The Silver City Public Library congratulates winners and finalists of the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, an annual contest held by the New Mexico Book Co-op. Several Grant County authors were award winners or finalists! View the lists of winners and finalists, along with lists from previous years, on the award website here. Take a look at which award winners we have in the library collection here.
The number of entries for the 2021 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards was up 64.2% over 2020 and 1,676 books were judged. Judges this year came from all over the country and were teachers, librarians, book reviewers, historians, archeologists, and avid readers. All books were judged by at least three judges. Every book that received an average score of at least 80% was selected as a finalist, and 68 books were selected as winners based on the highest average scores in each category.
