Margaret Aldrich and Michelle Filkins co-edited "Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Spaces," which won a 2025 Minnesota Book Award. Filkins is a librarian at Metro State University in St. Paul, Minnesota. The anthology was published by Spout Press, for which Filkins is a founding editor.
The Minnesota Book Awards require 54 dedicated judges to read and review submissions. Judges are sought from across the state of Minnesota to reflect a variety of professional credentials, educational backgrounds, lived experiences, ethnicities, ages, and genders. Preliminary Round judges receive a $750 stipend for their efforts, while Final Round judges receive $500. Applications are due by September 15.
The Friends of the Saint Paul Publc Library is pleased to announce finalists in all nine categories for the 29th Annual Minnesota Book Awards, presented this year by sponsor Education Minnesota.
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