Public Information and Communication
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 1, 2001
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Mary Jo Ryan
402-471-3434
800-307-2665
Nebraskans Invited to Nominate Books for the 2001 Book Awards
The 2001 Nebraska Book Awards program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book (NCB), will recognize and honor books that are written by Nebraska authors, published by Nebraska publishers, set in Nebraska, or that relate to Nebraska.
Books published in 2000, as indicated by the copyright date, are eligible for nomination. They must be professionally published, have an International Standard Book Number (ISBN), and be bound (with the exception of e-books, which will be accepted in the competition). Books may be entered in one or more of the following categories: Nonfiction, Fiction, Children/Young Adult, Cover Design/Illustrations, and Poetry. Certificates will be awarded to the winners in each category. Award winners will be announced at the Nebraska Literature Festival on September 21, 2001. The winning books will be displayed at the Literature Festival. Winners will be entitled to display award stickers on their book covers.
The entry fee is $35 per book and per category entered. Deadline for entries is June 30, 2001. Entry forms are available from the Nebraska Library Commission home page, or contact Mary Geibel, 402-471-2045, 800-307-2665, e-mail: Mary Geibel for print information. Enter by sending the entry form, three copies of the book, and the entry fee to NCB Book Awards Competition, Nebraska Library Commission, The Atrium, 1200 N Street, Suite 120, Lincoln, NE 68508-2023.
Nebraska Book Award Winners in 2000 were: Fiction, Jonis Agee for The Weight of Dreams, Viking Penquin, publisher; Nonfiction, Michael L. Tate for The Frontier Army and the Settlement of the West, University of Oklahoma Press, publisher; Nonfiction Honor Book Award, James Potter and Robert Puschendorf for Spans in Time: A History of Nebraska Bridges, Nebraska State Historical Society, publisher; Poetry, Marjorie Saiser for Bones of a Very Fine Hand, The Backwaters Press, publisher; and Cover Design/Illustrations, Larry D. Underwood for Abilene Lawmen, Dageford Publishing, publisher. All of the books were published in 1999.
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