2015 Finalists New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards
Anthology (individual or collection)
Apricots and Tortillas
Paquet, Susan
Mercury Heartlink
Cave Creek Canyon
Brown, Wynne and Reed Peters ECO Wear &
Publishing
Gringo Lessons
Whaley, Bill
Nighthawk Press
On Foot: Grand Canyon Backpacking Stories
Kempa, Rick
Vishnu Temple Press
Anthropology/Archaeology
Living the Ancient Southwest
A Pueblo Social History
Noble, David Grant
Ware, John
SAR Press
SAR Press
Arts Book (includes art, music, or photography)
Artful Dodgers
Ewell, Bernard
Laguna Pueblo: A Photographic History Marmon, Lee & Tom Corbett
The Memory of Stone
Schroeder, Erv
Nativities of the Southwest
Weber, Susan Topp
New Mexico’s High Peaks
Butterfield, Mike
Our Lives
Shannon, Jennifer
A Strange Mixture
Scott, Sascha
Wild in Arizona: Photographing Wildflowers
Miniuk-Sperry
Analemma Press
Abbott Press
UNM Press
UNM Press
Gibbs Smith
UNM Press
SAR Press
Univ of OK Press
Gill, Paul & Colleen
Biography – Arizona subject (includes memoirs and autobiographies)
Baskets for Butterflies
Burton Barr
Connections
Publications
George Hunt
Ghost Riders in the Sky
Hamill, Donna
VanderMeer, Philip
Hayostek, Cynthia
Univ of AZ Press
Goose Flats
Berman, David
Ward, Michael
Univ of AZ Press
Rio Nuevo Publishers
Biography – New Mexico subject (includes memoirs and
autobiographies)
Accidental Anthropologists
Apricots and Tortillas
Emilio
Hoe, Heaven & Hell
A Life In the Law
Odyssey
Clavel, Claudia
Parjarito Graphics
Paquet, Susan
Mercury Heartlink
McGeagh, Robert
Dog Ear Publishing
Garcia, Nasario
UNM Press
Dunlap, Mary & Mary Kay Stein Sunstone
Fox, Steve
Nighthawk Press
Biography – Other (includes memoirs and autobiographies)
Farewell, Aleppo
Goin’ Crazy with Sam Peckinpah
The Graceful Art of Falling
honey in the river
Julian Hawthorne
Life in Alien Territory
Plunge: Midlife with Snorkel
The Real Shlomo
Sutton, Claudette
Terra Nova Books
Evans, Max as told to Robert Nott UNM Press
White, L.
AuthorHouse
Scarbrough, Marsha
Changemakers Books
Scharnhorst, Gary
Univ of Illinois Press
Schulz, Renate
Wheatmark
Anderson, Mari & Fritz Damler Tinkertown Press
Dalfin, Chaim
Gaon Books
Business Book (includes career)
Microfarming for Profit
Never Miss A Touch
DeWitt, Dave
Siegel, Andrew
Torrey House Press
Children’s Activity Book (workbook/craft book/coloring book)
Count on African Animals
Meet Me at The Balloon Museum
Publications
Kubota, F.H. & E.A. Galligan Lulu
Lane, Jill
Enchantment Lane
Children’s Picture and Activity Books Bilingual (English & Spanish)
The Adventures of BernCo Bernie
Lane, Jill
County
Grandma Lale’s Tamales: A Christmas Story
Grande Books
Lovito Learns About Generosity
Cardenas, Ed
Princess Marisol & the Moon Thieves
Paramo, Alex
Rio Grande Books & Bernalillo
Garcia, Nasario Rio
Cardenas & Associates
Community Publishing
Children’s Picture Book
Colors of the Wind
Don’t Touch This Book!
Flora and the Penguin
The Gift of Wonder
How the Unicorn Got His Horn Back
Publishing
Ol’ Jimmy Dollar
The Peace and Love Train
Press
Sofia’s Summer Adventure
What Makes a Rainbow?
Powers, J.L.
Awalt, Barbe
Idle, Molly
Goldman, Lisa Bear
Mayhew, Vicki Dean
Purple House Press
Rio Grande Books
Chronicle Books
Enchantment Press
Strategic Book
Randles, Slim
Rio Grande Books
Kincaid, Tyler Rose & Kiley Sage Kincaid Walkinshaw
Quihuis, Albert Monreal
Van Dusen, Ross
Rio Grande Books
Cookbook
20 Herbs for Your Wedding
Publishing Group
Lukacs, Avia & Therese Francis
Crossquarter
Crafts/Hobby/How-to Book
Wild in Arizona: Photographing Wildflowers
Miniuk-Sperry
Analemma Press
Gill, Paul & Colleen
Fiction – adventure or drama
The Big Wheel
Jones, Scott Archer
Publishing
The Height of Secrecy
Mitchell, J.M.
Reign of Evil
Ochse, Weston
Sparky and the King
Baldwin, Dan
What the Owl Saw
McFarland, Gerald
Zorn and Grayall Find Murder By The Way
Wasteland Press
Southern Yellow Pine
Prairie Plum Press
St Martin’s Press
Four Knights Press
Sunstone Press
Chanda, Val
Fiction - historical fiction
Chasm Creek
Cox, Patricia Grady
Forced Journey
Zibart, Rosemary
The Piano Player
Niethammer, Carolyn
Take the Train to Tucson
Marriott, Barbara
The Voice of the Children in the Apple Tree
Rhyolite Press
High Hill Press
Artemesia Publishing
Oak Tree Press
Fireship Press
Blackburn, Alexander
Fiction - mystery/suspense
Ant Dens
Bad Country
Borderline
The Boy Without A Face
Glass Houses
Grave Consequences
Red Gold
Sinking Suspicions
Coley, Mary
McKenzie, CB
Badal, Joseph
Sanders, Starr
Tessler, Margaret
Thurlo, David and Aimee
Kidera, Robert
Hoklotubbe, Sara Sue
Wheatmark
St Martin’s Press
Suspense Publishing
Gassman, Jeanne Lyet
Miller, Susan Cummins
Paul, Paula
Chavez, Denise
Southard, Duke
Warner, Sharon Oard
Prol, Fernando
Tollefson, Loretta Miles
Tuscany Press
Texas Tech Univ Press
Booklocker
St Martin’s Press
Suspense Publishing
Univ of AZ Press
Fiction - other
Blood of a Stone
Chasm
Forgetting Tommie
The King and Queen of Comezon
Live Free or Die
Sophie’s House of Cards
Sugar and Dirt
The Ticket
Univ of OK Press
Wheatmark
UNM Press
Wheatmark
LLT Press
Fiction - romance
Forgetting Tommie
A Friend Request
Paul, Paula
Gillmore, C.L.
Platinum Poetry &
Prose
Timing is Everything
Steinsiek, Sabra Brown
Artemesia Publishing
Fiction - science fiction & fantasy
Cubicles, Blood, and Magic
A Matter of Possession
Mercury Sun
A Reluctant God
Kilmore, Lynn
Carlson, L. Phillips
Hickman, Kirt
Duff, Scooter
Osuna Publishing
Snowsnake Press
Quillrunner Publishing
First Book Arizona (first book published by author)
Blood of a Stone
The Boy Without A Face
The Pancake Tree
Riding Behind the Padre
Spirit Walk
Sugar and Dirt
Gassman, Jeanne Lyet
Tuscany Press
Sanders, Starr
Turchick, Jacky & Laurie Melrood Word Studio
Collins, Richard
Wheatmark
Treiber, Jay
Torrey House Press
Prol, Fernando
Wheatmark
First Book New Mexico (first book published by author)
An Alien Harvest
Apricots and Tortillas
Camino
Cobwebs
A Glimpse of the Chihuahua Desert
The Ojai Valley School
Red Gold
Howe, Linda Moulton
Paquet, Susan
Kotchian, Sarah
Coley, Mary
Mihok, Patricia
Taylor, Lynn
Kidera, Robert
LMH Productions
Mercury Heartlink
Wheatmark
Mogollon Publications
Arcadia Publishing
Suspense Publishing
Gardening Book
Baskets for Butterflies
Step by Step: Beautiful Bisbee Plants
Hamill, Donna
Crowlie, Colleen & Cado Daily Create Space
Gay/Lesbian (GLBT) Book
Editing Life
Publishing
Good Water
Publishing
Dugger, Sandy
Sapphire Books
Peck, Kayt
Sapphire Books
Health Book (includes wellness, nutrition, beauty)
The Daily Practice of Compassion
Wang, Dora with Shannan Carter
UNM Press
History Book – Arizona subject
Sedona Verde Valley Art
DeBarbieri, Lili
History Press
History Book – New Mexico subject
American Ghost
Nordhaus, Hannah
Harpercollins
Chasing the Santa Fe Ring
Coronado’s Well Equipped Army
Four Square Leagues
Juan Bautista de Anza
Pecos
The Roque Lobato House
Caffey, David
Hutchins, John
Ebright, Hendricks, & Hughes
Herrera, Carlos
Secord, Paul
Wilson, Chris & Oliver Horn
UNM Press
Westholme Publishing
UNM Press
Univ of OK Press
Arcadia Publishing
Schenck SW Publishing
History Book – Other
An Alien Harvest
Farewell, Aleppo
The Great Call-Up
The Ojai Valley School
Tortillas: A Cultural History
Howe, Linda Moulton
LMH Productions
Sutton, Claudette
Terra Nova Books
Harris, Charles & Louis Sadler Univ of OK Press
Taylor, Lynn
Arcadia Publishing
Morton, Paula
UNM Press
Juvenile Book (grade school to junior high school)
Blue Birds
A Glimpse of the Chihuahua Desert
The Hero Twins
The Talking Lizard
Teresa of the New World
Rose, Caroline Starr
Mihok, Patricia
Kristofic, Jim
Garcia, Nasario
Russell, Sharman
G P Putnams
Mogollon Publications
UNM Press
Rio Grande Books
Yucca Publishing
Multi-cultural Subject (Hispanic, Native American, etc.)
Apricots and Tortillas
Paquet, Susan
Chasing Dichos through Chimayo
Usner, Don
Grandma Lale’s Tamales: A Christmas Story
Grande Books
Nativities of the Southwest
Weber, Susan Topp
Riding Behind the Padre
Collins, Richard
With a Book in Their Hands
Martin-Rodriguez, Manuel
Mercury Heartlink
UNM Press
Garcia, Nasario Rio
Gibbs Smith
Wheatmark
UNM Press
Nature/Environment Book
Diary of a Citizen Scientist
Russell, Sharman
Oregon State Univ.
Press
Enduring Acequias
Arellano, Juan Estevan
UNM Press
Land of Enchantment Wildflowers
Finley, Willa & LaShara Nieland Texas Tech Univ
Press
The Pancake Tree
Turchick, Jacky & Laurie Melrood Word Studio
Ponderosa: Big Pine of the Southwest
Allred, Sylvester
Univ of AZ Press
Wildflowers of Northern & Central Mountains of NM Littlefield, Larry & Pearl Burns UNM Press
New Age Book
Animal Lover
Spirit Wisdom for Daily Living
Hoff, Ann Marie
Bridges, Clint
Love Level Publishing
Howe, Linda Moulton
LMH Productions
Nonfiction - other
An Alien Harvest
Border Insecurity
Letter to a Future Lover
A Mother’s Story
Mysterious New Mexico
Longmire, Sylvia
Monson, Ander
Romero, Maggie
Radford, Benjamin
St Martin’s Press
Graywolf Press
Mercury Heartlink
UNM Press
Parenting/Family Issues Book
A Dance in the Woods
The Peace and Love Train
Press
Syra’s Scribbles II
Turning Points Volume Two
Brennan, Janet
Casa de Snapdragon
Kincaid, Tyler Rose & Kiley Sage Kincaid
Walkinshaw
Divine, Syra
Xlibris
Patterson, Shirley & Susan Cho Nuevo Books
Pets/Animals
Amos the Churchmouse
Barnyard Fable
More Pet Friends
My Horse, My Self
Ol’ Jimmy Dollar
Mitchell, Gary
Redemption Press
Tollefson, Lowell
LLT Press
Sayre, Terrie Q & Travelin’ Jack Rio Grande Books
Washburn, Susan Erlandson Casa de Snapdragon
Randles, Slim
Rio Grande Books
Philosophy
Beyond the Golden Rule
Camino
Spirit Wisdom for Daily Living
Kunin, David
Kotchian, Sarah
Bridges, Clint
Gaon Books
Love Level Publishing
Poetry Book Arizona (individual or collection)
Cup
Doll God
Heart in the Bony Middle
Red Stain
Merrin, Jeredith
Castle, Luanne
Muller, Seth
Porter, Liza
Able Muse Press
Aldrich Press
Vishnu Temple Press
Finishing Line Press
Poetry Book New Mexico (individual or collection)
Amos the Churchmouse
Mitchell, Gary
Redemption Press
Bosque Rhythms Dunne, Lee, Cheryl Marita, Paula Miller, Judy Mosher, Elizabeth O’Brien
Create Space
Ears of Corn: Listen
Early, Max
3: A Taos Press
Grace Leads, I Follow
Bertsch, Lisa
Cielo Publishing
Pelvis with Distance
Jacobs, Jessica
White Pine Press
Wayward Shadow
Holsapple, Bruce
La Alameda Press
Political Book (includes social/current events)
Riding Behind the Padre
Collins, Richard
Wheatmark
Reference Book
The Jewish Legacy in New Mexico History Melzer, Richard
Rio Grande Books
Neighborhood
Awalt, Barbe
Rio Grande Books
A River Runs Through Us
Melzer, Richard & John Taylor Rio Grande Books
Religious Book
Amos the Churchmouse
Mitchell, Gary
The Jewish Legacy in New Mexico History Melzer, Richard
Spiritual Law
Hill, Joanna
What Shall I Call You?
Blanchard, Mary
Redemption Press
Rio Grande Books
Rock Point Press
Science (including mathematics)
An Alien Harvest
Diary of a Citizen Scientist
Press
What Makes a Rainbow?
Howe, Linda Moulton
Russell, Sharman
LMH Productions
Oregon State Univ.
Van Dusen, Ross
Rio Grande Books
Self-help Book (includes spirituality/inspirational)
Football Facts for Females
House
Lighten Up
My Horse, My Self
The OPA! Way
Step by Step: Beautiful Bisbee Plants
Cooper, Susan
Rockstar Publishing
Martin, Linda
The Master Key Press
Washburn, Susan Erlandson Casa de Snapdragon
Pattakos, Alex & Elaine Dundon Ben Bella Books
Crowlie, Colleen & Cado Daily Create Space
Spanish Language Book
A Glimpse of the Chihuahua Desert
Gracias a la Vida
Tres Mujeres al Borde de la Escritura
Mihok, Patricia
Sol, Lillian Diaz
Doherty, Nickell, & Orchard
Mogollon Publications
IAJ Press
Tintanueva Ediciones
Smith, Toby
Knowles, Gerald
Halstead, Stephen
Cooper, Susan
UNM Press
Sports/Recreation
Bush League Boys
COACH
Everywhere Spirit
Football Facts for Females
House
The Ultimate Hot Air Balloon Bucket List
Awalt, Barbe
ABQ Press
Rockstar Publishing
Rio Grande Books
Travel Book (includes guides)
100 Things to Do in Albuquerque Before You Die Biggers, Ashley
Reedy Press
The Basic New Mexico Bucket List
Awalt, Barbe
Rio Grande Books
Camino
Kotchian, Sarah
Cave Creek Canyon
Brown, Wynne and Reed Peters ECO Wear &
Publishing
Chasing Arizona
Lamberton, Ken
Univ of AZ Press
Teresa of the New World
Russell, Sharman
Yucca Publishing
Wild in Arizona: Photographing Wildflowers
Gill, Paul & Colleen
Miniuk-Sperry
Analemma Press
Young Adult Book (high school)
Baskets for Butterflies
Defying Odds
Forbidden
Forced Journey
The Healing Tree
Hamill, Donna
Lehman, Theodore
Little, Kimberley Griffiths
Zibart, Rosemary
Cheasebro, Margaret
Gaon Books
Harpercollins
Artemesia Publishing
Casa de Snapdragon
Young Readers Book (to grade 3)
The Peace and Love Train
Press
The Talking Lizard
Kincaid, Tyler Rose & Kiley Sage Kincaid Walkinshaw
Garcia, Nasario
Rio Grande Books
Wood, Patricia Smith
Kidera, Robert
Bowersock, Melissa
Steinsiek, Sabra Brown
Suspense Publishing
New Moon Publishing
Artemesia Publishing
eBooks Fiction
The Easter Egg Murder
Red Gold
Stone’s Ghost
Timing Is Everything
Best Cover Design (<6x9)
The Basic New Mexico Bucket List
Rhetts, Paul
On Foot: Grand Canyon Backpacking Stories
Vishnu Temple Press
Grandpa Lolo & Trampa
Montoya, Jeremy
Hot Air Balloon Bucket List
Rhetts, Paul
Talking Lizard, The
Montoya, Jeremy
Rio Grande Books
Muleady, Sandra Kim
Rio Grande Books
Rio Grande Books
Rio Grande Books
Best Cover Design (6x9)
Coronado’s Well Equipped Army
More Voices of New Mexico
Pecos
A River Runs Through Us
TG Design
Rhetts, Paul
Secord, Paul
Rhetts, Paul
Westholme Publishing
Rio Grande Books
Arcadia Publishing
Rio Grande Books
Best Cover Design Trade (larger than 6x9)
Don’t Touch This Book!
Rhetts, Paul
Grandma Lale’s Tamales: A Christmas Story
Grande Books
More Pet Friends
Rhetts, Paul
Ol’ Jimmy Dollar
Montoya, Jerry
What Makes a Rainbow?
Van Dusen, Ross
Rio Grande Books
Aragon, Dolores Rio
Rio Grande Books
Rio Grande Books
Rio Grande Books
Best Cover Design Non-Trade (larger than 6x9)
The Adventures of BernCo Bernie
County
Baird, Marisol
Rio Grande Books & Bernalillo
2015 Book Award Sponsors: Anthology — sponsored by Gaon Books, Elizabeth Ann Galligan, Judi Alvernaz-Nagy
Anthropology/Archaeology — sponsored by Joe the Book Guy, Pauline and Mel Eisenstadt
Arts Book — sponsored by Gaon
Books, Museum of New Mexico Shops, University of New Mexico Press
, Win k Visual Arts Biography – Arizona subject —
sponsored by Dennis June Gallery and Lee Dunne
Biography – New Mexico subject — sponsored by Sharon Snyder, Treasure
House Books Biography – Other — sponsored by Mary Neighbour of MediaNeighbours
Business Book — sponsored by Paul
Rhetts and Barbe Awalt
Children’s Activity Book — sponsored by New Mexico Book Co-op
Children’s Picture Book —
sponsored by Enchantment Lane Publications, Carla Ward/Tinkertown Museum, Santa Fe Public Library
Children’s Picture and
Activity Books – Bilingual — sponsored by Candace Jordan Russell, Elizabeth Ann Galligan, SOMOS
Cookbook — sponsored by
Jean and Ross Van Dusen
Crafts/Hobby/How-to Book— sponsored by New Mexico Book Co-op
Fiction – adventure or drama
— sponsored by David Knop
Fiction - historical fiction — sponsored by Deanna Dickinson McCall, Florence Weinberg, Scott Archer
Jones
Fiction - mystery/suspense — sponsored by The Sirens of Suspense, Santa Fe Public Library
Fiction - other — sponsored
by Dr. and Mrs. John Zeigler, Mare Pearl and Sue Boggio
Fiction - romance — sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. John Zeigler, Mare Pearl
and Sue Boggio
Fiction - science fiction & fantasy — sponsored by Jenna Hiott, Florence Weinberg, Shadow Dragon Press
First
Book — sponsored by Southwest Writers, Blessingway Author Services, Joseph Badal
Gardening Book — sponsored by April
Radbill
Gay/Lesbian Book — sponsored by Jean and Ross Van Dusen Health Book — sponsored by Paula Paul
History Book
– Arizona subject — sponsored by New Mexico Book Co-op
History Book – New Mexico subject — sponsored by Bathtub Row
Press, Santa Fe Public Library, Diane Layden
History Book – Other — sponsored by Museum of New Mexico Shops Juvenile
Book — sponsored by Lee Dunne
Multi-cultural Subject — sponsored by 3: A Taos Press, Santa Fe Public Library
Nature/Environment Book — sponsored by Vicky Ramakka
New Age Book — sponsored by Jean and Ross Van Dusen
Nonfiction - other — sponsored by Artemesia Publishing
Parenting/Family Issues Book — sponsored by Kelly Chisholm/Great
Relationships Now
Pets and Animals — sponsored by April Radbill Philosophy — sponsored by New Mexico Humanist Society
Poetry Book — sponsored by Bookworks Bookstore, New Mexico State Poetry Society, Jane Lipman
Political Book — sponsored
by Pauline and Mel Eisenstadt
Reference Book — sponsored by Jean and Ross Van Dusen
Religious Book— sponsored by New
Mexico Book Co-op
Science — sponsored by Institute for Analytic Journalism, Scott Archer Jones
Self-help Book — sponsored by
Kelly Chisholm, Blessingway Author Services
Spanish Language Book — sponsored by Paul Rhetts and Barbe Awalt Sports &
Recreation — sponsored by Mark Fleisher
Travel Book — sponsored by Carla Ward/Tinkertown Museum
Young Adult Book —
sponsored by Ann Dallman, Kinkajou Press
Young Readers Book — sponsored by Treasure House Books
Fiction eBooks sponsored by Paul Rhetts & Barbe Awalt
Best Cover Design (smaller than 6x9) — sponsored by Ruthe Francis and Casa de
Snapdragon Publishing
Best Cover Design (6x9) — sponsored by Mary Neighbour of MediaNeighbours
Best Cover Design
(larger than 6x9) — sponsored by Blessingway Author Services
Tony Hillerman Award for Best Fiction — sponsored by
WordHarvest Writers Workshops
Father Thomas J. Steele Award for Best History — sponsored by Randolph F. Lumpp
Best
Arizona Book — sponsored by Moonlight Mesa Associates, The Cline Library at Northern Arizona University Best New Mexico
Book — sponsored by New Mexico Book Association, Blessingway Author Services
Best Book — sponsored by New Mexico Book
Co-op