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Books published by AAUP member presses regularly win awards from scholarly societies, regional institutions, and national literary organizations. What follows is a partial list of prizes received by our members, broken down by press.

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TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS

The Democracy Owners' Manual: A Practical Guide to Changing the World
Jim Shultz
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine, 2003
Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award, The Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America, 2003

Race in the College Classroom: Pedagogy and Politics
Bonnie TuSmith and Maureen T. Reddy
Critics' Choice Award, American Educational Studies Association, 2003
Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award, The Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America, 2003

The Virtual High School: Teaching Generation V
Andrew Zucker et al.
Top 100, District Administration Magazine, 2003

Educational Reform: A Self-Scrutinizing Memoir
Seymour Sarason
Top 100, District Administration Magazine, 2003

Free-Choice Science Education: How We Learn to Learn Science Outside of School
John Falk
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine, 2002

Manufacturing Hope an Despair: The School and Kin Support Networks of US- Mexican Youth
Ricardo D. Stanton-Salazar
Latino Section Award, American Sociological Association, 2003
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine, 2002

The Testing Trap: How State Writing Assessments Control Learning
George Hillocks, Jr.
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine, 2002

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TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Hegemony: The New Shape of Global Power
John Agnew
Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2005
 
Las Hermanas: Chicana/Latina Religious-Political Activism in the U.S. Catholic Church
Lara Medina
Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2005

The World Next Door: South Asian American Literature and the Idea of America
Rajini Srikanth
Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2005
Book Award, Cultural Studies, Association of Asian American Studies, 2004

The Philadelphia Area Weather Book
Jon Nese and Glenn "Hurricane"Schwartz
Louis J. Battan Author's Award, The American Meteorological Society, 2005

Mobilizing an Asian American Community
Linda Trinh Võ
Book Award in Social Sciences, Honorable Mention, Association of Asian American Studies, 2004

The Story of Reo Joe: Work, Kin, and Community in Autotown, U.S.A.
Lisa M. Fine
Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot Award of Distinction, Society of Automotive Historians, 2005

The Gold Standard: The Challenge of Evidence-Based Medicine and Standardization in Health Care
Stefan Timmermans and Marc Berg
Robert Merton Professional Book Award, American Sociological Association, 2005

Philadelphia Murals and the Stories They Tell
Jane Golden, Robin Rice and Monica Yant Kinney, photographs by David Graham and Jack Ramsdale
Athenæum of Philadelphia’s Literary Award, 2004

Shifting Borders: Rhetoric, Immigration, and California’s Proposition 187
Kent A. Ono and John M. Sloop
Book of the Year, Critical and Cultural Studies Division, National Communication Association, 2004

Mark Naison
Poe Award for Literary Excellence, Bronx County History Society
White Boy: A Memoir

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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE PRESS

Earthen Walls, Iron Men: Fort DeRussy, Louisiana and the Defense of Red River
Steven M. Mayeux
Albert Castel Book Award, Kalamazoo Civil War Round Table, 2008
A. M. Pate, Jr. Award, 2007

The Patina of Place: The Cultural Weathering of a New England Industrial Landscape
Kingston W. Heath
Award of Merit, American Association for State and Local History, 2003
Abbott Lowell Cummings Award, Vernacular Architecture Forum, 2002

The American Aeneas: Classical Origins of the American Self
John C. Shields
Harry Levin Prize, American Comparative Literature Association, 2003
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine, 2001

A Companion to the New Harp of Columbia
Marion Hatchett
Research Excellence Award, East Tennessee Historical Society, 2003

A History of the Tennessee Supreme Court
James W. Ely, Jr., ed.
Tennessee History Book Award, Tennessee Library Association and the Tennessee Historical Commission, 2003

Ralph Emerson McGill: Voice of the Southern Conscience
Leonard Ray Teel
Best Biography, Georgia Author of the Year Awards, 2002
Frank Luther Mott Journalism and Mass Communication Research Award, Kappa Tau Alpha, 2002

Joseph W. Byrns of Tennessee: A Political Biography
Ann B. Irish
Tennessee History Book Award, Tennessee Library Association and the Tennessee Historical Commission, 2002

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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS

Antiphon the Athenian: Oratory, Law, and Justice in the Age of the Sophists
Michael Gagarin
Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award, Texas Institute of Letters, 2003

Veni, Vidi, Video: The Hollywood Empire and the VCR
Frederick Wasser
Marshall McLuhan Award, Media Ecology Association, 2003

Semillas de Barbarita, la Murcielaga: Seeds from Little Barbara, the Bat
Laura Navarro
Best Educational Children’s Book, Bilingual, honorable mention, Latino Literary Hall of Fame, 2003

Las Tejanas: 300 Years of History
Teresa Palomo Acosta and Ruthe Winegarten
Good Neighbor Award, Webb County Heritage Foundation, 2003
Texas Reference Source Award, Reference Round Table of the Texas Library Association, 2003

The Medicine of Memory: A Mexica Clan in California
Alejandro Murguia
Best Biography , Latino Literary Hall of Fame, 2003

Oil in Texas: the Gusher Age, 1895-1945
Diana Davis Olien and Roger M. Olien
Publication Award, San Antonio Conservation Society, 2003

The Art and Architecture of the Texas Missions
Jacinto Quirarte
Presidio La Bahia Award, The Sons of the Republic of Texas, 2002
Publication Award, San Antonio Conservation Society, 2003
Best Arts Book, honorable mention, Latino Literary Hall of Fame, 2003

Art and Society in a Highland Maya Community: The Altarpiece of Santiago Atitlan
Allen J. Christenson
Book Award, honorable mention, Association of Latin American Art, 2002

Barrios Norteños: St. Paul and Midwestern Mexican Communities in the Twentieth Century
Dionicio Valdés
Book Award, Center for Great Lakes Culture, 2002

Brown Tide Rising: Metaphors of Latinos in Contemporary American Public Discourse
Otto Santa Ana
Best Book, Ethnic and Racial Political Ideology and/or Political Theory, Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, 2002
Book Award, second place, history Latino Literary Hall of Fame, 2003

Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull: Inventing the Wild West
Bobby Bridger
Book of the Year Award, gold, biography and autobiography, ForeWord Magazine, 2002

Cultural Logics and Global Economies: Maya Identity in Thought and Practice
Edward F. Fischer
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine, 2002

The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico: Treasures from the Museo Franz Mayer
Museo Franz Mayer & Museum of Fine Art
Houston Publications Design Competition, honorable mention, American Association of Museums, 2002

Identity Politics on the Israeli Screen
Yosefa Loshitzky
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine, 2002

Imagining Literacy: Rhizomesof Knowledge in American Culture and Literature
Ramona Fernandez
Frederick W. Ness Book Award, semi-finalist, Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2002

The Making of the Mexican Border: The State, Capitalism, and Society in Nuevo Leon, 1848-1891
Juan Mora-Torres
Heritage Award Winner, Webb County Heritage Foundation, 2002

Passage to Dusk, by Rashid al-Daif
translated by Nirvana Tanoukhi
Translation Award, second round, American Literary Translators Association, 2002

Pedro Paramo Juan Rulfo
Photos by Josephine Sacabo; trans. Margaret Sayers Peden
Fred Whitehead Award, Texas Institute of Letters, 2003
Western Books Exhibition Winner, Rounce & Coffin Club, 2003
Best Arts Book, Latino Literary Hall of Fame, 2003

Photo du Jour: A Picture-a-Day Journey through the First Year of the New Millennium
David Hume Kennerly
Book of the Year, finalist, photography, ForeWord Magazine 2002
Western Books Exhibition Winner, Rounce & Coffin Club, 2003

A Rainbow of Gangs: Street Cultures in the Mega-City
James Diego Vigil
Best Book on Ethnic and Racial Politics in a Local or Urban Setting, Race, Ethnicity, and Politics section of the American Political Science Association, 2002
Best History Book, honorable mention, Latino Literary Hall of Fame, 2003

Ralph W. Yarborough, the People’s Senator
Patrick Cox
Award of Merit, honorable mention, The Philosophical Society of Texas 2002

Recovering History, Constructing Race: The Indian, Black, and White Roots of Mexican Americans Martha Menchaca
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine, 2002

School Choice Tradeoffs: Liberty, Equity, and Diversity
Kenneth R. Godwin and Frank R. Kemerer
Book of the Year, bronze, education, ForeWord Magazine, 2002

Technology and Place
Steven A. Moore
Annual Research Award, Environmental Design Research Association, 2002

Tejano South Texas: A Mexican American Cultural Province
Daniel D. Arreola
John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize, Association of American Geographers, 2002
Publication Award Winner, San Antonio Conservation Society, 2003

Texas Mountains
Laurence Parent, photographs and Joe Nick Patoski, text
Mountain Image Award, finalist, Banff Mountain Book Festival, 2002
Southwest Book Award, Border Regional Library Association, 2002

Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America
Jacqueline Barnitz
Vasari Award, Dallas Museum of Art, 2002

Amazon Sweet Sea: Land, Life, and Water at the River’s Mouth
Nigel J.H. Smith
Book of the Year Award, finalist, environment, ForeWord Magazine, 2002

Wildflowers and Other Plants of Texas Beaches and Islands
Alfred Richardson
Carroll Abbott Memorial Award, Native Plant Society of Texas, 2002

Zapotec Science: Farming and Food in the Northern Sierra of Oaxaca
Roberto J. González
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine, 2002

The Diaries of Nikolay Punin, 1904-1953
translated by Jennifer Greene Krupala
PEN USA West Award

Contemporary Ranches of Texas
Lawrence Clayton; photographs by Wyman Meinzer
Award of Excellence, Southern Book Competition Awards, The Southeastern Library Association, 2001

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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS

Imagining Flight: Aviation and Popular Culture
A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine, 2004

A Good Idea of Hell: Letters from a Chasseur a Pied
Joshua Brown
Distinguished Book Award, Society for Military History, 2004

The Other Side of Russia: A Slice of Life in Siberia and the Russian Far East
by Sharon Hudgins
Book of the Year Award, bronze, travel essay, ForeWord Magazine, 2004

The Bootlegger's Other Daughter
Mary Cimarolli
Pen/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir, finalist, PEN American Center, 2004

December 8, 1941: MacArthur's Pearl Harbor
William H. Bartsch
Arthur Goodzeit Award, New York Military Affairs Symposium, 2003

Lone Star Confederate: A Gallant and Good Soldier of the Fifth Texas Infantry
George Skoch and Mark Perkins
SCV-SGR Best Book on Texas in the Confederacy, Sons of Confederate Veterans, 2003

Leadership in the Crucible: The Korean War Battles of Twin Tunnels and Chipyong-ni
Kenneth E. Hamburger
Distinguished Writing Awards, finalist, Army Historical Foundation, 2003

Writing JFK: Presidential Rhetoric and the Press in the Bay of Pigs Crisis
Thomas W. Benson
Everett Lee Hunt Award, Eastern Communication Association

The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877
Paul H. Carlson
Rupert N. Richardson Prize, West Texas Historical Association

San Antonio on Parade: Six Historic Festivals
Judith Berg Sobre
T.R. Fehrenbach Book Award,Texas Historical Commission

Rhetoric as Currency: Hoover, Roosevelt, and the Great Depression
Davis Houck
Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award, National Communication Association, 2002

Racial Borders: Black Soldiers Along the Rio Grande
James N. Leiker
Southwest Book Award, Border Regional Library Association, 2002

Tejano Proud: Tex-Mex Music in the Twentieth Century
Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr.,
Luciano Guajardo Historical Awareness Award, Webb County Heritage Foundation, 2002

Healing Landscapes: A Journey from the Big Thicket to the Big Bend
Jeanne Norsworthy
Award of Merit, Western Books Exhibition, 2002

Frontier Blood: The Saga of the Parker Family
Jo Ella Powell Exley
Award of Merit, Western Books Exhibition, 2002
Summerfield G. Roberts Award, Sons of the Republic of Texas
Author of the Month, Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Houston-area

Keepers of the Spirit: The Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University, 1876-2001
John A. Adams, Jr.
Award of Merit, Western Books Exhibition, 2002

Lighthouses of Texas
T. Lindsay Baker
Best Book Award, Foundation for Coast Guard History, 2001-2002

Texas Flags
Robert Maberry, Jr.
Ottis Lock Endowment Committee Best Book Award, East Texas Historical
Association, 2002

Her Act and Deed: Women's Lives in a Rural Southern County, 1837-1873
Angela Boswell
Liz Carpenter Award, 2001-2002

An Ocean in Common: American Naval
Officers, Scientists, and the Ocean Environment
Gary E. Weir
Richard W. Leopold Prize, The Organization of American Historians, 2002

Hispanics in the Mormon Zion, 1912-1999
Jorge Iber
Best First Book on Mormon History Award, Mormon History Association.

Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas
David Pickering and Judy Falls
Kate Broocks Bates Award, Texas State Historical Association.

Border Boss: Manuel B. Bravo and Zapata County
J. Gilberto Quezada
Certificate of Commendation Award, American Association for State and Local History.

Knight without Armor: Carlos Eduardo Castaneda, 1896-1958
Felix D. Almaraz
Certificate of Commendation Award, American Association for State and Local History.

Horse Sweat and Powder Smoke: The First Texas Cavalry in the Civil War
Stanley S. McGowen
Summerfield G. Roberts Book Award

Close Calls: Jan Reid's Texas
Jan Reid
Carr P. Collins Award, finalist, Texas Institute of Letters

The Wichita Indians: Traders of Texas and the Southern Plains, 1540-1845
F. Todd Smith
Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award, finalist, Texas Institute of Letters

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TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

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TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY PRESS

American Silk, 1830-1930: Entrepreneurs and Artifacts
Jacqueline Field, Marjorie Senechal and Madelyn Shaw
Millia Davenport Publication Award, 2008

A Thousand Miles of Stars
Walt McDonald
Spur Award, Poetry, Western Writers of America, 2005

Keeping My Name
Catherine Tufariello
Poets’ Prize, West Chester University Poetry Center, 2005
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Poetry Finalist, 2004

Whatever the Wind Delivers
Walt McDonald and photographs selected by Janet Neugebauer
Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Poetry Book, National Cowboy Hall of Fame. 
Natalie Ornish Award for Poetry, Texas Institute of Letters.

Miriam Vermilya
Ohio Poet of the Year
Heartwood

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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS

A Rhetoric of the Decameron
Marilyn Migiel
Howard R. Marraro Prize, Modern Language Association, 2004

The Politics of Population: State Formation, Statistics, and the Census of Canada, 1840-1875
Bruce Curtis
John Proter Prize, Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, 2002
Sir John A. Macdonald Prize, Canadian Historical Association, 2002

Indigenous Difference and the Constitution of Canada
Patrick Macklem
Donald Smiley Prize, Canadian Political Science Association, 2002

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UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PRESS

Providence of a Sparrow
Chris Chester
Oregon Book Award, cowinner, creative nonfiction, Literary Arts, 2004

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UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS

The Anguish of Snails: Native American Folklore in the West
Barre Toelken
Chicago Folklore Prize, American Folklore Society, 2004

Listening for a Life: A Dialogic Ethnography of Bessie Eldreth through Her Songs and Stories
Patricia Sawin
Elli Köngäs-Maranda Prize, American Folklore Society, 2004

A Widow’s Tale: The 1884–1896 Diary of Helen Mar Kimball Whitney
Charles M. Hatch and Todd Compton, editors
Best Documentary Award, Mormon History Association, 2004
Willa Literary Award Finalist, Women Writing the West, 2004

The Center Will Hold: Critical Perspectives on Writing Center Scholarship
Michael A. Pemberton and Joyce Kinkead, Editors
WPA Best Book Award, the Council of Writing Program Administrators, 2004
IWCA Outstanding Book on Writing Center Research, 2004

Pedro Pino: Governor of Zuni Pueblo, 1830–1878
E. Richard Hart
Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá Award, Historical Society of New Mexico, 2003

English Composition as a Happening
Geoffrey Sirc
W. Ross Winterowd Award, Association of Teachers of Advanced Composition, 2003

One Side by Himself: The Life and Times of Lewis Barney 1808-1894
Ronald O. Barney
Best Biography Award, Mormon History Association, 2002
Evans Biography Award, Utah State University, 2002

Mormon Healer and Folk Poet: Mary Susannah Fowler's Life of "Unselfish
Usefulness"
Margaret K. Brady
Elli Kongas-Maranda Prize, American Folk Society, women's section, 2002

Noise from the Writing Center
Elizabeth H. Boquet
Outstanding Research and Publication Award, Learning Assistance Association of New England, 2002

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VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY PRESS

Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing Cowboy
Douglas B. Green
Western Heritage Award, non-fiction, The National Cowboy & Western Heritage
Museum, 2003

A Good-Natured Riot: The Birth of the Grand Ole Opry
Charles K. Wolfe 
ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, pop category, The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS

Race Man: The Rise and Fall of the "Fighting Editor," John Mitchell Jr.
Anne Field Alexander
Richard Slatten Prize, Virginia Historical Society for Virginia biography, 2002

Letters of Matthew Arnold Vol. 6
Matthew Arnold, indexed by Margie Towery
HW Wilson Award, American Society of Indexers, 2002

Visions of the Maid: Joan of Arc in American Film and Culture
Robin Blaetz
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine, 2002

Two Novels by Mary Chesnut
Mary Chesnut
John Esten Cooke Fiction Award, Military Order of Stars & Bars, 2002

Exile in Richmond
Michael Chesson/ Leslie Jean Roberts, editors
Founders Award, Museum of Confederacy, 2001-2002

Apostles of Disunion
Charles Dew
Fletcher Pratt Literary Award, Civil War Round Table New York, 2002
Seaborg Award, honorable mention, Shepherd College Center for CW Studies, 2002

The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800
Christopher Ehret
Book Award, finalist, World History Association, 2002

Edna Lewis
Hall of Fame Award, James Beard Foundation/KitchenAid Cookbook, 2003
In Pursuit of Flavor (singled out as part of qualifying body of work)/p>

The Tyranny of Printers
Jeffrey Pasley
Book Prize, history division, Association for Education in Journalism, 2002

Journey on the James
Earl Swift
Book Prize, Southern Environmental Law Center, 2002

Papers of GW: Presidential Series, Vol. 11
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson Prize, Society for History in the Federal Government, 2002

Starving on a Full Stomach:Hunger and the Triumph of Cultural Racism in Modern South Africa
Diana Wylie
Herskovitz Award, African Studies Association, 2002

Escaping God's Closet
Bernard Duncan Mayes
Lambda Literary Award in Spirituality and Religion, Lambda Literary Foundation, 2002

The Letters of Matthew Arnold
edited by Cecil Lang,indexed by Margie Towery
Award for Excellence in Indexing, The American Society of Indexers, 2002

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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS

Light's Ladder
Christopher Howell
Washington State Book Award, Seattle Public Library Foundation and Eulalie and Carlo Scandiuzzi, 2005

Manchus and Han: Ethnic Relations and Political Power in Late Qing and Early Republican China, 1861-1928
Edward J.M. Rhoads
Joseph Levenson Book Prize, post-1900 category, 2002

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WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS

The Restless Northwest: A Geological Story
Hill Williams
Washington State Book Award, The Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library, 2003

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WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS

A Hanging in Detroit: Stephen Gifford Simmons and the Last Execution Under Michigan Law
David G. Chardavoyne
Michigan Notable Book, Library of Michigan Foundation, 2004

Michigan's Early Military Forces: A Roster and History of Troops Activated Prior to the American Civil War
Le Roy Barnett and Roger Rosentreter
Michigan Notable Book, Library of Michigan Foundation, 2004

Riding the Roller Coaster: A History of the Chrysler Corporation
Charles K. Hyde
Michigan Notable Book, Library of Michigan Foundation, 2004

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WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS

Born to Slow Horses
Kamau Brathwaite
Griffin Poetry Prize, 2006 International Award

Lee Ann Brown
Fellow, Howard Foundation, 2004-2005
The Sleep That Changed Everything

Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003
Jean Valentine
National Book Award, poetry, 2004

Transsexualism: Illusion & Reality
Colette Chiland, translated by Philip Slotkin
Gradiva Award, finalist, Historical, Cultural & Literary Analysis category, National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, 2004

The Constructivist Moment: From Material Text to Cultural Poetics
Barrett Watten
René Wellek Prize, American Comparative Literature Association, 2004

Jerome Rothenberg
Alfonso X el Sabio Award, San Diego State University, 2004
Writing Through: Translations and Variations

Critical Gestures: Writings on Dance and Culture
Ann Daly
Robert W. Hamilton Book Award, finalist, University Co-Operative Society, University of Texas, 2004

Choreographic Politics: State Folk Dance Companies, Representation and Power
Anthony Shay
Kurt Weill Prize, honorable mention, Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, 2003

The City of Musical Memory: Salsa, Record Grooves and Popular Culture in Cali, Columbia
Lise A. Waxer
Alan P. Merriam Prize, Society for Ethnomusicology, 2003
ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, popular music books, American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers, 2003

Culture on Ice: Figure Skating and Cultural Meaning
Ellyn Kestnbaum
NASSH Book Award, shortlist, North American Society for Sport History, 2003

Eyeshot
Heather McHugh
Book of the Year Award, finalist, poetry, ForeWord Magazine, 2003

Honorée Fannone Jeffers
Outlandish Blues
Alan Collins Fellowship in Poetry, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, 2003

Perspectives on Korean Dance
Judy Van Zile
CORD Outstanding Publication Award, Congress on Research in Dance

Treadwinds: poems and intermedia texts
Walter K. Lew
Asian American Literary Award, poetry category,The Asian American Writers’ Workshop, 2003
PEN Center USA Literary Award, finalist, poetry, PEN Center USA , 2002

Banda: Mexican Musical Life Across Borders
Helena Simonett
Book Award, runner-up, International Association for the Study of Popular Music, 2003

The City of Musical Memory: Salsa, Record Grooves, and Popular Culture in Cali, Colombia
Lise Waxer
Best Research in Recorded Folk or Ethnic Music, finalist, Association for Recorded Sound Collections, 2003

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WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY PRESS

A Year Inland: The Journal of a Hudson's Bay Company Winterer
Edited by Barbara Belyea
Margaret McWilliams Medal, Manitoba Historical Society, 2002

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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS

Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa
Rigoberto Gonza?Llez
Winner, American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation, 2007
Finalist, Randy Shilts Awards for Gay Nonfiction, Publishing Triangle, 2007

Sherwood Anderson: A Writer in America, Volumes 1 & 2
Walter Rideout
Biography Award, Society of Midland Authors, 2007
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine, 2007

Plum Wine: A Novel
Angela Davis Gardner
Notable Fiction Book Award, Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize Committee, 2007
Fiction Award, Southern Independent Bookstore Alliance, 2007

1001 Beds: Performances, Essays, and Travels
Tim Miller
Lambda Book Award for Drama/Theatre, Lambda Literary Foundation, 2007

The Tree of Life, Book Three: The Cattle Cars Are Waiting, 1942-1944
Chava Rosenfarb
Georges Bugnet Award for Novel, Alberta Literary Awards, Writers Guild of Alberta, 2007

Cry Rape: The True Story of One Woman’s Harrowing Quest for Justice
Bill Lueders
Courage Award, Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault, 2007

Women?fs Organizations and Democracy in South Africa
Shireen Hassim
Victoria Schuck Award for best book on women and politics, American Political Science Association, 2007

9XM Talking: WHA Radio and Wisconsin Idea
Randall Davidson
Award of Merit, best book on Wisconsin history, Wisconsin Historical Society, 2007

Nancy Johnston & Alwilda Scholler-Jaquish
Winner, Nursing Research Category, American Journal of Nursing, 2007