MINNESOTA BOOK AWARDS HISTORY

1988 -- Book Awards begin as part of Friends of the St. Paul Public Library's 10-day Minnesota Festival of the Book.

1989 -- Book Award nominees placed in categories for the first time. Public votes for winners using ballots distributed in libraries and bookstores; innovation unsuccessful because of the difficulty in retrieving ballots from outside the Twin Cities and suspected stuffing of ballot boxes.

1990 -- Roger Sween becomes Book Awards coordinator. No awards presented.

1992 -- Winners announced on a Saturday at the Spotlight on Books conference in Bemidji; awards presented at the Barnes & Noble store in Calhoun Village, Minneapolis.

1994 -- Guests attending Book Awards at Augsburg College see the Library of Congress exhibition "Language of the Land: Journeys Into Literary America."

1996 -- With assistance from Minnesota Trade and Economic Development Department, Book Awards are part of Minnesota Publisher Week, celebrating the state as a major printing and publishing center.

1997 -- Bill Holm wins first John T. Flanagan prize for work that reflects the literature, history and culture of the Midwest.

1998 -- Book Awards ceremony at the Minnesota History Center televised live for the first time on St. Paul Neighborhood Network.

1999 -- Minnesota Center for the Book and Book Awards move to Minnesota Humanities Commission.


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2001 -- Carol Bly wins first Minnesota Humanities Prize for Literature.

2004 -- Book Awards presented in the Landmark Center Cortile as part of daylong Celebration of Books.

2005 -- Humanities Commission charges admission for the first time; $10 per person for the ceremony at the Woman's Club of Minneapolis.

2006 -- Humanities Commission relinquishes Book Awards; Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, in cooperation with the St. Paul Public Library and the St. Paul mayor's office, becomes coordinating organization.

2008 -- First Book Artist Award goes to Jody Williams

2012 -- Mary Lethert Wingerd receives first biannual Hognander Minnesota History Award

2013 -- Book Awards 25-year gala in Minneapolis;

(For a look at each year's Book Awards in the context of wider events, go to the 25 Years in 25 Weeks blog at thefriends.org)
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