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2011 New Mexico Book Awards


The winners have been announced and they are:

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2011 New Mexico Book Award Winners

Children’s Picture Book
Ana Baca
Tia's Tamales
University of NM Press

Children’s Activity Book
Bruce, Hank and Tomi Jill Folk
Stasha Dog's Secret Dream
Petals & Pages Press

Children’s Activity Book
Lane, Jill
Travelin' Jack
Enchantment Lane Pubs

Young Readers (to grade 3)
Wright, Sandi
The Adventures of Santa Fe Sam
Art Academy de los Ninos

Young Readers (to grade 3)
Martinez, Demetria & Rosalee Montoya-Read
Grandpa's Magic Tortilla
University of NM Press

Juvenile (grade school to junior high school)
Cervantes, Jennifer
Tortilla Sun
Chronicle Books

Juvenile (grade school to junior high school)
Hauth, Katherine
What's for Dinner?
Charlesbridge

Young Adult (high school)
Avasthi, Swati
Split
Knopf Books

Nonfiction, Other
Herron, Gary
Baseball in Albuquerque
Arcadia Publishing

Anthology
Torrez, Robert
Rio Arriba
Rio Grande Books

Anthropology/Archaeology
Margaret Nelson & Michelle Hegmon
Mimbres Lives and Landscapes
SAR Press

Art & Photography
Kim Vesely, Dick Brown, Tom McConnell, Paul Rhetts
The World Comes to Albuquerque
Rio Grande Books

Biography
Miller, Darlis
Open Range
University of OK Press

Biography

Remley, David
Kit Carson
University of OK Press

Biography
Randles, Slim
Sweetgrass Mornings
University of NM Press

Business (includes career)
Powers, Marianne
Doing the Right Thing
Quillrunner Publishing

Cooking
DeWitt, Dave
The Southwest Table
Globe Pequot

Cooking
DeWitt, Dave
1001 Best Hot & Spicy Recipes
Surrey Books

Gardening
Hillerman, Anne & Don Strel
Gardens of Santa Fe
Gibbs Smith

Gay/Lesbian (GLBT)
Bodin, Joanne
Walking Fish
Outskirts Press

Health (includes wellness, nutrition, beauty)
Dubois, William
Beyond Fingersticks
Red Blood Cell Books

History, New Mexico subject
Hall, Loretta
Out of this World: New Mexico & Space Travel
Rio Grande Books

Multi-cultural Subject
Shaphard, Bud
Chief Loco
University of OK Press

Nature/Environment
Bello, Kyce
The Return of the River
Sunstone Press

Nature/Environment
Cartron, Jean-Luc
Raptors of New Mexico
University of NM Press

New Age
Chernoff, Seth David
Manual for Living
Spirit Scope Publishing

New Mexico Centennial
Melzer, Richard
Sunshine & Shadows II
Rio Grande Books

Parenting/Family Issues
Rubin, Gail
A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning
Light Tree Press

Philosophy
Burch, Jack
The New Trinity
DeVorss & Company

Political/current events
Taggart, Vicki
Senator Pete Domenici's Legacy 2010
Rio Grande Books

Reference
Lowry, Joe Dan and Joe P.
Turquoise
Gibbs Smith

Religious (in honor of Father Thomas J. Steele, S.J.)
Sandlin, Lisa & Catherine Ferguson
You Who Make the Sky Bend
Pinyon Publishing

Science & Math
Vasantha Kandasamy & Florentin Smarandache
Algebraic Structures Using Natural Class of Intervals
The Educational Publisher

Self-help (includes spirituality/inspirational)
Guyette, Susan
Zen Birding
O-Books

Self-help (includes spirituality/inspirational)
Randles, Slim
A Cowboy's Guide
Rio Grande Books

Travel (includes guides)
Groves, Melody
Hoist a Cold One: Historic Bars of the Southwest
University of NM Press

Poetry (individual or collection)
Golos, Veronica
Vocabulary of Silence
Red Hen Press

Poetry (individual or collection)
Renee Gregorio, Joan Logghe, & Miriam Sagan
Love & Death
Tres Chicas Books

Fiction, Other
Campbell, Liza
The Dissemblers
Permanent Press

Fiction, Adventure or drama
Anaya, Rudolfo
Randy Lopez Goes Home
University of OK Press

Fiction, Adventure or drama
Hinton, Lynne
Pie Town
William Morrow

Fiction, Historical
McDuffie, Susan
The Faerie Hills
Five Star Publishing

Fiction, Mystery/suspense
Barber, Christine
The Bone Fire
Minotaur Books

Fiction, Romance
Jones, Darynda
First Grave on the Right
St. Martin's Press

Fiction, Sci Fi & Fantasy
Corwell, David
Daily Flash 2011
Pill Hill Press

First Book (first book published by author)
Armijo, Andres
Becoming a Part of My History
Rio Grande Books

Howard Bryan Western History Award
Santa Fe 400 Anniversary
All Trails Lead to Santa Fe

Joe Sando Western History Award
Phyllis Morgan
N. Scott Momaday

Joe Sando Western History Award
Marcia Keegan
Taos Pueblo & Its Sacred Blue Lake

Best New Mexico Book
Loretta Hall
Out of this World

Best New Mexico Book
Joe & Dan Lowry
Turquoise

Best of Show
Rubin, Gail
A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning

Best of Show
Kim Vesely, Dick Brown, Tom McConnell, Paul Rhetts
The World Comes to Albuquerque