The top books in Arizona were revealed May 10, 2008, at a gala Glyph Awards Banquet at the Phoenix Country Club. The Best Book went to Conrad Storad’s Meerkats, published by Lerner Publications Company.

Winners earn a Glyph Award, just as Oscar Awards are given to Academy Award Winners.

Congratulations to these Glyph Award Winners!:

Glyph Winner - Best Book – Meerkats - Lerner Publications Company

Glyph Winner - Embodying Arizona - Blue Turquoise, White Shell - Treble Heart Books

Glyph Winner - Art/Music/Photography - Bruce Aiken’s Grand Canyon - Grand Canyon Association

Glyph Winner - Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs - Nathan Bedford Forrest: In Search of the Enigma - Pelican Publishing

Glyph Winner - Best Cover Design—Adult - Fire Prayer - Poisoned Pen Press

Glyph Winner - Best Cover Design—Children/Young Adult - The Student From Zombie Island: Conquering the Rumor Monster - Five Star Publications, Inc.

Glyph Winner - Best First Book by New Publisher - American Art Parades -American Art Parades, LLC

Glyph Winner - Best Interior Design - Monumental Places - Arizona Highways

Glyph Winner - Business/Career - Press Releases Are Not A PR Strategy - VandeVrede Public Relations, LLC

Glyph Winner - Children—Fiction - Condor Spirit of the Canyon - Grand Canyon Association

Glyph Winner - Children—Nonfiction - Meerkats - Lerner Publications Company

Glyph Winner - Coffee Table, Large Format - Historic Photos of Phoenix - Turner Publishing

Glyph Winner - Education/Teaching/Academic - A Love For Learning - Great Potential Press

Glyph Winner - Gardening/Agriculture - Desert Water Gardening for Beginners - Arizona Master Gardener Press

Glyph Winner - Gay/Lesbian - Pelo Vaso Traseiro: Sodomy and Sodomites - Wheatmark, Inc.

Glyph Winner - Gift Book - Life to the Max: Maxims for a Great Life by a Dog Named Max - Nice Creative

Glyph Winner - Health/Wellness/Nutrition - The Advanced Mediterranean Diet: Lose Weight, Feel Better, Live Longer - Vanguard Press

Glyph Winner - History/Political - Massacre at Camp Grant - University of Arizona Press

Glyph Winner - Humor/Comedy/Satire - Doodlebug Island - Acacia Publishing

Glyph Winner - Juvenile/Young Adult—Fiction - Toquop, The Warrior Stallion - Cowboy Miner Productions

Glyph Winner - Juvenile/Young Adult—Nonfiction - The American Muslim Teenager’s Handbook - Acacia Publishing

Glyph Winner - Multicultural - Blue Turquoise, White Shell - Treble Heart Books

Glyph Winner - Mystery/Suspense - The Drop Edge of Yonder - Poisoned Pen Press

Glyph Winner - Nature/Environment - Condors in Canyon Country - Grand Canyon Association

Glyph Winner - Parenting/Family Issues - Infinity & Zebra Stripes - Great Potential Press

Glyph Winner - Poetry/Literary Criticism - I Swallow Turquoise for Courage - University of Arizona Press

Glyph Winner - Popular Fiction - Blue Turquoise, White Shell - Treble Heart Books

Glyph Winner - Psychology/Self-Help - 10 Steps To Take Charge of Your Emotional Life - Hay House, Inc.

Glyph Winner - Recreation/Sports - Fly Fishing Montana - No Nonsense Fly Fishing Guides/Fisher Co.

Glyph Winner - Regional - The Rock Art of Arizona - Kiva Publishing

Glyph Winner - Religion/Spirituality - Judas: The Gospel of Betrayal - AuthorHouse

Glyph Winner - Science/Environment - Design for Water - New Society Publishers

Glyph Winner - Travel - The Back Roads - Arizona Highways - Special Awards

MOST VALUABLE PERSON - 2008 Outstanding ABPA Member - Pamela Waterman - The Discovery Box

EXCELLENCE IN PUBLISHING - Arizona Highways - Bob Albano, Editor - Finalists (formerly known as Honorable Mention)

Finalist - Art/Music/Photography - Monumental Places - Arizona Highways

Finalist - Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs - Gilbert Ortega the Story of the Man Behind the Name - Gilbert Ortega Family Publications

Finalist - Best Book - Infinity & Zebra Stripes - Great Potential Press

Finalist - Best Book - Press Releases Are Not A PR Strategy - VandeVrede Public Relations, LLC

Finalist - Best Cover Design—Adult - Homily Grits and All the Fixin’s - Wheatmark, Inc.

Finalist - Best Cover Design—Adult - Desert Water Gardening - Arizona Master Gardener Press

Finalist - Best First Book by New Publisher - Hikernut’s Grand Canyon Companion - A Sense of Nature

Finalist - Business/Career - Gilbert Ortega the Story of the Man Behind the Name - Gilbert Ortega Family Publications

Finalist - Children—Fiction - Stone Pizza - The RGU Group

Finalist - Children—Nonfiction - Earth’s Crust - Lerner Publications Company

Finalist - Education/Teaching/Academic - Science Giants: Physical Science - Goodyear Books/Fisher Co.

Finalist - Embodying Arizona - Condor Spirit of the Canyon - Grand Canyon Association

Finalist - Embodying Arizona - Gilbert Ortega the Story of the Man Behind the Name - Gilbert Ortega Family Publications

Finalist - Gardening/Agriculture -¿Conoces tu Agua Arizona? - University of Arizona

Finalist - Gift Book - Chew on Things - It Helps You Think - Creative Bookworm Press

Finalist - Health/Wellness/Nutrition - Turnover - Acacia Publishing

Finalist - History/Political - Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico - Grand Canyon Association

Finalist - Humor/Comedy/Satire - Life in the Fast Brain - Great Potential Press

Finalist - Multicultural - The American Muslim Teenager’s Handbook - Acacia Publishing

Finalist - Mystery/Suspense - Noble Lies - Poisoned Pen Press

Finalist - Nature/Environment - Time of Grace - University of Arizona Press

Finalist - Parenting/Family Issues Tiny Toes - Twin Peas, LLC

Finalist - Poetry/Literary Criticism - The Wind Shifts - University of Arizona Press

Finalist - Popular Fiction - Down to a Sunless Sea - Wheatmark, Inc.

Finalist - Psychology/Self-Help - Chew on Things - It Helps You Think - Creative Bookworm Press

Finalist - Recreation/Sports - Hikernut’s Grand Canyon Companion - A Sense of Nature

Finalist - Regional - Crossing the Yard - University of Arizona Press 

Finalist - Religion/Spirituality - The Sedona Gardens of Saint John Vianney - Zitro

Finalist - Science/Environment - A Consumer’s Guide to MEMS & Nanotechnology - Bourne Research, LLC

Finalist - Travel - Hikernut’s Grand Canyon Companion - A Sense of Nature

Courtesy: Arizona Book Publishing Association, USA

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