LITERARY AWARDS

2012 Awards Announcements

WLA Literary Award

This award is for the highest literary achievement by an author with a Wisconsin connection, for a work written in the previous year.

The Art of Fielding

Chad Harbach 

“The Art of Fielding” was selected for the WLA Literary Award for best adult literature. Author Chad Harbach, in his debut novel, examines the lives of 5 people and the ways in which their paths intersect at the fictional Westish College in Wisconsin. Henry Skrimshander is recruited to play baseball there, and when he commits an unlikely error during a game, it seems the lives of several characters begin to spin out of control. Not really about baseball, this story is more about perfection and failure, heartbreak and doubt, and how we find meaning in our lives. These characters will stay with the reader long after the last page.

Notable Authors/Illustrators

Ellen Hunnicutt, author of “Suite for Calliope” and the short stories “In the Music Library,” “Carrot Man” and “The Clearing.”

Anne Powers, writer of historical fiction, including the novels “The Delaware River Man”, “Eleanor: The Passionate Queen", “No King But Caesar", “Ride East, Ride West”, and “The Thousand Fires".

Outstanding Achievement Award

These are Wisconsin authors & illustrators recognized for outstanding achievement for books published in the previous year.

Honored Authors:

Honored Poets: