High Plains Book Awards Nominations Now Open

Nominations for the twelfth annual High Plains Book Awards are open through March 16, 2018.  Information and nomination forms will be found at the High Plains Book Awards website. The list of previous winners is also available on the website.  

The 2018 awards include twelve book categories that include; Art & Photography, Children's Book, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, First Book, Indigenous Writer, Medicine/Science, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Stories, Woman Writer and Young Adult.

Nominated books must have been published for the first time in 2017. Winners will receive a $500 cash prize and will be announced at the awards banquet that is held in conjunction with the High Plains Book Fest. The 2018 High Plains Book Awards and High Plains Book Fest will take place October 19-20, 2018. All nominated books are read and evaluated by four different community readers.  Finalist books in each category will be announced in late May or early June 2018. 

Winners in each category will be determined by a panel of published writers with connections to the High Plains region.  The Billings Public Library Board of Directors established the High Plains Book Awards in 2006 to recognize regional authors and/or literary works that examine and reflect life on the High Plains. In 2017, the High Plains Book Awards Board was granted a 501(c)3 status and now functions as an independent nonprofit entity while still collaborating with Billings Public Library.  

For more information about the High Plains Book Awards visit the website www.highplainsbookawards.org or contact Info@highplainsbookawards.org. 

About the High Plains Book AwardsThe High Plains Book Awards recognize regional authors and/or literary works which examine and reflect life on the High Plains including the US states of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.