The University of New Mexico Press and its authors have enjoyed the many awards and accolades they've received this season, and good news keeps coming.
The Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers has honored Cherokee author Deborah Duvall and her illustrator husband, Murv Jacob, for their Cherokee folktales in the Grandmother Stories Series. Jacob won the 2005 Award for Illustration for Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting and DuVall won the 2005 Award for Writing from the Wordcraft Circle for Rabbit and the Bears. The couple lives in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Albuquerque author Rudolfo Anaya has received special recognition from the judges of the 2005 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People for his holiday story, The Santero's Miracle. Every year, the Paterson Prize panel chooses five to ten books as worthy of honor and special recognition in the competition sponsored by The Poetry Center at Passiac County Community College.
Also, The Santero's Miracle was short-listed for the Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature from the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs as one of six books on their "Americas Commended List." The Américas Award is given in recognition of works of fiction, poetry, folklore, and picture books that portray Latin American life in the United States. The Santero's Miracle was among nine books chosen for commendation.
The Grandmother Stories series and books by Rudolfo Anaya are available at bookstores or directly from the University of New Mexico Press. To order, please call 800-249-7737 or visit www.unmpress.com.
Contact: Amanda Sutton, (505) 277-0655