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Previous Winners and Honorable MentionsWinners
Honorable Mentions
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2014 | Fiction: A River Through Two Harbors, written by Dennis Herschbach Poetry: Night Train Red Dust: Poems of the Iron Range, by Sheila Packa General Nonfiction: Sawdust in Their Blood, written by Jim Boyd Children's Literature: Wilder's Foe, written by Diane Bradley Memoir and Creative Nonfiction: Zenith City: Stories from Duluth, written by Michael Fedo Art, Photography: The Other Side of Wilderness written by Richard C. Johnson |
2013 | Fiction: Timber: Fire in the Pines written by A.L. Sanderson Poetry: Tin Flag: New and Selected Prose Poems by Louis Jenkins General Nonfiction: Esko's Corner: An Illustrated History of Esko and Thomson Township written by Esko Historical Society Children's Literature: Finding Hope written by Michelle Myers Lackner Memoir and Creative Nonfiction: The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo: A Child, an Elder, and the Light from an Ancient Sky written by Kent Nerburn |
2012 | Fiction: The Long-Shining Waters written by Danielle Sosin Poetry: Reindeer Camps and Other Poems by Barton Sutter General Nonfiction: Rez Salute: The Real Healer Dealer written by Jim Northrup Children's Literature: Frozen written by Mary Casanova Art, Photography: Words and Pictures written by Louis Jenkins, images by Richard C. Johnson Memoir and Creative Nonfiction: Two Bucks and a Can of Gas written by Robert R. Olson |
2011 | Fiction: The Winds of Change written by Duane Schwartz Poetry: Migrations: Poetry and Prose for Life's Transitions edited by Sheila Packa General Nonfiction: Twelve Owls written by Laura Erickson, illustrations by Betsy Bowan Children's Literature: Utterly Otterly Night written by Mary Casanova, illustrated by Ard Hoyt Art, Photography: Old Minnesota written by Nace Hagemann Memoir and Creative Nonfiction: Hauling Water: Reflections on Making a Home in the North Woods written by Becca Manlove, illustrated by Sharon Brin Manlove
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2010 | Fiction: The Burying Place written by Brian Freeman Poetry: Under the Influence of Lilacs by Deborah Gordon Cooper General Nonfiction: The Assassination of Hole in the Day written by Anton Treuer Children's Literature: Big Belching Bog written by Phyllis Root, illustrated by Betsy Bowan Memoir and Creative Nonfiction: Tales from the Creel written by Rudy Senarighi
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2009 | Fiction: Big Noise: A Jo Spence Mystery written by Jen Wright Poetry: The Gravity of Flesh by Jill Breckenridge General Nonfiction: 61 Gems on Highway 61 written by Kathryn Mayo and William Mayo Children's Literature: Manoomin: A Wild Rice Adventure written by Joshua Whitebird Memoir and Creative Nonfiction: Chaos and Grit: Barbless Bits & Little Chits written by Phyllis Burgess
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2008 | Fiction: Shelter Half written by Carol Bly (Library Call # PS3552.L89 S54 2008) Poetry: Between the Ceiling & the Moon written by Deborah Gordon Cooper (Library Call # PS3603.O5826 B48 2008) General Nonfiction: Invincible: History of the Duluth Boat Club written by Michael J. Cochran (Library Call # GV793.C63 2008) Children's Literature: Face to Face with Wolves written by Jim and Judy Brandenburg (Library Call # Children's Lit 599 B817fa) Art, Photography: Edge of Forever: Images of Lake Superior written by Peter Scott Eide (Library Call # F552.E343 2008) Memoir and Creative Nonfiction: Blueberry Summers: Growing Up at the Lake written by Curtiss Anderson (Library Call # F615.S2 A53 2008) |
2007 | Fiction, Poetry, Drama: The Mother Tongue written by Sheila Packa (Library Call # PS3566 .A315 M68 2007) Nonfiction, Memoir: Skiing the North Shore: A Guide to Cross Country Trails in Minnesota's Spectacular Lake Superior Region written by Andrew Slade (Library Call # GV854.5.M6 S53 2007) Children's Literature: Storm Codes written by Tracy Nelson Maurer and illustrated by Christina Rodriguez (Library Call # Children's Lit Prim-Fic M4534st ) Art, Photography : We Are At Home: Pictures of the Ojibwe People written by Bruce White (Library Call # TR654 .W363 2007) |
2006 | 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) |
2005 | 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)
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2004 | 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)
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2003 | 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)
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2002 | Fiction, Poetry, Drama: Chasing Fire:Danger inCanoeCountry 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)
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2001 | These Granite Islands: A Novel by Sarah Stonich (Library Call # PS3569 .T6455 T47 2001) |
2000 | The Journal of Otto Peltonen, A Finnish Immigrant by William Durbin (Library Call # INTR-FIC D953J0) |
1999 | Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger (Library Call # PS3561 .R766 B68 1999x) |
1998 | Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger (Library Call # PS3561 .R766 I69 1998) |
1997 | Hometown Folks by Gerald Carlson (Library Call # PS3553 .A7323 H66 1997) |
1996 | The Boundary Waters Wilderness Ecosystem by Miron Heinselman (Library Call # QH 105 .M55 H43 1996) |
1995 | Gathering: A Northwoods Counting Book by Betsy Bowen (Library Call # Children's 513.2 B786G) |
1994 | The Birch: Bright Tree of Life and Legend by John Peyton (Library Call # VOY SD397 .B5 P49 1994) |
Gooseberry by Nadine and Craig Blacklock (Library Call # VOY F612 .L3 B53 1994) | |
1993 | For the Birds: An Uncommon Guide by Laura Erickson (Library Call # QL699 .E74 1994) |
1992 | Canoe Country Wildlife: A Field Guide to the Boundary Waters and Quetico by Mark Stensaas (Library Call # QL185 .S74 1993) |
1991 | Witch Tree by Joanne Hart and Hazel Belvo (Library Call # VOY PS3558 .A6817 W5 1992) |
1990 | Distant Fires by Scott Anderson (Library Call # VOY GV776.15 .A2 A53 1990) |
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