The early ’90s might not seem that long ago to some of us, but it’s been thirty years since America launched the Hubble telescope,
Terminator 2 topped the box office, and C&C Music Factory was insisting it was “Gonna Make You Sweat,” much to the delight of every cardio class since. And it was in this fertile ground that the seeds for the Colorado Book Awards were planted.
In the years since, Coloradans have been invited to partake in an annual celebration of local literature, whether that means a book set in our state or one written by a writer who calls Colorado home.