2009 NASHVILLE BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES WINNERS
11/7/2009
NASHVILLE (November 7, 2009) _ The 2009 Nashville Book Festival has awarded its grand prize to “A Separate County,” the brilliant new Southern novel by Robert Hicks.
Published in September, the novel is steeped in the atmosphere of the post-Civil War South, as Hicks weaves a tale of redemption, love and struggle into a masterful, page-turning exploration of a man’s darkest secrets.
The meticulous and moving tale of the old South captured the judges with its evocative prose, winning Hicks the grand prize of $1500 and top honors in the fiction category.
Other winners in the competition:
COOKBOOKS:
WINNER: Down Home Delicious – Peggy Touchstone Sholly
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Shortcuts To Gourmet Cooking and Family Favorites – Frances Schaffer
Tastes and Treasures: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona – Historical League, Inc.
Marshes To Mansions – Lara Madison James
GENERAL FICTION:
WINNER: A Separate Country – Robert Hicks
RUNNER-UP: Sniper Bid – Rick Robinson
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
River Passage – P.M. Terrell
An Unfinished House – K. Patrick Malone
Nick and Slim: The Legend of the Falcon Mine – Pamela L.V. Henn
Curio: A Shetland Sheepdog Meets The Cat – Jeanette A. Griver/Phyllis L. Milway
Our Hart – Lloyd Lofthouse
The Maximum Contribution – Rick Robinson
Five Days in Babylon – P.L. Reiter
Ride For Justice – John Harte
Summer Session – Kelly L. Frey Sr and Kelly L Frey II
Implosion – Peter Koenig
Outer Darkness – Bart Brevik
The River Road – Tricia Currans-Sheehan
GENERAL NON-FICTION
WINNER: How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate – Lynne Cherry/Gary Braasch
RUNNER-UP: Frank Pais: Architect of Cuba’s Betrayed Revolution – Jose Alvarez
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Champions of the Oceans – Frank Hodgkins/Cris Arbo
Scenic Tennessee – Robert Schuffert
Smoking: 201 Reasons to Quit – Muriel L. Crawford
TEENAGE/YOUNG ADULT
WINNER: Neptune’s Honor – Pamela Bauer Mueller
RUNNER-UP: There Are No Words – Mary Calhoun Brown
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Index Book 1: Mages – Katherine Gilraine
Hot Issues, Cool Choices – Sandra McLeod Humphrey
Sign of the Anasazi – Marc Lieberman
Phantom Island: Wind – Krissi Dallas
Seeds of Hope – Mary Bishop
WILD CARD:
WINNER: The Ice Cream Theory – Steff Deschenes
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Kwatee – R. Allen Downey
Dear Sparkle: Advice From One Cat To Another (No Humans!) – Janiss Garza
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
WINNER: Sixtyfive Roses: A Sister’s Memoir – Heather Summerhayes Cariou
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Beyond The Cold: An American’s Warm Portrait of Norway – Michael Kleiner
Beyond Cuckoo’s Nest: The Art and Life of William Sampson, Jr. – Zoe Escobar
The Cairo Chronicles – Leslie Robin Lewis
The Irish Pioneer – Margaret Boland and Thomas L. Rooney
Chai Budesh? Anyone For Tea? - Joan Heron
HOW-TO
WINNER: Critical Conditions: The Essential Hospital Guide To Get Your Loved Ones Out Alive – Martine Ehrenclou
RUNNER-UP: The Tao of Show Business – Dallas Travers
HONORABLE MENTION:
The Leadership Integrity Challenge – Edward E. Morler
PHOTOGRAPHY/ART
WINNER: Scenic North Alabama – Robert Schuffert
HONORABLE MENTION:
The Art of Everyday Joe: A Collector’s Journal – Michael K. Corbin
Herman the Jester and the ABC’s of Art – Rafael Filion
E-BOOK
WINNER: Lobo: The Strange Life of William Jameson – John H. Manhold
BEST UNPUBLISHED STORY
WINNER: The Winner As An Orange Cat – Robert Joseph Stone
SPIRITUAL
WINNER: Who Stole My Soul? - Vishwa Prakash
RUNNER-UP: The Passion of Maryam – Loren Woodson
CHILDREN’S
WINNER: The I Like Me Dance – Tim Friedlander/W.M. Edwards
RUNNER-UP: The Legend of Barknight – The McConnell Family
HONORABLE MENTION:
Myrtle The Hurdler – Marybeth Dillon-Butler/David Messing
The Adventures of Theodore Mouse – Sharilin/S.L. and I.J. Smith
MUSIC:
WINNER: Fiddler of the Opry: The Howdy Forrester Story – Gayel Pitchford
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