Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work!

Chicago Writes Book of the Year

If This Were Fiction (Nebraska, 2022) by Jill Christman is a Finalist in the Traditional Nonfiction category. The winner will be announced at the Chicago Writer’s Association Conference in January.

2023 Martin Kansas History Book Award

Without Warning (Bison Books, 2023) by Jim Minick is the 2023 winner.

2023 Laramie Book Awards and Goethe 2023 Book Awards

The Laramie Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Americana and Westerns fiction genre. The Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in post-1750s Historical Fiction. The Laramie and Goethe Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Changing Woman (Bison Books, 2023) by Venetia Hobson Lewis is on the longlist for Americana Fiction in the Laramie Book Awards and Post 1750s Historical Fiction in the Goethe Book Awards. Winners will be announced April 20th.

2023 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award

Citizen Justice (Potomac Books, 2022) by M. Margaret McKeown won First Honorable Mention for the 2023 award.

Judges’ comments: “A federal circuit court judge with a talent for impeccable research has produced a book that plumbs the lifelong dedication of Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas to preserve America’s wilderness. Judge McKeown, in clear and fluid prose, brings legal opinions to life with anecdotes and entertaining historical tidbits. The book will stand for the ages as a monument to the man who used his influence with presidents and members of Congress to halt development and establish public parks throughout the nation.”

Military Writers Society of America 2023 Awards

Each year, MWSA presents special recognition awards to especially noteworthy authors and their works.

Connected Soldiers (Potomac Books, 2022) by John Spencer is a 2023 Gold Medal winner!

Disaster on the Spanish Main (Potomac Books, 2021) by Craig S. Chapman is a Silver Medal winner!

2023 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards

Chasing the Ghost Bear (Bison Books, 2022) by Mike Stark is the winner for the 2023 Nature/Environment category!

2023 Nebraska Book Awards

The Nebraska Book Awards program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book (NCB), recognizes and honors books that are written by Nebraska authors, published by Nebraska publishers, set in Nebraska, or concerning Nebraska.

Private Way (Nebraska, 2022) by Ladette Randolph won in the Fiction category.

Dirt Persuasion (Nebraska, 2022) by Derek Moscato won in the Nonfiction: Solidarity category.

Women Who Built Omaha (Bison Books, 2022) by Eileen Wirth won in the Nonfiction: Biography category.

Standing Bear’s Quest for Freedom (Bison Books, 2022) by Lawrence A. Dwyer won in the Nonfiction: History category.

Nourishing Waters, Comforting Sky (Bison Books, 2022) by Stephen R Jones won in the Nonfiction: Nebraska as Place category.

2023 American Book Awards

The American Book Awards were created to provide recognition for outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse literary community. The purpose of the awards is to recognize literary excellence without limitations or restrictions. There are no categories, no nominees, and therefore no losers. The award winners range from well-known and established writers to under-recognized authors and first works. There are no quotas for diversity, the winners list simply reflects it as a natural process. The Before Columbus Foundation views American culture as inclusive and has always considered the term “multicultural” to be not a description of various categories, groups, or “special interests,” but rather as the definition of all of American literature. The Awards are not bestowed by an industry organization, but rather are a writers’ award given by other writers.

Mummy Eaters (Nebraska, 2022) by Sherry Shenoda is a 2023 winner!

The Will Rogers Medallion Award

The Will Rogers Medallion Award was originally created to recognize quality works of cowboy poetry that honored the Will Rogers heritage, but has expanded to include other works of Western literature and film.

The Dakota Way of Life (Bison Books, 2022) by Ella Cara Deloria, Edited by Raymond J. DeMallie and Thierry Veyrié received a bronze medal in the Western Nonfiction category.

Oklahoma Odyssey (Bison Books, 2022) by John Mort received a silver medal in the Western Traditional Fiction category.