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The Nebraska Book Awards!
The Nebraska Book Awards, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book,
recognizes and honors books that are written by Nebraska authors, are published by Nebraska
publishers, are set in Nebraska, or relate to Nebraska. The competition is open to
Nebraska
authors, Nebraska publishers, and other authors or publishers of books set in or relating to
Nebraska.
To be eligible, the book must be: - Published in 2001 as indicated by the copyright
date.
- Published professionally and assigned an ISBN
- Bound (no loose leaf)
- Written by a
Nebraska
or Nebraska-related author or Published by a Nebraska publisher or
- Have a Nebraska theme
or setting
Enter in one or more of the follow categories: - Nonfiction
- Children/Young
Adult
- Fiction
- Cover Design/Illustrations
- Poetry
An entry fee of
$40 per book per
category is required.
The winners in each category will be presented with a
distinctive certificate.
The winning books will be displayed at the annual Nebraska Book Festival and be presented
to the Governor for
the Mansion's permanent collection. Notices will be sent to the media and winners will be
entitled to display award
stickers on their book covers. Award winners will be announced and presented at the
Nebraska Center for
the Book's Annual Book Festival in the fall of 2002. Deadline for entries is June
30, 2002. Enter
now by printing out and filling in the entry form below and mailing it with three copies
of your book and the entry fee
to the address indicated.  For additional
information, contact
Mary Geibel, 402.471.2045, 800.307.2665 (mgeibel@nlc.state.ne.us) for print information.
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