{"id":111636,"date":"2015-06-22T14:56:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T20:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/journal-contributor-gulliford-wins-colorado-book-award\/"},"modified":"2015-06-22T14:56:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T20:56:09","slug":"journal-contributor-gulliford-wins-colorado-book-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/journal-contributor-gulliford-wins-colorado-book-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal contributor Gulliford wins Colorado Book Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Three writers from the Four Corners area were nominated for Colorado Book Awards, which have been presented annually since 1991 to authors, editors, illustrators and photographers from around the state who represent the best in their categories.<\/p>\n

In the Best Anthology category, Gulliford was nominated for his essay collection \u201cOutdoors in the Southwest.\u201d Gulliford also writes the monthly column \u201cGulliford\u2019s Travels\u201d about his trips in the Four Corners, for The Cortez Journal and Durango Herald.<\/p>\n

In the General Nonfiction category, Durango restaurateur Katrina Blair was nominated for her book \u201cThe Wild Wisdom of Weeds: 13 Essential Plants for Human Survival.\u201d In the Mystery category, Cortez author Chuck Greaves was nominated for his novel \u201cThe Last Heir\u201d.<\/p>\n

Two of the authors made a stop Thursday to the Cortez Public Library as part of a three-stop book tour leading up to the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n

The Cortez area had high hopes for its nominees. Kathy Berg, library assistant at the Cortez Public Library, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to have such amazing talent in our small corner of the Southwest and to have this talent recognized by being nominated for the prestigious Colorado Book Award is remarkable. Win or lose; we are officially on the map in the literary world. These authors are the ultimate storytellers as they weave and wind their own stories about their writings, thoroughly engaging and entertaining audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

2015 Colorado Book Awards<\/p>\n

Anthology<\/p>\n

\u201cOutdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure Anthology\u201d by Andrew Gulliford, editor (University of Oklahoma Press)<\/p>\n

Children\u2019s Literature<\/p>\n

\u201cMama Built a Little Nest\u201d by Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Steve Jenkins (Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster)<\/p>\n

Creative Nonfiction<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth Sides Now; A True Story of Love, Loss, and Bold Living\u201d by Nancy Sharp (Books & Books Press)<\/p>\n

General Nonfiction<\/p>\n

\u201cEating Dangerously: Why the Government Can\u2019t Keep Your Food Safe \u2014 And How You Can\u201d by Michael Booth and Jennifer Brown (Rowman & Littlefield)<\/p>\n

Historical Fiction<\/p>\n

\u201cSong of the Jayhawk Or, The Squatter Sovereign\u201d by Jack Marshall Maness (Wooden Stake Press)<\/p>\n

History<\/p>\n

\u201cEncounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People\u201d by Elizabeth A. Fenn (Hill & Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus & Giroux)<\/p>\n

Juvenile Literature<\/p>\n

\u201cSearching for Silverheels\u201d by Jeannie Mobley (Margaret K. McElderry Books, imprint of Simon & Schuster)<\/p>\n

Literary Fiction<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Painter: A Novel\u201d by Peter Heller (Alfred A. Knopf)<\/p>\n

Mystery<\/p>\n

\u201cTrapline: An Allison Coil Mystery\u201d by Mark Stevens (Midnight Ink, an imprint of Llewelyn Worldwide Ltd.)<\/p>\n

Pictorial<\/p>\n

\u201cHigh Road to Aspen: Leadville To Aspen Over The Continental Divide\u201d by Paul Andersen with photographs by David Hiser (ERG Press)<\/p>\n

Poetry<\/p>\n

\u201cAbide\u201d by Jake Adam York (Crab Orchard Review & Southern Illinois University Press)<\/p>\n

Short Story Collection<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Rise & Fall of the Scandamerican Domestic\u201d by Christopher Merkner (Coffee House Press)<\/p>\n

Thriller<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Intern\u2019s Handbook: A Thriller\u201d by Shane Kuhn (Simon & Schuster)<\/p>\n

Young Adult Literature<\/p>\n

\u201cLost Girl Found\u201d by Leah Bassoff and Laura DeLuca (Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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