PHILLIP AND DANA ZIMMERMAN GOLD MEDAL PRIZE FOR FLORIDA NONFICTION
Gold: Arlo Haskell (Key West), “The Jews of Key West” (Sand Paper Press)
Silver: Frank Cassell (Sarasota), “Suncoast Empire” (Pineapple Press)
Bronze: Julio Capó Jr., “Welcome to Fairyland” (UNC Press)
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General Fiction
Gold: Laura Lee Smith (Palm Coast), “The Ice House” (Grove Press)
Silver: Elizabeth Sims (Bradenton), “Crimes in a Second Language” (Spruce Park Press)
Bronze: Randy Wayne White (Sanibel), “Mangrove Lightning” (G.P. Putnam Sons)
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General Nonfiction
Gold: Edwidge Danticat (Miami), “The Art of Death” (Graywolf Press)
Silver: D. Bruce Means (Tallahassee), “Diamonds in the Rough” (Tall Timbers Press)
Bronze: Kristine Harper (Tallahassee), “Make it Rain: State Control of the Atmosphere in Twentieth-Century America” (University of Chicago Press)
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Poetry
Gold: Kaveh Akbar (Tallahassee), “Calling a Wolf a Wolf” (Alice James Books)
Silver: Terry Ann Thaxton (Winter Springs), “Mud Song” (Truman State University Press)
Bronze: Michael Hettich (Miami Shores), “The Frozen Harbor” (Red Dragonfly Press) 
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Popular Fiction
Gold: Patricia Gussin (Longboat Key), “Come Home” (Oceanview Publishing)
Silver: Robert Macomber (Pine Island), “An Honorable War” (Pineapple Press)
Bronze: Ward Larsen (Sarasota), “Assassin’s Code” (Forge Books) 
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Spanish Language
Gold: Pedro Medina León (Coral Gables), “Varsovia” (Sudaquia Editores)
SILVER: Carlos García Pandiello (Miami), “Jaspora” (Aduana Vieja Editorial)
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RICHARD E. RICE GOLD MEDAL AWARD FOR VISUAL ARTS
GOLD: Jared Beck (Naples) and Pamela Miner (Fort Myers), “River and Road” (University of Florida Press) 
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Young Adult
Gold: GOLD: Jenny Torres Sanchez (Orlando), “Because of the Sun” (Delacorte Press)
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Cooking
Gold: Norman Van Aken (Miami), “Norman Van Aken’s Florida Kitchen” (University of Florida Press)
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Submissions for the 2017 awards were read by juries of three members, who were nominated by co-sponsoring organizations from across the state. Jurors are authorized to select up to three medalists (one gold winner, one silver runner-up and one bronze medalist) in each of the 11 categories; jurors also are authorized to make no selections in a given year.
The Florida State University Libraries coordinate the Florida Book Awards with assistance from co-sponsors, including the Florida Center for the Book; the State Library and Archives of Florida; the Florida Historical Society; the Florida Humanities Council; the Florida Literary Arts Coalition; the Florida Library Association; the Florida Association for Media in Education; the Center for Literature and Theatre @ Miami Dade College; the Florida Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America; Friends of FSU Libraries; the Florida Writers Association; the Florida Literacy Coalition; and "Just Read, Florida!" |
