WRITERS' LEAGUE OF TEXAS
formerly the Austin Writers' League
2003 Awards
2003 Finalists & Winners
Violet Crown and Teddy Children's Book Awards
(Check out the 2002 Finalists and Winners)
VIOLET CROWN BOOK AWARD
Fiction
Isle of Misfortune, Geoffrey Leavenworth fromAustin, TX
The Box Children, Sharon Wyse from Brooklyn, NY
Sleep Toward Heaven, Amanda Eyre Ward
from Waterville, ME (formerly Austin, TX) (WINNER!)
Nonfiction
Kings of Texas: The 150-Year Saga of an American Ranching Empire,
Don Graham from Austin, TX
City on Fire: The Forgotten Disaster That Devasted a Town and Ignited
a Landmark Legal Battle, Bill Minutaglio from Austin, TX
Growing Up Simple . . . in Texas: An Irreverent Look at Kids
in the 1950s, George Arnold from Fredricksburg,
TX (WINNER!)
Literary
Songs for a Single String, Jesús Gardea, translated by
Robert L. Giron from Arlington, VA
I Am Not the Woman I Was, Frances Nail from Austin, TX
Harm, Miles Wilson from San Marcos,
TX (WINNER!)
TEDDY CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD
The Alley Cat’s Meow, Kathi
Appelt from College Station, TX
Dancing in the Streets of Brooklyn, April Lurie from Round Rock,
TX
The Puppeteer’s Apprentice, D.
Anne Love from Austin, TX (WINNER!)
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