Winners of the 2009 Southwest Book Awards

2009 PEN Southwest Book Awards

PEN Texas presented the 2009 PEN Southwest Book Awards to honor excellence in writing by PEN members on November 12, 2009, at the Awards Banquet in Dallas.

	FICTION David Stuart, The Angel of Vilcabamba   judge’s comments
	POETRY Arthur Sze, The Gingko Light   judge’s comments
	NON-FICTION Stephanie Elizondo-Griest, Mexican Enough   judge’s comments
	TRANSLATION Sean Cotter, Lightwall, by Liliana Ursu   judge’s comments

2009 Finalists

Fiction:

Nash Candelaria, A Daughter’s a Daughter (Bilingual Press / Editorial Bilingue)

David Stuart, Flight of Souls (University of New Mexico Press)

Poetry:

James Hoggard, Triangles of Light (Wings Press)

Nancy Wood, We Became As Mountains (Western Edge Press)

Non-Fiction:

Rudolfo Anaya, The Essays (University of Oklahoma Press)

David Stuart, The Ancient Southwest (University of New Mexico Press)

Translation:

James Hoggard, Ashes in Love by Oscar Hahn (Host Publications)