Nominations for the 2018 Awards will open in mid-January 2018. If you would like to be notified, please use our contact link, and we will add you to the announcement email list.
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Learn MoreThe initial reading of nominated titles is completed with the assistance of our community readers, who provide the initial evaluation of the books.
Learn MoreBrowse through previous High Plains Book Award winners, going back to 2007.
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The Billings Public Library Board has established the High Plains Book Awards to recognize regional literary works which examine and reflect life on the High Plains, including the states of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado and Kansas, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
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