2013 New Mexico Book Awards
New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards Categories
Any book by an author or publisher in Arizona or New Mexico is eligible as well as any book about Arizona or New Mexico; any book may be entered in more than one category. Books that have won in a category in a previous New Mexico Book Award Program are not eligible for re-submission. The 2013 awards cover books published since July 1, 2011. Sponsorships cost $25 per category.
Anthology (individual or collection) — sponsored by Rio Grande Books
Anthropology/Archaeology — sponsored by Joe the Book Guy, Sunbelt Media/Fiery Foods Show and Gaon Books
Arts Book (includes art, music, or photography) — sponsored by Museum of New Mexico Foundation, Tinkertown Museum and Dexter Cirillo
Best Cover Design (6x9 or smaller) — sponsored by Friends of the Library of Rio Rancho, Inc.
Best Cover Design (larger than 6x9) — sponsored by New Mexico Book Co-op
Biography – Arizona subject (includes memoirs and autobiographies) — sponsored by Arizona Press Women,
Biography – New Mexico subject (includes memoirs and autobiographies) — sponsored by Treasure House Books & Gifts & Santa Fe Public Library and Pauline and Mel Eisenstadt and Bathtub Row Press
Biography – Other (includes memoirs and autobiographies) — sponsored by SAR Press and Marcia Rosen
Business Book (includes career) — sponsored by LPD Press
Children’s Activity Book (workbook/craft book/coloring book) — Sponsored by Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey
Children’s Picture and Activity Books – Bilingual (Spanish & English) — sponsored by Tinkertown Museum
Children’s Picture Book — sponsored by Albuquerque/Bernalillo Co Public Library & Friends of the Albuquerque Public Library
Cookbook — sponsored by LPD Press
Crafts/Hobby/How-to Book— sponsored by LPD Press
Fiction - historical fiction — sponsored by Sunstone Press and Sunbelt Media/Fiery Foods Show and Pauline and Mel Eisenstadt
Fiction - mystery/suspense — sponsored by Word Harvest Writers Conference, Sirens of Suspense, and Aakenbaaken & Kent Publishers, New York
Fiction - other — sponsored by Rio Grande Books
Fiction - romance — sponsored by Rio Grande Books
Fiction - science fiction & fantasy — sponsored by Rio Grande Books
Fiction – adventure or drama — sponsored by Rio Grande Books
First Book (first book published by author) — sponsored by Southwest Writers and Mary Girsch-Bock
Gardening Book — sponsored by New Mexico Book Co-op
Gay/Lesbian (GLBT) Book — sponsored by New Mexico Book Co-op
Health Book (includes wellness, nutrition, beauty) — sponsored by New Mexico Coalition for Literacy & WalMart
History Book – Arizona subject — sponsored by Clear Creek Publishing and Arizona Press Women,
History Book – New Mexico subject — sponsored by Museum of New Mexico Foundation, Roberta Haldane and Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections
History Book – Other — sponsored by Artemesia Publishing and Sunbelt Media/Fiery Foods Show
Juvenile Book (grade school to junior high school) — sponsored by AZRO Press and Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey
Multi-cultural Subject (Hispanic, Native American, etc.) — sponsored by University of New Mexico Press
Nature/Environment Book — sponsored by Sunbelt Media/Fiery Foods Show
New Age Book — sponsored by New Mexico Book Co-op
Nonfiction - other — sponsored by New Mexico State Library
Parenting/Family Issues Book — sponsored by Santa Fe Public Library and Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey
Philosophy — sponsored by Humanist Society of New Mexico and SAR Press
Poetry Book (individual or collection) — sponsored by New Mexico State Poetry Society
Political Book (includes social/current events) — sponsored by Pauline and Mel Eisenstadt
Reference Book — sponsored by Sunstone Press
Religious Book— sponsored by Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey
Science (including mathematics) — sponsored by New Mexico Book Co-op
Self-help Book (includes spirituality/inspirational) — sponsored by Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey
Spanish Language Book — sponsored by Latin American Professional Speakers Association and SAR Press
Travel Book (includes guides) — sponsored by Artemesia Publishing and Tinkertown Museum
Young Adult Book (high school) — sponsored by Rio Grande Books
Young Readers Book (to grade 3) — sponsored by Santa Fe Public Library
Tony Hillerman Award for Best Fiction — sponsored by Word Harvest Writers Conference
Best Arizona Book — sponsored by Moonlight Mesa Associates, Clear Creek Publishing, and Five Star Publications
Best New Mexico Book — sponsored by New Mexico Library Foundation
Best Book — sponsored by Santa Fe Public Library