There are two Coffin Awards: one for fiction and one for nonfiction. (since 2022)
J. Donald & Bertha Coffin Memorial Book Award for Fiction

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J. Donald & Bertha Coffin Memorial Book Award for Nonfiction
The J. Donald Coffin Memorial Book Award was established by Mrs. Bertha Coffin to honor the memory of her husband, a long-time member and officer of KAC, after his death on September 6, 1978. The J. Donald Coffin Award is intended to honor the best published book written by a member of Kansas Authors Club, excluding Kansas history, Kansas memoir, poetry, and children’s books, which have their own contests. Beginning in 2022, this contest provides two awards, one in fiction and one in nonfiction.
 
Coffin Award winning books are donated to the Council Grove Public Library.
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