1999 WESTERN STATES BOOK AWARD WINNERS

POETRY
Primus St. John Communion Copper Canyon Press
FICTION
Lawrence Coates The Blossom Festival University of Nevada Press
CREATIVE NON FICTION
William deBuys Salt Dreams University of New Mexico Press
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Simon Ortiz as exemplified in Men on the Moon University of Arizona Press

Western States Book Awards 1999 Short List

FICTION
Lawrence Coates, The Blossom Festival, University of Nevada Press
Susan Vreeland, Girl in Hyacinth Blue, MacMurray & Beck
Catherine Brady, The End of the Class War, Calyx Inc.

CREATIVE NONFICTION
William DeBuys, Salt Dreams, University of New Mexico Press

POETRY
Primus St. John, Communion, Copper Canyon Press
Jane Miller, Wherever You Lay Your Head, Copper Canyon Press
Truong Tran, Placing the Accents, Apogee Press

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Simon Ortiz, as exemplified this year by his collection of stories Men on the Moon, University of Arizona Press.