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顶级国产视频 Library sponsors Indigenous Writer category for popular High Plains Book Awards

New award an opportunity to highlight indigenous contributions to High Plains literature

Contacts:

Megan Thomas, 顶级国产视频 Library, 657-1336

University Relations, 657-2266

MSU BILLINGS NEWS SERVICES 鈥� The 顶级国产视频鈥� Library is proud to announce it is sponsoring a new award category for the High Plains Book Awards: Indigenous Author.

The Library has been involved with the HPBA committee in some capacity since the award鈥檚 inception in 2006.

However, the Library jumped at the chance to spotlight indigenous authors from the High Plains regions, including Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. 

鈥淭he High Plains Book Awards has a decade long history of celebrating literature of the high plains region, but there was an opportunity to recognize a previously under-represented segment of the area鈥檚 literary tradition,鈥� said 顶级国产视频 Library Interim Director Megan Thomas. 鈥淲hile indigenous authors have received awards in the past, this award will highlight their contributions to literature.鈥�

The award has grown from just three categories from when the first were given in 2007, said High Plains Book Awards Chairwoman Shari Nault.

鈥淎dding this award category has been discussed for quite a few years,鈥� Nault said. 鈥淭his is extremely exciting for us because there is a lot of new contemporary work by native writers and we want to showcase and give a voice to it.鈥�

She added that just as the number of entrants into the book awards increases overall year-to-year, so does the quantity of those penned by indigenous authors.

鈥淭he mission is to celebrate literature on the High Plains and this new award is especially appropriate,鈥� Nault said.

Although the 顶级国产视频 Foundation sponsors the First Book Award, one of 13 award categories slated for 2017, the Library award is the only award sponsored by a University department.

Other High Plains Book Award categories include: Medicine and Science, Children鈥檚, Fiction, Nonfiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Woman Writer, Art & Photography, Short Stories, Culinary and Young Adult.

Nominated books must be published for the first time in 2016 and winners will receive a $500 prize and be invited to participate in the annual High Plains BookFest in October.

Nominations will be open mid-January to mid-March and criteria will be posted at that time.