Not one, but two Wisconsin writers are finalists in the 2015 USA Best Book Awards.
Kathleen Ernst’s A Settler’s Year: Pioneer Life Through the Seasons
and Jerry Apps’ Wisconsin Agriculture: A History ,
both published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press, are two of six finalists for this award in the U.S. History category.
Kathleen and Jerry are both former winners of multiple CWW awards for their writing. Read about them and the rules for awards contests for work published in 2015 at http://www.wiswriters.org/awards.htm. Entries are being accepted until Feb. 1, 2016.
bbetty says
There are also several Wisconsin writers that made it into the finalist category. They were included in an anthology called, Shifts.
jhayslett says
Wonderful! If you have access to and can send me their names and works that were recognized, I would love to include them in a blog post. Thanks!