Previous Winners

Fiction, Poetry, Drama: The North Shore written by Gunnard Landers (Library Call # PS3562 .A4755 N67 2006)

Nonfiction, Memoir: Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence written by Matthew Sanford (Library Call # WL346 S217w 2006)

Children's Literature: Fearless John: The Legend of John Beargrease written by Kelly Emerling Rauzi and illustrated by Mila Horak (Library Call # Children's 977.6 R251f)

2005

Fiction, Poetry, Drama: Zoe's Good-bye written and illustrated by Mary Schlangen (Library Call # PRIM-FIC S3385zo)

Nonfiction, Art, Scholarship: Salmela: Architect by Thomas Fisher, with photographs by Peter Bastianelli-Kerze (Library Call # NA737 .S317 F57 2005)

Fiction, Poetry, Drama: Ojibwe Tales: Stories of the Ojibwe People by Art Przybilla with the aid of the late Randy Councillor (Library Call # Children's 398.2 P973o)

Nonfiction, Art, Scholarship: Minnesota's Iron Country: Rich Ore, Rich Lives by Marvin Lamppa (Library Call # F606 .L29 2004)

2003

Fiction, Poetry, Drama: Uncommon Light: A Collection of Poems by Jeanine Lamoureux Emmons, Gladys Koski Holmes, Kathleen McQuillan, Stephanie Stevens, and Sheila Packa (Library Call # PS589 .U536 2003)

Nonfiction, Art, Scholarship: V Is for Viking: A Minnesota Alphabet by Kathy-jo Wargin, illustrated by Karen Latham and Rebecca Latham (Library Call # Children's 977.6 W274v)

2002

Fiction, Poetry, Drama: Borealis by Jeff Humphries with woodcut prints by Betsy Bowen (Library Call # PS3608 .U57 B67 2002)

Nonfiction, Art, Scholarship: The Art of the Canoe with Joe Seliga by Jerry Stelmok with photography by Deborah Sussex (Library Call # VM353 .S767 2002)

2001

Schooners, Skiffs & Steamships: Stories along Lake Superior Water Trails by Howard Sivertson (Library Call # F552 .S57 2001)

2000

John Blair and the Great Hinckley Fire by Josephine Nobisso (Library Call # Children's 977.6 N745J)

1999

50 Circuit Hikes by Howard Fenton (Library Call # GV199.42 .M6 F46 1999)

1998

Cold Comfort by Barton Sutter (Library Call # PS3569 .U87 Z464 1998)

1997

Just Above Water by Louis Jenkins (Library Call # PS3560 .E488 J87 1997x)

1996

Silent Words by Joan M. Drury (Library Call # PS3554 .R827 S5 1996)

1995

The Duluth Portfolio by Craig and Nadine Blacklock (Library Call # V0Y F614 .D8B53 1995x)

1994

The Illustrated Voyageur by Howard Sivertson (Library Call # V0Y F614 .G7 S58 1994)

1993

Walking the Rez Road by Jim Northrup (Library Call # V0Y PS3564 .O765 W3 1993)

1992

The Grand Portage Story by Carolyn Gilman (Library Call # F614 .G7 G55 1992)

1991

North Writers: A Strong Woods Collection edited by John Henricksson (Library Call # QH14 .N67 1991)

1990

Gunflint: Reflections on the Trail by Justine Kerfoot (Library Call # F612 .B73 K468 1991)

1989

The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen (Library Call # INTR-FIC P3324WI)

1988

Quiet Magic by Sam Cook (Library Call # V0Y F610 .C65 1989x)

Fiction, Poetry, Drama: The Keeper's Daughter written by Leanne Denise Knott (Library Call # PS3611 .N688 K44 2006)

Nonfiction, Memoir: By the Ore Docks: A Working People's History of Duluth written by Richard Hudelson and Carl Ross (Library Call # HD8085 .D88 H83 2006)

Children's Literature: The Legend of Minnesota written by Kathy-jo Wargin and illustrated by David Geister (Library Call # Children's 398.2 W2746Leg)

Fiction, Poetry, Drama: Mercy Falls by William Kent Krueger (Library Call # PS3561 .R766 M47 2005)

Nonfiction, Art, Scholarship: Rudy! The People's Governor by Betty Wilson (Library Call # F606 .P476 W557 2005)

Fiction, Poetry, Drama: Sea Smoke: Prose Poems by Louis Jenkins (Library Call # PS3560 .E488 S43 2004)

Nonfiction, Art, Scholarship: Pride of the Inland Seas: An illustrated History of the Port of Duluth by Bill Beck and C. Patrick Labadie (Library Call # HE554 .D8 B43 2004)

Fiction, Poetry, Drama: Mittens in the Boundary Waters by Larry Ahlman (Library Call # PS3601 .H563 M5 2001)

Nonfiction, Art, Scholarship: Will to Murder: The True Story behind the Crimes & Trials Surrounding the Glensheen Killings by Gail Feichtinger with John DeSanto and Gary Waller (Library Call # HV6534 .D88 F45 2003)

Fiction, Poetry, Drama: Chasing Fire: Danger in Canoe Country by Earl Fleck (Library Call # PRIM-FIC F593CK)

Nonfiction, Art, Scholarship: Stories in Log and Stone: The Legacy of the New Deal in Minnesota State Parks by David R. Benson (Library Call # SB482 .M6 B46 2002)