Images of the
21st Annual Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards
  at the UMD Marshall Performing Arts Center

Sunday, May 17, 2009   3:30 - 5 pm

2008 NEMBA Authors and Illustrators

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Guest Speaker: Annette Atkins

 

2008 NEMBA Award Winners:

Patricia Eilola, winner in the category of Fiction for
A Finntown of the Soul
with Bill Sozansky, UMD Library Director and Adele Krusz, Friends of the Duluth Public Library

Cecilia Leider of Calyx Press, winner in the catgory of Poetry for
Trail Guide to the Northland Experience in Prints and Poetry
by Northern Printmakers Alliance and Lake Superior Writers

Deborah Gordon Cooper, honorable mention in the category of Poetry for
Between the Ceiling & the Moon

Howard Sivertson, winner in the category of Art, Photography for
Driftwood: Stories Picked Up Along the Shore

Peter Scott Eide, honorable mention in the category of Art, Photography for
Edge of Forever: Images of Lake Superior

Barbara Sommer, winner in the category of Nonfiction for
Hard Work and a Good Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota

Michael Cochran, honorable mention in the category of Nonfiction for
Invincible: History of the Duluth Boat Club

Aaron Brown, winner in the category of Memoir and Creative Nonfiction for
Overburden: Modern Life on the Iron Range

Regretfully, photos were not available for the following award recipient who attended the ceremony:

Polly Carlson- Voiles, winner in the category of Children's Literature for
Someone Walks By: The Wonders of Winter Wildlife

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