BATH – Maine Writers AND Publishers Alliance has announced the winners of the 2007 Maine Literary Awards. Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5, at the University of Southern Maine’s Glickman Family Library in Portland.

Winners are as follows:

Book awards

Fiction: “The Greatest Man in Cedar Hole,” Stephanie Doyon.

Nonfiction: “I Remember Running,” Darcy Wakefield; honorable mentions, “Finding Amy,” Joseph K. Loughlin and Kate Clark Flora; “Big Box Swindle,” Stacy Mitchell; and “Continental Liar,” Neil Rolde.

Poetry: “The Burning of Troy,” Richard Foerster; honorable mentions, “The Knot,” Bruce Spang; “A Chill I Understand,” Preston Hood; and “Ocean Drinker,” Carl Little.

Best Maine Theme: “The Road Washes Out in Spring,” Baron Wormser; honorable mentions, “A Maine Artist’s Garden Journal,” Loretta Krupinski, and “A Soldier’s Son,” John E. Hodgkins.

Self-Published: “Harbor Journal,” published by Sarah Sherman McGrail at Cozy Harbor Press; honorable mention, “Heart Song and Other Legacies,” Linda Buckmaster.

Children’s/Young Adult: “Rules,” Cynthia Lord; honorable mentions, “Grandma Drove the Garbage Truck,” Katie Clark; “The Very Best Bed,” Rebekah Raye.

Individual awards

Unpublished Adult Fiction: “Backstroke,” Jewel Hanley; honorable mentions, “A Woman Like That,” Jennifer Keen; “Keeled Up with My Brains All Over East Jesus,” Nick Seagers; and “The Last Time They Slept Together,” Kaley Noonan.

Nonfiction: “Duncan’s Rising,” Gail Kezer Lowe; honorable mention, “When Poco Came to Play,” Thomas Froncek.

Poetry: “Not Me,” Gail Kezer Lowe; honorable mention, “Mother and Child,” Lindsay Knapp.

Drama/Screenplay: “The Poorly-Written Play Festival: Just Possibly the Worst One-Act Play Ever Written,” Carolyn Gage.

Unpublished Youth Fiction: “The Shoes,” Kate Sheridan; honorable mention, “My Uncle Gitera,” Allison Brusie.

Nonfiction: “Serving the Elderly,” Raquelle Rinfret; honorable mention, “Sage,” Emma Deans.

Poetry: “To Thine Own Self Be True,” Kirsten Lie-Nielsen.