Library Fellows Program Winning Book Selections Submission Guidelines Current Selection  |  2000-2003 |  1995-1999  |  1990-1994
	1995 A Tale from the Fire by Terry Braunstein The 1995 winner of the Library Fellow's competition was Terry Braunstein, also from California. She created A Tale from the Fire, a book based on the Arabic legend of the Phoenix which uses fire as a metaphor for change. Sold out
	1996 On This Land by Karen Kunc Karen Kunc, an internationally known printmaker from Avoca, Nebraska, was the first prize winner for 1996. In collaboration with a poet-friend, Lenora Castillo, Kunc created a book of woodcuts, On This Land. The book is about the austere beauty of the landscape surrounding the artist, about farmland and open sky and about the gradual acceptance and attachment to a new place. Sold out
	1996 Completing the Circle by Philomena Robinson Also in 1996, the Fellows had the rare opportunity to award a second grant to a newcomer to artist's books, Philomena Robinson. The artist created a freestanding circular book-sculpture, titled Completing the Circle. The text, embellished with watercolor symbols, photographs, papercut and copper embossed designs, is based on an intimate narrative constructed around incidents and memories from her own life. Sold out
	1997 Wild Cranes by Jo Going In 1997, Jo Going, an artist from Alaska, won the Library Fellows competition with a proposal for a book of poetry and art entitled Wild Cranes. Wild Cranes celebrates the royal birds of the unbound wilderness known for their loud trumpeting call and longevity. The work ponders the majesty of the Alaskan landscape and contemplates the relationship between humans and the land that inspires spiritual renewal. Available: $112.50. Go to Shop.
	1998 Shadow Play by Ann Kresge Shadow Play by Ann Kresge, the 1998 Library Fellows award-winner, has been inspired by the Indonesian shadow puppet theater. This imaginative and unusual artist's book incorporates a "stage," and a set of six paper puppets. An accordion booklet introduces the characters and stories adapted from Indian mythology, and provides "directions" for assembling and interacting with the book. Shadow Play invites the reader to participate in the creation of his/her own story and to assume the role of a Javanese "Dalang," the puppeteer, who brings the characters to life by telling tales through movement and verse. Available: $400.00. Go to Shop.
	1999 The Diary of a Sparrow by Kazuko Watanabe The Diary of a Sparrow, Kazuko Watanabe's moving interpretation of her grandfather's diary is the 1999 Library Fellows winner. The artist calls her creation, "a colorful story, not of captains and kings but of farmers and merchants; of humble origins; of labor; of gentle lives tossed by the upheavals of great wars and the accelerating advancement of civilization. It is a history of the tragedy of loss and the joy of fulfillment." Watanabe translated the manuscript from archaic Japanese into English and used the beautifully executed brush-stroke characters as a background for the hand-printed English text. Vivid and overflowing with haunting memories, the book may be read in the traditional manner or may be viewed as a three-dimensional book- sculpture, standing much like a replica of a small house with each of its rooms painted a different color. The book includes fourteen multiple-plate color etchings. Sold out

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