The Colorado Book Awards [1], an annual program of Colorado Humanities [2], celebrates the accomplishments of Colorado's outstanding authors, editors, illustrators, and photographers. Awards are presented in at least ten categories including anthology/collection, biography, children's, creative nonfiction, fiction, history, nonfiction, pictorial, poetry, and young adult.
The 2012 winners were announced at Aspen Summer Words [3] in June. Margaret Coel, author of 17 novels and two works of nonfiction, was honored with a lifetime achievement award. Winners will participate in a book signing on August 21st at the Tattered Cover in LoDo, Denver, CO.
Congratulations to this year's winners!
Anthology/Collections: Monumental Majesty: 100 Years of Colorado National Monument, edited by Laurena Mayne Davis, The Daily Sentinel
Biography: The Man Who Never Died by William Adler, Bloomsbury
Children's Literature: Light Up the Night by Jean Reidy, Disney Hyperion
Creative Nonfiction: Dances in Two Worlds: A Writer-Artist's Backstory by Thordis Simonsen, The Fundamental Note
General Nonfiction: Math for Life by Jeffrey Bennett, Roberts and Company
Genre Fiction: The Soul Mirror by Carol Berg, Penguin Group USA
History: From Jars to the Stars, by Todd Neff, Earthview Media
Juvenile Literature: City of Orphans by Avi, Simon & Schuster
Literary Fiction: The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
Pictorial: Thomas W. Benton: Artist/Activist by Daniel Joseph Watkins, People's Press
Poetry: Circle's Apprentice by Dan Beachy-Quick, Tupelo Press
Young Adult Literature: Lucy Dakota: Adventures of a Modern Explorer Book 1 - Rocky Mountain Beginnings by Carol Sue Shride, My Piece of the Puzzle