Award nominations for 2011

I’m hugely honored that my publishers have nominated two of my works for annual awards this year.

Dad’s Eye View, my book about great kids’ activities in the Twin Cities from Minnesota Historical Society Press, has been nominated for the Minnesota Book Awards. Sponsored by the The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, the Minnesota Book Awards showcases books by Minnesota authors and Minnesota presses; in the past, the finalists have included writers like Anton Treuer, Kevin Kling, Kate DiCamillo, Eleanor Arnason, and Bill Holm–a pretty great group. This year’s finalists will be announced January 29th.

And in a surprising bit of news, my story Open Every Womb has been sent to the Best American Short Stories editors for the 2011 anthology. The competition for inclusion is pretty stiff–there are a lot of great stories published every year, by people like Alice Munro and Ann Beattie. But to even be considered is a great honor–a huge thanks to the folks at Atticus Review!