2018 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards
12th Annual New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards
You can download the 2018 List of Finalists for the 2018 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards HERE
The banquet will be Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Tanoan Country Club,
located at 10801 Academy Road NE, Albuquerque
The 2018 Awards Banquet will be held on Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Tanoan Country Club,
located at 10801 Academy Road NE, Albuquerque.
The schedule is:
4:30pm Cocktail Hour Cash Bar & Auction
6pm Welcome Auction winners & Dinner
7pm Book Awards Recognition Program
New Mexico business attire.
Cost: $60 per person
There are two entree choices:
1) Grilled Herb Crusted Chicken Breast
Roasted Tomato Basil Quinoa & Roasted Garlic Sweet Pepper Cream Sauce
Fresh Seasonal Vegetables
2) Vegetarian (dairy-free, nut-free, gluten-free)
Grilled Marinated Portabella Mushroom
Warm Boursin Sweet Pepper Tomato Salad & a Cabernet Reduction Sauce
Fresh Seasonal Vegetables
Roll & Butter
Dessert
Tea, Decaf or Regular Coffee
The banquet will be at the Tanoan Country Club,
located at 10801 Academy Road NE, Albuquerque
Please let us know if you want the vegetarian menu when you make your reservation. If you want the Grilled Herb Crusted Chicken you do not need to indicate to us. We will not be able to change entrees at the banquet event.
2018 Book Awards Entry Information
NEW CATEGORIES AND LOWER ENTRY FEES
• 2017 Winners
• 2017 Finalists
Award Stickers
The finalists of the 2018 Book Awards program were announced on September 28 and winners will be announced at the Awards Banquet on Nov 16.
NM/AZ Book Awards 2018 SPONSORS
PLATINUM
Aakenbaaken & Kent Publishers
Artemesia Publishing (Children's Activity Books & Fiction/Romance)
Jane Awalt (Biography Other, Guides & Self-Help)
Sue Boggio & Mare Pearl (eBook Fiction, Fiction/other, eBook cover & Young Adult)
Casa de Snapdragon Publishing (Fiction/mystery-crime)
Nasario & Jan Garcia (Multi-cultural)
Lani and David Kyea (Historical fiction, Spanish Language)
New Mexico Book Co-op (Cover Design)
PenPower Book Marketing Services (Poetry)
Paul Ré (Philosophy)
Shirley Raye Redmond (Juvenile Books)
Paul & Barbe Rhetts (Business & How-to; Father Thomas Steele History Award)
Rio Grande Books (Biography Arizona & History Arizona)
Santa Fe Public Library (Children’s Bilingual Picture Book, Juvenile, Nonfiction/Other & Young Reader)
Southwest Writers (First Book)
Tinkertown Museum (Children’s Picturebook & Travel)
Jean & Ross Van Dusen (Arts, Cookbook, New Age, & Reference Books)
Patricia Smith Wood (Cozy mysteries)
Mary Kay Stein (Anthology)
Sunbelt Editions (Adventure/drama, History/other, Sports/Recreation, Thriller/Suspense)
Wordharvest (Tony Hillerman Fiction Award)
GOLD
Joanne Bodin (Poetry)Charlene Dietz
Ruthe Francis (Cover Design)
Loretta Hall (Science)
Patricia Hodapp (Biography)
Diane Layden (History/New Mexico)
Phyllis Morgan (Arts)
April Radbill
Vicky Ramakka (Nature/environment)
Maida Tilchen (Gay/Lesbian)
Astrid Wingar (Fiction/Other)
Winner and Finalist information is available under separate tabs for 2017 as well as previous years. Check the Navigation Bar at the top under "Book Awards."
Promoting the Literary Diversity of New Mexico
Book Publishers & Authors & New Mexico Books
Welcome to New Mexico and Arizona's largest non-profit cooperative organization featuring New Mexico and Arizona books, publishers, and authors. We are a partnership of over 1,500 publishers and authors who are interested in showcasing and selling books about New Mexico, Arizona, and the Southwest. We showcase and sell books, and help people meet these goals. We invite any individuals actively engaged in publishing and authoring books to join any of our activities; there are no membership dues!
The meetings of the New Mexico Book Co-op are held at 12 noon at the Golden Corral on San Mateo in Albuquerque (next to Cliff's). People start gathering for lunch between 11 and 11:30am. Check the meeting schedule HERE.