2024 Nebraska book award winners announced (2024)

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2024 Nebraska book award winners announced (1)

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The Nebraska Center for the Book announced the Nebraska Book Award winners Friday, all of whom will be celebrated at an October literary festival.

The ceremony will take place Oct. 12 at 3:30 p.m. at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus Union during the Nebraska Celebration of Books literary festival.

This year's winners are:

* Children’s picture book: “Ted Kooser: More Than a Local Wonder” by Carla Ketner, illustrated by Paula Wallace and published by University of Nebraska Press.

* Children’s novel: “The Adventures of Pearl and Monty: The Bait and Switch” by E. Adams, published by Jade Forest Publishing.

* Teen novel: “The Unstoppable Bridget Bloom” by Allison L. Bitz, published by HarperTeen.

* Cover and design: “Feisty Righty: A Cancer Survivor's Journey” by Jennifer D. James, with cover art by Courtney Keller and self-published.

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* Design honor: “Horizons” by Julie S. Paschold, published by Atmosphere Press.

* Fiction: “The War Begins in Paris: A Novel” by Theodore Wheeler, published by Little, Brown and Company.

* Nonfiction Nebraska as place: “Field Guide to a Hybrid Landscape” by Dana Fritz, published by Bison Books.

* Nonfiction history: “The First Migrants” by Richard Edwards and Jacob K. Friefeld, published by Bison Books.

* Poetry: “The Gathering of Bastards” by Romeo Oriogun, published by University of Nebraska Press.

* Poetry honor: “The Book Eaters” by Carolina Hotchandani, published by Perugia Press.

The award ceremony will also include readings by some winning authors, designers and illustrators of books with a Nebraska connection published in 2023.

150 Notable Nebraskans

1. Willa Cather

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2. Standing Bear

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3. Johnny Carson

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4. George Norris

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5. William Jennings Bryan

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6. John Neihardt

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7. Warren Buffett

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8. William "Buffalo Bill" Cody

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9. Charles Dawes

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10. Ted Sorensen

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11. J. Sterling Morton

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12. Tom Osborne

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14. Harold Edgerton

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15. Loren Eiseley

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16. Dick Cavett

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17. Bob Kerrey

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18. Henry Fonda

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19. Roscoe Pound

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20. Ernie Chambers

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21. Bob Devaney

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22. Crazy Horse

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23. Susan La Flesche Picotte

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24. Bob Gibson

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25. Peter Kiewit

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26. Marlon Brando

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27. Charles Bessey

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28. Louise Pound

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29. George Beadle

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30. Hartley Burr Alexander

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31. Solomon Butcher

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32. Bess Streeter Aldrich

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33. Joyce Hall

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34. Ted Kooser

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35. Mari Sandoz

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36. Robert Henri

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37. Grover Cleveland Alexander

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38. J.J. Exon

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39. Alexander Payne

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40. Daniel Freeman

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41. Fred Astaire

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42. Edith Abbott

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43. Red Cloud

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44. Darryl Zanuck

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45. Chuck Hagel

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46. Walter Behlen

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47. Roger Welsch

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48. Cliff Hillegass

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49. Kay Orr

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50. Ernst Lied

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51. Grace Abbott

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52. Terry Carpenter

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53. Paul Johnsgard

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54. Malcolm X

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55. Robert Taylor

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56. Harold Lloyd

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57. Johnny Rodgers

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58. Rose Blumkin

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59. Harold Warp

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60. Mike Johanns

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61. Sandy Dennis

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62. Chip Davis

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63. Larry the Cable Guy

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64. Walter Scott Jr.

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65. Wright Morris

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66. Gerald Ford

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67. Gale Sayers

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68. Virginia Smith

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69. Clayton Anderson

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70. Edwin Perkins

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71. Matthew Sweet

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72. Bob Boozer

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73. Susette La Flesche Tibbles

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74. Alvin Johnson

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75. Father Edward Flanagan

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76. Moses Kinkaid

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77. Robert Furnas

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78. Jeff Raikes

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79. Joel Sartore

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80. Donald Clifton

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81. Sarah and George Joslyn

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82. Robert Daugherty

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83. Dwight Griswold

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84. Nathan Gold

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85. Ben Kuroki

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86. William Petersen

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87. Terry Pettit

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88. Preston Love

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89. Evelyn Brodstone Vestey

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90. The Creightons

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91. Grenville Dodge

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92. Norman Geske

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93. Frank Woods

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94. J. Lee Rankin

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95. Gordon MacRae

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96. Montgomery Clift

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97. Mabel Lee

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98. Weldon Kees

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99. Howard Hanson

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100. William 'Speedy Bill' Smith

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101. Keith Jacobshagen

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102. Mary Pipher

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103. Andrew Higgins

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104. Gilbert Hitchco*ck

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105. Charles Gere

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106. Jordan Larson

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107. Ed Zorinsky

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108. Dick Cheney

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109. Roman Hruska

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110. Gutzon Borglum

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111. Dave Rimington

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112. Thomas Rogers Kimball

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113. Logan Fontenelle

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114. Nick Nolte

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115. James Coburn

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116. Randy Meisner

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117. Max Baer

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118. Magic Slim

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119. Carl Curtis

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120. Seacrest Family

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121. Gabrielle Union

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122. Paul Revere

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123. Jonas Brandeis

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124. Herman Cain

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125. Paul Williams

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126. Nicholas Sparks

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127. Edward Ruscha

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128. "Wahoo" Sam Crawford

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129. Neal Hefti

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130. Marg Helgenberger

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131. Charlie Greene

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132. Lee Simmons

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133. Zager and Evans

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134. James Valentine

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135. Fred Seaton

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136. John Falter

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137. Aaron Douglas

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138. Guy Chamberlin

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139. Johnny Goodman

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140. Norbert Tiemann

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141. Victor Lewis

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142. Reinhold Marxhausen

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143. Michael Forsberg

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144. Buddy Miles

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145. "Gorgeous" George Wagner

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146. Jack Van Berg

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147. Mike Hill

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148. Wynonie Harris

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149. Swoosie Kurtz

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150. Charles Starkweather

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