Honors for local books & picks and recommendations from local bookstores
2012 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award Winners
Anthology Sponsored by CNM LIbraries
Shirley Patterson & Susan Cho Turning Points in Women’s Lives Nuevo Books
Anthropology/Archaeology Sponsored by Lori Hines
Arts Sponsored by Museum of NM Foundation
Steven Edwin Counsell Illuminations Black Swan Editions
Biography-AZ Sponsored by Sunbelt Media
Susan Krueger with Reba Wells Grandrud Addie Slaughter: The Girl Who Met Geronimo Five Star Publications
Biography-NM Sponsored by Treasure House Books & Santa Fe Pub. Library
Sharon Snyder At Home on the Slopes of Mountains Los Alamos Historical Society
Biography-Other Sponsored by Sunbelt Shows
Cindy Bellinger Into the Heat, My Love Affair with Trees, Fire, Saws and Men Blue Mesa Books
Business Sponsored by NM Business Weekly
Cookbook Sponsored by Gibbs Smith & ABQ Public Library
Children’s Activity Sponsored by Gibbs Smith & LithExcel
Children’s Picture Sponsored by ABQ Public Library
Juvenile Sponsored by AZRO Press
Caroline Starr Rose May B. Random House Childrens Books
Young Adult Alamosa Books
Young Readers Sponsored by Santa Fe Public Library & Mayor Tom Swisstack and the City of Rio Rancho
Crafts/Hobby/How-to Book Sponsored by Sunbelt Media
Fiction-adventure/drama Sponsored by Lori Hines & ABQ Public Library
Fiction-historical Sponsored by Rio Grande Books
Fiction-mystery/suspense Sponsored by Word Harvest Writers Conference
Alice Duncan Fallen Angels Five Star/Cengage
Fiction-Other Sponsored by NM Book Co-op
Fiction-romance Sponsored by NM Book Co-op
Fiction-Sci Fi/Fantasy Sponsored by NM Book Co-op
First Book Sponsored by Southwest Writers
Gardening Sponsored by Sunbelt Shows
Gay/Lesbian (GLBT) Sponsored by NM Book Co-op
Health Sponsored by NM Coalition for Literacy and Walmart (Zuni)
History-Other Sponsored by Artemesia Publishing
History–AZ Sponsored by Rio Grande Books
History–NM Sponsored by Museum of NM Foundation & Historical Society of NM
Roberta Key Haldane Goldmining Boomtown Univ of OK Press
Centennial-AZ Sponsored by SAR Press & Arcadia Publishing
Centennial-NM Sponsored by NM Centennial Office & Gibbs Smith
FIG Publications Las Cruces: A Photographic Journey Las Cruces Bulletin
Multi-cultural Sponsored by UNM Press
Nature/Environment Sponsored by Sunbelt Shows
William Dunmire New Mexico’s Living Landscapes Museum of NM Press
New Age Sponsored by NM Book Co-op
Nonfiction, Other Sponsored by Rio Grande Books
Paul Berkowitz The Case of the Indian Trader UNM Press
Parenting/Family Sponsored by Santa Fe Public Library
Philosophy Sponsored by Humanist Society of NM
Poetry Sponsored by Bookworks
Lawrence Welsh Begging for Vultures UNM Press
Political Sponsored by NM Breeze Newspaper & Nancy Marshall
Reference Sponsored by NM Library Foundation
Religious Sponsored by Regis University & Mr and Mrs Randy Lumpp
Science & Math Sponsored by Sunbelt Shows
Florentin Smarandache DSm Super Vector Space of Refined Labels Zip Publisher
Self-help Sponsored by NM Book Co-op
Travel Sponsored by Artemesia Publishing
Paul Bauer The Rio Grande NM Bureau of Geology
Spanish Language Latin American Professional Speakers Association
Cover design-large Sponsored by Rio Grande Books
Cover design-small Sponsored by SAR Press
Howard Bryan Western History Award — sponsored by Rio Grande Books
Tony Hillerman Award for Fiction — sponsored by Tony Hillerman Writers Conference
Joe Sando Western History Award— sponsored by Rio Grande Books
Thomas J. Steele, S.J. Western History Award — sponsored by Regis University & Dr. & Mrs. Randolph F. Lumpp
Best Arizona Book — sponsored by Moonlight Mesa Associates
Best New Mexico Book — sponsored by Rio Grande Books
Best Book — sponsored by Santa Fe Public Library
The New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards is organized by The New Mexico Book Co-op,
a not-for-profit organization serving authors and publishers
Category sponsors: Alamosa Books, Albuquerque/Bernalillo Co Public Library & Friends of the Albuquerque Public Library, Arcadia Publishing, Artemesia Publishing, AZRO Press, Bookworks, Gibbs Smith, Humanist Society of New Mexico, Latin American Professional Speakers Association, Lori Hines, Mayor Tom Swisstack and the City of Rio Rancho, Moonlight Mesa Associates, Museum of New Mexico Foundation, Nancy Marshall, New Mexico Book Association, New Mexico Book Co-op, New Mexico Breeze Newspaper, New Mexico Business Weekly, New Mexico Centennial Office, New Mexico Coalition for Literacy , New Mexico Library Foundation, New Mexico State Library, Regis University & Dr. & Mrs. Randolph F. Lumpp, Rio Grande Books, Santa Fe Public Library, SAR Press, Southwest Writers, Sunbelt Media, Sunbelt Shows, Tony Hillerman Writers Conference, Treasure House Books & Gifts, University of New Mexico Press, Word Harvest Writers Conference, WalMart
New Mexico Book Co-op, 925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107
info@nmbookcoop.com www.nmbookcoop.com 505/344-9382