High Plains Book Awards
2012 High Plains Book Awards - Finalists Announced
The first-round readers for the High Plains Book Awards had the
difficult task of selecting their favorites from among a record number
of nominated books. Books nominated in more than one category were
scored by separate readers in each category. The number of finalists per category may differ due to tied scores or clear breaks in scoring. The following books are the finalists for the 2012
Awards.
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2012 High Plains Book Award Finalists
Art & Photography
Arapaho Journeys: Photographs and Stories from the Wind River Reservation
Sara Wiles
University of Oklahoma Press |
Fra Dana: American Impressionist in the Rockies
Valerie Hedquist & Sue Hart
Montana Museum of Art & Culture
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Hand Raised: The Barns of Montana
Chere Jiusto & Christine W. Brown
Montana Historical Society Press
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Relatives With Roots: A Story About Metis Women's Connection to the Land
Leah Marie Dorion
Gabriel Dumont Institute |
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Fiction
Kings of Colorado
David E. Hilton
Simon & Schuster
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Liberty Lanes
Robin Troy
University of Nevada Press |
The Ringer
Jenny Shank
The Permanent Press
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First Book
American Masculine
Shann Ray
Graywolf Press
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The Big Sky, By and By
Ed Kemmick
Missouri Breaks Press
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Kings of Colorado
David E. Hilton
Simon & Schuster
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Rim Haven
Lynne Montague
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Nonfiction
The Boy
Betty Jane Hegerat
Oolichan Books |
Hand Raised: The Barns of Montana
Chere Jiusto & Christine W. Brown
Montana Historical Society Press
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Honyocker Dreams: Montana Memories
David Mogen
University of Nebraska Press |
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Poetry
Dirt Songs: A Plains Duet
Twyla M. Hansen & Linda M. Hasselstrom
The Backwaters Press
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Killing the Murnion Dogs
Joe Wilkins
Black Lawrence Press
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Songs of Unreason
Jim Harrison
Copper Canyon Press |
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Short Stories
American Masculine
Shann Ray
Graywolf Press
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Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure
Craig Lancaster
Missouri Breaks Press |
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Woman Writer
Married Into It
Patricia Frolander
High Plains Press
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Racing Home
Adele Dueck
Coteau Books
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Wanton West: Madams, Money, Murder, and the Wild Women of Montana's Frontier
Lael Morgan
Chicago Review Press |
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Award Sponsors
Parmly Billings Library Board of Trustees, Friends of the Parmly Billings Library, MSU-Billings, Parmly Billings Library Foundation, The Ucross Foundation, The Writer's Voice of the Billings Family YMCA, Yellowstone Art Museum, and the Zonta Club of Billings.
About the High Plains Book Awards
The Parmly Billings Library Board has established the High Plains Book Awards. These Awards have been established to recognize regional authors and/or literary works which examine and reflect life on the High Plains including the states of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.