Nonfiction – Anthologies
Education for Democracy: Renewing the Wisconsin Idea
by Chad Allen Goldberg (University of Wisconsin Press)
Country Views
by Zachary Michael Jack (Ice Cube Press, LLC)
Nonfiction – Arts/Photography/Coffee Table Books
Synthesis: Lost and Found in America: Art by Vesna Kittelson
by Lyndel King, Heather Carroll, Wendy Fernstrum, Camille LeFevre, Susannah Schouweiler, Joanna Inglot, John Lyon, Kerry Morgan and Marcia Reed (Afton Press)
Our Gay History
by Zaylore Stout (Wise Ink)
Hazel Belvo: A Matriarch of Art
by Julie L’Enfant (Afton Press)
Nonfiction – Autobiography/Memoir
Tending the Valley: A Prairie Restoration Odyssey
by Alice D’Alessio (Wisconsin Historical Society Press)
Sign Here if You Exist and Other Essays
by Jill Sisson Quinn (Mad Creek Books, an imprint of The Ohio State University Press)
Griefs Country: A Memoir in Pieces
by Gail Griffin (Wayne State University Press)
Nonfiction – Biography
Patrick J. Lucey: A Lasting Legacy
by Dennis Dresang (Wisconsin Historical Society Press)
Nonfiction – Business
Hired
by George C. Murray (Kirk House Publishers)
Durable Trades: Family-Centered Economies That Have Stood the Test of Time
by Rory Groves (Front Porch Republic Books)
The Confidence to Speak
by Sara Krisher (Kirk House Publishers)
Nonfiction – Children’s & Young Adult
You Can Change the World
by Lucy Bell (Andrews McMeel Publishing)
My OIT Journey: How It Worked for Me!
by Major Jaimes (Beaver’s Pond Press)
Nonfiction – Cookbooks/Crafts/Hobbies
The Tahini Table: Go Beyond Hummus with 100 Recipes for Every Meal
by Amy Zitelman (Agate Publishing, Inc.)
Northern Harvest: Twenty Michigan Women in Food and Farming
by Emita Brady Hill (Wayne State University Press)
Hungry for Harbor Country: Recipes and Stories from the Coast of Southwest Michigan
by Lindsay Navama (Agate Publishing, Inc.)
Nonfiction – Education/Learning
Our Gay History
by Zaylore Stout (Wise Ink)
Nonfiction – Family/Parenting
The Fog Zone
by Deborah Day Laxson (Beaver’s Pond Press)
Family Redefined
by Kimberly Ewertz (Little Creek Press)
Nonfiction – Health
My New Kidney & Me
by Greg Baldauf (Beaver’s Pond Press)
The Fog Zone
by Deborah Day Laxson (Beaver’s Pond Press)
Nonfiction – History, General
No entries met judges’ criteria
Nonfiction – History, Regional
No Place Like Murder: True Crime in the Midwest
by Janis Thornton (Indiana University Press)
Midwest Futures
by Phil Christman (Belt Publishing)
Letters to the Chief: A Minnesota Childhood
by Judi Lifton (Wisdom Editions (Calumet Editions imprint))
Nonfiction – Humor
Still Laughing, Still Learning, Still Looking for a Good Title: Mostly True Stories of Family, Friends, Faith & Foibles
by Bill Chadwick (Beaver’s Pond Press)
The Meat and Potatoes of Life: My True Lit Com
by Lisa Smith Molinari (Elva Resa Publishing)
Nonfiction – Inspiration
The Seasons of Divorce
by Barb Greenberg (Kirk House Publishers)
My New Kidney & Me
by Greg Baldauf (Beaver’s Pond Press)
Like a Shadow: The Life and Training of a Guardian Warrior
by Tamarack Song (Snow Wolf Publishing)
Nonfiction – Nature
Sign Here if You Exist and Other Essays
by Jill Sisson Quinn (Mad Creek Books, an imprint of The Ohio State University Press)
Mammals of North Dakota
by Robert Seabloom (North Dakota State University Press)
Afield
by Sumner Matteson (Little Creek Press)
Nonfiction – Recreation/Sports/Travel
When do the Lions Eat?
by George Heiring (FuzionPress)
More Minnesota Gold
by Patrick Mader (with Joel Rippel)
Crimson Arrows: A Bowhunting Odyssey
by Eyad H. Yehyawi
Nonfiction – Religion/Philosophy
Native
by Kaitlin B. Curtice (Brazos Press)
Journey to the Ancestral Self: Remembering What It Is to Be Human
by Tamarack Song (Snow Wolf Publishing)
A Living Islamic City: Fez and Its Preservation
by Titus Burckhardt (World Wisdom)
Nonfiction – Social Science/Political Science/Culture
The White Man Who Stayed
by James Autry (Ice Cube Press, LLC)
From Inspiration to Activism: A Personal Journey through Obama’s Presidential Campaign
by Mary Lang Sollinger (Little Creek Press)
Coming Out, Moving Forward: Wisconsin’s Recent Gay History
by R. Richard Wagner (Wisconsin Historical Society Press)
Poetry – Anthology
Rocked by the Waters
by Margaret Hasse and Athena Kildegaard (Nodin Press)
Child of Dawn Mother of Twilight
by Theresa King (Yes International Publishers)
Poetry – Debut
The Willies
by Adam Falkner (Button Poetry)
The Miraculous, Sometimes
by Meg Shevenock (Conduit Books & Ephemera )
Ain’t Never Not Been Black
by Javon Johnson (Button Poetry)
Poetry – General
Fugitive Atlas
by Khaled Mattawa (Graywolf Press)
Fractures
by Carlos Andrés Gomez (University of Wisconsin Press)
Gut Botany
by Petra Kuppers (Wayne State University Press)
Poetry – Regional
Words like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers
by Lois Beardslee (Wayne State University Press)
Midwest Gothic
by Laura Donnelly (Ashland Poetry Press)
His Feathers Were Chains
by Denise Lajimodiere (North Dakota State University Press)
Fiction – Children’s
Life in the Neck Squirrel Trouble
by Diane Davies (Beaver’s Pond Press)
The Girl Who Moved to the Town That Wasn’t There
by Suzanne Hovik Fuller (Siouxland Heritage Museum)
Cat Ninja
by Matthew Cody (Andrews McMeel Publishing)
Fiction – Children’s picture books
My Heart Grows
by Michael Arndt (Andrews McMeel Publishing)
Monica the Muskie
by Bob Allen (Beaver’s Pond Press)
The Generous Fish
by Jacqueline Jules (Wisdom Tales Press)
Fiction – Fantasy/SciFi/Horror/Paranormal
Twisted Light
by K.A. Patterson
Thicker than Water
by Geoffrey Carter (HenschelHAUS )
Lord’s Dome
by E.D.E. Bell (Atthis Arts)
Fiction – Literary/Contemporary/Historical
They Shot Kennedy
by David Benjamin (Last Kid Books)
Half the Terrible Things
by Paul Legler (North Dakota State University Press)
The Distance Between Stars
by Jeff Elzinga (Water’s Edge Press LLC)
Fiction – Mystery/Thriller
Lost Little Sister
by Michael Prelee (North Star Press of St. Cloud)
In the House of Night
by Donald Levin (Poison Toe Press)
All Hallows’ Shadows
by Michael D. Graves (Meadowlark Press, LLC)
Fiction – Romance
Tearza
by Pete Carlson (Calumet Editions)
The Project
by Stacey Potter (Hadleigh House Publishing)
He Lands in Palm Springs
by John F Shekleton
Fiction – Short Story/Anthology
You’re in the Wrong Place
by Joseph Harris (Wayne State University Press)
I Have the Answer
by Kelly Fordon (Wayne State University Press)
Girl on a Float
by Brian Bedard (North Dakota State University Press)
Fiction – Young Adult
Opulence, Kansas
by Julie Stielstra (Meadowlark Press, LLC)
Gray Horse at Oak Lane Stable
by Kerri Lukasavitz (Three Towers Press, an imprint of HenschelHAUS Publishing)
A Time for Tears
by Jerilynn Jones Henrikson (Meadowlark Press, LLC)
Design – Cover Design
Story of the Mongolian Tent House
by Dashdondog Jamba and Anne Pellowski (Wisdom Tales Press) Clinton Minnaar
Spider Lake: A Northern Lakes Mystery
by Jeff Nania (Little Creek Press) Chris Nania and Kristin Mitchell
Pouf
by Monica Vierling Hall (FuzionPress) Ann Aubitz
Design – Illustration
Ya Herd!
by Van Horgen (Beaver’s Pond Press) Sandy Meirovitz
Shelter
by Margaret Hasse (Nodin Press) Sharon deMark
The Generous Fish
by Jacqueline Jules (Wisdom Tales Press) Clinton Minnaar
Design – Interior Design
FOR NOW: Poems by Taiju Geri Wilimek, Paintings by Marley Kaul
by Taiju Geri Wilimek and Marley Kaul (Mill Studio Press) Lynn Phelps
Design – Total Book Design
My Heart Grows
by Michael Arndt (Andrews McMeel Publishing) Michael Arndt with Julie Barnes as art director
Our Gay History
by Zaylore Stout (Wise Ink) Ryan Scheife
Afield
by Sumner Matteson (Little Creek Press) Kristin Mitchell
Graphic Novels
Icarus
by Gregory A. Wilson (Atthis Arts)
Cat Ninja
by Matthew Cody (Andrews McMeel Publishing)