2009
22nd Annual
Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards
Nominee List

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FICTION

Big Noise: A Jo Spence Mystery, Jen Wright, Clover Valley Press LLC
Heading North, Joseph Van Nurden, North Star Press of St. Cloud
Ice Shack, David J. Heath, Majestic Pine Publishing
Manitou Murder, C. C. Canby, j-press Publishing
Minnesota Cold, Cynthia Kraack, North Star Press of St. Cloud
Secrets, David P. Holmes, North Star Press of St. Cloud

POETRY

Before You Know It: Prose Poems 1970 - 2005, Louis Jenkins, Will o' the Wisp Books
The Dark Honey: New & Used Poems, Ellie Schoenfeld, Clover Valley Press LLC
Driving Gravel Roads: 50 Prose Poems, Jim Johnson, Red Dragonfly Press
The Gravity of Flesh, Jill Breckenridge, Nodin Press
Looking North: Images of Life in Northern Minnesota, C. P. Stone, Shadow IRIS Books
Between, Morgan Grayce Willow, Nodin Press

NONFICTION

Insects of the North Woods, Jeffrey Hahn, Kollath-Stensaas Publishing
Intriguing Owls: Exceptional Images and Insight, Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications
Minong—The Good Place: Ojibwe and Isle Royale, Timothy Cochrane, Michigan State University Press
Moths & Caterpillars of the North Woods, Jim Sogaard, Kollath-Stensaas Publishing
Mr. Environment: The Willard Munger Story, Mark Munger, Cloquet River Press
Native Artists: Livelihoods, Resources, Spaces, Gifts, Marcie Rendon and Ann Markusen, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Wildflowers of the Boundary Waters: Hiking through the Seasons, Betty Vos Hemstad, Minnesota Historical Society Press
61 Gems on Highway 61, Kathryn Mayo and William Mayo, Adventure Publications

MEMOIR AND CREATIVE NONFICTION

Chaos and Grit: Barbless Bits & Little Chits, Phyllis Burgess, Singing River Publications
Knife Island: Circling a Year in a Herring Skiff, Stephen Dahl, Nodin Press

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Beaver, Bear, Snowshoe Hare: North Woods Mammal Poems, Cheryl Dannenbring, illustrated by Anna Hess, Raven Productions, Inc.
Boo Boo Bear's Mission, Mary Linda Sather, illustrated by children from military and civilian families, Beaver's Pond Press
The Christmas Spider, Catherine Kopari, self published
Harry's Heavy Suitcase, Marcia Homer & Flossie Strickland, illustrated by Nancy Scheibe, Singing River Publications, Inc.
Henrietta Stays Out All Night!, Tom Broadbent, illustrated by Lisa Kosmo, self published
Isabelle and Grandma Birdie, written and illustrated by Stephanie Stevens, Stephanie's Garden Press
Manoomin: A Wild Rice Adventure, written and illustrated by Joshua M. Whitebird, IGI Publishing
Moose on the Loose, Kathy-jo Wargin, illustrated by John Bendall-Brunello, Sleeping Bear Press
The Phantom of the North Shore: A Doc & Tweed History Mystery, John Koblas, North Star Press of St. Cloud
Pow Wow: niimiwin everyone dance, Leah Savage, photography by Nikki Willgohs & Jill Pertler, Fond du Lac Ojibwe Head Start
The Secret History of Lake Amikota, Jody G. Russell, North Star Press of St. Cloud
Wintering, William Durbin, Raven Productions