2013 Midwest Book Award (MIPA)

Awards List

Children's Fiction

The Man Who Dreamed of Elk-Dogs: & Other Stories from Tipi
(Winner)
Paul Goble

Children's Picture

Hannah's Way
(Winner)
Linda Glaser

Contemporary Fiction

Capitol Hell
(Winner)
Jayne J. Jones; Alicia M. Long

Fiction-Short Stories

The Temptation of Father Lorenzo: Ten Stories of 1970s Tuscany
(Winner)
Paul Salsini

Historical Fiction

The Wayward Moon
(Winner)
Janice Weizman

Humor

Capitol Hell
(Winner)
Jayne J. Jones; Alicia M. Long

Literary Fiction

Haints
(Winner)
Clint Mccown

Mystery-Fiction

Bone Shadows
(Winner)
Christopher Valen

Romantic Fiction

Zoo Girl
(Winner)
Rebecca Elliott

Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror

The Blue Kind
(Winner)
Kathryn Born

Young Adult Fiction

Journey's Middle
(Winner)
B.K. Parent

Arts (Art/Music/Photo)

The Constellations
(Finalist)
Kevin Cunningham

Children's Fiction

Stars in the Window
(Finalist)
Anne Alexander Bingham

Children's Picture

Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker
(Finalist)
Christianne C. Jones

Emmy of Whistling Well Farm
(Finalist)
Charlie Johnson

Contemporary Fiction

The God Gene
(Finalist)
Jaymie Simmon

Unprotected
(Finalist)
Kristin Lee Johnson

Family/Parenting

Saving Up Smiles for a Rainy Day
(Finalist)
Sheila Andreana Sewall

Fiction-Short Stories

Fifteen Tales of Murder, Mayhem, and Malice: From the Land of Minnesota Nice
(Finalist)
Minnesota Crime Wave

It Takes You Over
(Finalist)
Nick Healy

Historical Fiction

Angle of Declination
(Finalist)
Doug Mayfield; Sally Mayfield

Plaguewalker
(Finalist)
Gemma Tarlach

Literary Fiction

The God Gene
(Finalist)
Jaymie Simmon

Butter
(Finalist)
Anne Panning

Mystery-Fiction

Mind Game
(Finalist)
Bob Rueff

Sapphire Trails
(Finalist)
Marilyn Jax

Romantic Fiction

Beyond Escape
(Finalist)
Deborah Jensen

Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror

Journey's Middle
(Finalist)
B.K. Parent

Thoeba
(Finalist)
Donna Milward

Young Adult Fiction

The Keeper of Dawn
(Finalist)
John Hickman; J.B. Hickman

Her Mother's Secret
(Finalist)
Barbara Garland Polikoff

Award Categories

Arts (Art/Music/Photo)

Children's Fiction

Children's Picture

Children-Y/A Fiction

Coffee Table Books

Commercial Fiction

Contemporary Fiction

Cover Art

Cover Design-1-2 Color

Cover Design-3 + Color

Cover-Paperback

Culture

E-Book/Children Illust

Educational

Family/Parenting

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Fiction-Short Stories

General Fiction

Genre Fiction

Historical Fiction

Humor

Illustration

Illustration-Graphics

Inspiration/Gift

Interior Book Design

Award Years

2015

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2013

2012

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2009

2008

2007

2006

2005