The Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America by Liz Carlisle (Gotham Books) has won the 2015 Montana Book Award, which recognizes "literary and/or artistic excellence in a book written or illustrated by someone who lives in Montana, is set in Montana, or deals with Montana themes or issues."
Lentil Underground was cited for telling "the inspiring story of David Oien and other Montana organic farmers who work with heirloom seeds and biologically diverse farm systems. Under the brand Timeless Natural Food, their unique business movement has grown into a milliondollar enterprise."
Four honor books were also chosen:
Black River by S.M. Hulse (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Crossing the Plains with Bruno by Annick Smith (Trinity University Press)
Hawthorn: The Tree that has Nourished, Healed, and Inspired through the Ages by Bill Vaughn (Yale University Press)
Tunnel Vision by Susan Adrain (St. Martins/Griffin)
Presentations and a reception with the winning authors will take place on April 6 during the Montana Library Association Conference in Missoula. In addition, Ivan Doig will be remembered and honored.
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The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has announced the nominees for the 2015 Nebula Awards, the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation and the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy. See the full lists here.
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Shortlists for the Lukas Book Prize Project Awards, which include the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize and the Mark Lynton History Prize, can be seen here. This is the first time that shortlists have been announced for the Lukas Prizes. Winners will be announced March 30 and presented May 10. The awards are sponsored by the Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.