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Awards design Sponsor: Illustrada Design
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Awards print sponsor: Kirk House Publishers
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Midwest Book Award Winners, by Category
Nonfiction – Anthologies
Last Cabin (maybe….)
by Mike Lein (Jackpine Writers Bloc)
Beginning Again: Stories of Movement and Migration in Appalachia
by Edited by Katrina M. Powell, Introduction by Nikki Giovanni (Haymarket Books)
Nonfiction – Arts/Photography/Coffee Table Books
Lights, Camera, Lionel Trains! A Photo History of an American Icon
by Roger Carp (Project Roar Publishing)
Nonfiction – Autobiography/Memoir
Fleetwood Dreams: Climbing a Mountain After a Landslide
by Amy Sazama (Ten16 Press)
Nonfiction – Biography
South Dakota Crusader: Francis Case’s Road to Congress
by Stephen L. Wilson (Joycliff Press)
We Had Fun and Nobody Died: Adventures of a Milwaukee Music Promoter
by Amy T. Waldman and Peter Jest (Wisconsin Historical Society Press)
Nonfiction – Business
My Little Book of Big Money
by Paul Tran (Beaver’s Pond Press)
Nonfiction – Children’s & Young Adult
The Resilient Brain: Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury for Kids
by Katianne Olson (Wise Ink Creative Publishing)
Nonfiction – Cookbooks/Crafts/Hobbies
Oyster Book: A Chronicle of the World’s Most Fascinating Shellfish—Past, Present, and Future
by Dan Martino (Agate Publishing)
Extra! Extra! Eat All About It!: Recipes and Culinary Curiosities from Historic Wisconsin Newspapers
by Jane Conway and Randi Julia Ramsden (Wisconsin Historical Society Press)
Nonfiction – Education/Learning
Bakke’s Shakespeare: Macbeth
by Anthony Bakke (Theran Press)
Nonfiction – Family/Parenting
Mom Dad Not Hear: 30 Powerful Stories and Lessons about Leadership, Life, and Love from My Deaf Parents
by Mickey Carolan (Third Culture Books)
Nonfiction – Health
The Mastectomy I Always Wanted
by Erica Neubert Campbell (Wise Ink Creative Publishing)
Nonfiction – History, General
Artist Goes to War: Leon Granacki in the South Pacific WWII
by Victoria Ann Granacki (Archway Publishing)
Nonfiction – History, Regional
Wisconsin for Kennedy: The Primary That Launched a President and Changed the Course of History
by B.J. Hollars (Wisconsin Historical Society Press)
Nonfiction – Inspiration
Impossible Life: A True Story of Hope and Mental Illness
by Rachael Siddoway and Sonja Wasden (A Possible Life, LLC)
Nonfiction – Nature
Great Nature Wisconsin: A Guide for Nature Immersion in Wisconsin
by Randy Hoffman, Cody Stingley, Laura Stingley (Little Creek Press)
Salmon Capital of Michigan: The Rise and Fall of a Great Lakes Fishery
by Carson Prichard (Wayne State University Press)
Nonfiction – Recreation/Sports/Travel
Mirage of Destiny: The Story of the 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars
by Kevin Allenspach (North Star Press of St. Cloud)
Nonfiction – Religion/Philosophy
For Times Such as These: A Radical’s Guide to the Jewish Year
by Rabbi Ariana Katz and Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg (Wayne State University Press)
Nonfiction – Social Science/Political Science/Culture
Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America
by Sonja Trom Eayrs (Bison Books)
Fiction – Children’s
Marvelous Jackson
by Laura Anne Bird (Orange Hat Publishing)
Fiction – Children’s picture books
I Am Beautiful
by Dionne L. Grayson (Dionne L. Grayson)
Fiction – Fantasy/SciFi/Horror/Paranormal
Point of Hopes: A Novel of Astreiant
by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett (Queen of Swords Press)
Fiction – Literary/Contemporary/Historical
Sister Lumberjack
by Simar, Candace (North Star Press of St. Cloud)
Fiction – Mystery/Thriller
Omar’s Choice
by Cathy Sultan (Calumet Editions)
Fiction – Romance
To Sense a Passion
by Audrey Lynden (Penske Publishing)
Fiction – Short Story/Anthology
Machine We Trust
by Tim Conrad (Cornerstone Press)
Fiction – Young Adult
Beyond the Cemetery Gate: The Secret Keeper’s Daughter
by Valerie Biel (Lost Lake Press)
Shades of a Warrior
by Robert Saxton (Calumet Editions)
Poetry – Debut
American Inmate
by Justin Rovillos Monson (Haymarket Books)
Poetry – General
Map of My Want
by Faylita Hicks (Haymarket Books)
Poetry – Regional
We Live Here: Poems for an Ojibwe Calendar Year
by Lois Beardslee (Wayne State University Press)
Design – Cover Design
Rhino Keeper
by Jillian Forsberg (History Through Fiction) Christine Horner, The Book Cover Whisperer
Design – Illustration
Song of the Raven
by Amanda Hall (World Wisdom/Wisdom Tales Press) Amanda Hall
Design – Interior Design
Big Aquarium Adventure; Learn about frogs, turtles, sharks, and skates!
by Nancy Roop (Developmental Texts) TLC Book Designs
Design – Total Book Design
Lights, Camera, Lionel Trains! A Photo History of an American Icon
by Roger Carp (Project Roar Publishing) Lisa Schroeder