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Past Annual Members' Exhbition Award Winners

2011 and 2012: No Awards Given


2013

Excellence in Book Design: Arini Esarey, Go By Wood, pg 17

Collins Library Award: Elliot Press, Pacific Lutheran University, A Strange Case of Alchemical Munificence, pg 16

Curator’s Choice: Lynne Knopp, Trilogy of Hope: on the horns of a dilemma, pg 36


2014

Excellence in Book Design: Lucia Harrison, Old Growth: Beneath the Forest Floor, pg 14

Collins Library Award: Laura Russell, Anything Helps, pg 25

Curator’s Choice: Mari Eckstein Gower, Alchemist Lunchbox, pg 11


2015

Excellence In Book Design: Mari Eckstein Gower, Circle or Zero, pg 10

Collins Library Award: Gabby Cooksey, Monsters and Beasts, pg 6

Curator’s Choice: Lynn Skordel, "letting go", pg 19


2016

Excellence in Book Design: Carletta Carrington Wilson, Georgie and Bitty's Quarters, pg 61

Collins Library Award: Bonnie Thompson Norman, Ballot BOX, pg 57

Curator’s Choice: Dorothy McCuiston, Backyard, pg 38


2017: Northwest Musings

Excellence in Book Design: Suze Woolf, Lingua Larvae (The Language of Grubs), pg 14

Collins Library Award: MalPina Chan, 46.69°N 121.74°W, pg 3

Curator’s Choice: Pat Chupa, Thuja Pilcata, Pg 3


2018

Excellence in Book Design: Isabel Dufy, unpacking, pg 21

Collins Library Award: Bonnie Halfpenny, With a Compass, Without a Map, pg 26

Curator’s Choice: Jan Ward, Illuminating Taraxacum officinales, pg 54


2019: Reflections on Accomplishments

Technical Skill: Laura Russell, Take Me, I'm Yours, pg 25

Imagery: Mari Eckstein Gower, Rabbit, pg 12

Image: Mary Preston, Zane, A Fable, pg 24

Emotional Response: Nancy Brones, Tea in June, pg 6


2020: No Exhibition


2021: No Awards Given


2022: Peaks and Valleys

Excellence in Book Design: Kim Izenman, Grief, pg 17

Curator’s Choice: Ray Zill, Peaks and Valleys, pg 34

People’s Choice: Dorothy McCuiston, Letter to Crow, pg 20


2023: Collaboration

Excellence in Book Design: Alicia Bailey, Evanesco: a selection of beleaguered frogs, pg 5

Collaborative Project: Laurel Moorhead, Wish You Were Here, A Collaborative Project, pg 27

Innovation: Suze Woolf, Bark Beetle Book Volume XXXIX: What the Beetles Sang, Pg 47

Original Writing: Carrie L. Larson, Palette for a Changed Climate, pg 23 


2024: Time Travel

Excellence in Book Design: Susan Aurand, Time Travel, pg 9

Thematic Excellence: Jan Ward, Rosita’s Guide to Time Travel, pg 57

Most Original Structure: Denise Stephenson, Steps Through Time, pg 50

First Time Entry: Marlis Hanson, Without Words/91, pg 24

Most Original Writing: Abbie Birmingham, The Scablands—Stories from the High Desert, pg 12


2025: Field Work

Expression of Theme: LeeAnn Campos, TRABAJAR LOS CAMPOS (to work the fields), pg 7

Innovation in Form: Belinda Hill, Essential, pg 16 and Anna Moore, Retreat, pg 22

Thoughtful Use of Traditional Book Form: Gabby Cooksey, Tarot for the Misguided, pg 10 and Kat Gower, Edinburgh 2013, pg 14

Emotional Response: Jan Dove, Ghost Tree, pg 11

Exemplary Craft: Lucia Harrison, A Seasonal Companion, pg 15




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We also encourage you to view the presentation of Amber Hayward and Paige Pettibon of the Puyallup Tribal Language Program, joined by Jessica Spring, local printer, that is available from our YouTube Channel.  

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