PEN Texas has decided the short list of finalists for each category of the 2009 Southwest Book Awards. The winner of each category will receive a $500 prize. The winners will be announced at the PEN Texas awards banquet, 7:00 PM, November 12, at the Dallas restaurant Celebration (please visit www.celebrationrestaurant.com for location information).
Fiction:
Nash Candelaria, A Daughter’s a Daughter (Bilingual Press / Editorial Bilingue)
David Stuart, Flight of Souls (University of New Mexico Press)
David Stuart, Angel of Vilcabamba (University of New Mexico Press)
Poetry:
James Hoggard, Triangles of Light (Wings Press)
Arthur Sze, The Ginko Light (Copper Canyon Press)
Nancy Wood, We Became As Mountains (Western Edge Press)
Non-Fiction:
Rudolfo Anaya, The Essays (University of Oklahoma Press)
Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Mexican Enough (Simon & Schuster)
David Stuart, The Ancient Southwest (University of New Mexico Press)
Translation:
Sean Cotter, Lightwall by Liliana Ursu (Zephyr Press)
James Hoggard, Ashes in Love by Oscar Hahn (Host Publications)
