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2011 Oklahoma Book Award Finalists
Children/Young Adults
Portrait of a Generation: The Children of Oklahoma, Sons and Daughters of the Red Earth—M.J. Alexander—Southwestern Publishing
“Cholhkanat Lowak Ishminti” Spider Brings Fire—Linda Hogan—Chickasaw Nation, Division of Arts & Humanities
Salvaged—Stefne Miller—Tate Publishing & Enterprises
Mostly Monsterly—Tammi Sauer—Simon & Schuster
Saltypie: A Choctaw Journey from Darkness into Light—Tim Tingle—Cinco Puntos Press
Design/Illustration
Building One Fire—designed by Carol Haralson—The Cherokee Nation
Proud to be Chickasaw—designed by Skip McKinstry, illustrated by Mike Larsen—Chickasaw Press
Oklahoma National Stockyards—designed by Doug Miller—
Portrait of a Generation: The Children of Oklahoma, Sons and Daughters of the Red Earth—designed by Scott O’Daniel, photography by M.J. Alexander—Southwestern Publishing
Arena Legacy: The Heritage of American Rodeo—designed by Tony Roberts and Julie Rushing, collection photography by Ed Muno—University of Oklahoma Press
Fiction
Stations West—Allison Amend—Louisiana State University Press
With No Steps To Follow—David Allen Barton—Tate Publishing & Enterprises
Cheyenne Madonna—Eddie Chuculate—David R. Godine publisher
God’s Acres—David Gerard—PenUltimate Press
The Insane Train—Sheldon Russell—Minotaur Books publisher
Chasing Lilacs—Carla Stewart—Faith Words publisher
Non-fiction
Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe—Kate Buford—Alfred A. Knopf publisher
Chickasaw Removal—Fuller L. Bumpers, Daniel F. Littlefield Jr., and Amanda L. Paige—Chickasaw Press
Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture—edited by Dianna Everett, Jon May, Larry O’Dell, and Linda Wilson—Oklahoma Historical Society
Deadly Kingdom: The Book of Dangerous Animals—Gordon Grice—Random House Publishing Group
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History—S.C. Gwynne—Scribner
Race and the University: A Memoir—George Henderson—University of Oklahoma Press
Arena Legacy: The Heritage of American Rodeo—Richard C. Rattenbury—University of Oklahoma Press
Luis Ortega’s Rawhide Artistry: Braiding in the California Tradition—Don Reeves and Chuck Stormes—University of Oklahoma Press
Oilfield Trash: Life and Labor in the Oil Patch—Bobby D. Weaver—Texas A&M University Press
Poetry
Spare Parts—Ken Hada—Mongrel Empire Press
Umberto Eco Lost His Gun—Carol Hamilton—Pudding House Publications
Elegy for Trains—Benjamin Myers—Village Books Press
Seeing Rightly with the Heart—Howard Stein—Finishing Line Press
Bird Days—Sheila Tiarks—Village Books Press
Oklahoma Baroque—Renata Treitel—Out On A Limb Publishing
Oklahoma Cantos—Ron Wallace—TJMF Publishing
The Oklahoma Center for the Book, sponsor of the Oklahoma Book Award competition, is a non-profit, 501-c-3 organization located in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. Established in 1986 as an outreach program of the Library of Congress, the Oklahoma Center was the fourth such state center formed. It is governed by a volunteer board of directors from across the state.
The mission of the Oklahoma Center for
the Book is
to
promote the work of Oklahoma authors,
to promote the
literary heritage of the state, and
to encourage reading
for pleasure by Oklahomans of all ages.
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