Last year, Stephanie Black educated us all on The Whitney Awards--an academy that was developed to recognize excellence in literary achievement by LDS writers. The name for the Whitney Awards comes from Orson F. Whitney, who once said, "We will yet have Miltons and Shakespeares of our own."
On Saturday, March 23, 2008, the award gala was held at the CottonTree Inn in Sandy Utah. During the event, three bloggers documented the event live.
You can read about the event as it unfolded here.
The 2007 Whitney Award winners were:
Michele Paige Holmes (Counting Stars)--Best Romance
Shannon Hale (Book of a Thousand Days)--Best Speculative
Brandon Mull (Fablehaven 2)--Best Childrens/YA
Josi Kilpack (Sheep's Clothing)--Best Suspense
H.B. Moore (Out of Jerusalem, vol. 4: Land of Inheritance)--Best Historical
Jessica Day George (Dragon Slippers)--Best New Author
Coke Newell (On the Road to Heaven)--Best Novel of the Year
Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to:
Anita Stanisfield
Dean Hughes
Jennie Hansen
Most of these books (or authors) have been reviewed on this site. I've read all of the Whitney Award winning books and highly recommend each one.
4 comments:
And a blogspot, TOO?! You ladies are . . . words fail me! (Something like "fantabulous" or "splendiferous" if those were real words.) I'll be here for HOURS now! If I never find time to write another book in my whole life, I hereby blame you. :)
What a joy to finally meet you and put names to faces -- and beautiful faces at that! I tried to tell you this last Saturday, but THANK YOU for all you do for our market. You and the Whitneys -- doesn't get any better than that!
Thanks Heather for letting us know about the winners of the Whitney awards. It was fun to read the blog about the evening.
Kerry,
I certainly wish we could claim this blogspot! Jennifer does a great job here! But, alas, we aren't the best bloggers in the world, though we definitely enjoy podcasting :). It was so great to meet you on Saturday and you really did look absolutely gorgeous!
Shanda :)
BTW- I think I did see a photo on the blog of Dean Hughes giving you a hug. Hope they got you a copy!
Thanks Shanda. I may have started this blog but it wouldn't be much without all the contributors. Thanks everyone.
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