2009 Minnesota Book Award, National Monuments, Poems by Heid E. Erdrich,
Heid E. Erdrich won a Minnesota Book
Award for Poetry for her collection
NATIONAL MONUMENTS. The
Minnesota Book Awards began in the
1980s, by The Friends of the Saint
Paul Public Library, as part of a larger
festival of the book. The Awards are
given each year for books published in
the previous year. The 2009 Awards
Gala may be seen at http://www.thefriends.org/mba_about
.html, 2009. |
2009 IPPY Award, Flowers of Flame,
The 13th Annual Independent Publisher
Book Awards (IPPY): A Bronze National
Award for Poetry was won by FLOWERS
OF FLAME, edited by Sadek Mohammed, Soheil Najm, Haider Al-Kabi, and Dan
Veach. The IPPY is an annual award,
recognizing excellence in Independent
Publishing, 2009. |
2009 Michigan Author Award, ,
The Michigan Center for the
Book announced Dave
Dempsey - author of award-
winning books on conservation
and environmental issues
critical to Michigan - as the
winner of the 2009 Michigan
Author Award. Sponsored by
the Michigan Center for the
Book (a program of the
Library of Michigan) and the
Michigan Library Association,
this annual award honors a
Michigan writer for his or
her contributions to
literature based on an
outstanding published body of
work.
, 2009. |
2009 Historical Society of Michigan Award, Pandora’s Locks,
Jeff Alexander has been
awarded the prestigious
Michigan State Historical
Society State History Award
for his book, Pandora’s
Locks: The Opening of the
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Seaway. Pandora’s
Locks was published in
2009 to coincide with the
50th anniversary of the $1
billion project that linked
ports on Lakes Huron,
Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and
Superior to shipping hubs
around the globe., 2009. |
2009 Historical Society Lifetime Achievement Award, ,
The 2009 Historical Society of
Michign Lifetime Achievement Award
was presented to distinguished
Michigan historian Dr. Philip P.
Mason, editor of the Henry R.
Schoolcraft series. Mason has enjoyed
a long and productive career as a
writer, editor, university professor,
popular speaker, oral historian,
mentor and organizer of historical
conferences. He is also one of the
most respected archivists in America.
Mason helped create the finest labor
archives in the world, Walter P.
Reuther Library of Labor and Urban
Affairs., 2009. |
2009 Historical Society of Michigan Award, Our People, Our Journey,
James M. McClurken
received a Historical Society of
Michgan State History Award for his
book, Our People, Our Journey:
The Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians. The book is a beautifully
and thoughtfully done work that tells
the long and often tortured story of a
people’s search for their identity and
place in an often indifferent world., 2009. |
2009 Kohrs-Campbell Prize in Rhetorical Criticism, Judging the Supreme Court,
Clarke Rountree, professor of
Communication Arts at The
University of Alabama in
Huntsville was awarded the
prestigious 2008-2009
Kohrs-Campbell Prize in
Rhetorical Criticism by
Michigan State University
Press. The Kohrs-Campbell
Award is presented with a
$10,000 cash prize and a
plaque. Rountree received the
biennial award for his book
Judging the Supreme Court:
Constructions of Motive in
Bush v. Gore. Michigan
State University Press offers
the endowed prize through its
award-winning Rhetoric &
Public Affairs
Series. Judging the
Supreme Court examines
the intent and reasoning of
the United States Supreme
Court Justices intervention
of the controversial
presidential election nearly
ten years ago when, on
December 12, 2000, the high
court resolved the
presidential election in
favor of Republican candidate
George W. Bush. The Justices'
decision allowed Florida's 25
crucial electoral votes to
remain, giving Bush a total
of 271 electoral votes. Al
Gore, the Democratic
candidate, received 266
electoral votes. Candidates
must have a majority of 270
or more electoral votes to
win the United States
Presidency. , 2009. |
2008 Alberta Book Award-Best Illustrated, Ladybugs of Alberta,
The annual Alberta Book
Publishing Award is presented
by the Book Publishers
Association of Alberta
(BPAA), a provincial
association of book
publishing companies. The
BPAA is one of the strongest
communities of regional
publishers in North America,
founded in 1975 to support
the development of strong
publishing houses, away from
Canada's traditional centres
of publishing. , 2008. |
2008 Alberta Book Award-Best Cover, Great Canadian Film Directors,
The annual Alberta Book
Publishing Award is presented
by the Book Publishers
Association of Alberta
(BPAA), a provincial
association of book
publishing companies. The
BPAA is one of the strongest
communities of regional
publishers in North America,
founded in 1975 to support
the development of strong
publishing houses, away from
Canada's traditional centres
of publishing. , 2008. |
2008 MDCH Hometown Health Hero Award, Cold, Clear, and Deadly,
A 2008 Michigan Department of
Community Health 'Hometown
Health Hero Award' was
presented to Mel Visser, for
his work and book Cold,
Clear, and Deadly: Unveiling
a Toxic Legacy, which
points out the need to update
the Michigan Department of
Natural Resources' fish
advisories about contaminated
fish. The award was presented
by MDCH Director Janet
Olszewski in a special
ceremony at the Michigan
Capitol Rotunda on Earth Day,
April 22, 2008. |
2008 Alberta Book Award-Scholarly Book, Culturing Wilderness in Jasper National Park,
The annual Alberta Book
Publishing Award is presented
by the Book Publishers
Association of Alberta
(BPAA), a provincial
association of book
publishing companies. The
BPAA is one of the strongest
communities of regional
publishers in North America,
founded in 1975 to support
the development of strong
publishing houses, away from
Canada's traditional centres
of publishing. , 2008. |
2008 Alberta Book Award-Book Design, Culturing Wilderness in Jasper National Park,
The annual Alberta Book
Publishing Award is presented
by the Book Publishers
Association of Alberta
(BPAA), a provincial
association of book
publishing companies. The
BPAA is one of the strongest
communities of regional
publishers in North America,
founded in 1975 to support
the development of strong
publishing houses, away from
Canada's traditional centres
of publishing. , 2008. |
2008 Alberta Book Award-NonFiction, Hard Passage,
The annual Alberta Book
Publishing Award is presented
by the Book Publishers
Association of Alberta
(BPAA), a provincial
association of book
publishing companies. The
BPAA is one of the strongest
communities of regional
publishers in North America,
founded in 1975 to support
the development of strong
publishing houses, away from
Canada's traditional centres
of publishing. , 2008. |
2008 Alberta Book Award-Editorial Excellence, Freshwater Fishes of British Columbia, The ,
The annual Alberta Book
Publishing Award is presented
by the Book Publishers
Association of Alberta
(BPAA), a provincial
association of book
publishing companies. The
BPAA is one of the strongest
communities of regional
publishers in North America,
founded in 1975 to support
the development of strong
publishing houses, away from
Canada's traditional centres
of publishing. , 2008. |
2008 IPPY/Independent Publisher Book Awards, Guardian, The,
The 12th Annual Independent
Publisher Book Awards (IPPY):
A Bronze National Award was
won by The Guardian: The
History of South Africa's
Extraordinary Anti-Apartheid
Newspaper, by James Zug., 2008. |
2007 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards, Mapping in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region,
The 2007 ForeWord Magazine
Book of the Year Awards: Gold
Medal for Regional books was
awarded in June 2008 to David
I. Macleod, for Mapping in
Michigan and the Great Lakes
Region, 2008. |
2008 IPPY/Independent Publisher Book Awards, Mr. Pleasant,
The 12th Annual Independent
Publisher Book Awards (IPPY):
A Regional Gold Medal Award
for Best Regional Fiction was
won by Mr. Pleasant,
by Jim Ray Daniels, 2008. |
2008 American Assoc. for State & Local History, Notes on the Iroquois,
Philip P. Mason is the
recipient of a 2008 American
Association for State and
Local History AWARD OF MERIT
(Leadership in History
Awards) for his work of more
than fifty years of
championing the history of
Michigan. The AASLH
Leadership in History Awards,
now in its 63rd year, is the
most prestigious recognition
for achievement in the
preservation and
interpretation of state and
local history. The AASLH
Award of Merit is presented
to recognize excellence for
projects (including special
projects, educational
programs, exhibits,
publications, restoration
projects, etc.), individual
achievement, and
organizational general
excellence.
, 2008. |
2008 Historical Society of Michigan Award, Mapping in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region,
A 2008 State History Award
was given to David I.
MacLeod's Mapping in
Michigan and the Great Lakes
Region. This extensive
volume uses twelve
contributed essays and a
wealth of reproduced maps to
tell the story of cartography
over four centuries. Readers
will discover in this book a
world of varied cultures and
a nation's zeal for
exploration.
, 2008. |
2008 AAUP Certificate of Excellence, Book Jacket D, Cold, Clear, and Deadly,
2008 AAUP Book, Jacket and
Journal Show Award
Certificate of Excellence for
Michigan State University
Press, for Jackets & Covers:
Cold, Clear and Deadly:
Unraveling a Toxic Legacy
by Melvin J. Visser. Judging
for the 2008 AAUP Book,
Jacket, and Journal Show took
place January 17-18 at the
AAUP Central Office in New
York City. Approximately 342
books, 374 jacket and cover
design entries, and 5
journals were entered. 44
books, 1 journal, and 31
jackets/covers were chosen by
the jurors as the very best
examples from this pool of
excellent design, 2008. |
2007 Michigan Notable Book Award, Fresh Water,
The 2007 Michigan Notable
Books Program highlights the
Library of Michigan’s annual
selection of books reflecting
Michigan's rich cultural
heritage, featuring high-
quality titles with wide
public appeal that are either
written by a Michigan
resident or about a Michigan-
related topic., 2007. |
2007 Michigan Notable Book Award, Muskegon, The ,
The 2007 Michigan Notable
Books Program highlights the
Library of Michigan’s annual
selection of books reflecting
Michigan's rich cultural
heritage, featuring high-
quality titles with wide
public appeal that are either
written by a Michigan
resident or about a Michigan-
related topic, 2007. |
2007 Pen USA Literary Award, Casablanca and Other Stories,
PEN USA Literary Awards 2007:
Finalists in the category of
Translation include
Casablanca and Other
Stories, by Edgar Brau,
translation by by Andrea G.
Labinger
, 2007. |
2007 NCA Diamond Anniversary Book Award, Character of Justice, The ,
The National Communication
Association 2007 Diamond
Anniversary Award was
awarded to Trevor Parry-
Giles, for The Character
of Justice. This award
is given to the most
outstanding scholarly book
published during the last
two years., 2007. |
2007 Historical Society of Michigan Award, Muskegon, The ,
The 2007 State History Award
was given to Jeff Alexander,
for his book The Muskegon:
The Majesty and Tragedy of
Michigan’s Rarest River.
The Muskegon River's role in
the lumber boom devastated
the region and modern
urbanization continues to be
a threat. Alexander provides
an entertaining and
informative look into the
necessity of preserving
nature and our history. The
State History Awards are the
highest recognition presented
by the state’s official
historical society and oldest
cultural organization,
established in 1828. The
Historical Society of
Michigan bestows this honor
annually on individuals or
organizations that make
outstanding contributions to
the appreciation and
understanding of Michigan
history., 2007. |
2007 Kohrs-Campbell Prize in Rhetorical Criticism, Character of Justice, The ,
The 2007 Kohrs-Campbell Prize
in Rhetorical Criticism was
awarded to Trevor Parry-Giles
for his book The Character
of Justice: Rhetoric, Law,
and Politics in the Supreme
Court Confirmation
Process.
The $10,000 Kohrs-Campbell
Prize is the largest and most
significant book manuscript
award in the field of
rhetorical criticism. The
award was established at
Michigan State University
Press as a result of the
generosity of Karlyn Kohrs
Campbell and the late Paul
Newell Campbell. The prize is
awarded biannually by
Michigan State University
Press, through its award-
winning Rhetoric & Public
Affairs Series. , 2007. |
2007 Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award, NCA, Character of Justice, The ,
The annual Marie Hochmuth
Nichols Award is presented by
the Public Address Division
of the National Communication
Association. The 2007 award
was presented to Trevor Parry-
Giles, for The Character
of Justice: Rhetoric, Law,
and Politics in the Supreme
Court Confirmation
Process., 2007. |
2006 Rhetoric Society of America Book Award, Lyceum and Public Culture in the Nineteenth-Century United States, The,
The Rhetoric Society of
America gives a Book Award
for the best work in
rhetorical study in a given
year. The award is based on
originality, the strength and
persuasiveness of argument,
the engaging style or
readability of the work, the
potential to promote rhetoric
among scholars from other
fields, and the general
public's understanding of
rhetoric.
, 2006. |
2006 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Jewish Life in the Industrial Promised Land 1855-2005,
Finalist in the 2006
Independent Publisher Book
Awards (IPPY), in the
Multicultural Non-
Fiction Adult category. The
Independent Publisher Book
Awards, launched in 1996 and
established as the first
awards program open
exclusively to independents,
are designed to bring
increased recognition to the
deserving but often unsung
titles published by
independent authors and
publishers. Independent
Publisher Online (formerly
Small Press Magazine)
has built a strong reputation
as source for the best
independent publishing "news,
reviews, and how-tos" for 19
years as a print journal, and
three years exclusively on
the Web., 2006. |
2006 Michigan Notable Book Award, Michigan Agricultural College,
The 2006 Michigan Notable
Books Program highlights the
Library of Michigan’s annual
selection of books reflecting
Michigan's rich cultural
heritage, featuring high-
quality titles with wide
public appeal that are either
written by a Michigan
resident or about a Michigan-
related topic.
, 2006. |
2006 NCA Winans-Wichelns Award, ,
The National Communication
Association has awarded the
2006 Winans-Wichelns Award
for Distinguished Scholarship
in Rhetoric and Public
Address to The Lyceum
and
Public Culture in the
Nineteenth Century United
States, by Angela G. Ray.
The NCA Award Committee
stated, "The book combines
skillfully woven narratives,
masterful collation of
evidence of lyceum practices,
and insightful reading of
texts, which results in a
richly textured analysis of
how people in the nineteenth
century worked out an
understanding of who they
were, how they learned, and
how they should interact
about public affairs."
, 2006. |
2006 NCA Diamond Anniversary Book Award, Lyceum and Public Culture in the Nineteenth-Century United States, The,
The National Communication
Association 2006 Diamond
Anniversary Award was
awarded to The Lyceum and
Public Culture in the
Nineteenth Century United
States, by Angela G.
Ray. "...Ray's
research...original; it makes
significant new contributions
to the field. In addition,
her writing engages the
reader, bringing the
characters and spaces of
history to life. The book's
inclusion of primary
documents by lyceum founder
Josiah Holbrook, abolitionist
Frederick Douglass, and
women's rights advocate Anna
Dickinson provides scholars
and students unprecedented
access to this history and
rhetoric.", 2006. |
2006 Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award, NCA, Lyceum and Public Culture in the Nineteenth-Century United States, The,
The 2006 Marie Hochmuth
Nichols Award is presented by
the Public Address Division
of the National Communication
Association., 2006. |
2006 American Forensic Association Award, Lyceum and Public Culture in the Nineteenth-Century United States, The,
The Lyceum and Public
Culture in the Nineteenth-
Century United States was
awarded the 2006 Daniel
Rohrer American Forensic
Association Research
Award, which recognizes
outstanding scholarship in
argumentation and forensics
published in the previous
calendar year. Each year the
American Forensic Association
recognizes the outstanding
monograph in the research
concerns of the Association
with the Dan Rohrer Memorial
Award., 2006. |
2006 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards, Muskegon, The ,
The 2006 ForeWord Magazine
Book of the Year Awards:
Silver Medal for Environment
books was awarded in June
2007 to Jeff Alexander, for
The Muskegon., 2006. |
2005 Michigan Notable Book, On the Brink,
On the Brink: The Great
Lakes in the 21st
Century, by Dave Dempsey,
has been selected for
inclusion on the 2005 list of
Michigan Notable Books.
Compiled by the Library of
Michigan, "Michigan Notable
Books" is an annual list that
honors the best books
published in the previous
year either about the state
of Michigan or written by a
Michigan author, 2005. |
2005 Michigan Notable Book, Remember the Distance that Divides Us,
The Library of Michigan 2005
Michigan Notable Books:
Remember the Distance That
Divides Us: The Family
Letters of Philadelphia
Quaker Abolitionist and
Michigan Pioneer Elizabeth
Margaret Chandler, 1830-
1842, edited by Marcia J.
Heringa Mason. This book
documents the letters of
Elizabeth Margaret Chandler,
who moved with her brother
and aunt to Lenawee County in
the Michigan Territory
wilderness in 1830. Prior to
her death in 1834, the
letters to and from her
family still in Philadelphia
provide remarkable insight
into the pioneer settling of
the Michigan frontier, as
well as the early development
of both the women's movement
and Abolitionism. Compiled by
the Library of Michigan, this
is an annual list that honors
the best books published in
the previous year either
about the state of Michigan
or written by a Michigan
author, 2005. |
2005 McKnight Artist Fellowship Award for the auth, Low Road, The,
Valerie Miner has won a 2005
McKNIGHT ARTIST FELLOWSHIP
FOR WRITERS, which provides
$25,000 support toward the
work of her next book. The
Loft Literary Center
administers the awards, was
founded in 1974 in a loft
above a Minneapolis
bookstore, and is now the
largest independent literary
center in the nation. Serving
more than 50,000 readers and
writers each year through
classes, writing contests,
grants and other services,
the Loft is located in the
Twin Cities Open Book
literary arts building, 2005. |
2005 Gwendolyn Brooks Prize for the author of, North of Wondering,
Patricia Clark's poem in the
book Astrid, Siggy and
Bert won the 2004
Gwendolyn Brooks Prize from
the Society for the Study of
Midwestern Literature
conference and Midwest Poetry
Festival., 2005. |
2005 Sturgis Leavitt Award, Transatlantic Rebels,
awarded by the Southeastern
Council on Latin American
Studies, 2005. |
2005 Grant MacEwan Author's Award, Edmonton In Our Own Words,
Linda Goyette, the author of
Edmonton In Our Own
Words, is the 2005
recipient of the Grant
MacEwan Author's Award.
The Grant MacEwan Author's
Award was created in 2001 by
the government of Alberta to
honor the life and
contributions of the late Dr.
Grant MacEwan. This is a
$25,000 award that is
presented annually to the
Alberta author whose book
best reflects Alberta and one
of Dr. MacEwan's many
interests., 2005. |
2005 Pushcart Prize, Home Stand,
James McKean's essay
"D/Altered," from his book
Home Stand:
Growing Up in Sports, won
a 2005 Pushcart Prize. The
essay will appear in The
Pushcart Prize: Best of the
Small Presses., 2005. |
2005 Oklahoma Book Award, Living in the Land of Death,
A Finalist for Non-fiction:
Living in the Land of
Death: The Choctaw Nation,
1830-1860 by Donna L.
Akers. Living in the Land
of Death depicts the
story of Choctaw survival
after the Trail of Tears, and
the evolution of the Choctaw
people in their new
environment. , 2005. |
2005 Independent Publisher's Award, Amp'd,
Gary Finke's book Amp'd,
A
father's Backstage Pass
was a finalist in the
2005 Independent Press
'IPPY'
Award, Performing Arts
Category. The 'IPPY'
Awards,
launched in 1996, are
designed to bring increased
recognition to the deserving
but often unsung titles
published by independent
authors and publishers. , 2005. |
2005 Historical Society of Michigan Awards, Michigan Agricultural College,
The 2005 State History Award
was given to Keith R. Widder,
for his book Michigan
Agricultural College, The
Evolution of a Land-Grant
Philosophy, 1855–1925.
The Historical Society of
Michigan bestows this honor
annually on individuals or
organizations that make
outstanding contributions to
the appreciation and
understanding of Michigan
history., 2005. |
2005 Kohrs-Campbell Prize in Rhetorical Criticism, Malcolm X:,
The 2005 Kohrs-Campbell Prize
in Rhetorical Criticism was
awarded to Robert E. Terrill
for his book Malcolm
X.
The $10,000 Kohrs-Campbell
Prize is the largest and most
significant book manuscript
award in the field of
rhetorical criticism. The
award was established at
Michigan State University
Press as a result of the
generosity of Karlyn Kohrs
Campbell and the late Paul
Newell Campbell. The prize is
awarded biannually by
Michigan State University
Press, through its award-
winning Rhetoric & Public
Affairs Series. , 2005. |
2005 Michigan Humanities Council Grant, Ethnicity in Michigan,
In November 2005, The
Michigan State University
Press was awarded a $20,000
grant by the Michigan
Humanities Council, for its
Discovering the Peoples of
Michigan book series
(DPOM). This award is a part
of the Council's We the
People grant program, a
National Endowment for the
Humanities initiative. MSU
Press will collaborate with
the Michigan Museums
Association (MMA) to bring
authors with various ethnic
backgrounds to make
presentations of their
research and books in 10
museums across Michigan in
2006.
At the time the grant was
awarded, the DPOM series
contained 20 titles:
African Americans in
Michigan, Albanians in
Michigan, Amish in
Michigan, Arab
Americans in Michigan,
Indians in Michigan,
Chaldeans in Michigan,
Dutch in Michigan,
Ethnicity in Michigan,
French Canadians in
Michigan, Germans in
Michigan, Greeks in
Michigan,
Hungarians in
Michigan, Italians in
Michigan, Jews in
Michigan, Latinos in
Michigan, Latvians in
Michigan, Mexicans and
Mexican Americans in
Michigan, Poles in
Michigan, Scots in
Michigan and South
Slavs in Michigan.
, 2005. |
2005 ForeWord Magazine Award - Short Stories, Collected Short Stories of Harriette Simpson Arnow, The,
ForeWord Magazine's
2005 Gold Medal Award for
Short Stories was given to
this collection of 25 short
stories, of which 15 were
previously unpublished., 2005. |
2004 Oklahoma Book Award, Crossing the Ladder of Sun,
Laura Apol's Crossong the
Ladder of the Sun won a
2004 Oklahoma Book
Award: Poetry category.
, 2004. |
2004 Historical Society of Michigan, On the Brink,
The 2004 Award of Merit was
given
to Dave Dempsey. The
Historical Society of
Michigan bestows this honor
annually on individuals
or organizations that make
outstanding
contributions to the
appreciation and
understanding of Michigan
history., 2004. |
2004 Pushcart Prize, ,
Patricia Monaghan's
essay, 'Physics and Grief'
(Fourth Genre 5.2),
received a 2004 Pushcart
Award. It will appear
in 'The Pushcart Prize
XXIX:
Best of the Small Presses,
2005 Edition', 2004. |
2004 Society for Study of Midwestern Literature, Death at Camp Pahoka,
The Mark Twain Award,
for
Distinguished Contributions
to Midwestern Literature, 2004. |
2004 Asia Biennial Award, Lady Named Thunder, The,
The Lady Named Thunder
has won the first Asia
Biennial Award, which was
bestowed by the Asia Pacific
Accord of Canada in a high-
profile ceremony on August
27, 2004. , 2004. |
2004 Great Lakes Colleges Association, Sinner of Memory, A,
Great Lakes Colleges
Association:New Writers
Award, Runner-up
, 2004. |
2004 Caine Prize, ,
2004 Caine Prize was awarded
to the short story
Seventh Street Alchemy by
Brian Chikawava, The story is
in the anthology, Writing
Still. The Caine Prize
for African creative writing
is awarded annually. The
prize is named after the late
Sir Michael Caine, former
Booker Prize chairman.
http://www.caineprize.com, 2004. |
2003 Historical Society of Michigan, Fish for All,
Award of Merit, for Fish
For All, An Oral History of
Multiple Claims and Divided
Sentiment on Lake Michigan, 2003. |
2003 Life Stories Book Award, No Foreign Bones in China,
Peter Stursberg has won the
Life Stories Book Award from
The Word Guild for his book,
No Foreign Bones in
China (0-88864-387-X),
published by the University
of Alberta Press., 2003. |
2003 Pushcart Prize, ,
Two articles from Fourth
Genre vol. 3, no. 1 have been
chosen for this edition
of this prestigious
anthology: “How to Meditate,”
by Brenda Miller, and “Fields
of Mercy,” by Ladette
Randolph., 2003. |
2003 Center for Archival Collections, Sixty Years War for the Great Lakes, The,
Local History Publication
Award, 2003. |
2003 Best of the Press, Sounding for Cool,
Selected by the American
Library Association's
University Press Books
Committee and the AAUP as one
of 31 Books you should know
about, 2003. |
2003 Kohrs-Campbell Prize in Rhetorical Criticism, Shared Land/Conflicting Identity,
The first $10,000 Kohrs-
Campbell Prize in Rhetorical
Criticism was awarded in 2003
to Robert C. Rowland and
David Frank, for their book
Shared Land/Conflicting
Identity: Trajectories of
Israeli and Palestinian
Symbol Use.
The Kohrs-Campbell Prize in
Rhetorical Criticism is the
largest and most significant
book manuscript award in the
field of rhetorical
criticism. The $10,000 award
was established at Michigan
State University Press as a
result of the generosity of
Karlyn Kohrs Campbell and the
late Paul Newell Campbell.
The prize is
awarded biannually by
Michigan State University
Press, through its award-
winning Rhetoric & Public
Affairs Series., 2003. |
2003 ForeWord Magazine Award, Memoir/Autobiography, Still Pitching,
A 2003 Gold Medal for was
awarded to Michael
Steinberg, for his
Memoir/Autobiography
STILL PITCHING
|
2003 Association of Nigerian Authors Prize:Drama, Then She Said It. A Play,
Annual Association of
Nigerian Authors Prize for
Drama
, 2003. |
2003 Association of Nigerian Authors Prize:Poetry, I Want to Dance and Other Poems,
Annual Association of
Nigerian Authors Prize for
Poetry, 2003. |
2002-2003 Harold Adam Innis Award, Muskox Land,
Canadian award for best
English-language book in the
social sciences
, 2003. |
2003 The Word Guild, No Foreign Bones in China,
Word Guild Writing Awards,
Life Stories Book, 2003. |
2003 Alberta Book Awards, Canadian Dictionary of ASL, The,
Scholarly Book of the Year, 2003. |
2003 Alcuin Society, Canadian Dictionary of ASL, The,
The Alcuin Society
Citations for Excellence in
Book Design in Canada, 2003. |
2003 ForeWord Magazine Award-Fiction, Detroit Tales,
The 2003 Bronze Medal for
Fiction,
Short Stories, was awarded to
Jim Ray Daniels for
DETROIT TALES. , 2003. |
2003 NCA Winans-Wichelns Award, Reconstruction Desegregation Debate, The,
Reconstruction
Desegregation Debate: The
Politics of Equality and the
Rhetoric of Place
received the awarded the
2003 Winans-Wichelns Award
for Distinguished Scholarship
in Rhetoric and Public
Address from the National
Communication Association in
2003. , 2003. |
2002 City of Ottawa Book Award, Never Far Away,
Winner of the 2000 award:
Never Far Away, the
Auschwitz Chronicles of Anna
Heilman, by Anna Heilman
, 2002. |
2002 PEN Center Literary Award, This is the World,
Finalist for the PEN Center
Literary Award for Creative
Writing, 2002. |
2002 Independent Publishers' Association, Second Life, A,
Honorable Mention, 2002. |
2002 Historical Society of Michigan, Jews in Michigan,
Award of Merit, 2002. |
2002 Great Lakes Booksellers' Assn., Black Eden,
Finalist, 2002. |
2002 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, Bearing Witness,
Winner of this award,
given for the best nonfiction
books that contribute to
greater understanding and
cooperation among the peoples
and nations of the Pacific
Rim and South
Asia, 2002. |
2002 ForeWord Magazine, My Grandfather’s Book,
MY GRANDFATHER'S BOOK has
been named one of the Top
Ten Academic Books of
the Year, 2002. |
2002 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award, My Grandfather’s Book,
Finalist: Biography, 2002. |
2002 Alberta Book Award, Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta,
Scholarly Book of the Year, 2002. |
2002 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award, Black Eden,
Finalist: History, 2002. |
2002 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award, Public Gardens of Michigan,
Silver Award: Home & Garden, 2002. |
2002 John Ciardi Prize for Poetry, Body & Field,
The John Ciardi Prize for
Poetry is awarded annually
for book-length collections
of poetry and short fiction.
The winning manuscripts are
published by Bookmark Press.
Terry won the Prize for
Escape Artist.
, 2002. |
2001 Glasgow Poetry Prize for Emerging Writers, Body & Field,
Semi-finalist, 2001. |
2001 Choice Magazine, La Nouvelle France,
Outstanding Academic Book
Award, 2001. |
2001 Minnesota Book Awards, Low Road, The,
Finalist: Memoir, 2001. |
2001 Alf Andrew Heggoy Book Prize, La Nouvelle France,
French Colonial Historical
Society, 2001. |
2001 Donner Prize, Heavy Traffic,
Honourable Mention, 2001. |
2001 NCA Winans-Wichelns Award, Strategic Deception,
The National Communication
Association awarded the 2001
Winans-Wichelns Award for
Distinguished Scholarship in
Rhetoric and Public Address
to Strategic Deception.
, 2001. |
2001 Ohio Poet of the Year, Art of Loss, The,
Ohio Poet of the Year,
awarded by the State of Ohio, 2001. |
2001 Balcones Poetry Prize, Walking with the Bear,
Finalist, 2001. |
2001 Society for Midwestern Literature, Second Life, A,
The Mark Twain Award for
Distinguished Contributions
to Midwestern Literature, 2001. |
2001 Association of American University Presses, Apostrophes IV: speaking you is holiness,
AAUP Book, Journal &
Jacket Competition, Poetry &
Literature, 2001. |
2001 Alcuin Society, Apostrophes IV: speaking you is holiness,
The Alcuin Society
Citations for Excellence in
Book Design in Canada,
Honourable Mention, Poetry, 2001. |
2000 Wordcraft Circle Award, Tortured Skins and Other Fictions,
Elder Recognition Award
, 2000. |
2000 Whiting Writers Award, Reading the Earth,
Winner of the 2000 Mrs. Giles
Whiting Foundation $35,000
award, given annually to
emerging writers of
exceptional talent and promise, 2000. |
2000 Independent Publishers Association, Between The Flowers,
General Fiction Book of the
Year, 2000. |
2000 NCA Diamond Anniversary Book Award, Angelina Grimké,
The National Communication
Association 2000 Diamond
Anniversary Award was awarded
to Angelina Grimké
., 2000. |
2000 Whiting Writers Award, Combing the Snakes from His Hair,
Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation
$35,000 award, given annually
to emerging writers of
exceptional talent and promise, 2000. |
2000 ForeWord Magazine, Trying to Catch the Horses,
Book of the Year, Gold
Award, 2000. |
2000 ForeWord Magazine, Manchurian Legacy,
Book of the Year, Bronze
Award, 2000. |
2000 Choice Magazine, This is the World,
Outstanding Academic Book
Award, 2000. |
2000 Choice Magazine, Not Even a Sparrow Falls,
Outstanding Academic Book
Award, 2000. |
2000 Choice Magazine, American Artifacts,
Outstanding Academic Book
Award, 2000. |
1999 Choice Magazine, To Be the Main Leaders of Our People,
Outstanding Academic Book
Award, 1999. |
1995 National Communication Association, Eisenhower's War of Words,
Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award
for Outstanding Book or
Monograph
, 1995. |
1995 American Book Award, Light People, The,
American Book Award, 1995. |
1993 New York Times Book Review Notable Book, Wounded River, The,
Notable Book, 1993. |
1992 Choice Magazine, ,
Outstanding Academic Book
Award, 1992. |
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, 1991. |
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