A heartrending memoir about suicide and family, a factory-dog’s brutal life-cycle, a folk-music mystery and picaresque historical fiction were among the winners of this year’s Colorado Book Awards.
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More than 140 people gathered to celebrate the 2019 victors at a ceremony at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities on May 18, which brought statewide authors, editors and illustrators together in competition in 13 categories.
This is the 28th year for the awards, and the 15th year Colorado Humanities has hosted them, said Bess Maher, program coordinator at Colorado Humanities.
Winners receive a small cash prize, the amount of which varies by year, an engraved wood plaque, a certificate and “winner bookmarks and gold winner stickers to adorn their winning books” at physical and digital retailers, Maher said.
Here’s the full list of this year’s winners:
Anthology/Collection
“Mile High Stories: 25 Years of Our Best Writing” edited by Geoff Van Dyke (Bower House)
Children’s Literature
“The Little i Who Lost His Dot” by Kimberlee Gard, illustrated by Sandie Sonke (Familius)
Creative Nonfiction
“Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-Comic Memoir” by Adam Cayton-Holland (Touchstone, Simon & Schuster)
General Fiction
“Go Ask Fannie” by Elisabeth Hyde (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, Penguin Random House)
General Nonfiction
“Doggie in the Window” by Rory Kress (Sourcebooks)
History
“The Woolly West: Colorado’s Hidden History of Sheepscapes” by Andrew Gulliford (Texas A&M University Press)
Juvenile Literature
“Del Toro Moon” by Darby Karchut (Owl Hollow Press)
Literary Fiction
“Mad Boy: A Novel” by Nick Arvin (Europa Editions)
Mystery
“Death by G-String: A Coyote Canyon Ladies Ukulele Club Mystery” by C. C. Harrison (Written Dreams Publishing)
Poetry
“Ghost Of” by Diana Khoi Nguyen (Omnidawn Publishing)
Science Fiction/Fantasy
“While Gods Sleep” by L. D. Colter (Tam Lin Publishing)
Thriller
“Mister Tender’s Girl” by Carter Wilson (Sourcebooks)
Young Adult Literature
“500 Words or Less” by Juleah Del Rosario (Simon Pulse, Simon & Schuster)
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