Fatal Recall

by Gini Rifkin

WINNER

The Oort Federation: To The Stars

by Robert G. Williscroft

WINNER

Light and Life: First Presbyterian Church of Colorado Springs at 150 Years

by Susan A. Fletcher

WINNER

Single Poem: Valarie Szarek "This Winter's Day"

Poetry Collection: Jared Smith That's How it Is

Feature Article: Lou Dean "Blue Mountain Summers"

Essay: R. Gary Raham "Curing the Bindweed Blues"

Children's Picture Book: Linda Osmundson Papa's Choices

Child/Juvenile Chap Book: Jim & Stephanie Kroepfl Merged

Romance: Harper McDavid Zapata

Mystery/Crime/Suspense: Barbara Nickless Ambush

Science Fiction/Fantasy: M.H. Boroson The Girl With No Face

Western: Cindy Maynard Soyola

Literary/Mainstream: Melissa Payne The Secret of Lost Stones

Short Story: Amy Hempe Finding the Perfect Sandy

Non-fiction: Jody Pritzl Immigrants, Ornaments, and Legacies

Non-fiction, Historical: Mary Taylor Young I Found You in the Mountains

Screenplay: Bruce Leaf Pinto

Cover Design: Mary Taylor Young I Found You in the Mountains

Lifetime Achievement Award: Mary Taylor Young

Single Poem: Dan Guenther "The Whale Watcher’s Road, Moreton Bay"

Poetry Collection: Carolyn Evans Campbell What Kind of Love Is That?

Essay: Penny Rafferty Hamilton "A Pink Warrior"

Children's Picture Book: Phyllis Perry Missing Bones

Child/Juvenile Chap Book: Phyllis Perry All About Julia Morgan

eBook, fiction: Margaret Mizushima "Burning Ridge"

Romance: Sheri Cobb South The Desperate Duke

Mystery/Crime/Suspense: J.A. Turley The Hole Truth

Science Fiction/Fantasy: Jane H. & Carl E. Bock Swamp Guide

Western: J.M. Mitchell Killing Godiva's Horse

Literary/Mainstream: Courtney Miller Gihli, The Chief Named Dog

eBook, non-fiction: Lisa Reinicke Football Flyboy

Non-fiction, Memoir: Michele Morris Poco a Poco

Non-fiction, Historical: Jeffrey B. Miller WWI Crusaders

Screenplay/Stage play: Jennie MacDonald A Merry Widow or Two

Cover Design: Scott Johnson & Aaron LaPedis A Boy Named Penguin

Lifetime Achievement Award: Rex Burns

Author Advocate Award: Nicole Sullivan, Book Bar owner

Single Poem: Constance E. Boyle "Like a Seam"

Poetry Collection: Art Elser A Death at Tollgate Creek

Feature Article: Lou Dean "Keepers Return"

Essay: Pam Moore "The Truth About My Life With Bell's Palsy"

Children's Fiction: Caroline Stutson Blue Corn Soup

Child/YA Non-fiction: Natasha Wing When Jackie Saved Grand Central

YA Fiction: Todd Mitchell The Last Panther

Genre Fiction: Barbara Nickless Dead Stop

Literary/Mainstream: Peg Brantley Trafficked

Creative Non-fiction: Peter Anderson Heading Home Field Notes

General Non-fiction: Chad Gordon Wealth by Virtue

Screenplay/Stage play: Jalynn Venis Parrish

Lifetime Achievement Award: Tom Noel

Author Advocate Award: Jeff Lee & Ann Marie Martin, Founders of Rocky Mountain Land Library

Single Poem: Carol Grever "Stones"

Poetry Collection: Art Elser High Plains Register

Feature Article: Mary Taylor Young "The Embodiment of Wild"

Essay: Susan J. Tweit "No Species is an Island"

Blog: Susan J. Tweit 

Children's Fiction: Nancy Oswald Trouble Returns

Child/YA Non-fiction: Beth Walker Princess Monori

YA Fiction: Nancy Bo Flood Soldier Sister, Fly Home

Genre Fiction: Barbara Nickless Blood on the Tracks

Literary/Mainstream: Darrin Gibby Gil

Creative Non-fiction: Sandra Windsor FBI Wife: A Memoir

General Non-fiction: Jane Bock Forensic Plant Science

eBook: Carol Grever Turnings: Reflections on a Conscious Life

Lifetime Achievement Award: Phyllis Perry

Author Advocate Award: Jim Kroll, Denver Public Library--Western History Dept.



Single Poem: Dan Guenther "When the Owl Came to Gunnamatta Park"

Poetry Collection: Lois Beebe Hayna Moon-Hung Midnights

Feature Article: Jan Reeder "A New Breed of Therapy"

Essay: Patricia Raybon "After Charleston"

Blog: Andrea Jones "Between Urban and Wild"

Children's Fiction: Claudia Cangilla McAdam The Mermaid's Gift

YA: Beverly Jones War Bonds

Genre Fiction: Bruce Most Murder on the Tracks

Literary/Mainstream: Maura Weiler Contrition

Short Fiction: Sharon Cairns Mann "Knife River Flint"

Creative Non-fiction: Carolyn Evans Campbell Flying with El Condor

General Non-fiction: Heather Hanson Prophets and Moguls, Rangers and Rogues, Bison and Bear

Lifetime Achievement Award: Margaret Coel

Author Advocate Award: Pamela Hallaren, Arapahoe Library District

Single Poem: Lois Beebe Hayna "Lagniappe"

Feature Article: Denny Dressman "Next on the Tee: Lewis & Clark"

Essay: Ellen Nordberg "The Ambivalent Mother"

Children's Fiction: Lydia Gil Letters From Heaven

YA: Linda LeBlanc No Summit Out of Sight

Genre Fiction: Mark Stevens Trapline

Literary/Mainstream: J.M. Mitchell The Height of Secrecy

Short Fiction: Sharon Cairns Mann "Pockets"

Creative Non-fiction: Julene Bair The Ogallala Road: A Memoir of Love and Reckoning

General Non-fiction: Mary Taylor Young Rocky Mountain National Park: The First 100 Years

Lifetime Achievement Award: Clive Cussler

Author Advocate Award: Margaret Coval & Josephine Jones, Center for the Book

Single Poem: Art Elser "We Leave the Safety of the Sea"

Feature Article/Essay: Gary Raham "Alive and Aloft in the Aeolian Zone"

Blog: Susan J. Tweit "Choose Happiness. Love all Life."

Children's Fiction: Phyllis J. Perry The First Rainbow

YA: Todd Mitchell Backwards

Genre Fiction: Bruce Most Rope Burn

Literary/Mainstream: Nancy Peterson Not To Be Forgiven

Short Fiction: Twist Phelan "Footprints in the Water"

Creative Non-fiction: Joe Nigg Sea Monsters

General Non-fiction: Michele Morris Tasting Colorado: Favorite Recipes from the Centennial State

Lifetime Achievement Award: Lois Beebe Hayna

Author Advocate Award: Joyce Meskis

Single Poem: Kathryn Winograd "The Lives of Cells"

Poetry Collection: Carol Grever Glimpses: A Memoir in Poetry

Feature Article: Lou Dean "First Out of the Gate"

Essay: Bruce Berger "Mysterious Fast Mumble"

Blog: Page Lambert "All Things Literary"

Middle Grade/YA: Pamela Mingle Kissing Shakespeare

Short Fiction: JB Winsor "The Lover"

General Non-fiction Carol McAdoo Rehme Finding the Pearl: Unstoppable Passion, Unbridled Success

Single Poem: Constance E. Boyle "dance 101"

Feature Article: Joy Overback "Who Do They Call?"

Essay: Page Lambert "A Shape-Shifting Land"

Children's Fiction: Kathleen T. Pelley Raj, the Bookstore Tiger

Genre Fiction: Sandy Whelchel Fox & Geese

Literary/Mainstream: JB Winsor River Stone

Creative Non-fiction: Kathy & Ron Hendricks The Long Road to Oklahoma

General Non-fiction: Caroline Dow Tea Leaf Reading For Beginners: Your Fortune in a Teacup

Single Poem: Bruce Berger "Agitato"

Poetry Collection: Dan Guenther The Crooked Truth

Feature Article: Sean McCollum "Country Outposts"

Essay: Susan J. Tweit "Lighting the Darkness"

Children's Fiction: Caroline Stutson Cat's Night Out

Middle Grade/YA: Nancy Bo Flood Warriors in the Crossfire

YA: Sean McCollum Joseph Stalin

General Non-fiction: Silvia Pettem Only in Boulder: The County's Colorful Characters 

Single Poem: Bruce Berger "Expulsion"

Essay: Bruce Berger "Discalced"

Feature Article: Joy Overbeck "A Dog's Life: the Hard Working Canines of the Vail Valley"

Children's Fiction: Denise Vega Grandmother, Have the Angels Come?

Middle Grade/YA: Laura Resau The Indigo Notebook

Genre Fiction: Dan Guenther Glossy Black Cockatoos

Children/YA non-fiction: Joyce B. Lohse General William Palmer: Railroad Pioneer

General non-fiction: Michael Madigan Heroes, Villains, Dames & Disasters

Creative non-fiction: Linda Tate Power in the Blood: A Family Narrative

Single Poem: Bruce Berger "Omniscient Eye"

Feature Article: Joy Overbeck "Final Roundup"

Essay: Julene Bair "Out In The Cold"

Children's Fiction: Phyllis J. Perry Clue School, The Ghost in the Music Room 

Middle Grade/YA Fiction: Denise Vega Fact of Life Number #31

Middle Grade/YA Fiction: Wick Downing The Trials of Katie Hope

Middle Grade/YA Non-fiction: Victoria Hanley Seize the Story

Genre Fiction: Lynda Hilburn Dark Harvest

Literary/Mainstream: D.J. Murphy A Thousand Veils

Adult Short Fiction: Manuel Ramos "The 405 is Locked Up"

Creative Non-fiction: Heather J. Hansen Disappearing Destinations

General Non-fiction: Phyllis J. Perry It Happened in RMNP

How-to Non-fiction: Elaine Long The Caregiver's Choice

Specialty Nonfiction (film): Carol Grever One Gay, One Straight

Single Poem: Tom Kumpf "Two Sides: Haiku and Other Words"

Essay: Carol McAdoo Rehme "Of Trifles and Truffles"

Feature Article: Susan Tweit "Creating Buzz"

Children's Fiction: Ann Whitehead Nagda Tarantula Power

Middle Grade/YA Non-fiction: Laura Resau Red Glass

Genre Fiction: Irv Sternberg No Laughing Matter

Children's Non-fiction: Phyllis Perry Field Guide to Ocean Animals

General Non-fiction: Liz Holzemer Curve Ball: When Life Throws You A Brain Tumor

Specialty Nonfiction: Dan Guenther Dodge City Blues Instructor Guide

Poetry Collection: Chris Ransick Lost Songs and Last Chances

Feature Article: Cameron Burns "Walking on the (Mountains of the) Moon"

Essay: Shari Caudron "When in Jordan"

Children's Picture Book: Debbie Dadey The Great Green Gator Graduation

Middle Grade/YA Fiction: Laura Resau What the Moon Saw

Literary/Mainstream: Elizabeth Wrenn Around the Next Corner

Adult Short Fiction: Gail Waldstein "Garlic"

Specialty Writing: Bruce Berger Oasis of Stone

Children's Non-fiction: Joe Nigg as "John Topsell" How to Raise and Keep a Dragon

General Non-fiction:Eliza Cross Casteneda Family Home of the New West

Narrative Nonfiction: Sureva Towler The Boys at the Bar

Poetry Collection: Lois Beebe Hayna Keeping Still

Feature Article: Cameron Burns "For the Least Among Us"

Essay: Gail Waldstein, M.D. "Singing in the Ear Canal"

Children's Non-fiction: Ann Whitehead Nagda Panda Math: Learning About Subtraction

YA Fiction: Nancy Bo Flood Puppets Without Strings

Children's Picture Book: Linda Arms White I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women The Vote

Middle Grade Fiction: Claudia Mills Makeovers by Marcia

Children's Fiction: Nancy Bo Flood A Hundred Coconuts and a Top Hat

Genre Fiction: Christie Golden In Stone's Clasp

Short Fiction: Lee Patton "Progress Toward a Proof"

General Non-fiction: Eliza Cross Castaneda Food Lovers' Guide to Colorado: Best Local Specialties

Narrative Non-fiction: Bruce Berger The Complete Half-Aspenite

Specialty Writing: Mary Taylor Young Neighborhoods In Nature

Single Poem: Bruce Berger "Desert Boots"

Feature Article: Cameron M. Burns "Having a Blast"

Essay: Sureva Towler "Sex After Sixty"

Children's Fiction: Phyllis J. Perry The Secrets of the Rock 

Middle Grade/YA Fiction: Claudia Mills Perfectly Chelsea

Genre Fiction: Stephanie Kane Seeds of Doubt

Literary/Mainstream: Chris Ransick A Return to Emptiness

Short Fiction: Lawrence Dunning "Rondo and Fugue for Two Pianos"

Children's Short Fiction: Phyllis J. Perry "Fribble Mouse Goes on a Library Treasure Hunt"

Specialty Writing: Carolyn Evans Campbell The Ballad of Hallelujah House

Children's Non-fiction: R. Gary Raham The Rovers Have Landed

YA Non-fiction: Sean McCollum Theodore Rossevelt: America's 26th President

General Non-Fiction: Carol Ekarius How to Build Animal Housing

Narrative Non-Fiction: Pamela McCreary Out of the Shadows

Feature Article: Nancy M. Peterson "Buffalo Bill's Lost Legacy"

Essay: Cameron M. Burns "Digging the Roots at the Highland Games"

Children's Fiction: Nancy Bentley The Case of the Garden Monster

YA Fiction: Claudia Mills Alex Ryan, Stop That!

Genre Fiction: Stephanie Kane Extreme Indifference

Adult Short Fiction: Elaine Long "Letters to the Stove"

General Non-fiction: Doris Kennedy Fun With the Family in Colorado

Narrative Non-fiction: Don Davis Dark Waters: An Insider's Account of the NR-1

Specialty Writing: Norma J. Livo Bringing Out Their Best

Single Poem: Kathryn Winograd "Air Into Breath"

Essay: Sereva Towler "Next Time, Lock the Gate"

Feature Article: Mary Kouri "Is The 'Informed Consumer' Any Healthier?"

Children's Fiction: Claudia Mills 7X9=Trouble

Middle Grade/YA Non-fiction: Joseph Nigg Book of Dragons and Other Mythological Beasts

Genre Fiction: Margaret Cole The Shadow Dancer

Adult Short Fiction: Elaine Long "The Violinist's Story"

General Non-fiction: Mary Taylor Young Land of Grass and Sky

Specialty Nonfiction: John Stansfield Writers Of The American West (A Guide for Grades 4-8)

Poetry: Carson Reed Selected Poems

Essay: Carol Mcadoo Rehme "Gethsemene"

Feature Article: Joey Porcelli & Nancy Switzer "Painting With Passionate Intensity"

Children's Non-Fiction: Phyllis J. Perry Animals Under the Ground

Middle Grade/YA Article: Nancy Bo Flood "Tree of Plenty: The Coconut Palm"

Children's Short Story: Nancy West "Here Comes the King"

Adult Short Fiction: Dawn Dunn "Pink Marble"

Adult Fiction: Edward Bryant The Baku

Specialty Writing: Joyce G. Gelhorn Living With a Turbulent Sun

Poetry: Joseph Hutchison "The Rain At Midnight"

Feature Article: Caatherine Bauer "Writing As A Path To Self"

Essay: Beverly Haley "All Too Suddenly 'Happily Ever After' Is Here"

Children's Short Fiction: Mary Bahr Fritts "The Broken Tree"

Children's Fiction: Linda Arms White Comes a Wind

YA Fiction: Lou Dean Reaching For the Reins

Adult Short Fiction: Edward Bryant "Mr. Twisted"

Specialty Writing: Joey Porcelli Historic Denver Annual Report

Adult Non-Fiction: Stephen J. May Maverick Heart

General Children's Non-fiction: Constance Hardesty Grow Your Own Pizza

Children's Non- Fiction, Art: Gary Raham The Dinosaur Mummy