Previous Annual Honors

2010

Literary Award

Remarkable Creatures:  Epic Adventures in the
Search for the Origins of Species
by Sean Carroll (Madison)

Notable Wisconsin Authors

James Magnuson
Kenneth Stampp

Outstanding Achievement

Lauren Groff , Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories
Jim Knipfel, Unplugging Philco
Greg Kot, Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music
Valerie Lakenm, Dream House: a Novel
Daniyal Mueenuddin, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
Michael Perry, Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs and Parenting
Jay Reed, Thor and More
Kristine Rusch, Diving into the Wreck
Kathleen Kline Schmitt, Ronald Bruch and Frederick Binkowski
People of the Sturgeon:  Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish
Patrick Somerville, The Cradle: a Novel

2010 Outstanding Achievement in Poetry

Bruce Dethlefsen, Breather
Jesse Lee Kercheval, Cinema Muto
John Koethe, Ninety-Fifth Street: Poems
Margaret Rozga, 200 Nights and One Day
Angela Sorby, Bird Skin Coat

The 2010 Literary Awards Committee members::  Ellen Jepson (chair), Jean Anderson, Anne Callaghan, Pat Chevis, Caroline Haskin, Brian Kopetsky, Amy Lutzke, Andrew Scott, Deb Shapiro, and Cece Wiltzius.