Top Books in Arizona announced at Glyph Awards Banquet

The top books in Arizona were revealed May 10, 2008, at a gala Glyph Awards Banquet at the Phoenix Country Club. The Best Book went to Conrad Storad’s Meerkats, published by Lerner Publications Company.

Winners earn a Glyph Award, just as Oscar Awards are given to Academy Award Winners.

Congratulations to these Glyph Award Winners!

Glyph Winner
Best Book
Meerkats
Lerner Publications Company

Glyph Winner
Embodying Arizona
Blue Turquoise, White Shell
Treble Heart Books

Glyph Winner
Art/Music/Photography
Bruce Aiken’s Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon Association

Glyph Winner
Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs
Nathan Bedford Forrest: In Search of the Enigma
Pelican Publishing

Glyph Winner
Best Cover Design—Adult
Fire Prayer
Poisoned Pen Press

Glyph Winner
Best Cover Design—Children/Young Adult
The Student From Zombie Island: Conquering the Rumor Monster
Five Star Publications, Inc.

Glyph Winner
Best First Book by New Publisher
American Art Parades
American Art Parades, LLC

Glyph Winner
Best Interior Design
Monumental Places
Arizona Highways

Glyph Winner
Business/Career
Press Releases Are Not A PR Strategy
VandeVrede Public Relations, LLC

Glyph Winner
Children—Fiction
Condor Spirit of the Canyon
Grand Canyon Association

Glyph Winner
Children—Nonfiction
Meerkats
Lerner Publications Company

Glyph Winner
Coffee Table, Large Format
Historic Photos of Phoenix
Turner Publishing

Glyph Winner
Education/Teaching/Academic
A Love For Learning
Great Potential Press

Glyph Winner
Gardening/Agriculture
Desert Water Gardening for Beginners
Arizona Master Gardener Press

Glyph Winner
Gay/Lesbian
Pelo Vaso Traseiro: Sodomy and Sodomites
Wheatmark, Inc.

Glyph Winner
Gift Book
Life to the Max: Maxims for a Great Life by a Dog Named Max
Nice Creative

Glyph Winner
Health/Wellness/Nutrition
The Advanced Mediterranean Diet: Lose Weight, Feel Better, Live Longer
Vanguard Press

Glyph Winner
History/Political
Massacre at Camp Grant
University of Arizona Press

Glyph Winner
Humor/Comedy/Satire
Doodlebug Island
Acacia Publishing

Glyph Winner
Juvenile/Young Adult—Fiction
Toquop, The Warrior Stallion
Cowboy Miner Productions

Glyph Winner
Juvenile/Young Adult—Nonfiction
The American Muslim Teenager’s Handbook
Acacia Publishing

Glyph Winner
Multicultural
Blue Turquoise, White Shell
Treble Heart Books

Glyph Winner
Mystery/Suspense
The Drop Edge of Yonder
Poisoned Pen Press

Glyph Winner
Nature/Environment
Condors in Canyon Country
Grand Canyon Association

Glyph Winner
Parenting/Family Issues
Infinity & Zebra Stripes
Great Potential Press

Glyph Winner
Poetry/Literary Criticism
I Swallow Turquoise for Courage
University of Arizona Press

Glyph Winner
Popular Fiction
Blue Turquoise, White Shell
Treble Heart Books

Glyph Winner
Psychology/Self-Help
10 Steps To Take Charge of Your Emotional Life
Hay House, Inc.

Glyph Winner
Recreation/Sports
Fly Fishing Montana
No Nonsense Fly Fishing Guides/Fisher Co.

Glyph Winner
Regional
The Rock Art of Arizona
Kiva Publishing

Glyph Winner
Religion/Spirituality
Judas: The Gospel of Betrayal
AuthorHouse

Glyph Winner
Science/Environment
Design for Water
New Society Publishers

Glyph Winner
Travel
The Back Roads
Arizona Highways

Special Awards

MOST VALUABLE PERSON
2008 Outstanding ABPA Member
Pamela Waterman
The Discovery Box

EXCELLENCE IN PUBLISHING
Arizona Highways
Bob Albano, Editor

Finalists (formerly known as Honorable Mention)

Finalist
Art/Music/Photography
Monumental Places
Arizona Highways

Finalist
Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs
Gilbert Ortega the Story of the Man Behind the Name
Gilbert Ortega Family Publications

Finalist
Best Book
Infinity & Zebra Stripes
Great Potential Press

Finalist
Best Book
Press Releases Are Not A PR Strategy
VandeVrede Public Relations, LLC

Finalist
Best Cover Design—Adult
Homily Grits and All the Fixin’s
Wheatmark, Inc.

Finalist
Best Cover Design—Adult
Desert Water Gardening
Arizona Master Gardener Press

Finalist
Best First Book by New Publisher
Hikernut’s Grand Canyon Companion
A Sense of Nature

Finalist
Business/Career
Gilbert Ortega the Story of the Man Behind the Name
Gilbert Ortega Family Publications

Finalist
Children—Fiction
Stone Pizza
The RGU Group

Finalist
Children—Nonfiction
Earth’s Crust
Lerner Publications Company

Finalist
Education/Teaching/Academic
Science Giants: Physical Science
Goodyear Books/Fisher Co.

Finalist
Embodying Arizona
Condor Spirit of the Canyon
Grand Canyon Association

Finalist
Embodying Arizona
Gilbert Ortega the Story of the Man Behind the Name
Gilbert Ortega Family Publications

Finalist
Gardening/Agriculture
¿Conoces tu Agua Arizona?
University of Arizona

Finalist
Gift Book
Chew on Things - It Helps You Think
Creative Bookworm Press

Finalist
Health/Wellness/Nutrition
Turnover
Acacia Publishing

Finalist
History/Political
Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico
Grand Canyon Association

Finalist
Humor/Comedy/Satire
Life in the Fast Brain
Great Potential Press

Finalist
Multicultural
The American Muslim Teenager’s Handbook
Acacia Publishing

Finalist
Mystery/Suspense
Noble Lies
Poisoned Pen Press

Finalist
Nature/Environment
Time of Grace
University of Arizona Press

Finalist
Parenting/Family Issues Tiny Toes
Twin Peas, LLC

Finalist
Poetry/Literary Criticism
The Wind Shifts
University of Arizona Press

Finalist
Popular Fiction
Down to a Sunless Sea
Wheatmark, Inc.

Finalist
Psychology/Self-Help
Chew on Things - It Helps You Think
Creative Bookworm Press

Finalist
Recreation/Sports
Hikernut’s Grand Canyon Companion
A Sense of Nature

Finalist
Regional
Crossing the Yard
University of Arizona Press

Finalist
Religion/Spirituality
The Sedona Gardens of Saint John Vianney
Zitro

Finalist
Science/Environment
A Consumer’s Guide to MEMS & Nanotechnology
Bourne Research, LLC

Finalist
Travel
Hikernut’s Grand Canyon Companion
A Sense of Nature

For the past winners, click Former Glyph Winners

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