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2013 BAIPA Book Award Winners

October 23, 2013 by Jeffrey Samorano

And the winners are….!  At the October BAIPA meeting, Judy Baker, Book Award Chair for this year, announced the 2013 BAIPA Book Award Winners to an appreciative crowd.

Look for separate posts in each category over the next couple of weeks, and brief interviews with the authors following later.

Here are the 2013 BAIPA Book Award Winners:

Best Cover Design

            Book Title: The Boy Who Was Not A Lesbian & Other True Stories

            Author: Kristin Lyseggen

Best Historic Fantasy

            Book Title: Quest of the Warrior Maiden

            Subtitle: Volume 1 in the Bradamante and Ruggerio series

            Author: Linda C. McCabe

Best Novel

            Book Title: A Daughter’s Inheritance

            Author: Geraldine Boyce

Best Novel, Young Adult, LGBT

            Book Title: Elk River

            Author: Gregory C. Randall

Best Children’s Picture Book

            Book Title: Zack’s Zany ZucchiniLand

            Author: Sandy Baker

Best Children’s Picture Book + DVD

            Book Title: Dorme

            Subtitle: A Magical Dreamland Visit

            Author: Sylvia Binsfeld

Best Children’s Chapter Book

            Book Title: Lilah Dill and the Magic Kit

            Author: JL Jusaitis

Best Memoir

            Book Title: The Woman in the Photograph

            Subtitle: The Search for My Mother’s Past

            Author: Mani Feniger

Best Non-fiction: Family History

            Book Title: The Courdins of Val Pellice

            Subtitle: A Waldensian Chronicle

            Author: Jim Staley

Nonfiction: Parenting/Family Relationships

            Book Title: The Approximate Parent

            Subtitle: Discovering the Strategies That Work with Your Teenager

            Author: Michael Y. Cimon

Nonfiction: Grandparenting/Parenting

            Book Title: The Grammie Guide

            Subtitle: Activities and Answers for Grandparenting Today

            Author(s): Jan Eby, Laurie Mobilio, Lynne Noel, Cindy Summers

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Comments

  1. Cynthia Frank says

    March 1, 2014 at 4:10 pm

    Where do I find the submissions information for the new (2014) BAIPA awards?

  2. Ruth Schwartz says

    March 4, 2014 at 1:16 pm

    Cynthia – The board actually decided to wait until fall of 2014 before putting out the request for submissions. That will allow the inclusion of even more books.

  3. Cynthia Frank says

    August 19, 2014 at 3:32 pm

    Any news yet on your 2014 Awards timing? I want to make sure we don’t miss your submissions deadline!

    • Ruth Schwartz says

      September 1, 2014 at 8:48 pm

      Cynthia –

      We should know soon as we pull together the Awards Committee. Don’t worry. We will make sure you hear about it!

  4. Ed Davis says

    December 2, 2014 at 1:10 pm

    Hi Guys . . . just checking to see if you have released any details about how one enters titles for the 2014 awards? Thanks!

    • David Kudler says

      December 4, 2014 at 10:46 am

      We’re still in the process of pulling together this year’s awards; we’re looking for a committee of judges. But we’ll make an announcement as soon as there’s one to make!

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