has been named a winner in the History-General category. The 30th annual Midwest Book Awards winners were announced on Saturday, June 27, during a . The awards program, organized by the , recognizes quality in independent publishing in the Midwest.
鈥淭hrough its ,鈥 notes Executive Director , 鈥淎ugustana has the distinction of being the only university in South Dakota to have a continuously operating academic press. For more than forty years, the center has been the publisher of books of enduring value about the region surrounding Augustana, with titles in anthropology, geography, history, business, agriculture, the military, the courts, and the performing and visual arts.鈥
Edited by founding president of the , 鈥淭he Interior Borderlands鈥 explores questions of geographical and cultural significance to the Midwest and Great Plains. The book is a collection of 20 essays plus a preface, 鈥淲est from Here,鈥 and introduction, 鈥淐rossing the Line: In Search of the Midwest/Great Plains Borderlands鈥 by Thompson and Lauck, respectively. Lauck is also editor of the journal Middle West Review.
Contributors teach at colleges and universities in California, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin and France. Two of the essays are by Augustana Professors Dr. Debbie Hanson, department of English and journalism, and , department of history.
The 2020 Midwest Book Awards was open to books published and copyrighted in 2019 in MiPA鈥檚 12-state Midwestern region: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. This year鈥檚 competition garnered 221 entries in 31 categories, which were judged by a panel of 99 librarians and booksellers from every state in the Midwestern region. John Wunder of the University of Nebraska, calls this book 鈥渟pecial鈥 and notes that it 鈥渞ivals any and all other North American regional writings. Don鈥檛 miss it!鈥 Western historian Richard W. Etulain says this collection 鈥減rovides another notable contribution to our burgeoning understanding of the American Midwest鈥 and is 鈥渁 strong source for all readers.鈥
果冻传媒 the Center for Western Studies
Founded by English professor and writer-in-residence Herbert Krause in 1964 and officially established by the Augustana Board of Trustees in 1970, the Center for Western Studies is celebrating its 50th year in 2020. It is one of the earliest regional studies centers in America. Today, in addition to research and publishing, the Center is the sponsor of the Boe Forum on Public Affairs, Dakota Conference on the Northern Plains, and Artists of the Plains.
果冻传媒 the Midwest Book Awards
Midwest Book Award winners are typically announced every year in Minneapolis at the awards gala, but observing the travel restrictions caused by COVID-19, the Midwest Independent Publishers Association (MiPA) hosted a free online watch party on Facebook. The Midwest Book Awards, which began in 1989, is organized by the Midwest Independent Publishers Association. Founded in 1984, MiPA exists today as a vibrant professional nonprofit association that serves the Midwest independent publishing community through education, networking, and peer recognition. For a complete list of finalists, visit . Follow on Facebook.