{"id":18444,"date":"2025-07-30T15:04:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T21:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/four-corners-voices-anthology-wins-2025-colorado-book-award\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T22:04:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:04:45","slug":"four-corners-voices-anthology-wins-2025-colorado-book-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/four-corners-voices-anthology-wins-2025-colorado-book-award\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Four Corners Voices\u2019 anthology wins 2025 Colorado Book Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The \u201cFour Corners Voices\u201d anthology was awarded a Colorado Book Award on July 26.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cFour Corners Voices,\u201d an anthology created by the Four Corners Writers, was awarded a Colorado Book Award at the 2025 Colorado Book Awards in Denver on July 26.<\/p>\n

The award ceremony, which was hosted by the Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, awarded outstanding literary talent in Colorado in 14 categories.<\/p>\n

\u201cFour Corners Voices\u201d was published in December 2024 by the Cortez-based nonprofit Four Corners Writers, and features more than 40 writers from the Four Corners region in fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Local authors Chuck Greaves, Lisa C. Taylor and Mark Stevens edited the anthology.<\/p>\n

I was impressed with the range of poetry \u2013 from narrative to lyrical. A common thread was the way the poems celebrated the unique and haunting beauty of this place we call home,\u201d Taylor told The<\/em> Journal<\/em>. \u201cFrom reminiscences of childhood (\u201cYou will never leave this place\u201d\u00a0by Vincent L.K., \u201cWinter in Dolores as a Child\u201d\u00a0by Ellen Robinson) to specifics about the flora and fauna of the Four Corners area to concerns about the future (\u201cthe names in our throats\u201d\u00a0by Sarah Carr), these were passionate and diverse voices. I was honored to read these poems and I\u2019m thrilled that Four Corners Voices\u00a0received the Colorado Book Award for anthology for 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n

Valerie Eddy, programs coordinator for the Colorado Center for the Book, praised the anthology\u2019s craftsmanship when it was announced that the book would be a finalist. \u201cOur selectors felt that it was beautifully crafted, and it transports you to the Four Corners region with a combination of story, poetry and essay,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Four Corners Writers was founded to promote literary talent in the Four Corners, and they are already preparing for the next anthology. Submissions were open to area writers until July 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have the hard work that went into confecting this anthology recognized by Colorado Humanities,\u201d Greaves told The<\/em> Journal<\/em> when the anthology was nominated for the award. \u201cFor many of the 40-plus writers whose work appears in Four Corners Voices, this was their first taste of publication, and I suspect it won\u2019t be their last, which really was the whole point of the project.\u201d<\/p>\n

Four Corners Voices is available in paperback and e-book formats, with proceeds supporting the nonprofit\u2019s mission. For more information, visit<\/a> www.fourcornerswriters.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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