{"id":610,"date":"2018-12-31T13:03:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=610"},"modified":"2018-12-31T13:03:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:03:58","slug":"7-31-16-news-briefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=610","title":{"rendered":"7.31.16 News Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Writers’ League announces 2015 book awards<\/h1>\n

The Writers\u2019 League of Texas recently announced winners, finalists, and Discovery Award winners of its annual book awards competition.<\/p>\n

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Fiction<\/h1>\n

Winner: Migratory Animals<\/span> by Mary Helen Specht<\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

See How Small<\/span> by Scott Blackwood<\/span><\/p>\n

Barefoot Dogs<\/span> by Antonio Ruiz-Camacho<\/span><\/p>\n

The Burned Bridges of Ward, Nebraska<\/span> by Eileen Curtright<\/span><\/p>\n

Eight Minutes<\/span> by Lori Reisenbichler<\/span><\/p>\n

Discovery Prize Winner: Rules for Werewolves<\/span> by Kirk Lynn<\/span><\/p>\n

Nonfiction<\/h1>\n

Winner: The Outskirts of Hope: A Memoir of the 1960s Deep South<\/span> by Jo Ivester<\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

A Field Philosopher’s Guide to Fracking: How One Texas Town Stood Up to Big Oil and Gas<\/span> by Adam Briggle<\/span><\/p>\n

Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget<\/span> by Sarah Hepola<\/span><\/p>\n

The Burma Spring: Aung San Suu Kyi and the New Struggle for the Soul of a Nation<\/span> by Rena Pederson<\/span><\/p>\n

The Train to Crystal City: FDR’s Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America’s Only Family Internment Camp During World War II<\/span> by Jan Jarboe Russell<\/span><\/p>\n

Joe, the Slave Who Became an Alamo Legend<\/span> by Ron J. Jackson, Jr.<\/span> and Lee Spencer White<\/span><\/p>\n

Discovery Prize Winner: Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home<\/span> by Leah Lax<\/span><\/p>\n

Picture Books<\/span><\/p>\n

Winner: Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton<\/span> by Don Tate<\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Counting Crows<\/span> by Kathi Appelt<\/span><\/p>\n

The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch<\/span> by Chris Barton<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Canyon<\/span> by Liz Garton Scanlon<\/span><\/p>\n

What This Story Needs is a Pig in a Wig<\/span> by Emma J. Virjan<\/span><\/p>\n

Discovery Prize Winner: A Penguin Named Patience<\/span> by Suzanna Lewis<\/span><\/p>\n

Middle Grade\/Young Adult<\/span><\/p>\n

Winner: The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate<\/span> by Jacqueline Kelly<\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

House Arrest<\/span> by K.A. Holt<\/span><\/p>\n

Randoms<\/span> by David Liss<\/span><\/p>\n

Wish Girl<\/span> by Nikki Loftin<\/span><\/p>\n

Kissing in America<\/span> by Margo Rabb<\/span><\/p>\n

Utopia, Iowa<\/span> by Brian Yansky<\/span><\/p>\n

Discovery Prize Winner: Out of Darkness<\/span> by Ashley Hope Perez<\/span><\/p>\n

Poetry<\/h1>\n

Winner: Our House Was on Fire<\/span> by Laura Van Prooyen<\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

One Blackbird at a Time<\/span> by Wendy Barker<\/span><\/p>\n

Requiem for Used Ignition Cap<\/span> by J. Scott Brownlee<\/span><\/p>\n

Salt Moon<\/span> by Noel Crook<\/span><\/p>\n

As If Light Actually Matters<\/span> by Larry D. Thomas<\/span><\/p>\n

Discovery Prize Winner: Rant. Chant. Chisme.<\/span> by Amalia Ortiz<\/span><\/p>\n

(From organization’s website)<\/p>\n

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