Borders Original Voices Awards

2008 Borders Original Voices Award Winners

On January 14, 2009, Borders announced the winners of its annual Original Voices Awards, which recognize "fresh, compelling and ambitious works from the new and emerging talents of 2008."

The winners of the 2008 Borders Original Voices Awards include:

Fiction
THE CELLIST OF SARAJEVO by Steven Galloway (Riverhead)

Nonfiction
THE GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner (Twelve)

Young Adult/Independent Reader
I AM APACHE by Tanya Landman (Candlewick)

Picture Book
THOSE DARN SQUIRRELS! by Adam Rubin and illustrator Daniel Salmieri (Clarion Books)

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2008 Borders Original Voices Award Nominees

On November 24th, Borders Book Group announced the nominees for the 2008 Original Voices Awards, which recognize "fresh, compelling and ambitious works from the new and emerging talents of 2008." The winners, who will each receive a $5,000 cash prize, will be selected in January, and honored at an awards ceremony in the spring. Previous winners include Kevin Brockmeier, Nicole Krauss, Steven Hall, Gabrielle Zevin, and Catherine Gilbert Murdock.

The nominees for this year's Original Voices Awards are:

Fiction
DEAR AMERICAN AIRLINES by Jonathan Miles (Houghton Mifflin)
THE CELLIST OF SARAJEVO by Steven Galloway (Riverhead)
THE GOOD THIEF by Hannah Tinti (Dial Press)
THE LACE READER by Brunonia Barry (Morrow)
THE SOMNAMBULIST by Jonathan Barnes (Morrow)
THE WHITE TIGER by Aravind Adiga (Free Press)

Nonfiction
THE ALCHEMY OF AIR: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler by Thomas Hager (Harmony)
THE FORTUNE COOKIE CHRONICLES: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food by Jennifer 8 Lee (Twelve)
THE GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner (Twelve)
THE HOUSE AT SUGAR BEACH: In Search of a Lost African Childhood by Helene Cooper (Simon & Schuster)
THE SUSPICIONS OF MR. WHICHER: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale (Walker)
WE BOUGHT A ZOO: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals That Change Their Lives Forever by Benjamin Mee (Weinstein Books)

Young Adult/Independent Reader
HECK: Where the Bad Kids Go by Dale Basye (Random House Books for Young Readers)
I AM APACHE by Tanya Landman (Candlewick)
THE PATRON SAINT OF BUTTERFLIES by Cecilia Galante (Bloomsbury USA Children's Books)
TUNNELS by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams (Chicken House)
TWEAK: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff (Ginee Seo Books)
WAKE by Lisa McMann (Simon Pulse)

Children's Picture Books
DO YOU DO A DIDGERIDOO? written by Nick Page and illustrated by Sara Baker (Make Believe Ideas)
LADYBUG GIRL written by Jacky Davis and illustrated by David Soman (Dial)
LITTLE BUNNY KUNG FU written and illustrated by Regan Johnson (Blooming Tree Press)
THOSE DARN SQUIRRELS! written by Adam Rubin and illustrated by Daniel Salmieri (Clarion Books)
WAVE written and illustrated by Suzy Lee (Chronicle Books)
WHAT'S UNDER THE BED? written and illustrated by Joe Fenton (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing)

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2007 Borders Original Voices Awards

Borders Book Group recently announced the winners of their annual Original Voices Award, which honors "fresh, compelling and ambitious works from new and emerging talents." Nominated by store and corporate office employees and selected by a committee of corporate staff members, the winners in four categories of fiction, nonfiction, children's picture book and young adult/independent reader will receive a cash prize of $5,000.

The winners of the 2007 Borders Original Voices Awards are:

Fiction:
THE RAW SHARK TEXTS by Steven Hall (Cannongate Books)

Nonfiction:
WHEN A CROCODILE EATS THE SUN: A Memoir of Africa by Peter Godwin (Little, Brown)

Children's Picture Books:
WOLF! WOLF! by John Rocco (Hyperion Press)

Intermediate/Young Adult Books:
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID by Jeff Kinney (Harry N. Abrams)

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2006 Nominees and Winners

On November 11, 2006, Borders Inc. announced the nominees for the 11th annual Borders Original Voices Awards. The Award --- consisting of a $5,000 cash prize --- recognizes "innovative and ambitious" new books and music from emerging artists, and will be presented in January to one winner in each of five categories.

Finalists for the 2006 Original Voices Awards include:

Fiction:
* THE BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEAD by Kevin Brockmeier (Knopf)
PRIDE OF BAGHDAD by Brian Vaughan (Vertigo)
SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS by Marisha Pessl (Viking)
THE STOLEN CHILD by Keith Donohue (Nan Talese)
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen (Algonquin Press)
WINKIE by Clifford Chase (Grove Atlantic)

Nonfiction:
FROM BAGHDAD WITH LOVE by Jay Kopelman (Glone Pequot Press)
THE GOOD GOOD PIG by Sy Montgomery (Ballantine Books)
I WAS A CHILD OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS by Bernice Eisenstein (Riverhead)
SELF-MADE MAN by Norah Vincent (Viking Press)
A STRONG WEST WIND by Gail Caldwell (Random House)
* THE WORST HARD TIME by Timothy Egan (Houghton Mifflin)

Children's Picture Books:
ART by Patricia McDonnell (Little, Brown Young Readers)
CHICKEN & CAT by Sara Varon (Scholastic)
DEAR FISH by Chris Gall (Little, Brown Young Readers)
* FANCY NANCY by Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss(HarperCollins Juvenile)
SOUND OF COLORS by Jimmy Liao (Little, Brown Young Readers)
TRUE STORY OF STELLINA by Matteo Pericoli (Knopf Books for Young Readers)

Intermediate/Young Adult Books:
BASS ACKWARDS & BELLY UP by Elizabeth Craft (Little, Brown Young Readers)
* DAIRY QUEEN by Catherine Murdock (Houghton Mifflin)
ENDYMION SPRING by Matthew Skelton (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS by John Boyne (David Fickling Books)
SKINNY by Ibi Kaslik (Walker & Co.)
SHADOW THIEVES by Anne Ursu (Atheneum)

(* Indicates Winners)

2005 Winners

Borders Book Group recently announced the winners of the ninth annual Borders Original Voices Awards, which highlights exceptional emerging writers --- and for the first time, musicians. The winners in five categories of fiction, nonfiction, children's picture book, young adult/independent reader and music will receive a cash prize of $5,000.

The winners of the 2005 Borders Original Voices Awards are:

Fiction:
THE HISTORY OF LOVE by Nicole Krauss (Norton, W. W. & Company)

Nonfiction:
FINDING GEORGE ORWELL IN BURMA by Emma Larkin (Penguin Group)

Children's Picture Books:
RUSSELL THE SHEEP by Rob Scotton (HarperCollins)

Intermediate/Young Adult Books:
ELSEWHERE by Gabrielle Zevin (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Music:
"Careless Love" by Madeleine Peyroux (Rounder)

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