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Previous Award Recipients
Literary Nonfiction Award
| Award Year |
Winning Book and Author/Illustrator |
| 2011 | The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival Author: John Vaillant |
| 2010 | Crow Planet, Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness Author: Lyanda Lynn Haupt |
| 2009 | American Buffalo Author: Steven Rinella |
| 2008 | The Animal Dialogues Author: Craig Childs |
| 2007 |
Being Caribou, Five Months on Foot with an Artic Herd Author: Karsten Heuer |
| 2006 |
Where Mountains are Nameless, Passion and Politics in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge Author: Jonathan Waterman |
| 2005 |
A Place between the Tides Author: Harry Thurston |
| 2004 |
The Living Great Lakes Jerry Dennis |
| 2003 |
2030: Confronting Thermageddon in Our Lifetime Robert Hunter |
| 2002 |
Tinkering with Eden Kim Todd |
| 2001 |
Hope is the thing with Feathers Christopher Cokinos |
| 2000 | Holdfast Kathleen Dean Moore |
| 1999 |
Northern Passages Michael Van Stappen |
| 1998 |
Heart and Blood Richard Nelson |
| 1997 |
The Tree Farm Robert Treuer |
| 1996 |
The Northern Forest David Dobbs and Richard Ober |
| 1994 |
Brother Wolf Jim Brandenberg |
| 1992 |
Open Spaces Jim dale Vickery |
Children's Writing Award
In 2004, the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute broadened the focus of the writing award by developing a complementary Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award for Children's Literature. Recipients of the award, both authors and illustrators, have traveled to Northland College to accept their awards and interact with students at the college and local elementary schools.
| Award Year | Winning Book and Author/Illustrator |
| 2010 |
Cycle of Rice, Cycle of Life: A story of sustainable farming Author: Jan Renolds |
| 2009 |
The Blind Faith Hotel Author: Pamela Todd |
| 2008 | One Well: The Story of Water on Earth Author: Rochelle Strauss Illustrator: Rosemary Wood |
| 2007 | The Birdman Author: Veronika Martenova Charles Illustrator:Annouchka Gravel Galouchko and Stephan Daigle |
| 2006 | Leave Only Ripples, A Canoe Country Sketchbook Author: Consie Powell |
| 2005 | The Boy Who Drew Birds Author: Jacqueline Davies Illustrator: Melissa Sweet |
| 2004 | Isabel's House of Butterflies Author: Tony Johnston Illustrator: Susan Guevara |
