Public Information and Communication
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 24, 2004
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Mary Jo Ryan
402-471-3434, 800-307-2665
Nebraska Books Honored by Center for the Book
The 2004 Nebraska Book
Awards program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book (NCB), recognizes
and honors books that are written by Nebraska authors, published by Nebraska
publishers, set in Nebraska, or concerning Nebraska. This year's winners are:
- Children:
The Ring Bear, written by N.L. Sharp, illustrated by Michael T. Hassler
Jr., Dageforde Publishing, Inc.
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Young Adult:
Ruth Foreman, Free to Drink the Wind: A Misty West Mystery, Beaver
Books.
- Cover
Design/Illustration: Road Trip: Conversations With Writers, Shelly Clark and
Marjorie Saiser (editors), Randy Barger (cover photo), Chris Bristol (cover
design), The Backwaters Press
- Fiction :
Acts of Love on Indigo Road, Jonis Agee, Coffee House Press
- Non-Fiction :
Restoring the Burnt Child: A Primer, William Kloefkorn, University of
Nebraska Press
- Anthology :
Road Trip:
Conversations With Writers ,
Shelly Clark and Marjorie Saiser, The Backwaters Press
- Poetry :
Potato Soup, Twyla Hansen, The Backwaters Press
Books published in 2004 will
be eligible for the 2005 Awards program. To receive notification of the 2005
Book Awards program, contact Maria Medrano-Nehls, 402-471-2045 or 800-307-2665.
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the Book is housed at the Nebraska Library Commission and brings together the
state's readers, writers, booksellers, librarians, publishers, printers,
educators, and scholars to build the community of the book, supporting programs
to celebrate and stimulate public interest in books, reading, and the written
word. The Nebraska Center for the Book is supported by the Nebraska Library
Commission.
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