2005
18th Annual
Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards
Nominee List
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FICTION, POETRY, DRAMA
| Alpha Summer, Greg Richard Bernard, Loonfeather Press | |
| Are All the Heroes Gone? Adventures of a Young Person in Search of a Hero, Margaret Olson Webster, Blue Pearl Books | |
| Great Wolf and the Good Woodsman, Helen Hoover, woodcuts by Betsy Bowen, University of Minnesota Press | |
| The Hibbing Hurt, Pat McGauley, PJM Publishing | |
| Immoral, Brian Freeman, St. Martin's Minotaur | |
| It Happened in Minnesota, Tony Bridwell, Singing River Publications, Inc. | |
| Liars Dice, Bob Gust, Syren Book Co. | |
| Mercy Falls, William Kent Krueger, Atria Books | |
| The Moon Rolls Out of Our Mouths, Deborah Cooper, Candace Ginsberg, Ann Floreen Niedringhaus, Ellie Schoenfeld, and Anne Simpson, Calyx Press | |
| North Country Sampler, multiple authors, edited by Liz Minette, Calyx Press | |
| Poems and Reflections on Life and Love, Rudy Pakiz, Singing River Publications, Inc. | |
| Recollections of East Dhu: In My Own Words, Edwin J. Takala, Glensco Enterprises | |
| Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems, Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beckie Prange, Houghton Mifflin Co. | |
| Zoe's Good-bye, Mary Schlangen, Beaver's Pond Press, Inc. |
NONFICTION, ART, SCHOLARSHIP
| 39 Years in First Grade, Lora Lee Curtiss, self-published | |
| Adventures of an Iron Ranger, Thomas Jeremiah Sullivan, Arctic Riviera Publishing | |
| Beyond the Goalcrease: Wit & Wisdom on Life Between the Pipes from Former NHL Netminder Robb Stauber, Robb Stauber with Ross Bernstein, Bernstein Books , distributed by Adventure Publications | |
| Cascade Lodge: The History of a North Shore Landmark, Eugene A. Glader, Cascade Lodge | |
| The Co-op Label, Jim Johnson (poems) and Marlene Wisuri (images), Dovetailed Press LLC | |
| Damselflies of the North Woods, Bob DuBois, photos by Mike Reese, Kollath-Stensaas Publishing | |
| Dear Auntie, Why Me? A Duluth Woman's Breast Cancer Story "Peggy" Margaret A. Anderson, Peggy Anderson Publishing, Pro Print | |
| Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway, John Leopard, MBI Publishing | |
| Duluth: Then and Now, Duluth News Tribune, Pediment Publishing | |
| Exploring the Boundary Waters: A Trip Planner and Guide to the BWCAW, Daniel Pauly, University of Minnesota Press | |
| Fitger's: The Brewery and Its People, Clarence "Coopen" Johnson, Fitger's Publishing | |
| Good Night, Everybody...and Be Kind, Dennis Anderson, X-Communication | |
| A History of Mahtowa, S. Hjalmar Swanson with additional material by Willie Newman, Carlton County Historical Society | |
| Impressions of Embarrass, 1905-2005, Embarrass Centennial History Book Committee, Town of Embarrass and Sisu Heritage, Inc. | |
| Leave Only Ripples: A Canoe Country Sketchbook, Consie Powell, Raven Productions, Inc. | |
| More Poachers Caught! Further Adventures of a Northwoods Game Warden, Tom Chapin, Beaver's Pond Press, Inc. | |
| North Shore Vision: Images, Paul Sundberg, Stone Ridge Press | |
| Rudy! The People's Governor, Betty Wilson, Nodin Press | |
| Salmela: Architect, Thomas Fisher, photographs by Peter Bastianelli-Kerze, University of Minnesota Press | |
| Sawbill: History and Tales, Mary Alice Hansen, Sawbill Press | |
| Shipwrecks of Lake Superior, updated second edition, edited by James R. Marshall, Lake Superior Port Cities, Inc. | |
| Stories of Old Ely and the Lake Country, Mike Hillman, Singing River Publications, Inc. | |
| The Taming of Wild Rice, Harold Kosbau, Treasure Bay Printing | |
| A Taste of the Gunflint Trail: Recipes & Stories from the Lodges as Shared by the Women of the Gunflint Trail, Adventure Publications | |
| Voices of Pokegama: A History of the Place Around a Lake, Ann K. Ryan, Greater Pokegama Lake Association | |
| Wild Minnesota: A Celebration of Our State's Natural Beauty, Shawn Perich, photography by Gary Alan Nelson, Voyageur Press (an imprint of MBI Publishing) | |
| Winton: The Town that Lumber Built, Margaret Sweet, Ely-Winton Historical Society | |
| A Wonderful Country: The Quetico-Superior Stories of Bill Magie, transcribed, edited, and arranged by Dave Olesen, illustrations by Bill Nelson, Raven Productions, Inc. |
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