SIBA Book Award
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SIBA Book Award is an American South literary award
given by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA), first awarded in 1999. Nominated books must be southern in nature or by a southern author
, have been published the previous year, and have been nominated by a SIBA-member bookstore or one of their customers. Voting categories include fiction
, non-fiction
, poetry
, cooking
and children's literature
.
The first awards were given in 1999. From 1999 through 2007 winners were chosen by popular vote through an online voting mechanism. Starting in 2008 winners were chosen from the list of finalists by a jury of SIBA booksellers, instead of by popular vote.
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Literary award
A literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poetry to novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing . There are also awards...
given by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA), first awarded in 1999. Nominated books must be southern in nature or by a southern author
Southern literature
Southern literature is defined as American literature about the Southern United States or by writers from this region...
, have been published the previous year, and have been nominated by a SIBA-member bookstore or one of their customers. Voting categories include fiction
Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
, non-fiction
Non-fiction
Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
, poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
, cooking
Cookbook
A cookbook is a kitchen reference that typically contains a collection of recipes. Modern versions may also include colorful illustrations and advice on purchasing quality ingredients or making substitutions...
and children's literature
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
.
The first awards were given in 1999. From 1999 through 2007 winners were chosen by popular vote through an online voting mechanism. Starting in 2008 winners were chosen from the list of finalists by a jury of SIBA booksellers, instead of by popular vote.
Winners
2011- Fiction: Burning Bright by Ron RashRon RashRon Rash , an American poet, short story writer and novelist, is the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University. Rash was born in Chester, South Carolina, in 1953, grew up in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and is a graduate of Gardner-Webb...
- Nonfiction: The Blueberry Years: A Memoir of Farm and Family by Jim Minick
- Young Adult: Countdown by Deborah WilesDeborah WilesDeborah Wiles is an award-winning children's book author. Her second novel, Each Little Bird That Sings, was a 2005 National Book Award finalist.-Personal life:...
- Children: MockingbirdMockingbird (Erskine novel)Mockingbird is a young adult novel by American author Kathryn Erskine. The story is told from the point of view of Caitlin, a young girl with Asperger syndrome, as she attempts to deal with the unexpected death of her older brother.-Main characters:...
by Kathryn ErskineKathryn ErskineKathryn Erskine is an American children's writer. Her book, Mockingbird, won the 2010 National Book Award, Young People's Literature.-Life:She grew up in South Africa, and Scotland.She was a lawyer.... - Poetry: A House of Branches by Janisse RayJanisse RayJanisse Ray is an American writer, naturalist, and environmental activist.She attended North Georgia College, 1980–82; Florida State University, B.A., 1984; and the University of Montana, M.F.A., 1997....
- Cookbook: Southern My Way: Simple Recipes, Fresh Flavors by Gena KnoxGena KnoxGena Knox is an American food writer, cookbook author and entrepreneur. Her first cookbook, Gourmet Made Simple, was released in May 2008. She is also the founder of Fire & Flavor, a company specializing in grilling planks and at-home cooking products....
2010
- Fiction: The HelpThe HelpThe Help is an American situation comedy television series which premiered on The WB on March 5, 2004. The show was a raunchy comedy that focused on the hard-lucked life of a beauty school dropout, who now must work for the wealthy and spoiled Ridgeway family. The rest of the hired help are also...
by Kathryn StockettKathryn StockettKathryn Stockett is an American novelist. She is known for her 2009 debut novel, The Help, which is about African American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s.-Career:... - Nonfiction: The Most They Ever Had by Rick BraggRick BraggRick Bragg is an American author and journalist known for his non-fiction books, especially those on his family in Alabama...
- Children: The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass
- Cookbook: The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern by Ted and Matt Lee
2009
- Fiction: Serena, Ron RashRon RashRon Rash , an American poet, short story writer and novelist, is the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University. Rash was born in Chester, South Carolina, in 1953, grew up in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and is a graduate of Gardner-Webb...
- Nonfiction: The Prince of Frogtown, Rick BraggRick BraggRick Bragg is an American author and journalist known for his non-fiction books, especially those on his family in Alabama...
- Young Adult: GracelingGracelingGraceling is a young adult fantasy novel by Kristin Cashore. It is her debut novel. The story is about Katsa, a young warrior, and her journey of self-discovery. The book earned a place on the Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year for 2008 and received generally favorable reviews...
, Kristin CashoreKristin CashoreKristin Cashore is an American fantasy author, whose debut novel, Graceling, was published in October 2008. The book has been nominated for the Andre Norton and William C. Morris awards, and is held in over 1000 libraries. Her second book, Fire, came out in October 2009, and is described as being a... - Children: Two Bobbies, Kirby LarsonKirby LarsonKirby Lane Larson is an award-winning author of a number of books for children, including Oppenheim Platinum Award-winner The Magic Kerchief, illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger. Her book, Hattie Big Sky, was a Finalist for the 2007 Scandiuzzi Book Award of the Washington State Book Awards, and won a...
& Mary Nethery - Poetry: Dear Darkness, Kevin YoungKevin Young (poet)Kevin Young is an American poet and teacher of poetry. Young graduated from Harvard College in 1992, was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University , and received his MFA from Brown University. While in Boston and Providence, he was part of the African-American poetry group, The Dark Room Collective...
- Cookbook: Screen Doors and Sweet Tea, Martha Hall Foose
2008
- Fiction: Garden Spells, Sarah Addison Allen
- Nonfiction: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara KingsolverBarbara KingsolverBarbara Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist and poet. She was raised in rural Kentucky and lived briefly in the former Republic of Congo in her early childhood. Kingsolver earned degrees in biology at DePauw University and the University of Arizona and worked as a freelance writer before...
- Children: Deep in the Swamp, Donna Bateman, illustrated by Brian LiesBrian LiesBrian Lies is an American author and illustrator of children's books. His works include the Flatfoot Fox series by Eth Clifford and his own NY Times bestselling bat series, Bats at the Beach , Bats at the Library, and Bats at the Ballgame...
- Poetry: The House On Boulevard Street, David KirbyDavid Kirby (poet)David Kirby is an American poet and the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English at Florida State University . His most recent book is The Temple Gate Called Beautiful, published in 2008 by Alice James Books...
- Cookbook: A Love Affair with Southern Cooking, Jean AndersonJean Anderson (cookbook author)Jean Anderson is an American cookbook author.Anderson has a BS from Cornell University and a MS degree from Columbia University . Anderson is a member of the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame and a charter member of Les Dames d’Escoffier and the New York Women’s Culinary Alliance...
2007
- Fiction: Thirteen Moons, Charles FrazierCharles FrazierCharles Frazier is an award-winning American historical novelist.Frazier was born in Asheville, North Carolina, and graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1973. He earned an M.A. from Appalachian State University in the mid-1970s, and received his Ph.D. in English from the University...
- Nonfiction: Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, Charles J. ShieldsCharles J. ShieldsCharles J. Shields is an American biographer, primarily of 20th century American novelists.-Biography:Shields was born in Chester, Pennsylvania on the Delaware river where his father was a reporter for the Philadelphia Bulletin and his mother was a housewife...
- Children: Alabama MoonAlabama MoonAlabama Moon is a 2010 film starring Jimmy Bennett and John Goodman, based on the book Alabama Moon by Watt Key. The story takes place in the forests of Alabama.-Plot:...
, Watt KeyWatt KeyAlbert Watkins Key, Jr., publishing under the name Watt Key, is an award-winning southern fiction author. A resident of Alabama, his debut novel Alabama Moon was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2006 and was the 2007 winner of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award for older readers. It received... - Poetry: Keep and Give Away, Susan Meyers
- Cookbook: I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence, Amy SedarisAmy SedarisAmy Louise Sedaris is an American actress, author, and comedian. She is known for playing the character Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central television series Strangers with Candy. Sedaris regularly collaborates with her older brother, humorist and author David Sedaris...
2006
- Fiction: Gods in Alabama, Joshilyn Jackson
- Nonfiction: Marley & MeMarley & MeMarley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog is a New York Times bestselling autobiographical book by journalist John Grogan, published in 2005, about the thirteen years he and his family shared their life, home, and heart with Marley, a possibly neurotic, and certified "untrainable",...
, John GroganJohn Grogan (journalist)John Grogan is an American journalist and non-fiction writer. His memoir Marley & Me was a best-selling book about his family's dog Marley.- Career :... - Children: Rosa, Nikki GiovanniNikki GiovanniYolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Her primary focus is on the individual and the power one has to make a difference in oneself and in the lives of others. Giovanni’s poetry expresses strong racial pride, respect for family, and her...
(with Bryan CollierBryan CollierBryan Collier, award-winning author and illustrator, has illustrated numerous children's books, including Rosa by Nikki Giovanni which was awarded a Coretta Scott King Award and a Caldecott Honor. He also won a Coretta Scott King Award for Uptown, his first attempt at both writing and...
) - Poetry: What Travels with Us, Darnell Arnoult
- Cookbook: Being Dead is No Excuse, Gayden Metcalfe & Charlotte Hays
2005
- Fiction: Saints at the River, Ron RashRon RashRon Rash , an American poet, short story writer and novelist, is the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University. Rash was born in Chester, South Carolina, in 1953, grew up in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and is a graduate of Gardner-Webb...
- Nonfiction: We’re Just Like You, Only Prettier, Celia Rivenbark
- Children: Peter and the StarcatchersPeter and the StarcatchersPeter and the Starcatchers is a best-selling children's novel that was published by Hyperion Books, a subsidiary of Disney, in 2004. Written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, the book provides a backstory for the character Peter Pan, and serves as a prequel to J. M. Barrie's novel Peter and Wendy...
, Dave BarryDave BarryDavid "Dave" Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for The Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels.-Biography:Barry was born in Armonk, New York,...
& Ridley PearsonRidley PearsonRidley Pearson, born on March 13, 1953 in Glen Cove, New York, is an American writer. Pearson has historically written suspense and thriller novels for an adult audience, but has also begun branching out by writing adventure books for children.... - Poetry: A Companion for Owls, Maurice ManningMaurice Manning (poet)Maurice Manning is an American poet. His first collection of poems, Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions was awarded the Yale Younger Poets Award, chosen by W.S. Merwin....
- Cookbook: Frank Stitt’s Southern Table, Frank Stitt
2004
- Fiction: Lunch at the Piccadilly, Clyde EdgertonClyde EdgertonClyde Edgerton is an American author and English literature professor.Born in Durham, North Carolina, his books are known for endearing characters, small-town Southern dialogue and realistic fire and brimstone religious sermons...
- Nonfiction: The GRITS Guide to Life, Deborah Ford
- Children: How I Became a Pirate, Melinda Long
- Poetry: Locales, Fred ChappellFred ChappellFred Davis Chappell is an author and poet. He retired after 40 years as an English professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997-2002...
(Editor) - Cookbook: The Gift of Southern Cooking, Edna LewisEdna LewisEdna Lewis was an African-American chef and author best known for her books on traditional Southern cuisine.-Early life and career:...
2003
- Fiction: The Secret Life of BeesThe Secret Life of BeesThis is about the 2002 Sue Monk Kidd novel. For the 2008 film, see Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees is a 2002 historical novel by American author Sue Monk Kidd. It received much critical acclaim and was a New York Times bestseller...
, Sue Monk KiddSue Monk KiddSue Monk Kidd is a writer from the Southern United States, best known for her novel, The Secret Life of Bees.- Biography :Kidd, who was born in Sylvester, Georgia, graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.S... - Nonfiction: My Losing SeasonMy Losing SeasonMy Losing Season is a memoir by Pat Conroy. It primarily deals with his senior season as the starting point guard on the basketball team of The Citadel in 1966–67. Conroy describes his tumultuous relationship with his coach, Mel Thompson, as well as the harsh, malevolent, male-dominated society of...
, Pat ConroyPat ConroyPat Conroy , is a New York Times bestselling author who has written several acclaimed novels and memoirs. Two of his novels, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini, were made into Oscar-nominated films.-Early life:... - Children: HootHoot (novel)Hoot is a young-adult novel by Carl Hiaasen. The story takes place in Coconut Cove, Florida, where Roy and his two new friends try to stop construction of a pancake house which would destroy a colony of burrowing owls who live on the site...
, Carl HiaasenCarl HiaasenCarl Hiaasen is an American journalist, columnist and novelist.- Early years :Born in 1953 and raised in Plantation, Florida, of Norwegian heritage, Hiaasen was the first of four children and the son of a lawyer, Kermit Odel, and teacher, Patricia... - Poetry: Catching Light, Kathryn Stripling Byer
- Cookbook: The Foster’s Market Cookbook, Sara Foster
2002
- Fiction: The Bridge (2001 novel), Doug Marlette
- Nonfiction: Ava’s Man, Rick BraggRick BraggRick Bragg is an American author and journalist known for his non-fiction books, especially those on his family in Alabama...
- Children: How Animals Saved the People, J.J. Reneaux
2001
- Fiction: Jim the BoyJim the BoyJim the Boy is a coming-of-age novel by Tony Earley, published by Little, Brown and Co. in 2000. It details a year in the life of Jim Glass, who lives, with his mother and three uncles, in the small fictional town of Aliceville, North Carolina...
, Tony EarleyTony EarleyTony Earley is an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in San Antonio, Texas, but grew up in North Carolina. His stories are often set in North Carolina.... - Nonfiction: Somebody Told Me, Rick BraggRick BraggRick Bragg is an American author and journalist known for his non-fiction books, especially those on his family in Alabama...
- Children: Because of Winn-DixieBecause of Winn-DixieBecause of Winn-Dixie is a children's novel by Kate DiCamillo published in 2000 and winner of a Newbery Honor distinction the following year. It also won the 2000 Josette Frank Award, and 2003 Mark Twain Award...
, Kate DiCamilloKate DiCamilloKatrina Elizabeth "Kate" DiCamillo is an American children's author. She is known for the Newbery Medal-winning book The Tale of Despereaux, the Newbery Honor book Because of Winn-Dixie, and the Mercy Watson series, plus numerous other award-winning and honored books.-Early life:Born in... - Poetry: Zinc Fingers, Peter MeinkePeter MeinkePeter Meinke is an American poet and author. He has published 17 books of poems and short stories. The Piano Tuner, won the 1986 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. His poetry has received many awards, including 2 NEA Fellowships and 3 prizes from the Poetry Society of America...
2000
- Fiction: Look Back All the Green Valley, Fred ChappellFred ChappellFred Davis Chappell is an author and poet. He retired after 40 years as an English professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997-2002...
- Nonfiction: Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, Janisse RayJanisse RayJanisse Ray is an American writer, naturalist, and environmental activist.She attended North Georgia College, 1980–82; Florida State University, B.A., 1984; and the University of Montana, M.F.A., 1997....
- Children: Bugs & Critters I Have Known, Ann Heiskell Rickey
- Poetry: Elegy for the Southern Drawl, Rodney JonesRodney JonesRodney Jones is an American poet and professor of English at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Jones was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the winner of the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award. His other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Peter I.B...
1999
- Fiction: The Next Step in the Dance, Tim GautreauxTim GautreauxTimothy Martin Gautreaux is a novelist and short story writer who lives in Hammond, Louisiana, where he is Writer in Residence at Southeastern Louisiana University....
- Nonfiction: Confederates in the AtticConfederates in the AtticConfederates in the Attic is a work of non-fiction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tony Horwitz. Horwitz explores his deep interest in the American Civil War and investigates America's lingering ties to a war that ended more than 130 years previous....
, Tony HorwitzTony HorwitzTony Horwitz is an American journalist and writer. His works include Blue Latitudes or Into the Blue, One for the Road, Confederates In The Attic, Baghdad Without A Map, and A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World. His next book Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked... - Children: Out of the Ocean, Debra Frasier
- Poetry: Someone Will Go On Owing, Andrew GlazeAndrew GlazeAndrew Glaze is an American poet, playwright, and novelist. About him, Robert Frost wrote, “I have high hopes for Mr. Glaze”. Although much of Glaze's poetry reflects his coming of age in the South, and eventual return there, he also lived in New York City for 31 years...
External links
- SIBA Book Award, official website
- SIBA Book Award at LibraryThingLibraryThingLibraryThing is a social cataloging web application for storing and sharing book catalogs and various types of book metadata. It is used by individuals, authors, libraries and publishers....