2011 Southern Independent Book Award Winners Announced

Posted on July 6, 2011

The winners of the 2011 Southern Independent Book Awards have been announced. The awards honor southern writing in six categories. Here is a list of the winners.

• Children's: Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine (Puffin Books)
• Cooking: Southern My Way by Gena Knox (Gena Knox Media, LLC)
• Fiction: Burning Bright by Ron Rash (Ecco Press)
• Nonfiction: The Blueberry Years by Jim Minick (Thomas Dunne Books)
• Poetry: A House of Branches by Janisse Ray (Wind Publications)
• Young Adult: Countdown by Deborah Wiles (Scholastic)

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