2014 Midwest Book Award (MIPA)

Awards List

Children's Fiction

The Colored Car
(Winner)
Jean A. Elster

Children's Picture

Angels
(Winner)
Flavia Weedn

A Day at the Lake
(Finalist)
Stephanie Wallingford; Dawn Rynders

A Conversation with a Butterfly
(Finalist)
Jim Daughton

The Otter, the Spotted Frog & the Great Flood
(Finalist)
Gerald Hausman

A Perfect Tree for Christmas
(Finalist)
Anne G. Lewis

Contemporary Fiction

Turtle Season
(Winner)
Miriam Ruth Black

In the Comfort of Shadows
(Finalist)
Laurel Bragstad

Educational

Catch the Sun
(Winner)
Anne Johnson

Fiction-Short Stories

Something That Feels Like Truth: Stories
(Winner)
Donald Lystra

Badlands
(Finalist)
Thomas Biel

Historical Fiction

Seeking Signs
(Winner)
Staci Angelina Mercado

A Dream of Daring
(Finalist)
LaGreca

The Great Wild West
(Finalist)
Jeff Appelquist

Literary Fiction

Bolt
(Winner)
Douglas W. Rose

Mystery-Fiction

Wolves
(Winner)
Cary Johns Griffith

Cold Coast
(Finalist)
Jenifer LeClair

Down Dog Diary
(Finalist)
Sherry Roberts

Romantic Fiction

Turtle Season
(Winner)
Miriam Ruth Black

A Dream of Daring
(Finalist)
LaGreca

A Case of Hearts
(Finalist)
Kathryn Daugherty

Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror

Orphans
(Winner)
Ben Tanzer

Journey's Lost and Found
(Finalist)
B.K. Parent

Spireseeker
(Finalist)
E.D.E. Bell

Young Adult Fiction

Journey's Lost and Found
(Finalist)
B.K. Parent

Badlands
(Finalist)
Thomas Biel

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

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005