Florida Nonfiction

Florida Nonfiction includes Florida history, biography, autobiography, or memoir. Authors need not be current Florida residents; book's content must primarily focus on Florida.

The Phillip and Dana Zimmerman Gold Medal Prize for Florida Nonfiction provides a $1,000 prize for the Gold Medal Winner of this category and serves as a tribute to the donor’s parents, Phillip and Dana Zimmerman, recognizing their deep roots in Florida and their love of Florida’s rich history and culture.

2021

Book cover for The Nine Lives of Florida's Famous Key Marco Cat
By: Austin J. Bell
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
Book cover for Father James Page: An Enslaved Preacher's Climb To Freedom
By: Larry Eugene Rivers
Silver
Category: Florida Nonfiction

2020

Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock
By: Michael Ray FitzGerald
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
The Governors of Florida
By: R. Boyd Murphree, By: Robert A. Taylor
 Gold
Category: Florida Nonfiction

2019

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By: Triay, Victor Andres
 Gold
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
Hometown: Middletown, Connecticut
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By: Nelson, David J.
Silver
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
Hometown: Gainesville
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By: Dunn, John M.
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
Hometown: Ocala

2018

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By: Horovitz, Bruce
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Ross, Jim (Editor)
Silver
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: King, Gilbert
 Gold
Category: Florida Nonfiction
Riverhead Books

2017

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By: Cassell, Frank
Silver
Category: Florida Nonfiction
Pineapple
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By: Haskell, Arlo
 Gold
Category: Florida Nonfiction
Sand Paper Press
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By: Capó, Julio, Jr.
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
UNC Press

2016

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By: Jourard, Marty
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Bush, Gregory W.
Silver
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Pittman, Craig
 Gold
Category: Florida Nonfiction
St. Martin’s Press

2015

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By: Hobbs, Tameka Bradley
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Parks, Arva M.
Silver
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Cerulean, Susan
 Gold
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University of Georgia Press

2014

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By: Graham, Thomas
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Belleville, Bill
Silver
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Balsera, Viviana Díaz , By: May, Rachel A.
 Gold
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida

2013

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By: Millett, Nathaniel
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Schafer, Daniel L.
Silver
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Knight, Henry
 Gold
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida

2012

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By: Rivers, Larry Eugene
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University of Illinois Press
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By: Pittman, Craig
Silver
Category: Florida Nonfiction
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By: King, Gilbert
 Gold
Category: Florida Nonfiction
HarperCollins

2011

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By: Dyckman, Martin A.
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Moylan, Virginia Lynn
Silver
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: McKeen, William
 Gold
Category: Florida Nonfiction
Crown

2010

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By: White, Randy Wayne , By: Brennen, Carlene Fredericka
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Lillios, Anna
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Vickers, Lu
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Pleasants, Julian M. , By: Kersey, Harry A.
Silver
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University of Nebraska Press
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By: Tolbert, Margaret Ross
 Gold
Category: Florida Nonfiction
Fidelity

2009

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By: Davis, Jace E.
 Gold
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University of Georgia Press
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By: Ward, Carlton Jr.
Silver
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Turrell, Todd T.
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
Turrell, Hall & Associates

2008

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By: Turner, Greg
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Klinkenberg, Jeff
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Hurst, Rodney
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
WingSpan Press
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By: Stuart, John , By: Stack, John
Silver
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Bean, Shawn
 Gold
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida

2007

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By: Green, Elna
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University of South Carolina Press
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By: Cauthen, Sudye
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University of Georgia Press
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By: Hunt, Bruce
Silver
Category: Florida Nonfiction
Westcliffe
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By: Barnett, Cynthia
 Gold
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University of Michigan Press

2006

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By: Grunwald, Michael
 Gold
Category: Florida Nonfiction
Simon And Schuster
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By: Marshall, J. Stanley
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
Sentry
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By: Dyckman, Martin A.
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Belleville, Bill
Bronze
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida
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By: Murphree, Daniel S.
Silver
Category: Florida Nonfiction
University Press of Florida