California and Northern California Book Award Finalists Announced!

The California Book Award finalists have been announced! In Poetry, for books all published in 2017, they include:

Poetry
Heaven Is All Goodbyes, Tongo Eisen-Martin
Holy Ghost, David Brazil
I Love It Though, Alli Warren
Invocation to Daughters, Barbara Jane Reyes
Tony Greene Era, Kevin Killian

Marke B., publisher of 48 Hills, also brings our attention to the Northern California Book Awards, "the scrappier more locally-minded of the two, presented by the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association every spring." Those finalists, and the winner (in bold), are below:

Poetry
Body, in Good Light, Erin Rodoni, Sixteen Rivers 
Daydream, Jean Day, Litmus Press 
Silk Poems, Jen Bervin, Nightboat 
Heaven is all Goodbyes, Tongo Eisen-Martin, City Lights 
There You Are, Joanne Kyger, Wave Books

Congrats to all! More info here.