2008 Winners

Storyteller Award Winner

Tanya Ward Goodman, Mighty Fond of You, Too, Los Angeles, California

 

Mainstream or Literary Novel

1st Place: Mike Weidner, The Short Red Bus, Atlanta, Georgia

2nd Place: Cynthia Coulter and Catherine Coulter, Bears, Horses, and Men, Springview, Nebraska and Jemez Springs, New Mexico

3rd Place: Frank F. Carden, No Life But This, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller/Adventure Novel

1st Place: Susan Kosar Beery, The Rosary Maya, Pasadena, California

2nd Place: Lulynne Streeter, The Weeping Woman, Seabrook, Texas

3rd Place: Lizzie K. Foley, Breakfast with the Good Old Boys, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Romance Novel

1st Place: Robin Perini, Truth and Consequences, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2nd Place: Lois Cutts Sullivan, Diamonds in the Rough, Los Lunas, New Mexico

3rd Place: Jill Lynn Anderson, Windsong, Whitaker, Pennsylvania

Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Novel

1st Place: Corie Conwell, Mirror of Stone, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2nd Place: Keith Pyeatt, Dark Knowledge, Albuquerque, New Mexico

3rd Place: Montgomery Mahaffey, Ella Bandita, Douglas, Alaska

Historical/American Frontier/Western Novel

1st Place: William R. Donaldson, Tourmaline, Colorado Springs, Colorad

2nd Place: Dennis Herrick, Winter of the Metal People: The Tiguex War, Rio Rancho, New Mexico

3rd Place: Cynthia Mines, Heaven in a Wildflower, Wichita, Kansas

Middle Grade/Young Adult Novel

1st Place: Melodie Starkey, View From the Closet Doorway, Aurora, Illinois

2nd Place: Lupe Ruiz-Flores, The Pecan Sheller, San Antonio, Texas

3rd Place: Mike Weidner, The Short Red Bus, Atlanta, Georgia

Christian Novel

1st Place: Melanie Dickerson, The Beholder, Harvest, Alabama

2nd Place: Pattie Burns, He That Keepeth Thee, Carlsbad, New Mexico

3rd Place: Melanie Dickerson, The Woodcutter’s Daughter, Harvest, Alabama

Memoir Book

1st Place: Tanya Ward Goodman, Mighty Fond of You, Too, Los Angeles, California

2nd Place: Amy Fisher, Living the Wildlife, Santa Fe, New Mexico

3rd Place: Sharon van Ivan, Juggle and Hide, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Memoir Article

1st Place: Stephanie Farrow, Friends, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2nd Place: Renee Rivers, Falling Through the Crumbling Sky, Phoenix, Arizona

3rd Place: Murray H. Edwards, Just Add Water, Clyde, Texas

Mainstream or Literary Short Story

1st Place: Jessica DeVoe, Stained, Capistrano Beach, California

2nd Place: Dennis Herrick, The Bullet That Saved Me, Rio Rancho, New Mexico

3rd Place: Charlene E. Dietz, Wild Dogs of Pueblo Pintada, Torreon, New Mexico

Middle Grade or Young Adult Short Story

1st Place: Kathleen Cherry, Breaking the Code, Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada

2nd Place: Lauren King, Mother, Nonetheless, Wichita, Kansas

3rd Place: Charlene E. Dietz, Henry J. Knows No Boundaries, Torreon, New Mexico

Nonfiction Article or Essay

1st Place: Carol Jordan, Sideways in the Kitchen, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2nd Place: John Pijawka, White Sands Backpacking and Natural History, Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico

3rd Place: Dianne R. Layden, Campus Violence: Lessons From the Cases, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Nonfiction Book

1st Place: Larry Greenly, Barley, The Ancient One: Amazing Grains for Modern Times, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1st Place: Gail Rubin, Dispatchings: Funerals, Memorial Services and Special Send-Off, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2nd Place: Sue Houser, The Story of La Conquistadora, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Children’s Picture Book (Fiction or Nonfiction)

1st Place: Larry Greenly, The Day Abraham Lincoln’s Boat got Stuck, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2nd Place: Marc Calderwood, Fiona’s Favorite Pet, Albuquerque, New Mexico

3rd Place: Sue Houser, The Antique Carousel Goes Round and Round, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Screenplay

1st Place: Yarrow Vincent-Wayman, Ice Cream, Fort Collins, Colorado

2nd Place: Scott and Paula Merrow, Nothing is Real, Albuquerque, New Mexico

3rd Place: Jean Hunter, Serena’s Thunder, San Lorenzo, California

Poetry

1st Place: Margaret A. Gross, Vast Life, Ramah, New Mexico

2nd Place: Marilyn Stablein, What Rises, Albuquerque, New Mexico

3rd Place: Merimee Moffitt, Three-Bucket Bath, Albuquerque, New Mexico