2024 Nominee List

Climate Grief: From Coping to Resilience and Action
by Shawna Weaver
shawnajweaver.com
published by Lantern Publishing and Media

Duluth Stories: People and Events from the Zenith City’s Past
by David Ouse
published by X-Presso Books

Making the Carry: The Lives of John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater
by Timothy Cochrane
upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/making-the-carry
published by University of Minnesota Press

Minescapes: Reclaiming Minnesota’s Mined Lands
by Pete Kero
shop.mnhs.org/products/minescapes
published by Minnesota Historical Society Press

Slackers and Sammy Backers
by C. A. Annala (Clyde Annala) 
self-published with the help of X-Presso Books

Smoke on the Waterfront: The Northern Waters Smokehaus Cookbook
by Northern Waters Smokehaus
upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/smoke-on-the-waterfront
published by University of Minnesota Press

Spirits Dancing: The Night Sky, Indigenous Knowledge, & Living Connections to the Cosmos
by Annette S. Lee, photographs by Travis Novitsky
shop.mnhs.org/products/spirit-dancing
published by Minnesota Historical Society Press

A Song over Miskwaa Rapids: A Novel
by Linda LeGarde Grover
upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/a-song-over-miskwaa-rapids
published by University of Minnesota Press

Clouded Waters
by Dianna Hunter
https://www.holycowpress.org/
published by Holy Cow! Press

Native Love Jams
by Tashia Hart
tashiahart.com
self-published

The Nothing That Is Not There
by Tim Jollymore
finnswaybooks.com
published by Finns Way Books

Where the Dead Sleep
by Joshua Moehling
published by Poisoned Pen Press

Winterhawk: A Story of Hazards and Dreams
by Bob Erickson
www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9XNZ1V6
self-published

Duluth: Zenith City & Beyond
by Jan Chronister
published by Poetry Harbor

I Think I Know You
by Julie Gard
juliegard.com/p/i-think-i-know-you
published by FutureCycle Press

Born of an Eclipse
by Katharine Johnson
published by SilverFox Books

Little Dandelion
by Rita M. Bergstein and Elizabeth Albert-Peacock, illustrated by Anna Granholm
www.blackbearsandblueberries.com
published by Black Bears and Blueberries Publishing

LOST on the FOURTH of JULY
by David A. Setnicker, illustrated by Lupi McGinty
published by Beaver’s Pond Press

Northern Sights
by Tove Conway, illustrated by Kari Vick
itascabooks.com/products/northern-sights
published by Beaver’s Pond Press

Smokey Finds a Rainbow!
written and photographs by Richard Hoeg
www.365daysofbirds.com/smokey
published by 365 Days of Birds Press (self-published)

Star Party
by Polly Carlson-Voiles
mnhs.org/mnhspress
published by Minnesota Historical Society Press

Atlas of Scars: Wearing the Inscription of Complex Trauma
by Sadie Montgomery
sadiemontgomery.com
published by Sadie Montgomery LLC

Campfire in the Basement: Reflections from a North Woods Lake
by Darrell J. Pedersen
darrelljpedersen.com
published by River Place Press – Chip and Jean Borkenhagen

Lit Up: Out of the cubicle and into the real world
by Eddy Gilmore
eddygilmore.com
published by Wandering Man Press

Within My Spokes: A Tapestry of Pain, Growth & Freedom
by Jenna Udenberg
aboveandbeyondwithu.org
published by Self Publishing School