Colorado Book Awards

What

An annual program that celebrates the accomplishments of Colorado's outstanding authors, editors, illustrators, and photographers. Awards are presented in at least ten categories including anthology/collection, biography, children's, creative nonfiction, fiction, history, nonfiction, pictorial, poetry, and young adult.

Why

Celebrate books and their creators and promote them to readers.

Where

The 2013 award event will be held June 21, 2013 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Aspen Summer Words Literary Festival in Aspen.

Who

To be eligible for a Colorado Book Award, a primary contributor to the book must be a Colorado writer, editor, illustrator, or photographer. Current Colorado residents are eligible, as are individuals engaged in ongoing literary work in the state and authors whose personal history, identity, or literary work reflect a strong Colorado influence. Authors not currently Colorado residents who feel their work is inspired by or connected to Colorado should submit a letter with his/her entry describing the connection.

How Much

Entrants pay an application fee with their nomination form. Attendees to the award event (other than selectors, judges, finalists and winners) purchase tickets.

When

The deadline for the 2013 Colorado Book Awards for books published in 2012 was December 31, 2012.

The winners will be announced at the Colorado Book Awards Ceremony, June 21st at 1:00 p.m. at the Doerr-Hoosier Conference Center, Aspen Meadows, Aspen, at the culminating event of Aspen Summer Words Literary Festival. If you would like to attend, please download the reservation form. Tickets are $10 in advance, $20 at the door.

2013 Colorado Book Awards reservation form

We will start accepting submissions for the 2014 Colorado Book Awards in early summer. Please check back for details.

For more information contact Christine Goff, 303.894.7951 x21, Fax 303.864.9361, goff@coloradohumanities.org

Outskirts Press and Vectra Bank are proud sponsors of the Colorado Book Awards.