Florida Book Awards

FHC is a co-sponsor of the annual Florida Books Awards program which recognizes and honors the best work of Florida writers and scholars during the previous year. Excerpts of some of the honorees as well as information about all of the winning authors can be found in the summer issue of FORUM magazine.

FLORIDA BOOK AWARD WINNERS

All books may be purchased by clicking on the book title.

Nonfiction: Gold: Cynthia Barnett, Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S Siver:  Bruce Hunt, Florida Then & Now Bronze: Sudye Cauthen, Southern Comforts: Rooted in a Florida Place Bronze: Elna Green, Looking for the New Deal

General Fiction: Gold: Enid Shomer, Tourist Season  Siver: Leonard Nash, You Can’t Get There from Here Bronze: Diana Abu-Jaber, Origin

Poetry: Gold: David Kirby, House on Boulevard Street Siver: Reginald Shepherd, Fata Morgana Bronze: Julianna Baggott, Compulsions of Silkworms and Bees

Young Adult: Gold: Tracy A. Akers, The Search for the Unnamed One  Siver: Edward Bloor, Taken Bronze: Crissa-Jean Chappell, Total Constant Order

Children's: Gold: Adrian Fogelin, The Sorta Sisters  Siver: N.E. Bode, The Slippery Map Bronze: Ruth Vander Zee, Eli Remembers

Popular Fiction: Gold: Thomas B. Cavanagh, Head Games  Siver: James W. Hall, Magic City Bronze: Mary Anna Evans, Effigies Bronze: Rhonda Pollero, Knock Off

Spanish-Language: Gold: Germán Guerra, Libro de Silencio  Siver: Ariel González, Samuel Maximo y Niketon