2023 New Mexico-Arizona
Book Awards Finalists
You can download the Finalists list by clicking HERE!
The Winners will be announced on October 1.
| 1 | 2023 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Finalists | | ||
| 2 | Animals/Pets | | | |
| 3 | | Bolo the Brave | Jim Jones | |
| 4 | | The Beagle Blues | Thelma Giomi | |
| 5 | | Venomous Animals | Laurence Jones | Rio Nuevo |
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| 7 | Anthology | | | |
| 8 | | A Diversity of Expression | Southwest Writers | Southwest Writers |
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10 | Arts | | | |
11 | | Codex Tawa | Gerald Dawavendewa | Rio Nuevo Publishing |
12 | | Demitasse: Point of Departure | Susan Weeks | PrintNinja |
13 | | It's My Whole Life: Charlotte Saloman | Susan Wider | W W Norton |
14 | | Journey West: Danny Lyon | Josie Lopez | ABQ Museum |
15 | | Varanasi: City Immersed in Prayer | David Scheinbaum | George Thompson Publishing |
| 16 | | Virgil Ortiz: Revolution | Charles King | Museum of NM Press |
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18 | Autobiography/Memoirs | | | |
19 | | Ain't that a Mother | Adiba Nelson | Blackstone |
20 | | Dancing to the End of Our Rainbow | Evelyn Neil | RMK Publications |
21 | | I Got Mine: Confessions of a Midlist Writer | John Nichols | UNM Press |
22 | | My Hands, Remembering | Lauren Fath | Passengers Press |
23 | | Prancing in the Pyrenees, Sloshing Through Galicia | Suzanne Blazier | |
24 | | When I Was Red Clay | Jonathan Bailey | Torrey House Press |
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26 | AZ Biography | | | |
27 | | Looking Back | Rolf Flake | Arizona Cowboy Connection |
| 28 | | Raphael Pumphrey's Arizona | C Gilbert Storms | Wheatmark |
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30 | NM Biography | | | |
31 | | Badman of the New Mexico Badlands | Don Bullis | Rio Grande Books |
32 | | Billy the Kid: El Bandito Simpatico | James Mills | Univ of No Texas Press |
33 | | Daniel Fernandez: The Man Behind the Medal of Honor | Richard Melzer, Cynthia Shetter, & John Taylor | |
34 | | Don Perkins: A Champion's Life | Richard Melzer | UNM Press |
35 | | Donaciano Vigil | Maurilio Vigil & Jelene Boudreau | UNM Press |
36 | | James Silas Calhoun | Sherry Robinson | UNM Press |
37 | | | | |
38 | Other Biography | | | |
39 | | It's My Whole Life: Charlotte Saloman | Susan Wider | W W Norton |
40 | | Raising Ruby | Patricia Wood | Aakenbaaken & Kent |
41 | | Unveiling Eastilo Palmer | Ana Livingston Paddock | Plumstock Mesoamerican Stu |
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43 | Business/Careers | | | |
44 | | Monologues for Young Adults | Mike Kimmel | Ben Rose Creative Arts |
45 | | Wills & Trusts | Sherri Burr | West Academic |
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47 | Children's Picture Book | | | |
48 | | Amelia and the Magic Ponies | Sue Houser | Irie Books |
49 | | An Alphabet Pet Parade in Topsy Turvy Tousa | Judith Torres | ASHA Press |
50 | | Marky the Magnificent Fairy | Cynthia Obrien | Story Monsters Press |
51 | | UFOhs! | Ralph Blumenthal & Deborah Blumenthal | UNM Press |
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53 | Coffetable Book | | | |
54 | | The San Francisco Peaks and Flagstaff | John L Vankat | Soulstice Publishing |
55 | | Travels across the Roof of the World | William Frej & Anne Frej | George Thompson Publishing |
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57 | Cookbooks/Gardening | | | |
58 | | Keto Centered Recipes | Dr Douglas Payne | |
59 | | The Mexico Chile Pepper Cookbook | David DeWitt & Jose Marmolejo | UNM Press |
| | A | B | C | D |
60 | | The Official Cookbook of the Chile Pepper Institute | Paul Bosland & Wendy Hamilton | UNM Press |
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62 | Crafts | | | |
63 | | Gourd Rattles | Harriette Tsosie | |
64 | | | | |
65 | eBooks | | | |
66 | | Bitter Water | Charlene Delaunay | Wind-River Publishing |
67 | | Cowboys and Chaos | Elizabeth Pantley | |
68 | | Crew of Exiles | Neal Holtschulte | |
69 | | Doing Nothing Poems | Geri Rhodes | Tome Lane Books |
70 | | Gunsmoke & Ice | Robert Vardeman | Centograph Corp |
71 | | The Album | Savannah Hendricks | Grand Bayou Press |
72 | | The Crown Joule | Robert Vardeman | Centograph Corp |
73 | | White Sands Gold | Mike Torreano | The Wild Rose Press |
74 | | | | |
75 | Adventure/drama | | | |
76 | | A Cowboy's Destiny | E Joe Brown | Artemesia Publishing |
77 | | A Spoiled Game | Carl Knauf | Universal Butterfly Publishi |
78 | | Bungle in the Jungle | J L Greger | Bug Press |
79 | | Halo Moon | Jim Jones | Five Star Cengage |
80 | | The Dragon's CLAW | Gerold Yonas | Artemesia Publishing |
81 | | The Gold Rose | Jody Stewart | |
82 | | The Hand of Ganesh | Elaine Pinkerton | Pocol Press |
83 | | The Yewberry Way | Jack Gist | Defiance Press |
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85 | Cozy | | | |
86 | | In the Heat of the Moment | Amy Bennett | Aakenbaaken & Kent |
87 | | Laid Out to Rest | J C Eaton | Level Best Books |
88 | | On A Dark Deadly Highway | Amy Bennett | Aakenbaaken & Kent |
89 | | The First Fiancee | Rita Popp | Wild Rose Press |
90 | | The Pot Thief who Studied Calvin | J Michael Orenduff | Aakenbaaken & Kent |
91 | | | | |
92 | Crime | | | |
93 | | Everything to Lose | Joseph Badal | Suspense Publishing |
94 | | Tainted Justice | Duke Southard | Wheatmark |
95 | | The Way of the Bear | Anne Hillerman | Harper Collins Publishing |
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97 | AZ Historical Fiction | | | |
98 | | Cimarron | Andrew McBride | Five Star Publishing |
99 | | Hardland | Ashley Sweeney | She Writes Press |
100 | | The Good Time Girls | Kimberly Taylor | Sycamore Creek Press |
101 | | The Hog Ranch | Dan Baldwin | Four Knights Press |
102 | | | | |
103 | NM Historical Fiction | | | |
104 | | Death on the Rio Chiquito | Susan McDuffie | Liafin Press |
105 | | Girl Flees Circus | CW Smith | UNM Press |
106 | | Halo Moon | Jim Jones | Five Star Cengage |
107 | | The Cherry Robbers | Sarai Walker | HarperCollins |
108 | | There Will Be Consequences | Loretta Miles Tollefson | Palo Flechado Press |
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110 | Other Historical Fiction | | | |
111 | | In The Shrouds of Guadacanal | Phillipe Parotti | Castemate Publishers |
112 | | Riders upon the Storm | Phillipe Parotti | Castemate Publishers |
113 | | The Gold Rose | Jody Stewart | |
114 | | The Suicide Skull | Susan McDuffie | Liafin Press |
115 | | | | |
116 | Mystery | | | |
117 | | Blood West | Thomas Claggett | Five Star Publishing |
118 | | Crack in the Red Ice | J Jones | |
119 | | Death on the Rio Chiquito | Susan McDuffie | Liafin Press |
| | A | B | C | D |
120 | | Everything to Lose | Joseph Badal | Suspense Publishing |
121 | | Ghost of the Gray | J Jones | |
122 | | Hopi Walk | Melissa Bowersock | New Moon Publishing |
123 | | Once Upon a Time in Fort Sumner | John LeMay | Bicep Books |
124 | | The Way of the Bear | Anne Hillerman | Harper Collins Publishing |
125 | | | | |
126 | SciFi | | | |
127 | | 3VE | Jason DrGrey | Universal Butterfly Publishi |
128 | | Mountain Knight | Avery Christy | |
129 | | Planet Quest | Kate Harrington | |
130 | | The Yewberry Way | Jack Gist | Defiance Press |
131 | | | | |
132 | Other Fiction | | | |
133 | | Blood West | Thomas Claggett | Five Star Publishing |
134 | | Ernest's New Watch | Gary Priester | Tovah-Miriam |
135 | | Hopi Walk | Melissa Bowersock | New Moon Publishing |
136 | | One Last Cowboy Song | Lynne Sebastian | RMK Publications |
137 | | Tainted Justice | Duke Southard | Wheatmark |
138 | | The Half-White Album | Cynthia Sylvester | UNM Press |
139 | | The Last of the Baileys | Paula Paul | |
140 | | The Siren's Refrain | Dennis Jung | |
141 | | | | |
142 | AZ 1st Book | | | |
143 | | A Portrait of the Scientist | Lindy Elkins-Tanton | Harper Collins Publishing |
144 | | | | |
145 | NM 1st Book | | | |
146 | | Dancing to the End of Our Rainbow | Evelyn Neil | RMK Publications |
147 | | Demitasse: Point of Departure | Susan Weeks | PrintNinja |
148 | | Ghost of the Gray | J Jones | |
149 | | It's My Whole Life: Charlotte Saloman | Susan Wider | W W Norton |
150 | | One Last Cowboy Song | Lynne Sebastian | RMK Publications |
151 | | Prancing in the Pyrenees, Sloshing Through Galicia | Suzanne Blazier | |
152 | | Unveiling Eastilo Palmer | Ana Livingston Paddock | Plumstock Mesoamerican Stu |
153 | | | | |
154 | LGBTQ+ | | | |
155 | | Breath on a Coal | Anne Haven McDonnell | Middel Creek Publishiung |
156 | | My Hands, Remembering | Lauren Fath | Passengers Press |
157 | | The Half-White Album | Cynthia Sylvester | UNM Press |
158 | | When I Was Red Clay | Jonathan Bailey | Torrey House Press |
159 | | | | |
160 | Health | | | |
161 | | Coronovirus Reflections | Larada Horner | Horner Publishing |
162 | | It's a Tango Not a War | Karen Meadows | Agua Fria Publishing |
163 | | Understanding the Properly Formulated Ketogenic Diet | Dr Douglas Payne | |
164 | | | | |
165 | AZ History | | | |
166 | | Awesome Arizona | Roger Naylor | UNM Press |
167 | | Legendary Patania Jewelry | Kim Messier & Pat Messier | Schiffer Publishing |
168 | | Raphael Pumphrey's Arizona | C Gilbert Storms | Wheatmark |
169 | | The San Francisco Peaks and Flagstaff | John L Vankat | Soulstice Publishing |
170 | | | | |
171 | NM History | | | |
172 | | City at the Crossroads | Joline Gutierrez Krueger | ABQ Foundation |
173 | | Haunted Albuquerque | Cody Polston | |
174 | | Legendary Patania Jewelry | Kim Messier & Pat Messier | Schiffer Publishing |
175 | | The Ballad of Pacida Romero | Bob Roland | Museum of NM Press |
176 | | | | |
177 | History Anthology | | | |
178 | | Legacy of Heroism | John Taylor | |
| | A | B | C | D |
179 | | Water for the People | Enrique LaMadrid & Jose Rivera | UNM Press |
180 | | | | |
181 | Other History | | | |
182 | | Old Santa Fe Today | Audra Bellmore | Museum of NM Press |
183 | | The American West and Its Interpreters | Richard Etulain | UNM Press |
184 | | Unveiling Eastilo Palmer | Ana Livingston Paddock | Plumstock Mesoamerican Stu |
185 | | | | |
186 | Juvenile | | | |
187 | | Cady and the Birchbark Box | Ann Dallman | Modern History Press |
188 | | Freakshow Summer | Anthony Bartley | Artemesia Publishing |
189 | | Marky the Magnificent Fairy | Cynthia Obrien | Story Monsters Press |
190 | | Summer of the Bombers | Jennifer Bohnhoff | Thin Air Books |
191 | | | | |
192 | Multicultural | | | |
193 | | Valley of Shadows | Jody Stewart | |
194 | | Voices of Navajo Mothers and Daughters | Kathy Eckles Hooker | Soulstice Publishing |
195 | | | | |
196 | Nature/Environment | | | |
197 | | Chasing the Ghost Bear | Mike Stark | Bison Books |
198 | | Diary of a Citizen Scientist | Sharman Apt Russell | Open Road Integrated Media |
| 199 | | House Gods | Jim Kristofic | UNM Press |
200 | | The San Francisco Peaks and Flagstaff | John L Vankat | Soulstice Publishing |
201 | | Water for the People | Enrique LaMadrid & Jose Rivera | UNM Press |
202 | | | | |
203 | New Age | | | |
204 | | Cassandra and the Crystal Cave | Deborah Shining Star | Lightheart Healing Arts |
205 | | | | |
206 | General Nonfiction | | | |
207 | | Beyond Brooklyn | Edith Tarbescu | Adelaide Books |
208 | | Monologues for Young Adults | Mike Kimmel | Ben Rose Creative Arts |
209 | | Shadowman: An Elusive Psycho Killer | Ron Franscell | Berkeley |
210 | | Within Our Group | Sharman Apt Russell | Pantheon Books |
211 | | | | |
212 | Parenting/Families | | | |
213 | | Ain't that a Mother | Adiba Nelson | Blackstone |
214 | | Arizona Family Outdoor Adventure | Chels Knorr | UNM Press |
215 | | Marky the Magnificent Fairy | Cynthia Obrien | Story Monsters Press |
216 | | | | |
217 | Philosophy | | | |
218 | | Escape from Heaven | Jerry Marcus & Marion Estelle Gold | Brittany Publications |
219 | | Life Lesson From the Color Yellow | Patricia Walkow | |
220 | | | | |
221 | AZ Poetry | | | |
222 | | des — papeles | Oscar Mancinas | Tolson Books |
223 | | Landscape with Missing River | Joni Wallace | Barrow Street Press |
224 | | Refugee | Pamela Uschuk | Red Hen Press |
225 | | | | |
226 | NM Poetry | | | |
227 | | Breath on a Coal | Anne Haven McDonnell | Middle Creek Publishing |
228 | | Demitasse: Point of Departure | Susan Weeks | PrintNinja |
229 | | Evanescent Creature | Shavawn Berry | Golden Dragonfly Press |
230 | | Knowing When | Mark Fleisher | Mercury Heartlink |
231 | | Landscape with Missing River | Joni Wallace | Barrow Street Press |
232 | | | | |
233 | Poetry Anthology | | | |
234 | | 43 Poems for People Who Do Not Read Poetry | Jasen Christiansen & Robert Grant | Abandoned Mine |
235 | | One Albuquerque, One Hundred Poets | Mary Oishi, ed | ABQ Library Foundation |
236 | | | | |
237 | Political/Current Events | | | |
| | A | B | C | D |
238 | | America the Fearful | Benjamin Radford | McFarland |
239 | | Breakdown | Jeff Bingaman | UNM Press |
240 | | Within Our Group | Sharman Apt Russell | Pantheon Books |
241 | | | | |
242 | Reference | | | |
243 | | Writing It Right | Val Chanda | Wasteland Press |
244 | | | | |
245 | Religion | | | |
246 | | Escape from Heaven | Jerry Marcus & Marion Estelle Gold | Brittany Publications |
247 | | Thecia, the First Woman Evangelist | Mary Jo Nickum | Saguaro publishing |
248 | | Varanasi: City Immersed in Prayer | David Scheinbaum | George Thompson Publishing |
| 249 | | | | |
250 | Self Help/Guides | | | |
251 | | Coronovirus Reflections | Larada Horner | Horner Publishing |
252 | | Unused Towels | Fil Chavez | |
253 | | Writing It Right | Val Chanda | Wasteland Press |
254 | | | | |
255 | Sports/Recreation | | | |
256 | | Don Perkins: A Champion's Life | Richard Melzer | UNM Press |
257 | | Hiking Trails in Valle Caldera | Coco Rae | UNM Press |
258 | | Roy White: From Compton to the Bronx | Roy White & Paul Semendinger | Artemesia Publishing |
259 | | | | |
260 | Travel | | | |
261 | | Awesome Arizona | Roger Naylor | UNM Press |
262 | | Miles to Go | Brennen Matthews | UNM Press |
263 | | Prancing in the Pyrenees, Sloshing Through Galicia | Suzanne Blazier | |
264 | | Travels across the Roof of the World | William Frej & Anne Frej | George Thompson Publishing |
| 265 | | | | |
266 | Young Adult | | | |
267 | | It's My Whole Life: Charlotte Saloman | Susan Wider | W W Norton |
268 | | Planet Quest | Kate Harrington | |
269 | | Rescue Ranch Rising | Heidi Thomas | Sun Catcher Publications |
270 | | The Noted Desparado Pancho Dumez | John LeMay | Bicep Books |
271 | | Valley of Shadows | Jody Stewart | |
272 | | | | |
273 | Young Reader | | | |
274 | | Amelia and the Magic Ponies | Sue Houser | Irie Books |
275 | | | | |
276 | Cover Design 6x9 or smaller | | | |
277 | | Badman of the New Mexico Badlands | Don Bullis | Rio Grande Books |
278 | | Bitter Water | Charlene Delaunay | Wind-River Publishing |
279 | | Doing Nothing Poems | Geri Rhodes | Tome Lane Books |
280 | | Forgotten Kids | Laurie Costello | Universal Butterfly Publishi |
281 | | Meg and the Rocks | Katy Hammel | Plot Duckies |
282 | | Of Ash & Fire | Debra Johnson-Hill | Finishing Line Press |
283 | | Rooted and Winged | Luanne Castle | Finishing Line Press |
284 | | The Girl in the Orange Maillat | Bailey Herrington | Koehler Books |
285 | | The Gold Rose | Jody Stewart | |
286 | | | | |
287 | Cover Design larger than 6x9 | | | |
288 | | Alchemy of Magic | James Jereb | |
289 | | Demitasse: Point of Departure | Susan Weeks | PrintNinja |
290 | | The San Francisco Peaks and Flagstaff | John L Vankat | Soulstice Publishing |