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& Justice In Everyday Life has been nominated for the Connecticut Book
Awards in the category of non-fiction.
The Awards recognize authors and illustrators
in the categories of:
Biography and Memoir
Children's Book - Author
Children's Book - Illustrator
Design
Fiction
Non-fiction
Poetry
The program is administered by the Connecticut Center for the Book at
Hartford Public Library, an affiliate of the Center for the Book in the
Library of Congress. The Connecticut Center for the Book will present the
Awards to recognize and honor those authors who represent the best writing
in and about our state in a given year. It is the mission of the
Connecticut Center for the Book to celebrate books, writers and readers
who engender and sustain the life of the imagination and to highlight
authors, illustrators, printers, publishers, and the literary heritage of
the State of Connecticut.
Eligibility:
*Books must have been written by an author who lives or
has lived in the state, or have a Connecticut setting.
*Books must have been published between 1 January and 31
December 2002.
*Anthologies are acceptable if all authors are CT-based.
*An author may be recognized for more than one book per year.
Finalists will be announced in early October 2003.
Winners will be announced at an Awards Ceremony on 16
November 2003.
An award will also be presented for Lifetime Achievement in
Service to the Literary Community at this ceremony.
LAST YEAR'S AWARDS
Connecticut Center for the Book Presents First Connecticut Book Awards
HARTFORD -- The Connecticut Center for the Book at the Hartford
Public Library presented the first Connecticut Book Awards Sunday,
December 8, 2002, in the atrium of City Hall, Hartford.
Presented in partnership with Connecticut Forum,
Connecticut Public Broadcasting and Preview Connecticut, the awards
ceremony honored superlative literary efforts of its resident authors and
of authors who have used Connecticut as the setting for their works.
Hosted by founding president of Connecticut Forum
Richard Sugarman, with remarks by Dr. John Y. Cole, Director, Center for
the Book in the Library of Congress, the awards ceremony recognized
individuals in seven categories: biography, children's literature, design,
fiction, non-fiction, poetry and lifetime achievement for service to the
literary community. Best selling novelist Wally Lamb was the keynote
speaker.
Thirty-five people distinguished in the fields of
writing, librarianship, book arts, academe, journalism and publishing
served as judges. Books eligible for consideration were written by an
author who lives or has lived in the state or have a Connecticut setting.
Anthologies were accepted if all authors were Connecticut-based. Books
must have been published between January 1 and December 31, 2001 and an
author could be recognized for more than one book per year.
The winners and finalists of the 2002 Connecticut
Book awards are:
Biography
Winner: Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism by
Char Miller
Finalist: Emily Hall Tremaine: Collector on the Cusp by Kathleen L.
Housley
Children's Literature
Winner: Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson
Finalists: Molly and the Magic Wishbone by Barbara McClintock
Shooting for the Moon: The Amazing Life and Times of Annie Oakley
illustrated by Bernie Fuchs
Design
Winner: Carver: A Life in Poems designed by Helen Robinson
for Front Street Press, Inc.
Finalists: Christmas in Connecticut by Diane Smith from Globe Pequot
Press
Infinity and Perspective by Karsten Harries from MIT Press
Fiction
Winner: The Gardens of Kyoto by Kate Walbert
Finalists: The Dying Animal by Philip Roth
Personal Velocity by Rebecca Miller
Nonfiction
Winners (tie): Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
I Knew a Woman by Cortney Davis
Finalists: Beyond the Big Talk by Debra Haffner
A Matter of Degree by Don Massey and Rick Davey
Sticks, Stones and Shadows: Building the Egyptian Pyramids by Martin Isler
Poetry
Winner: Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson
Finalists: Darling by Honor Moore
Icon and Evidence by Margaret Gibson
Lifetime Achievement for Service to the Literary Community
Alexander Taylor and Judith Doyle, Curbstone Press
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