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{"id":3384,"date":"2024-10-01T09:45:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T09:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2024-10-01T19:47:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T19:47:10","slug":"texas-authors-awards-roundup-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=3384&lang=ar","title":{"rendered":"Texas Authors&#8217; Awards Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Semi-regular award winner&nbsp;roundup<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Texas authors shine in this collection of awards and accolades garnered from awards across the literary world. We\u2019re shouting our praise from the rooftops for the vibrant Texas literary community.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><u><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">AUTHOR AWARDS and ACCOLADES<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.tcu.edu\/TXLitHoF\/\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Texas Literary Hall of Fame Honorees<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">The TCU Library, AddRan College of Liberal Arts and TCU Press announced the 2024 Texas Literary Hall of Fame Inductees:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">*Tracy Daugherty<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">*Molly Ivans<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">*Stephen Graham Jones<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">*Cormac McCarthy<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">*Jan Seale<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">*Cynthia Leitich Smith<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">*Sergio Troncoso<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/writersleague.org\/programs\/annual-book-awards\/2023-book-award-winners-and-finalists\/\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Writers\u2019 League of Texas 2023 Book Award Winners<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><u><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Winners<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">LaToya Watkins<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;for HOLLER, CHILD: STORIES \u2013fiction<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Stephen Vladeck<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;for THE SHADOW DOCKET: HOW THE SUPREME COURT USES STEALTH RULINGS TO AMASS POWER AND UNDERMINE THE REPUBLIC \u2013nonfiction<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Mag Gabbert<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;for SEX DEPRESSION ANIMALS: POEMS \u2013Poetry<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Leila Sales<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;for THE MUSEUM OF LOST AND FOUND: A NOVEL \u2013Middle Grade\/Young Adult<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Anne Wynter<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;for NELL PLANTS A TREE \u2013Picture Book<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><u><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Discovery Prize Winners<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Sylvia Aguilar-Z\u00e9leny<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;for TRASH \u2013Fiction<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Sean Enfield<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;for HOLY AMERICAN BURNOUT! \u2013Nonfiction<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Joshua Burton<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;for GRACE ENGINE \u2013 Poetry<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Shanah Khubiar<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;for JUST A HAT \u2013Middle Grade\/Young Adult<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Wendy Hinote Lanier<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;for THE DOG THAT GAVE MY BROTHER WORDS \u2013Picture Book<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Joel Burcat&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">won a silver medal in the Thriller-Legal category of the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/readersfavorite.com\/2024-award-contest-winners.htm\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Readers\u2019 Favorite<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;awards for REAP THE WIND.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Jennie Chen and Giselle Nevada&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">were honored with a silver medal in the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/readersfavorite.com\/2024-award-contest-winners.htm\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Readers\u2019 Favorite<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;awards in the Children-Educational division for PORTER &amp; MIDGE: PAWS FOR SAFETY.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Michael Scott Clifton&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">earned the honorable mention place in the Fantasy-Urban category of the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/readersfavorite.com\/2024-award-contest-winners.htm\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Readers\u2019 Favorite<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;awards for his novel PRINGLE PRAWN.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">ML Condike<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;was honored with a&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/readersfavorite.com\/2024-award-contest-winners.htm\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Readers\u2019 Favorite<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;gold medal in the Mystery-General category for her novel THE DESK FROM HOBOKEN.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Margaret Izard\u2019s<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;STONE OF LOVE earned an honorable mention spot in the Romance-Fantasy\/Sci-Fi category of the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/readersfavorite.com\/2024-award-contest-winners.htm\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Readers\u2019 Favorite<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;awards.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">THE WAYS OF WATER by&nbsp;<b>Teresa H. Janssen<\/b>&nbsp;won a&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:black\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ippyawards.com\/180\/2024-medalists-89-ebook\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">2024 Independent Publisher (IPPY)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">&nbsp;Silver Medal in West Mountain Region Fiction.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Joe R. Lansdale\u2019s<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;2013 novel THE THICKET was recently adapted for the big screen. The&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/arts-entertainment\/the-thicket-movie\/\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">movie<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;starring Levon Hawke, Peter Dinklage, Juliet Lewis, and more opened in September.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">MUMENTOUS by&nbsp;<b>Amy J. Schultz<\/b>&nbsp;won the bronze medal in the Art\/Photography category of the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/readersfavorite.com\/2024-award-contest-winners.htm\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Readers\u2019 Favorite<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;awards.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">Juan Tejeda\u2019s<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">&nbsp;MI CARNAL FRANK is the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:black\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tgsaustin.org\/membersChoiceAward\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">2024 Member\u2019s Choice Award<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">, selected by the Tejano Genealogy Society of Austin.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">FROWNS AND GOWNS by&nbsp;<b>Amanda M. Thrasher<\/b>&nbsp;collected a bronze medal in the Children-Fantasy\/Sci-Fi category of the 2024&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/readersfavorite.com\/2024-award-contest-winners.htm\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Readers\u2019 Favorite<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;awards.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">A CITY ON MARS by&nbsp;<b>Kelly Weinersmith<\/b>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<b>Zach Weinersmith<\/b>&nbsp;won Best Related Work in the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehugoawards.org\/hugo-history\/2024-hugo-awards\/\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">2024 Hugo Awards<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><u><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">FINALISTS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/writersleague.org\/programs\/annual-book-awards\/2023-book-award-winners-and-finalists\/\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Writers\u2019 League of Texas 2023 Book Award Finalists<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><u><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Fiction<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">THE LAST LANGUAGE: A NOVEL Novel by&nbsp;<b>Jennifer duBois<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">CHENNEVILLE: A NOVEL OF MURDER, LOSS, AND VENGEANCE by&nbsp;<b>Paulette Jiles<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">YOU\u2019RE AN ANIMAL: A NOVEL BY&nbsp;<b>Jardine Libaire<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; 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text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">CHINESE PRODICAL: A MEMOIR IN EIGHT ARGUMENTS by&nbsp;<b>David Shih<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><u><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Poetry<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; 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text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">SKYRIDERS by&nbsp;<b>Polly Holyoke<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">ANIANA DEL MAR JUMPS IN by&nbsp;<b>Jasminne Mendez<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; 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WHERE IT\u2019S GOING by&nbsp;<b>Chris Barton<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">A CROWN FOR CORINA by&nbsp;<b>Laekan Zea Kemp<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">BUTT OR FACE?: A HILARIOUS ANIMAL GUESSING GAME BOOK FOR KIDS by&nbsp;<b>Kari Lavelle<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">THE WORLD\u2019S BEST CLASS PLANT by&nbsp;<b>Liz Garton Scanlon<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Thomas Ray Garcia&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">is one of three finalist for the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latinobookawards.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3wZgPBpNBUsimwljtP2iksGfB7YBbS-34SBh9PgpWUVhZDcYvvRvzmpug_aem_jPgJgDqmSntYkeLLBP9YcA&amp;h=AT1Zw4fAXlO8GYT6EgYnckqAZdqK30P2gHmiOH9ei4LXfxZY-jAc925zXemxEf1Kz1lq5Jk3aiCMaRgA69GgZ_fcTQJSXb74DCO4ZkgQ73UZ0mcDtrDMvb9eHGU4lk8fGvEe1SjcmEbsOBmxDw&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c%5b0%5d=AT3nd8XVVddAyINlVhg0XHRI830lWNIdakWQQPhXUdo2-GOQEeSs7YV3PvAKavGZJNCdj027RQPBFjeA0bhyIeU93CNnTS93MtvvmC3Sf1K3eagMR5MmAOLJAbyKEGb4XLiR6XZbwi-WBogDPmPHTcdKHEtRMqWrpbfZvNjHgESyf0HR2QCVGbzfDGYKzlC6U0gdtz0UGw\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">International Latino Book Awards<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;in the Best Collection of Short Stories-English category for THE RIVER RUNS.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Fady Joudah<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;made the longlist for the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalbook.org\/2024-national-book-awards-longlist-for-poetry\/\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">2024 National Book Awards for Poetry<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;with his work&nbsp;<i>[\u2026]<\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Texas illustrators&nbsp;<b>Jerome Pumphrey<\/b>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<b>Jarrett Pumphrey<\/b>&nbsp;are finalists for the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/prize\/\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Kirkus Prize<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;in the Young Readers\u2019 Literature\/Picture Book category for THERE WAS A PARTY FOR LANGSTON, along with author Jason Reynolds.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Octavio Quintanilla<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;is on the longlist for the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalbook.org\/2024-national-book-awards-longlist-for-poetry\/\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">2024 National Book Awards for Poetry<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;for his work THE BOOK OF WOUNDED SPARROWS.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Jan Sikes\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;A BEGGAR\u2019S BARGAIN is on the longlist for the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pageturnerawards.com\/2024-book-award-finalists\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">2024 Page Turner Book Award<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Deepa Varadarajan\u2019s<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;LATE BLOOMERS earned a spot on the longlist for the $5,000&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/crookscornerbookprize.com\/crooks-corner-book-prize-12th-annual-longlist-announced\/\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Crook\u2019s Corner Book Prize<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;for the best debut novel set in the American South.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Vanessa Ang\u00e9lica Villarreal<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;is on the longlist for the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalbook.org\/books\/\" style=\"color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">2024 National Book Awards for Nonfiction<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;with her book MAGICAL REALISM: ESSAYS ON MUSIC, MEMORY, FANTASY, AND BORDERS.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:15.693334px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">Dana Wayne<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:17.120001px\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;earned a spot on the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pageturnerawards.com\/2024-book-award-finalists\" style=\"color:#954f72; 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