2008 Florida Book Award Winners
The winners of the 2008 Florida Book Awards, which recognizes the best of the state's literature published the previous year, were announced recently. Now in its third year, the Awards are coordinated by the Florida State University Program in American & Florida Studies, and co-sponsored by the Florida Center for the Book, the State Library and Archives of Florida, the Florida Historical Society, the Florida Humanities Council. the Florida Literary Arts Coalition, the Florida Library Association, “Just Read, Florida!,” the Governor’s Family Literacy Initiative, the Florida Association for Media in Education, the Florida Center for the Literary Arts, Friends of the Florida State University Libraries, and the Florida Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America.
Gold medal recipients will be acknowledged at the Historic and Cultural Awards Ceremony sponsored by the State of Florida's Division of Cultural Affairs, and all medalists will be acknowledged at a banquet hosted by the Florida Library Association at its annual conference in early May. The winning books and their authors are featured in the Summer issue of FORUM, the statewide magazine of the Florida Humanities Council.
The winners of the 2008 Florida Book Awards are:
BOOK DESIGN
Gold Medal Winner
SEMINOLE VIEWS by Emmett H. L. Snellings, Jr.
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Gold Medal Winner
NEWT'S WORLD: Beginnings by Susan Womble
Silver Medal Winner
AS IF BEING 12 3/4 ISN'T BAD ENOUGH, MY MOTHER IS RUNNING FR PRESIDENT by Donna Gephart
Bronze Medal Winner
MISSING MATH: A Number Mystery by Loreen Leedy
FLORIDA NONFICTION
Gold Medal Winner
THE FIRST HOLLYWOOD by Shawn Bean
Silver Medal Winner
THE NEW DEAL IN SOUTH FLORIDA by John Stuart & John Stack, eds.
Bronze Medal Winners
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT A HOT DOG AND A COKE by Rodney Hurst
PILGRIM IN A LAND OF ALLIGATORS by Jeff Klinkenberg
A JOURNEY INTO FLORIDA RAILROAD HISTORY by Greg Turner
GENERAL FICTION
Gold Medal Winner
REQUIEM MASS. by John Dufresne
Silver Medal Winner
THE KONKANS by Tony D'Souza
Bronze Medal Winner
MATTERS OF FAITH by Kristy Kiernan
CONFESSIONS OF A FALLING WOMAN by Debra Dean
GENRE FICTION
Gold Medal Winner
RABBIT IN THE MOON by Deborah & Joel Shlian
Silver Medal Winner
BLACK OUT by Lisa Unger
Bronze Medal Winners
THE NIGHT STALKER by James Swain
PAPA'S PROBLEM by Patrick Kendrick
POETRY
Gold Medal Winner
TEMPLE CALLED BEAUTIFUL by David Kirby
Silver Medal Winner
SEVEN NOTEBOOKS by Campell McGrath
Bronze Medal Winners
THE SHIPWRECK DRESS by Terri Witek
BEGIN ANYWHERE by Frank Giampietro
SHIMMING THE GLASS HOUSE by Helen Wallace
SPANISH LANGUAGE BOOK
Gold Medal Winner
CHIQUITA by Antonio Orlando Rodriguez
Silver Medal Winner
PRINCIPIO Y FIN DEL MITO FIDELISTA by José Álvarez
YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
Gold Medal Winner
WHISPERS OF THE BAY by John Tkac
Silver Medal Winner
EVERGLADES by Anne Ake
Bronze Medal Winner
IMAGINARY ENEMY by Julie Gonzalez
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