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Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards Voting


CARDOZO AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
by Jen Bryant
illus. Melissa Sweet

Rain Play
by Cynthia Cotton
illus. Javaka Steptoe

Christopher Counting
by Valeri Gorbachev

Abe's Honest Words
by Doreen Rappaport
illus. Kadir Nelson

How I learned Geography
by Uri Schulevitz

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD FOR FICTION

The Whole Truth
by David Baldacci

People of the Book
by Geraldine Brooks

The Legal Limit
by Martin Clark

The Fire
by Katherine Neville

Tomato Girl
by Jayne Pupek

Voting for the Fiction category has ended. The 12th Annual Literary Awards Celebration is scheduled for Saturday, October 17, 2009. Other sponsors for this even include the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Media General, and the Community Idea Stations. For information call the Library of Virginia at 804-692-3592.
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD FOR NONFICTION

This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
by Drew Gilpin Faust

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
by Annette Gordon-Reed

A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
by Tony Horwitz

Because the Cat Purrs: How We Relate to Other Species and Why It Matters
by Janet Lembke

The Place to Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News
by Roger Mudd

Voting for the Nonfiction category has ended. The 12th Annual Literary Awards Celebration is scheduled for Saturday, October 17, 2009. Other sponsors for this even include the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Media General, and the Community Idea Stations. For information call the Library of Virginia at 804-692-3592.
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