Minnesota Book Awards2016

Given by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library

Other Names: Minnesota Book Awards Finalist
30 Works 4,061 Books 180 Reviews ½ 3.9
Current Minnesota residents, and Minnesota residents during the year are eligible for the Award. The primary selection criteria, in order, are: demonstrated excellence and innovation of artistic show more work in the book arts throughout a career, or combined careers in the case of a long-standing collaborative group, and significant artistic contributions to Minnesota’s book arts community.


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Stages:
All, Winner (403), Finalist (1,537)
Categories:
All, Anthologies (6), Anthology & Collection (4), Anthology & Collections (16), Anthology or Collection of Short Stories (3), Architecture (2), Art and Music (3), Autobiography & Biography (3), Autobiography & Memoir (18), Autobiography, Biography, Memoir (3), Autobiography, Memoir, & Creative Nonfiction (9), Biography (17), Biography and History (4), Biography and Memoir (4), Book Cover Design (2), Book Design & Execution (4), Children (10), Children's (9), Children's Fiction (3), Children's Literature (77), Children's Nonfiction (32), Children's Picture Books (8), Children's and Young Adult Nonfiction (7), Children’s Fiction and Poetry (4), Collected Works (17), Collections (3), Creative Nonfiction (7), Cuisine (4), Education, Teaching, Academic (2), Fantasy & Science Fiction (29), Fiction (31), Fiction - Novel or Collection of Short Stories by a Single Author (3), Fine Press (17), Fun & Humor (3), Gardening, Nature, Environmental (3), General Nonfiction (80), Genre (3), Genre Fiction (69), Genres (4), Help & Guidance (18), History (26), History & Biography (23), History, Politics, and Culture (3), Honor Award (1), Illustrated Book (21), Information (30), Interior Book Design (2), International Children's Book Award (1), Memoir (5), Memoir & Creative Nonfiction (67), Memoirs (4), Middle Grade Literature (32), Minnesota (47), Minnesota Community of the Book Special Award (3), Minnesota Nonfiction (30), Minnesota Places (3), Minnesota Subject (3), Multicultural (3), Mystery (8), Mystery & Detective (24), Nature (24), Nature & Minnesota (22), New Age, Metaphysics, and Spirituality (3), New Voice (3), Nonfiction (43), Novel (19), Novel & Short Story (89), Novels & Short Stories (6), Older Children (18), Older Children's Fiction (4), Older Children's Nonfiction (4), Personal Narrative (3), Personal Papers (3), Personal Voices (13), Photography (3), Picture Books (14), Picture Books - Author (6), Picture Books - Illustrator (6), Poetry (147), Popular Fiction (27), Readers' Choice Award (6), Science & Nature (3), Short Stories (15), Short Story (1), Young Adult (15), Young Adult Fiction (15), Young Adult Fiction and Poetry (4), Young Adult Literature (38), Young Adult Nonfiction (6), Young People's Fiction (3), Young People's Literature (32), Younger Children (43), Younger Children—Author (1), Younger Children—Illustrator (1), Youth Literature (4), No Category (22)
Years:
All, 2024 (30), 2023 (33), 2022 (33), 2021 (35), 2020 (35), 2019 (36), 2018 (36), 2017 (34), 2016 (30), 2015 (32), 2014 (32), 2013 (31), 2012 (33), 2011 (33), 2010 (33), 2009 (32), 2008 (33), 2007 (29), 2006 (56), 2005 (54), 2004 (52), 2003 (59), 2002 (34), 2001 (43), 2000 (38), 1999 (73), 1998 (72), 1997 (68), 1996 (69), 1995 (68), 1994 (71), 1993 (41), 1992 (53), 1991 (48), 1989 (32), 1988 (22)

Winner 8

WorkCategoryYear
Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael HallChildren's Literature2016
No House to Call My Home: Love, Family, and Other Transgressions by Ryan BergGeneral Nonfiction2016
The Grave Soul by Ellen HartGenre Fiction2016
Water and What We Know: Following the Roots of a Northern Life by Karen BabineMemoir & Creative Nonfiction2016
Minnesota Modern: Architecture and Life at Midcentury by Larry MillettMinnesota2016
There's Something I Want You to Do: Stories by Charles BaxterNovel & Short Story2016
Beautiful Wall by Ray GonzalezPoetry2016
See No Color by Shannon GibneyYoung People's Literature2016

Finalist 30

WorkCategoryYear
Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael HallChildren's Literature2016
Ten Pigs: An Epic Bath Adventure by Derek AndersonChildren's Literature2016
Behold! A Baby by Stephanie WatsonChildren's Literature2016
Dad's First Day by Mike WohnoutkaChildren's Literature2016
No House to Call My Home: Love, Family, and Other Transgressions by Ryan BergGeneral Nonfiction2016
Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do About It by Kate HardingGeneral Nonfiction2016
John H. Howe, Architect: From Taliesin Apprentice to Master of Organic Design by Jane King HessionGeneral Nonfiction2016
Secrets from the Eating Lab: The Science of Weight Loss, the Myth of Willpower, and Why You Should Never Diet Again by Traci MannGeneral Nonfiction2016
The Grave Soul by Ellen HartGenre Fiction2016
Season of Fear by Brian FreemanGenre Fiction2016
The Devereaux Decision by Steve McEllistremGenre Fiction2016
He's Either Dead or in St. Paul by D.B. MoonGenre Fiction2016
Water and What We Know: Following the Roots of a Northern Life by Karen BabineMemoir & Creative Nonfiction2016
In Winter's Kitchen by Beth DooleyMemoir & Creative Nonfiction2016
We Know How This Ends: Living while Dying by Bruce H. KramerMemoir & Creative Nonfiction2016
The War Came Home with Him: A Daughter’s Memoir by Cathy MadisonMemoir & Creative Nonfiction2016
Minnesota Modern: Architecture and Life at Midcentury by Larry MillettMinnesota2016
North Shore: A Natural History of Minnesota's Superior Coast by Chel AndersonMinnesota2016
Minnesota State of Wonders by Brian PetersonMinnesota2016
Warrior Nation: A History of the Red Lake Ojibwe by Anton TreuerMinnesota2016
There's Something I Want You to Do: Stories by Charles BaxterNovel & Short Story2016
The Patron Saint of Lost Comfort Lake by Rachel L. CoyneNovel & Short Story2016
The Dead Lands by Benjamin PercyNovel & Short Story2016
Prudence by David TreuerNovel & Short Story2016
Beautiful Wall by Ray GonzalezPoetry2016
Borrowed Wave by Rachel MoritzPoetry2016
See No Color by Shannon GibneyYoung People's Literature2016
The Firebug of Balrog County by David OppegaardYoung People's Literature2016
The Bamboo Sword by Margi PreusYoung People's Literature2016
Isabelle Day Refuses to Die of a Broken Heart by Jane St. AnthonyYoung People's Literature2016

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