Minnesota Book Awards Nominations Now Open

Nominations are open for the 23rd annual Minnesota Book Awards, coordinated by Friends of the St. Paul Public Library. A book's author, publisher or agent may nominate an eligible book; categories are children's literature, general nonfiction, genre fiction, memoir/ creative nonfiction, Minnesota, novel/short story, poetry and young people's literature. 

Nomination forms and submission details are available at thefriends.org or by calling 651-366-6497 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              651-366-6497      end_of_the_skype_highlighting. Deadline is 5 p.m. Dec. 10.

Finalists will be announced Jan. 30, and winners will be announced at the April 16 Book Awards gala at the Crowne Plaza Hotel-St. Paul Riverfront hotel. Tickets go on sale in January. — Mary Ann Grossmann.

This years winners below for posterity as their day in the sun draws to a close - at least as far as the Minnesota's are concerned. 

Winners 22nd Minnesota Book Awards

Joyce Sidman won for "Red Sings From Treetops: A Year in Colors," which was a Caldecott honor book this year. St. Paul writer Marlon James won for "The Book of Night Women," which was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction. 

The winners were selected from a pool of 250 books nominated and narrowed to 32 finalists 

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The full list of winners:

• Children's literature, sponsored by Books for Africa: "Red Sings From Treetops: A Year in Colors," by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Sidman is the author of several books for children, including "Songs of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems," which was a Caldecott Honor book
• General nonfiction, sponsored by Minnesota AFL-CIO: "I Go to America: Swedish Women and the Life of Mina Anderson," by Joy K. Lintelman (Minnesota Historical Society Press). Lintelman is a professor of history at Concordia College in Moorhead.
• Genre fiction, sponsored by Wellington Management Inc.: "Jelly's Gold," by David Housewright (Minotaur/St. Martin's). Housewright has won an Edgar and a Minnesota Book Award for his crime fiction.
• Memoir and creative nonfiction: "The Wolf at Twilight," by Kent Nerburn (New World Library). Nerburn has written a dozen books on spirituality and Indian themes.
• Minnesota, sponsored by Xcel Energy: "Opening Goliath: Danger and Discovery in Caving," by Cary J. Griffith (Borealis Books/Minnesota Historical Society Press). Griffith writes about the outdoors.

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• Children's literature, sponsored by Books for Africa: "Red Sings From Treetops: A Year in Colors," by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Sidman is the author of several books for children, including "Songs of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems," which was a Caldecott Honor book
• General nonfiction, sponsored by Minnesota AFL-CIO: "I Go to America: Swedish Women and the Life of Mina Anderson," by Joy K. Lintelman (Minnesota Historical Society Press). Lintelman is a professor of history at Concordia College in Moorhead.
• Genre fiction, sponsored by Wellington Management Inc.: "Jelly's Gold," by David Housewright (Minotaur/St. Martin's). Housewright has won an Edgar and a Minnesota Book Award for his crime fiction.
• Memoir and creative nonfiction: "The Wolf at Twilight," by Kent Nerburn (New World Library). Nerburn has written a dozen books on spirituality and Indian themes.
• Minnesota, sponsored by Xcel Energy: "Opening Goliath: Danger and Discovery in Caving," by Cary J. Griffith (Borealis Books/Minnesota Historical Society Press). Griffith writes about the outdoors.