science — sponsored by Institute for Analytic Journalism, Scott Archer Jones
Self-help Book — sponsored by Kelly Chisholm, Blessingway Author Services
Spanish Language Book — sponsored by Paul Rhetts and Barbe Awalt
Sports & Recreation — sponsored by Mark Fleisher
Travel Book — sponsored by Carla Ward/Tinkertown Museum
Young Adult Book — sponsored by Ann Dallman, Kinkajou Press
Young Readers Book — sponsored by Treasure House Books
Fiction eBooks - sponsored by Paul Rhetts & Barbe Awalt
Best Cover Design (smaller than 6x9) — sponsored by Ruthe Francis and Casa de Snapdragon Publishing
Best Cover Design (6x9) — sponsored by Mary Neighbour of MediaNeighbours
Best Cover Design (larger than 6x9) — sponsored by Blessingway Author Services
Tony Hillerman Award for Best Fiction — sponsored by WordHarvest Writers Workshops
Father Thomas J. Steele Award for Best History — sponsored by Randolph F. Lumpp
Best Arizona Book — sponsored by Moonlight Mesa Associates, The Cline Library at Northern Arizona University
Best New Mexico Book — sponsored by New Mexico Book Association, Blessingway Author Services
Best Book — sponsored by New Mexico Book Co-op
New Mexico Book Co-op, 925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107
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