Public Information and Communication
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 20, 2008
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Mary Jo Ryan
402-471-3434
800-307-2665
Books Honored by Nebraska Center for the Book
The 2008 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:
Nonfiction
150: A Commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of Hall County, Nebraska
Edited by Pete Letheby
Publisher: Grand Island Independent
Nonfiction Honor
Africa on Six Wheels: A Semester on Safari
by Betty Levitov
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Fiction
Dead Ex
by Harley Jane Kozak
Publisher: Doubleday
Cover/Design/Illustration
Husker Numbers: A Nebraska Number Book
by Rajean Luebs Shepherd,
Illustrated by Sandy Appleoff
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press.
Poetry
Book of Grass
by JV Brummels
Publisher: Grizzly Media
Anthology
The Big Empty: Contemporary Nebraska Nonfiction Writers
Edited by Ladette Randolph and Nina Shevchuk-Murray
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Anthology
Honor
Nebraska
Presence: An Anthology of Poetry
Edited by Greg Kosmicki and Mary K. Stillwell
Publisher: Backwaters Press
Award winners were honored at the Nebraska Book Festival on
Saturday, October 18, 2008. Books published in 2008 will be eligible for the 2009
Awards program. To receive notification of the 2009 Book Awards program, contact
Maria Medrano-Nehls, 402-471-2045 or 800-307-2665.
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