Appalachian Book of the Year Award (ABOY)
Nomination Rules
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry and Children
NOMINATION DATE EXTENDED TO MAY 10 TO PERMIT MORE ENTRIES TO GAIN 5 NOMINATIONS IN EACH CATEGORY OF ABOY
To Gain 5 Nominations in all Categories, Nominations will be accepted until April 30, 2009.
ABOY Nominations must be submitted using the Nomination Form and send to ABOY Chair, to Dr. Rob Lockhart Morehead State University, 301 Ginger Hall, Morehead, KY 40351 or email to him at r.lockhart@moreheadstate.edu
It is permissible to use the NOMINATION FORM FROM 2007, JUST CHANGE TO 2008 PUBLICATION
There needs to be at least 5 nominations in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry and Childrens Literature for the award to be given at 2009 VIRTUAL conference. In order to be eligible, the nominated book must have been first published in calendar year 2008. Authors and poet may self-nominate, a publisher may nominate or someone else may nominate a book. Only current AWA members may make nominations. Members should also supply publisher contact information when the nomination is made. The AWA ABOY chair will contact the publishers and request that a copy of the nominated book be sent to each of the judges for that genre.
Do not send nominations to President, Dr. Christina Walton while she is in process of moving and transitioning as she accepted a faculty appointment at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio and will be leaving Morehead State May 8. As of May 13, Dr. Walton has retained MSU web access and her email, c.walton@moreheadstate.edu through July 2010. With help from Dr. Lockhart nominations will be processed by the judges and awards given via the first AWA virtual conference July 10-12, 2009. Congratlations to each winner. Award winners will be posted to the website and certificates will be mailed to each winner. Thank you for your cooperation during this transition state.
Publishers will decide in which category multi-genre anthologies should be judged.
Fill out your nomination form. The form is dated 2007, but can be used for 2008.
The Appalachian Writers Association presents the following winners and nominations for the Appalachian Book of the Year Awards for 2009.
Nominations for books published during 2008 and to be awarded in 2009
ABOY Poetry Nominations:
ABOY Fiction Nominations:
ABOY Nonfictions:
Appalachian Book of the Year Award 2008 Winners
Books published during 2007 and awarded in 2008 This area is being updated
ABOY Poetry Award: First Place - Rita Quillen of Gate City, VA for Her Secret Dream
Poetry Judges: Jane Hicks, Robert Cumming, and Joyce Brown
ABOY Fiction Award: First Place - Holly Farris of Draper, VA for Lockjaw
Second Place - Garry Barker of Flemingsburg, KY for Kentucky Waltz
Third Place - Jimmy Carl Harris of Birmingham, AL for Wounds that Bind
Fiction Judges: Tamara Baxter, Thomas Alan Holmes, and Robert Lockhart
ABOY NonFiction Award: First Place - Sidney Saylor Farr of Berea, KY for My Appalachia: A Memoir
Second Place - Claude Lafie Crumb for River of Words: James Still's Literary Legacy
Third Place - Jacob Podber of Carbondale, IL for The Electric Front Porch
Nonfiction Judges: Janice B. Miller, Julie Hale, and Kimberley Holloway
Appalachian Book of the Year Award 2007 Winners
Poetry: Marianne Worthington, "Larger Bodies than Mine"
Fiction: Dot Jackson, "Refuge"
ABOY Nominations 2007
Fiction
Mary Ann Artrip, Surrey Square
Port Town Publisher, Superior, WI
Jimmy Carl Harris, Walking Wounded
Iris Press
Oak Ridge, TN
Jerry L. Haynes, A Cotton Mill Town Christmas
Word Association Publishers
www.worldassociation.com
Linda Hudson Hoagland, The Little Old Lady Next Door
ISBN: 1424139902
Publish America
PO Box 151
Frederick, MD 21705
301-631-9073
Dot Jackson, Refuge: A Novel
Novellopress.org
707-432-0153
310 Tryon Ct.
Charlotte, NC 28202
Mark Powell, Blood Kin
ISBN-13: 9781572335462
University of Tennessee Press
Ron Rash, The World Made Straight
ISBN-13: 9780805078664
Henry Holt & Co. Inc.
Bob Sloan, Nobody Knows, Nobody Sees: A Novel of Appalachia
Wind Publications
600 Overbrook Drive
Nicholasville, KY 40356
books@windpub.com
Various Authors, The Zinnia Tales
Tammy Robinson Smith
Mountain Girl Press
PO Box 17013
Bristol, VA 24209-7013
www.mountaingirlpress.com
Non-Fiction
Bruce Hopkins, Bright Wings to Fly: An Appalachian Family in the Civil War
Wind Publications
600 Overbrook Drive
Nicholasville, KY 40356
books@windpub.com
Anne Shelby, Can a Democrat Get Into Heaven?
Eva/Media
Louisville, KY
Poetry
Delilah F. O’Haynes, The Character of the Mountains
Walk Free Press
Ted Olson, Breathing in Darkness
ISBN-13: 9781893239548
Wind Publications
600 Overbrook Drive
Nicholasville, KY 40356
books@windpub.com
Anne Shelby Appalachian Studies
600 Overbrook Drive
Nicholasville, KY 40356
books@windpub.com
Wind Publications
Marianne Worthington, Larger Bodies Than Mine
Finishing Line Press
PO Box 1626
Georgetown, KY 40324
finishingbooks@aol.com
www.finishinglinepress.com
Books published during 2005 and awarded in 2006 This area is being updated by C. Walton with information available and at this point I do not much information. There are many ommissions, so please notify C. Walton so that Winners may be posted.
Books published during 2005 and awarded in 2006 This area is being updated
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Poetry Judges: Christina Walton
ABOY Fiction Award: First Place -
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ABOY NonFiction Award: First Place -
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