Minnesota Book Awards
{{Short description|Annual literary awards}}
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|awarded_for = Works created by Minnesotans in the previous year
|presenter = The Friends of the Saint Paul Library
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|year = 1988
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|website = [https://thefriends.org/minnesota-book-awards/ "Minnesota Book Awards"]
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The Minnesota Book Awards are presented annually for books created by writers, illustrators or book artists who are Minnesotans. The award, originally established in 1988, is organized by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library.
History
The Minnesota Book Awards were created in 1988 as part of the Minnesota Festival of the Book, an event which ran for two years. No awards were presented in 1990. Following this, the Awards were run by the Minnesota Center for the Book. In 2000, that organization (including the awards) was moved to the Minnesota Humanities Commission,[https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2000/00-024.html "Minnesota Humanities Commission Becomes New Home of the Minnesota Center for the Book"]. U.S. Library of Congress, February 28, 2000. which in turn announced in 2006 that the Friends of the Saint Paul Library would return to the lead organizational role for the Awards.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012326/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/09/prweb441552.htm "Humanities Commission Announces New Home For Minnesota Book Awards"]. September 24, 2006.
Categories and special awards
Minnesota Book Awards are presented for Children's Literature, General Nonfiction, Genre Fiction, Memoir & Creative Nonfiction, Minnesota, Novel & Short Story, Poetry, and Young People's Literature. Prior to 2007, these categories varied each year. Some examples of past categories are Architecture, Book Cover Design, Children's Picture Book, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Photography, and Science and Nature.[http://thefriends.org/events/mnba/winners-and-finalists/past-winners-and-finalists/ "Minnesota Book Awards, Past Finalists and Winners by Year"] thefriends.org.
In addition to the awards in these categories, the Kay Sexton Award has been presented to recognize overall contributions to the state's literary community. Kay Sexton was the first recipient of the award, in 1988.
The annual Minnesota Book Artist Award, recognizing the recipient's excellence and contributions to the Minnesota book arts community, is administered and co-presented by the Minnesota Center for Book Arts.[http://www.mnbookarts.org/artistsprograms/bookartistaward.html "Minnesota Book Artist Award"] mnbookarts.org.
Beginning in 2007, the Readers' Choice Award is voted on by the general public, from a pool of works nominated in all Minnesota Book Award categories.[http://www.thefriends.org/programs/mnbookawards/award_winners_and_finalists/mba_special_awards/readers-choice-award.html "Readers' Choice Award"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421090634/http://www.thefriends.org/programs/mnbookawards/award_winners_and_finalists/mba_special_awards/readers-choice-award.html |date=April 21, 2013 }} thefriends.org.
In 2012 the biennial Hognander Minnesota History Award was introduced, recognizing a scholarly work related to Minnesota history.Hertzel, Laurie. [http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/138268404.html "Minnesota Book Award finalists named"]. Star Tribune, January 28, 2012.
Other Minnesota literary awards
Since 1988, the Minnesota Fantasy Award has been presented annually to a person or persons with ties to Minnesota in recognition of their contributions to the fields of fantasy, science fiction and horror.
Also, since 1988, the Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards (NEMBA) has honored books that "substantially represent northeastern Minnesota in the areas of history, culture, heritage, or lifestyle."
References
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External links
- [https://thefriends.org/minnesota-book-awards/ Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111228100236/http://twincities.upickem.net/engine/Welcome.aspx?contestid=27674 "Minnesota Book Awards Readers' Choice Poll"]
- Author Readings from the Minnesota Book Awards: [https://collection.mndigital.org/catalog/p16022coll38:195#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&rid= 1996], [https://collection.mndigital.org/catalog/p16022coll38:206#?c=&m=&s=&cv= 1997], [https://collection.mndigital.org/catalog/p16022coll38:205#?c=&m=&s=&cv= 1998], [https://collection.mndigital.org/catalog/p16022coll38:208#?c=&m=&s=&cv= 1999], NORTHERN LIGHTS Minnesota Author Interview TV Series
Category:American literary awards
Category:Awards established in 1988