2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards
The finalists in the 2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards were announced on September 26, 2014 at the monthly Coop meeting. The list can be downloaded by clicking the button below.
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2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards
Finalists
Anthology (individual or collection)
Bullis, Don (Rio Rancho, NM) UNSOLVED Rio Grande Books
Daugherty, Sharleen (Silver City,NM) Literacy Alive Rio Grande Books
Evans, Max (Albuquerque, NM) Animal Stories Uni of OK Press
Francis, Ruthe, Ollie Reed, & Slim Randles (Albuquerque, NM) Max Evans and a Few Friends Rio Grande Books
Herrington, Peggy (Albuquerque, NM) The Storyteller’s Anthology Southwest Writers
Hoover, Sandi et al (Corrales, NM) Corrales Writing Group 2013 Anthology CreateSpace
Lane, Jill (Albuquerque, NM) Lodge Lore Enchantment Lane Publications
Lee-Miller, Ethel (Tucson) Seedlings Wheatmark
Roche, John (Albuquerque, NM) Mo Joe: The Anthology Beatlick Press
Weich-Shahak, Susana (Israel) Moraccan Sephardic Romancero Gaon Books
Anthropology/Archaeology
Guyette, Susan (Santa Fe, NM) Sustainable Cultural Tourism BearPath Press
Treister, Kenneth, Patricia Vargas Casanove & Claudio Cristino Easter Island’s Silent Sentinels University of New Mexico Press
Arts Book (includes art, music, or photography)
Ashman, Stuart (Los Angeles, CA) Manuel Carrillo Fresco Books
Ballen, Gloria Abella (Santa Fe, NM) The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet Gaon Books
Burckhalter, David (Tucson, AZ) Baja California Missions Uni of AZ Press
Diaz, Josef (Santa Fe, NM) Painting the Divine Fresco Books
Minuik-Sperry, Colleen (Chandler, AZ) Photographing Acadia National Park Analemma Press
O’Connor, Paul and Bill Whaley (Taos, NM) Taos Portraits Hondo Mesa Press
Rosenberg, Evelyn (Los Ranchos, NM) Detonography: The Explosive Art of Evelyn Rosenberg University of New Mexico Press
Biography – Arizona subject (includes memoirs and autobiographies)
August, Jack (Prescott, AZ) The Norton Trilogy TCU Press
Foster, Jerry & Dee Dees (Sun City, AZ) Earthbound Misfit LifeGuides Press
Johnson, James & Marilyn (Tucson, AZ) DeGrazia Uni of AZ Press
McCroskey, Mona Lange (Prescott, AZ) And We Danced Holly Bear Press
Sharp, Lisa (Albuquerque, NM) A Slow Trot Home Wheatmark
Biography – New Mexico subject (includes memoirs and autobiographies)
Chamberlain, Kathleen (Ypsilati, MI) In the Shadow of Billy the Kid University of New Mexico Press
Dell’Amore, Alexandra (Albuquerque, NM) Hush Hush and Other Veneers Mercury Heartlink
Goodman, Tanya Ward (Los Angeles, CA) Leaving Tinkertown University of New Mexico Press
Kessell, John (Durango, CO) Miera y Pacheco Uni of OK Press
Kuligowski, Kate (Albuquerque, NM) Our Most Treasured Tails The Guys Publishing
Ruddy, Richard (Albuquerque, NM) Edmund G. Ross University of New Mexico Press
Spragg-Braude, Stacia (Corrales, NM) If There’s Squash Bugs in Heaven Museum of NM Press
Biography – Other (includes memoirs and autobiographies)
Blakemore, Sally (Santa Fe, NM) Human Beings Balboa Press
Day, H. Alan w. Lynn Wiese Sneyd (Oro Valley, AZ) The Horse Lover Univ of Nebraska Press
Granade, Rafael de (Tucson, AZ) Stillwater Milkweed Editions
Greenly, Larry (Albuquerque, NM) Eugene Bullard NewSouth Books
Hampton, Elaine with Anay Palomeque (Las Cruces, NM) Anay’s Will to Learn University of Texas Press
Ruddy, Richard (Albuquerque, NM) Edmund G. Ross University of New Mexico Press
White, Melissa J (Santa Fe, NM) Dizzy Sushi Tres Chicas Books
Business Book (includes career)
Burr, Sherri (Albuquerque, NM) A Short & Happy Guide to Financial Well-Being West Academic Publishing
Guyette, Susan (Santa Fe, NM) Sustainable Cultural Tourism BearPath Press
Children’s Picture Book
Aston, Dianna Hutts (AZ) A Rock is Lively Chronicle Books
Coy, Deborah Woodside (Albuquerque, NM) Bubblegum Box Beatlick Press
Elya, Guevara (Santa Fe, NM) Little Roja Riding Hood GP Putnams
Harrigan, Matt & Melinda Beavers (Albuquerque, NM) The Zoo’s Annual Piggyback Race Hedgebury
Kirkwood, Catherine (Santa Fe, NM) Looking for Tula AZRO Press
May Center Students (Santa Fe, NM) Where I Come From… AZRO Press
Quihuis, Albert Monreal (Chandler, AZ) Isabela’s Treasure
Zibart, Rosemary (Santa Fe, NM) I Have a Grandma Who … AZRO Press
Children’s Picture and Activity Books Bilingual (English & Spanish)
Anaya, Rudolfo (Albuquerque, NM), Nicólas Otero (Los Lunas, NM), and Nasario García (Santa Fe, NM) How Chile Came to New Mexico Rio Grande Books
Calvert, Ellen Hasenecz (Santa Fe, NM) Nine Goldfish in David’s Pond Nuevo Books
Cookbook
Jamison, Cheryl Alters & Bill (Santa Fe, NM) The Rancho de Chimayo Cookbook Lyons Press
Smith, Suzanne (Los Alamos, NM) Cooking for Your Dog Obsession du Jour Press
Crafts/Hobby/How-to Book
Randles, Slim (Albuquerque, NM) Saddle Up Rio Grande Books
Speer, Teresa (Nashville, TN) Events You Design Beatlick Press
Fiction - historical fiction
Groves, Melody (Albuquerque, NM) Kansas Bleeds Five Star Publishing
Halstead, Stephen (Richmond, OH) Everywhere Spirit ABQ Press
Herrick, Dennis (Rio Rancho, NM) Winter of the Metal People Sunbury Press
Kestell, Vikki (Albuquerque, NM) The Captive Within Faith-Filled Fiction
Kresge, Robert (Albuquerque, NM) Saving Lincoln ABQ Press
Libman, Norma (Placitas, NM) Lonely River Village Rio Granata Press
McDuffie, Susan (Santa Fe, NM) The Study of Murder Five Star, Cengage
Nesbit, Tara Shea (Boulder, CO) The Wives of Los Alamos Bloomsbury USA
Tilchen, Maida (Somerville, MA) She’s Gone Santa Fe Savvy Press
Turner, Nancy (Tucson, AZ) My Name is Resolute St Martins Press
Walton, Robert (King City, CA) Dawn Drums Moonlight Mesa Associates
Wink, Dawn (Santa Fe, NM) Meadowlark Pronghorn Press
Fiction - mystery/suspense
Badal, Joseph (Sanda Park, NM) Ultimate Betrayal Suspense Publishng
Colenda, Brinn (Angel Fire, NM) Chita Quest Southern Yellow Pine Publishing
Conkling, Mark (Rio Rancho, NM) Killer Whale Blues Sunstone Press
Giorgi, E.E. (Los Alamos, NM) Chimeras Quemazon Publishing
Graham, Scott (Durango, CO) Canyon Sacrifice Torrey House Press
Hillerman, Anne (Santa Fe, NM) Spider Woman’s Daughter HarperCollins
Kresge, Robert (Albuquerque, NM) Saving Lincoln ABQ Press
McDuffie, Susan (Santa Fe, NM) The Study of Murder Five Star, Cengage
Sanchez, Laura (Los Lunas, NM) Killer Miracle ABQ Press
Snow, RP (Abiquiu, NM) Turning Point
Southard, Duke (Green Valley, AZ) Agent for Justice Wheatmark
Fiction - other
Auker, Amy Hale (Prescott, AZ) Winter of Beauty Pen-L Publishing
Boggio, Sue & Mare Pearl (Albuquerque, NM) Sunlight & Shadow University of New Mexico Press
Conkling, Mark (Rio Rancho, NM) Killer Whale Blues Sunstone Press
Daugherty, Sharleen (Silver City, NM) Literacy Alive Rio Grande Books
Jones, Scott Archer (Angel Fire, NM) Jupiter & Gilgamesh Southern Yellow Pine Publishing
Lee-Miller, Ethel (Tucson, AZ) Seedlings Wheatmark
Mapson, Jo-Ann (Santa Fe, NM) Owen’s Daughter Bloomsbury USA
Southard, Duke (Green Valley, AZ) Agent for Justice Wheatmark
Fiction - romance
Bachelor, David (Albuquerque, NM) Dorothea and Preston Mercury Heartlink
Polo, Amber (Camp Verde, AZ) Heads in the Clouds Amber Polo
Fiction - science fiction & fantasy
Garcia, Belinda Vasquez (Spring Hill, FL) Rise of the Black Rose Magic Prose Publishing
Ochse, Weston (AZ) Age of Blood St Martins Press
Rogers, Garry (Humboldt, AZ) Corr Syl the Warrior
Vardeman, Robert (Albuquerque, NM) Fate of the Kinunir Far Future Enterprises
Weinberg, Florence (San Antonio, TX) Anselm, a Metamorphosis Twilight Times Books
Fiction – adventure or drama
Branard, Lynne (Albuquerque, NM) The Art of Arranging Flowers Berkley Publishing Group
Colenda, Brinn (Angel Fire, NM) Chita Quest Southern Yellow Pine Publishing
Conkling, Mark (Rio Rancho, NM) Killer Whale Blues Sunstone Press
Jones, Scott Archer (Angel Fire, NM) Jupiter & Gilgamesh Southern Yellow Pine Publishing
First Book (first book published by author)
Dunston, Doug (Albuquerque, NM) Windmills
Goodman, Tanya Ward (Los Angeles, CA) Leaving Tinkertown University of New Mexico Press
Greenly, Larry (Albuquerque, NM) Eugene Bullard NewSouth Books
Halstead, Stephen (Richmond, OH) Everywhere Spirit ABQ Press
Jimenez, Stephen (Santa Fe, NM) The Book of Matt Steerforth Press
Jones, Scott Archer (Angel Fire, NM) Jupiter & Gilgamesh Southern Yellow Pine Publishing
Kuligowski, Kate (Albuquerque, NM) Our Most Treasured Tails The Guys Publishing
Libman, Norma (Placitas, NM) Lonely River Village Rio Granata Press
Maldonado, Gilbert (Albuquerque, NM) Maldonado Journey Trafford
Nesbit, Tara Shea (Boulder, CO) The Wives of Los Alamos Bloomsbury USA
O’Connor, Paul and Bill Whaley (Taos, NM) Taos Portraits Hondo Mesa Press
Ruddy, Richard (Albuquerque, NM) Edmund G. Ross University of New Mexico Press
Tapscott, Mike (Phoenix, AZ) Homeless Hero Abbott Press
White, Melissa J (Santa Fe, NM) Dizzy Sushi Tres Chicas Books
Gardening Book
Bruce, Hank (Rio Rancho, NM) Gardens for the Senses Petals & Pages Press
Nabhan, Gary (Patagonia, AZ) Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land Chelsea Green Publishers
Gay/Lesbian (GLBT) Book
Gore, Ariel (Santa Fe, NM) The End of Eve Hawthorne Books
Leamy, Sarah (Cerrillos, NM) Lucky Find Strategic Books
Jimenez, Stephen (Santa Fe, NM) The Book of Matt Steerforth Press
Tilchen, Maida (Somerville, MA) She’s Gone Santa Fe Savvy Press
Health Book (includes wellness, nutrition, beauty)
Loomer, Jeffrey (Tucson, AZ) Fibromyalgia Mystery Doc Publishing
Shagam, Janet Yogoda (Albuquerque, NM) An Unintended Journey Prometheus Books
History Book – Arizona subject
DeBarbieri, Lili (Tucson, AZ) Location Filming in Arizona The History Press
Longley, Kyle (Tempe, AZ) The Morenci Marines Univ Press of Kansas
Sipos, Ed (Scottsdale, AZ) Brewing Arizona Uni of AZ Press
History Book – New Mexico subject
Armijo, Andres (Albuquerque, NM) Family History in the Rio Abajo Rio Grande Books
Bullis, Don (Rio Rancho, NM) UNSOLVED Rio Grande Books
Burr, Baldwin (Los Lunas, NM) Belen Arcadia Publishing
García, Nasario (Santa Fe, NM) Bernalillo Rio Grande Books
Hall, Loretta (Albuquerque, NM) Space Pioneers Rio Grande Books
Melzer, Richard (Belen, NM) Sanatoriums of New Mexico Arcadia Publishing
Sanchez, Joseph, Robert Spude, Art Gomez (Albuquerque, NM) New Mexico: A History Uni of OK Press
History Book – Other
Getchell, Kevin (Rio Rancho, NM) Scapegoat of Shiloh McFarland & Co
Groves, Melody (Albuquerque, NM) Butterfield’s ByWay History Press
Melzer, Richard (Belen, NM) Sanatoriums of New Mexico Arcadia Publishing
Taylor, John (Peralta, NM) The Thacher School Arcadia Publishing
Juvenile Book (grade school to junior high school)
Arnold, Laurie (Bainbridge, WA) Hello There, We’ve Been Waiting for You! Prospecta Press
Grant, Paige (Santa Fe, NM) Kitten Caboodle AZRO Press
May Center Students (Santa Fe, NM) Where I Come From… AZRO Press
Richardson, Steve (Albuquerque, NM) Canlandia Impossible Dreams Publishing
Ruden, Jenny (Albuquerque, NM) Camp Utopia and the Forgiveness Diet Koehler Books
Multi-cultural Subject (Hispanic, Native American, etc.)
Armijo, Andres (Albuquerque, NM) Family History in the Rio Abajo Rio Grande Books
Daugherty, Sharleen (Silver City, NM) Double Doll Abbott Press
Garcia, Nasario (Santa Fe, NM) Grandma’s Santo on its Head University of New Mexico Press
Herrera, Spencer (Las Cruces, NM) Sagrado University of New Mexico Press
Sweeney, Edwin (St Charles, MO) Cochise Uni of OK Press
Nature/Environment Book
Gulliford, Andrew (Durango, CO) Outdoors in the Southwest Uni of OK Press
Heil, Kenneth, Steve O’Kane, Linda Reeves, Arnold Clifford (Farmington, NM) Flora of the Four Corners Mo. Botanical Garden Press
Lucas, Spencer (Albuquerque, NM) Dinosaur Century NM Museum of Natural History
Mayes, Vernon and Barbara Lacy (Paradise Valley, AZ) Nanise - A Navajo Herbal Five Star Publications
Nelson, Mark (Santa Fe, NM) The Wastewater Gardener Synergetic Press
Pate, Dale & Ronal Kerbo On the Desert’s Edge Flat Rock Publishing
Rogers, Garry (Humboldt, AZ) Arizona Wildlife Notebook
Webb, Robert et al (Tucson, AZ) Requiem for the Santa Cruz Uni of AZ Press
New Age Book
Bolinger-McQuade, Ann (Tucson, AZ) Everyday Oracles Tarcher/Penguin
Bridges, Clint (Bosque, NM) Spirit Wisdom
Nonfiction - other
Arabica, Ms Coffea (Rio Rancho, NM) Lady Coffee’s Autobiography Petals & Pages Press
Bales, Fred (Albuquerque, NM) Our Sheltered Lives ABQ Press
Bolinger-McQuade, Ann (Tucson, AZ) Everyday Oracles Tarcher/Penguin
Coates, Karen & Jerry Redfern (Peralta, NM) Eternal Harvest ThingsAsian Press
Francis, Ruthe, Ollie Reed, & Slim Randles (Albuquerque, NM) Max Evans and a Few Friends Rio Grande Books
Gore, Ariel (Santa Fe, NM) The End of Eve Hawthorne Books
Granade, Rafael de (Tucson, AZ) Stillwater Milkweed Editions
Guyette, Susan (Santa Fe, NM) Sustainable Cultural Tourism BearPath Press
Jimenez, Stephen (Santa Fe, NM) The Book of Matt Steerforth Press
Lane, Jill (Albuquerque, NM) Lodge Lore Enchantment Lane Publications
Maldonado, Gilbert (Albuquerque, NM) Maldonado Journey Trafford
Sanders, JR (Yucaipa, CA) Some Gave All Moonlight Mesa Associates
Schreiber, Art & Hal Simmons (Albuquerque, NM) Out of Sight Nuevo Books
Tapscott, Mike (Phoenix, AZ) Homeless Hero Abbott Press
Taylor, John (Peralta, NM) The Thacher School Arcadia Publishing
Parenting/Family Issues Book
Herrera, Lydia (Albuquerque, NM) Help! My Child is ADHD Anchri Enterprises
Pets/Animals
Grant, Paige (Santa Fe, NM) Kitten Caboodle AZRO Press
Kirkwood, Catherine (Santa Fe, NM) Looking for Tula AZRO Press
Kuligowski, Kate (Albuquerque, NM) Our Most Treasured Tails The Guys Publishing
Lane, Jill (Albuquerque, NM) Lodge Lore Enchantment Lane Publications
Philosophy
Schain, Richard (Sonoita, AZ) Spiritual Pathways Virtual Bookworm
Poetry Book (individual or collection)
Ausherman, Steve (Albuquerque, NM) Creek Bed Blue Encircle Publications
Booth, Dexter (Tempe, AZ) Scratching the Ghost Graywolf Press
Dailey, Dan (Albuquerque, NM) Seeing the Words Llumina Press
Guarascio, Katrina (Albuquerque, NM) September Swimming with Elephants Publications
Hotch, Phyllis (Taos, NM) 3 A.M. 3: A Taos Press
Kluckman, Zachary (Albuquerque, NM) Some of it is Muscle Swimming with Elephants Publications
Lanza, Carmela Delia (Gallup, NM) So Rough a Messenger Finishing Line Press
Lee, Wayne (Santa Fe, NM) The Underside of Light Aldrich Press
Nyquist, Jules (Albuquerque, NM) Behind the Volcanoes Beatlick Press
Petton, Maggi (Albuquerque, NM) Psalms of the Broken Hearted Mercury Heartlink
Salazar, Andres (Santa Fe, NM) Seasons Sunstone Press
Smith, Carmen Gimenez (Las Cruces, NM) Milk and Filth Uni of AZ Press
Smith, Michael (Santa Fe, NM) No Small Things Tres Chicas Books
Taylor, Reese (Santa Fe, NM) Leaves bebold Books
Ullman, Leslie (Arroyo Seco, NM) Progress on the Subject of Immensity University of New Mexico Press
Political Book (includes social/current events)
Feldman, Dede (Albuquerque, NM) Inside the New Mexico Senate University of New Mexico Press
Reference Book
Rogers, Garry (Humboldt, AZ) Arizona Wildlife Notebook
Wittig, Sebastian (Mesa, AZ) Keedahwiit'iidi Heritage Learning Resource Center
Religious Book
Ballen, Gloria Abella (Santa Fe, NM) The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet Gaon Books
Kestell, Vikki (Albuquerque, NM) The Captive Within Faith-Filled Fiction
Petton, Maggi (Albuquerque, NM) Psalms of the Broken Hearted Mercury Heartlink
Severino, Sally (Rio Rancho, NM) Behold Our Moral Body Versita Versita
Science (including mathematics)
Bartlett, R.D. & Patricia Bartlett New Mexico’s Reptiles & Amphibians University of New Mexico Press
Hall, Loretta (Albuquerque, NM) Space Pioneers Rio Grande Books
Lucas, Spencer (Albuquerque, NM) Dinosaur Century NM Museum of Natural History
Taylor, John (Peralta, NM) The Science of Soccer University of New Mexico Press
Self-help Book (includes spirituality/inspirational)
Bridges, Clint (Bosque, NM) Spirit Wisdom
Schreiber, Art & Hal Simmons (Albuquerque, NM) Out of Sight Nuevo Books
Shapiro, Patricia Gottlieb (Santa Fe, NM) The Privilege of Aging Gaon Books
Spanish Language Book
Avila-Robinson, Graciela (Albuquerque, NM) Historias y Reflexiones de Insomnio Palibrio
Sports/Recreation
Green, Cinny (Santa Fe, NM) Backpackers’ Ultra Food Western Edge Press
Halstead, Stephen (Richmond, OH) Everywhere Spirit ABQ Press
Taylor, John (Peralta, NM) The Science of Soccer University of New Mexico Press
Travel Book (includes guides)
Coates, Karen (Peralta, NM) This Way More Better ThingsAsian Press
Lane, Jill (Albuquerque, NM) Lodge Lore Enchantment Lane Publications
Minuik-Sperry, Colleen (Chandler, AZ) Photographing Acadia National Park Analemma Press
Niederman, Sharon (Raton, NM) An Explorer’s Guide to New Mexico Countryman Press
Niederman, Sharon (Raton, NM) An Explorer’s Guide to Santa Fe & Taos Countryman Press
Young Adult Book (high school)
Bishop, Melanie (Prescott, AZ) My So-Called Ruined Life Torrey House Press
Chodosh, Janie (Santa Fe, NM) Death Spiral Poisoned Pencil Press
Daugherty, Sharleen (Silver City, NM) Literacy Alive Rio Grande Books
Greenly, Larry (Albuquerque, NM) Eugene Bullard NewSouth Books
Kilmore, Lynn (Albuquerque, NM) Soul Cages Osuna Publishing
May Center Students (Santa Fe, NM) Where I Come From… AZRO Press
Walton, Robert (King City, CA) Dawn Drums Moonlight Mesa Associates
Young Readers Book (to grade 3)
Garcia, Nasario (Santa Fe, NM) Grandpa Lolo and Trampa Rio Grande Books
Best Cover Design (6x9)
Carrier, Roger (Sandy, UT) Finding Sagrado Xlibris
Frankl, Paulette (Santa Fe, NM) Marcel & Me Lightning Rod Publications
Jones, Scott Archer (Angel Fire, NM) Jupiter & Gilgamesh Southern Yellow Pines Publihsing
Kuligowski, Kate (Albuquerque, NM) Our Most Treasured Tails The Guys Publishing
Sanchez, Lynda (Lincoln, NM) Apache Legends & Lore of Southern New Mexico History Press
Best Cover Design (smaller than 6x9)
Libman, Norma (Placitas, NM) Lonely River Village Rio Granata Press
Randles, Slim (Albuquerque, NM) Saddle Up Rio Grande Books
Rucobo, Bonnie (Albuquerque, NM) King Pachuco and Princess Mirasol-The Sequel Wild Flower Press
Sharp, Lisa (Albuquerque, NM) A Slow Trot Home Wheatmark
Best Cover Design (larger than 6x9) TRADE
Anaya, Rudolfo (Albuquerque, NM), Nicólas Otero (Los Lunas, NM), and Nasario García (Santa Fe, NM) How Chile Came to New Mexico Rio Grande Books
Armijo, Andres (Albuquerque, NM) Family History in the Rio Abajo Rio Grande Books
Hall, Loretta (Albuquerque, NM) Space Pioneers Rio Grande Books
Best Cover Design (larger than 6x9) NON-TRADE
O’Connor, Paul and Bill Whaley (Taos, NM) Taos Portraits Hondo Mesa Press
Wittig, Sebastian (Mesa, AZ) Keedahwiit'iidi Heritage Learning
2104 Category Sponsors
Anthology (individual or collection)—sponsored by David Kyea and Southwest Writers; Anthropology/Archaeology—sponsored by SAR Press, Beatlick Press and Joe the Book Guy; Arts Book (includes art, music, or photography)—sponsored by New Mexico Magazine, Wink Visual Arts, Sherri Burr, Regents Professor of Law, Picture This, and Museum of New Mexico Foundation; Biography–Arizona subject (includes memoirs and autobiographies)—sponsored by Arizona Press Women; Biography–New Mexico subject (includes memoirs and autobiographies)—sponsored by New Mexico Magazine, Savvy Press, Bathtub Row Press, and Treasure House Books; Biography–Other (includes memoirs and autobiographies)—sponsored by Pauline and Mel Eisenstadt and Moonlight Mesa Associates; Business Book (includes career)—sponsored by Steve Shaw; Children’s Activity Book (workbook/craft book/coloring book)—sponsored by Tinkertown Museum and Carol Vaughn; Children’s Picture Book—sponsored by Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Public Library & Friends of the ABC Public Library; Children’s Picture and Activity Books–Bilingual—sponsored by Santa Fe Public Library and Enchantment Lane Publications; Cookbook—sponsored by Rio Grande Books; Crafts/Hobby/How-to Book—sponsored by David Bachelor; Fiction–adventure or drama—sponsored by Vicky Ramakka; Fiction-historical fiction—sponsored by Florence Weinberg, Gaon Books; Fiction-mystery/suspense—sponsored by Wordharvest Writers Conference, C.C. Harrison and G.M. Malliet; Fiction-other—sponsored by Lani Kyea; Fiction-romance—sponsored by Suzanne Smith and Oak Tree Press; Fiction - science fiction & fantasy—sponsored by Florence Weinberg; First Book (first book published by author)—sponsored by Southwest Writers, Stardust Creations, Mining Sacred Ground and Marlene Hawkes; Gardening Book—sponsored by Rio Grande Books; Gay/Lesbian (GLBT) Book—sponsored by Same-Sex Santa Fe Weddings; Health Book (includes wellness, nutrition, beauty)—sponsored by Mary Beal Bercham; History Book–Arizona subject—sponsored by Arizona Press Women and Clear Creek Publishing; History Book–New Mexico subject—sponsored by New Mexico Magazine and Museum of New Mexico Foundation; History Book–Other—sponsored by Artemesia Publishing and Los Alamos Historical Society; Juvenile Book (grade school to junior high school)—sponsored by Green Knees; Multi-cultural Subject (Hispanic, Native American, etc.)—sponsored by University of New Mexico Press and Santa Fe Public Library; Nature/Environment Book—sponsored by New Mexico Book Association, sponsors of the Southwest Book Design Awards; New Age Book—sponsored by Mary O’Gara, creativity coach; Nonfiction-other—sponsored by Isabel Bucher; Parenting/Family Issues Book—sponsored by Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey; Pets and Animals—sponsored by April Radbill and AZRO Press; Philosophy—sponsored by New Mexico Humanist Society; Poetry Book (individual or collection)—sponsored by Bookworks, Poetry Playhouse, and New Mexico State Poetry Society; Political Book (includes social/current events)—sponsored by Pauline and Mel Eisenstadt; Reference Book—sponsored by New Mexico Library Foundation; Religious Book—sponsored by Elizabeth Ann Galligan and Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey; Science (including mathematics)—sponsored by Anima Cabin Rental; Self-help Book (includes spirituality/inspirational)—sponsored by Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey; Spanish Language Book—sponsored by David and Lani Kyea; Sports & Recreation—sponsored by New Mexico Magazine and www.Fisher-Chick.com; Travel Book (includes guides)—sponsored by New Mexico Magazine, Artemesia Publishing, www.Fisher-Chick.com and Tinkertown Museum; Young Adult Book (high school)—sponsored by Gaon Books; Young Readers Book (to grade 3)—sponsored by Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey; Best Cover Design (6x9 or smaller)—sponsored by Studio Z multimedia arts and A Twist of Karma Entertainment, LLC; Best Cover Design (larger than 6x9)—sponsored by River Light Media and Anon; Tony Hillerman Award for Best Fiction—sponsored by Wordharvest Writers Conference; Best Arizona Book—sponsored by Arizona Authors Association, The Sirens of Suspense, Clear Creek Publishing, Five Star Publications, and Arizona Press Women; Best New Mexico Book— sponsored by New Mexico Magazine, Santa Fe Public Library, and New Mexico Library Foundation; Best Book—sponsored by Santa Fe Public Library
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