Minnesota Book Awards Past Finalists and Winners
by Award Year, 1988-2007

1988 | 1989 | 1991* | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997
1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007

*Note: No awards were held in 1990. 

Please also note that the award winners listed for each year were awarded in the year following publication (i.e. winners published in 2006 were announced in 2007 at the 19th Annual Minnesota Book Awards).

(Winners indicated by the icon; all others are Finalists)

1992 Anthologies

 The Graywolf Anthology Eight: The New Family
Scott Walker, editor
Graywolf Press

Mixed Voices: Contemporary Poems About Music.
Emilie Buchwald, editor
Ruth Roston, editor
Milkweed Editions

North Writers: A Strong Woods Collection.
John Henricksson, editor
University of Minnesota Press

Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture
Jack Zipes, translator and editor
Viking

The House on Via Gombito: Writing by North American Women Abroad
Madelon Sprengnether, editor
C.W. Truesdale, editor
New Rivers Press

Vital Signs: International Stories on Aging
Dorothy Sennett, editor
Anne Czarniecki, editor
Robertson Davies, introduction
Graywolf Press

1992 Biography

 Matriarch of Conspiracy: Ruth von Kleist, 1867-1945
Jane Pejsa
Kenwood Publishing

I'm Mama D
Giovanna D'Agostino
Nodin Press; distributed by the Bookmen

Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei
David Mura
Atlantic Monthly Press

Holy Cow! The Life and Times of Halsey Hall
Stew Thornley
Sue Hall Kennedy, foreword
Nodin Press; distributed by the Bookmen

1992 Fantasy & Science Fiction

 Elsewhere
Will Shetterly
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

The Phoenix Guards
Steven Brust
A Tom Doherty Associates Book: TOR Fantasy

Bone Dance: A Fantasy for Technophiles
Emma Bull
Ace Books

Tam Lin (The Fairy Tale Series, created by Terri Windling)
Pamela Dean
A Tom Doherty Associates Book: TOR Fantasy

Young Bleys
Gordon Dickson
A Tom Doherty Associates Book: A TOR Book

D'Shai
Joel Rosenberg
Ace Books

Mairelon the Magician
Patricia C. Wrede
A Tom Doherty Associates Book: A TOR Fantasy

1992 Fiction

 My Father's War and Other Stories
Barton Sutter

Sweet Eyes
Jonis Agee
Crown Publishers

The Tomcat's Wife and Other Stories
Carol Bly
HarperCollins

Billy Brazil
Emilio DeGrazia
New Rivers Press

1992 Information

 Walking Minnesota
Mary Jo Malach
Jim Malach
Mary Steffl, contributing writer
Martha McNey, contributing writer
Karen Berry, illustrator
Voyageur Press

When You're Sick and Don't Know Why: Coping with Your Undiagnosed Illness
Linda Hanner
John J. Witek, contributor
Robert B. Clift, contributor
DCI Publishing

Twin Cities Restaurant Guide
Jeremy Iggers
Beyond Words Editing & Publishing

Our Historic Upper Mississippi, Including a Traveler's Guide of Things to do Along the River
Duane R. Lund
Adventure Publications

The Dictionary of Bias-free Usage: A Guide to Non-Discriminatory Language
Rosalie Maggio
Oryx Press

1992 Non-Fiction

 Native Roots: How the Indians Enriched America
Jack Weatherford
Crown

Life's Companion: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest
Christina Baldwin
Susan Boulet, illustrator
Bantam

There is No November
Dave Hoium
Leon Oistad
Jeric Publications, Inc.

The Way of the Wolf
L. David Mech
Voyageur Press

Everyone's Country Estate: A History of Minnesota's State Parks
Roy W. Meyer
Minnesota Historical Society

A House of One's Own: An Architect's Guide to Designing the House of Your Dreams
James Stageberg
Susan Allen Toth
Clarkson Potter

1992 Older Children

 Face to Face
Marion Dane Bauer
Clarion

Leona and Ike
Juanita Havill
Emily McCully, illustrator
Crown Publishers

The Secret of Sanctuary Island
A(nne) M. Monson
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books

Everybody's Daughter
Marsha Qualey
Houghton Mifflin

River Rats
Caroline Stevermer
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: Jane Yolen Books

1992 Poetry

 Lone Dog's Winter Count
Diane Glancy
West End Press

But I Won't Go Out In a Boat: Poems
Sharon Chmielarz
New Rivers Press

Witch Tree: A Collaboration
Joanne Hart, author
Hazel Belvo, illustrator
Holy Cow! Press

The Dead Get By With Everything: Poems
Bill Holm
Milkweed Editions

All Tangled Up With the Living
Louis Jenkins
Ally Press

Death Song
Thomas McGrath, author
Sam Hamill, editor
Dale Jacobson, introduction
Copper Canyon Press

Gravity
John Minczeski
Texas Tech University Press

1992 Younger Children

 The Salamander Room
Steve Johnson, illustrator
Anne Mazer, author
Knopf: Distributed by Random House

Old Turtle
Douglas Wood
Cheng-Khee Chee, illustrator
Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers

Antler, Bear, Canoe: A Northwoods Alphabet Year
Betsy Bowen
Joy Street Books

A Visit to Grandma's
Nancy Carlson
Viking

Chicken Man
Michelle Edwards
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books

Tiger With Wings: The Great Horned Owl
Barbara Juster Esbensen
Mary Barrett Brown, illustrator
Orchard

On the Day You Were Born
Debra Frasier
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

The Wing Shop
Stephen Gammell, illustrator
Elvira Woodruff, author
Holiday House

Roxaboxen
Alice McLerran
Barbara Cooney, illustrator
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books

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