2020 Award Winners

Take a look at the awards our books have won and been finalists for in 2020.

December 28, 2020

This past year has been filled with challenges, but it hasn't been without its silver linings. During 2020 thirteen of our titles were recognized by various book award competitions, and we couldn't be more proud.

Just a few highlights include The Big Thaw taking home four different awards this year, Raven's Witness winning both the Mountain Literature prize and Grand Prize in this year's Banff Mountain Book Competition, and two of our books winning National Outdoor Book Awards with a third receiving an honorable mention.

Here is the complete list of Mountaineers Books titles that won and were finalists for awards this year:

The Big Thaw: Ancient Carbon, Modern Science, and a Race to Save the World
By Eric Scigliano with Photography by Chris Linder

Grand Prize & Gold Ecology/Environment Winner
Nautilus Book Awards
Gold Environment/Ecology Winner
Independent Publisher Book Awards
Nonfiction Winner
Washington State Book Awards
Ecology/Environment Honorable Mention
Foreword Indies Book the Year Awards

We Are Puget Sound: Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea

Silver Ecology/Environment Winner
Nautilus Book Awards
Gold West Pacific Regional Nonfiction Winner
Independent Publisher Book Awards
Regional Finalist
Foreword Indies Book the Year Awards

The Salmon Way: An Alaska State of Mind
By Amy Gulick

Silver Animals/Nature Winner
Nautilus Book Awards
Silver West Pacific Regional Nonfiction Winner
Independent Publisher Book Awards
Silver Nature Winner
Foreword Indies Book the Year Awards