2020 Medalists

Congratulations and sincere thanks to the independent authors and publishers who participated in our 24th annual, 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards contest.

OUTSTANDING BOOKS OF THE YEAR

These medalists were chosen from our regular entries for exemplifying this daring spirit — the book projects our judges found the most heartfelt, unique, outspoken and experimental among all the entries. All of these books earned IPPY Award gold medals.

Most Original Concept

The Book of Training by Colonel Hap Thompson of Roanoke, VA, 1843, Annotated From the Library of John C. Calhoun

by Percival Everett

(Red Hen Press)

Best Book Arts Craftsmanship

The Last Dalai Lama?

by Mickey Lemle with Laurie Dolphin; design by Laurie Dolphin and Allison Meierding

(Dolphin Books)

Most Outstanding Design

Turn Around Time: A Walking Poem for the Pacific Northwest

by David Guterson; design by Jen Grable; illustrated by Justin Gibbens

(Mountaineers Books)

Most Likely to Save the Planet (tie)

Morality and the Environmental Crisis

by Roger S. Gottlieb

(Cambridge University Press)

Most Likely to Save the Planet (tie)

Tales from an Uncertain World: What Other Assorted Disasters Can Teach Us About Climate Change

by L. S. Gardiner

(University of Iowa Press)

Independent Spirit Award

Carpe Fin: A Haida Manga

by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

(Douglas and McIntyre)

Independent Voice Award

If the Future is a Fetish

by Sarah Sgro

(YesYes Books)

FREEDOM FIGHTER (TIE)

For Dear Life: Women's Decriminalization and Human Rights in Focus

by Carol Jacobsen

(University of Michigan Press)

FREEDOM FIGHTER (TIE)

The Freedom to Be: Stories from Transgender Youth, Adults, and Their Families

by Diana J. Ensign, JD

(SpiritHawk Life Publications)

PEACEMAKER (TIE)

Behind Barbed Wire: Searching for Japanese Americans Incarcerated During World War II

Written and photographed by Paul Kitagaki Jr.

(CityFiles Press)

PEACEMAKER (TIE)

Unselfish Kids

by Paul D. Parkinson and Sammie Parkinson

(Weave Media)

GENERAL CATEGORIES 1-34

1. FINE ART

GOLD: Human: The Art of Beth Cavener

Foreword by Garth Clark with essays by Ezra Shales and Lauren Redding

(Fresco Books)

 

SILVER: The Life and Art of Wilson Hurley: Celebrating the Richness of Reality

by Rosalyn Roembke Hurley

(Fresco Books)

 

BRONZE (tie): 

Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art

by Katherine Nova McCleary and Leah Tamar Shrestinian with Joseph Zordan

(Yale University Art Gallery)

Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945

Edited by Barbara Haskell

(Whitney Museum of American Art/Yale University Press)

2. PERFORMING ARTS (MUSIC/DANCE/CINEMA/THEATER)

GOLD: Hollywood Her Story: An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies

by Jill S. Tietjen, P.E. and Barbara Bridges

(Lyons Press)

 

SILVER: Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth (The Official Touring History 1968-2015)

by Skip Daley and Eric Hansen

(Insight Editions)

 

BRONZE: Strip Tease: The Burlesque Photography of Tigz Rice

(Working Class Publishing)

3. PHOTOGRAPHY

GOLD: Spirit of the Amazon: The Indigenous Tribes of the Xingu

by Sue & Patrick Cunningham

(Papadakis)

 

SILVER: Divine Encounters: Sacred Rituals and Ceremonies in Asia

by Hans Kemp

(Visionary World)

 

BRONZE: The Wild Herd: A Vanishing American Treasure

by Deborah Kalas

(Val de Grâce Books)

4. ARCHITECTURE

GOLD: Designing for Disaster

by Boyce Thompson

(Schiffer Publishing)

 

SILVER: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Penwern: A Summer Estate

by Mark Hertzberg

(Wisconsin Historical Society Press)

 

BRONZE: Motel Vegas

by Fred Sigman

(Smallworks Press)

5. Coffee Table Books

GOLD: The Four Directions: A Southwestern Journey

by William Fields

(William Fields Art Photography)

 

SILVER: Batman: The Definitive History of the Dark Knight in Comics, Film, and Beyond

by Andrew Farago and Gina McIntyre

(Insight Editions)

 

BRONZE: Pilgrims of Woodstock: Never-Before-Seen Photos

by John Kane

(Red Lightning Books)

6. Popular Fiction

GOLD: The Pinebox Vendetta

by Jeff Bond

(Jeff Bond Books)

 

SILVER: You Cannot Mess This Up: A True Story That Never Happened

by Amy Weinland Daughters 

(She Writes Press) 

 

BRONZE (tie): Unorthodoxy

by Joshua A.H. Harris

(Atmosphere Press)

Queen of the Owls

by Barbara Linn Probst

(She Writes Press) 

7. Literary Fiction

GOLD: Tidal Flats

by Cynthia Newberry Martin

(Yellow Pear Press)

 

SILVER (tie): A Silver Willow by the Shore

by Kelli Stuart

(Fine Print Writing Press) 

The Tender Birds

by Carole Giangrande

(Inanna Publications)

 

BRONZE: A Devil Comes to Town

by Paolo Maurensig

(World Editions)

8. Short Story Fiction

GOLD: Let Me Out Here

by Emily W. Pease

(Hub City Press) 

 

SILVER (tie): A Faithful but Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed: Linked Stories

by Jason Brown

(Missouri Review Books)

This Side of Water: Stories

by Maureen Pilkington

(Regal House Publishing)

 

BRONZE: Moccasin Square Gardens

by Richard Van Camp

(Douglas & McIntyre)

9. Poetry - Standard

GOLD (tie): Five Oceans in a Teaspoon

by Dennis J. Bernstein; Visualizations by Warren Lehrer

(Paper Crown Books)

Sunbathing on Tyrone Power’s Grave

by Kim Dower

(Red Hen Press)

 

SILVER (tie): As One Fire Consumes Another

by John Sibley Williams

(Orison Books) 

Play Me a Revolution

by Lindsey Royce

(Press 53)

 

BRONZE (tie): All Transparent Things Need Thundershirts

by Dana Roeser

(Two Sylvias Press)

Mud Blooms

by Ruth Dickey

(Harbor Mountain Press)

10. Poetry - Specialty

GOLD: Children of Grass: A Portrait of American Poetry

by B.A. Van Sise

(Schaffner Press)

 

SILVER (tie): Homespun Mercies

by DJ Hill

(Light of the Moon, Inc.)

The Heart’s Necessities: Life in Poetry

by Jane Tyson Clement with Becca Stevens

(Plough Publishing House)

 

BRONZE: Lightning Strikes II: 22 Poets, 22 Artists.

(Dolby Chadwick Gallery)

11. Anthologies

GOLD (tie): Stand in the Light: Native Voices Illuminated by Edward S. Curtis

Compiled by Thomas F. Voight

(Rio Nuevo)

The Chimpanzee Chronicles: Stories of Heartbreak and Hope from Behind the Bars

Collection by Debra Rosenman

(Wild Soul Press)

 

SILVER: The Analog Sea Review (Number Two): An Offline Journal

Edited by Jonathan S. Simons and Janos Tedeschi

(Analog Sea)

 

BRONZE: Buckman Journal: Anthology of Portland Writers and Artists

Edited by Jerry Sampson

(Buckman Publishing)

12. Juvenile Fiction

GOLD: Susanna's Midnight Ride: The Girl Who Won the Revolutionary War

by Libby Carty McNamee

(Sagebrush Publishing)

 

SILVER: The Day Old Faithful Stopped: A Yellowstone National Park Mystery

by Roy Deering

(The RoadRunner Press)

 

BRONZE (tie): Beatrice On Her Own

by Rosemary Zibart

(Artemesia Publishing)

Roosevelt Banks, Good-Kid-in-Training

by Laurie Calkhoven

(Red Chair Press)

13. Young Adult Fiction

GOLD: Shrug

by Lisa Braver Moss

(She Writes Press)

 

SILVER: The Quiet You Carry

by Nikki Barthelmess

(Flux)

 

BRONZE: An Impossible Distance to Fall

by Miriam McNamara

(Sky Pony Press)

14. Fantasy

GOLD: Things They Buried

by Amanda K. King & Michael R. Swanson

(Ismae Books)

 

SILVER (tie): Ever Alice

by HJ Ramsay

(Self-Published)

Thorn

by Anna Burke

(Bywater Books)

 

BRONZE (tie): Eve of Snows

by L. James Rice

(Self-Published) 

The Afternoon King

by Rebecca Creos

(Self-Published) 

15. Science Fiction

GOLD: Revelations

by Robert Sells

(Self-Published)

 

SILVER: Andre’s Reboot: Striving to Save Humanity

by Steve Coleman

(Self-Published)

 

BRONZE (tie): The Clockwork Detective

by R.A. McCandless

(Ellysian Press)

When the Moon Stood Still

by Brad Anderson

(Self-Published)

16. LGBT+ Fiction

GOLD: Oranges

by Gary Eldon Peter

(New Rivers Press)

 

SILVER: Hard Hart

by E. Davies 

(Self-Published)

 

BRONZE: Even Weirder Than Before

by Susie Taylor

(Breakwater Books)

17. Erotica

GOLD: Laid Bare:  A Collection of Erotic Lesbian Stories

Edited by Astrid Ohletz and Jae

(Ylva Publishing)

 

SILVER: Adrift

by L.A. Witt

(Self-Published)

 

BRONZE: No Safewords 2

Edited by Laura Antoniou

(Riverdale Avenue Books)

18. Historical Fiction

GOLD: Across A Broken Shore

by Amy Trueblood

(North Star Editions)

 

SILVER: Beyond the Ghetto Gates

by Michelle Cameron

(She Writes Press)

 

BRONZE: The Pelton Papers

by Mari Coates

(She Writes Press)

19. Military/Wartime Fiction

GOLD: Royal Beauty Bright

by Ryan Byrnes

(Amphorae Publishing Group)

 

SILVER (tie): Life During Wartime

by Katie Rogin

(Mastodon Publishing)

Souvenirs from KievUkraine and Ukrainians in WWII

by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger

(Self-Published)

 

BRONZE: Realm

by Alexandrea Weis

(Vesuvian Books)

20. Horror

GOLD: The Meadows

by London Clarke

(Carfax Abbey Publishing)

 

SILVER: The Night Weaver

by Monique Snyman

(Vesuvian Books)

 

BRONZE (tie): The Experiments

by Bill Thompson

(Ascendente Books)

The Armageddon Chord

by Jeremy Wagner

(Riverdale Avenue Books)

21. Multicultural Fiction

GOLD: The Allspice Bath

by Sonia Saikaley

(Inanna Publications)

 

SILVER: A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest

by C.P. Mangel

(Eyewear Publishing)

 

BRONZE: Not Native: Short Stories of Immigrant Life in an In-Between World

by Murali Kamma

(Wising Up Press)

22. MULTICULTURAL FICTION – JUV-YOUNG ADULT

GOLD: The Storyteller

by Pierre Jarawan; translated by Sinéad Crowe and Rachel McNicholl

(World Editions)

 

SILVER: I Am Lemonade Lucy!

by Kenneth Womack

(Black Rose Writing)

 

BRONZE: Indigo Girl

by Suzanne Kamata

(GemmaMedia)

23. MYSTERY

GOLD: A Dream of Death

by Connie Berry

(Crooked Lane) 

 

SILVER: Galileo

by Ann McMan

(Bywater Books) 

 

BRONZE: Boxing The Octopus

by Tim Maleeny

(Poisoned Pen Press)

24. SUSPENSE/THRILLER

GOLD: All the Broken People

by Amy Rivers

(Compathy Press)

 

SILVER: Winds of Fear (Fearless Series)

by Gledé Browne Kabongo

(BrowneStar Media)

 

BRONZE: The Midnight Call

by Jode Millman

(Immortal Works LLC)

25. RELIGIOUS FICTION

GOLD: All in Good Time

by Carolyn Astfalk

(Multa Verba Publishing)

 

SILVER: The June Bug Catcher

by Heather Ball

(FriesenPress)

 

BRONZE: When Mountains Sing

by Stacy Monson

(His Image Publications)

26. Romance

GOLD: When Time Stands Still

by Sara Furlong Burr

(Self-Published)

 

SILVER: Bound In Flame

by Katherine Kayne

(Passionflower Press)

 

BRONZE: Christmas at Maplemont Manor

by Julie Manthey

(Self-Published)

27. URBAN FICTION

GOLD: Silent Hero: A Homeless Success Story

by Vernard Dorsey

(Vdor Innovations)

 

SILVER: Twist of Fate...A Truth Wrapped in a Beautiful Lie

by Nikki Flowers

(Emotional Fiction Publishing)

 

BRONZE: Rainy Days: Book One

by George Empty III

(Self-Published)

28. VISIONARY/NEW AGE FICTION

GOLD: The Reluctant Healer

by Andrew Himmel

(Greenleaf Book Group Press)

 

SILVER: Made by Mary

by Laura Catherine Brown

(C&R Press)

 

BRONZE: Warrior Won

by Meryl Davids Landau

(Alignment Publishing)

30. GRAPHIC NOVEL/DRAWN BOOK

GOLD: I Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi

by Gina Siciliano

(Fantagraphics Books)

 

SILVER (tie): Chickasaw Adventures: The Complete Collection

by Jen Murvin Edwards; Artwork by Tom Lyle

(Chickasaw Press)

The Invisible Empire: Madge Oberholtzer and the Unmasking of the KuKlux Klan

by Micky Neilson and Todd Warger; Illustrated by Mark Borstel

(Insight Comics)

 

BRONZE: Quince: The Definitive Bilingual Edition

by Kit Steinkellner; Illustrated by Emma Steinkellner; created by Sebastian Kadlecik

(Fanbase Press)

31. HUMOR

GOLD: No Good Very Bad Asian

by Leland Cheuk

(C&R Press)

 

SILVER: Adult Conversation: A Novel

by Brandy Ferner

(She Writes Press)

 

BRONZE: Close But No Cigar: Runner-Ups, Nearly-Weres and Also-Rans

by Dale Patterson

(Red Deer Press)

32. CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS (7 & UNDER)

GOLD: The Lions at Night

A wordless picture book illustrated by Jessica M. Boehman

(The Roadrunner Press)

 

SILVER (tie): Little Mouse Adventures: Yoga at the Zoo

by Teresa Anne Power; illustrated by Emma Allen

(Stafford House Books)

Little One

by Ariel Andrés Almada; illustrated by Sonja Wimmer; translated by Jon Brokenbrow

(Cuento de Luz)

 

BRONZE: The Great Alien Cake Off

by Rachel McCoubrie; illustrated by Robert McPhillips

(From You To Me LTD)

33. CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS (ALL AGES)

GOLD: Get Back in the Book!

by Larry Issa; illustrated by Emma Chadwick

(Kalamus)

 

SILVER: Bathing in the Forest

by Nívola Uyá and Marc Ayats; illustrated by Nívola Uyá; translated by Jon Brokenbrow

(Cuento de Luz)

 

BRONZE (tie): The Artist Who Loved Cats: The Inspiring Tale of Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen

by Susan S. Bernardo; illustrated by Courtenay Fletcher

(Inner Flower Child Books)

Under the Bodhi Tree: A Story of the Buddha

by Deborah Hopkinson; illustrated by Kailey Whitman

(Sounds True)

34. CHILDREN’S INTERACTIVE

GOLD: Star Wars: The Ultimate Pop-Up Galaxy

by Matthew Reinhart; illustrated by Kevin M. Wilson

(Insight Editions)

 

SILVER: My First Words: 15 Clever Mini-Books

by Olga Utkina; illustrated by Ekaterina Elkina, Elana Jirenkina & Tatiana Korchemkina

(Clever Publishing)

 

BRONZE: Art is a Verb

by Likla Lall; designed by Rohina Thapar

(Art1st)

GENERAL CATEGORIES 35-65

35. JUVENILE-YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION

GOLD: What the Eagle Sees

by Eldon Yellowhorn & Kathy Lowinger

(Annick Press)

 

SILVER: Heroic Women of the Art World

by Eugene H. Pool

(Tumblehome, Inc.)

 

BRONZE (tie): M. C. Escher: More Than Meets the Eye

by Jessica Cole, Lisa Marie Corso, Myf Doughty, Emily Kennel, Daniel Romanin, Michael Schwarz and Nick Taras

(National Gallery of Victoria)

Stand Up! Be an Upstander and Make a Difference

by Wendy L. Moss, PhD

(American Psychological Association)

36. MULTICULTURAL NON-FICTION JUV-YOUNG ADULT

GOLD: American Boy

by S.C. Megale

(Bluebullseye Press)

 

SILVER: Fighting for Justice: Biddy Mason Speaks Up

by Arisa White, Laura Atkins, Illustrated by Laura Freeman

(Heyday Books)

 

BRONZE: Etre Girls, Who Do You Want To Be?

by Illana Raia

(Etre)

37. MULTICULTURAL NON-FICTION ADULT

GOLD: Among the Maasai

by Juliet Cutler

(She Writes Press)

 

SILVER: Tribal Abundance: Living Courageously in an Uncertain World

by Ildiko Oravecz

(Citrine Publishing)

 

BRONZE: Stringing Rosaries: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors

by Denise K. Lajimodiere

(North Dakota State University Press)

38a. creaTIve nON-fiction

38b. ESSAY

GOLD: All the Fierce Tethers: Essays

by Lia Purpura

(Sarabande Books)

 

SILVER (tie): Heaven

by Emerson Whitney

(McSweeney’s)

The Lampblack Blue of Memory: My Mother Echoes

by Sarah Adleman

(Tolsun Books)

 

BRONZE: Slow Arrow: Unearthing the Frail Children

by Kathryn Winograd

(Saddle Road Press)

39. AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR I (CELEBRITY/POLITICAL/ROMANCE)

GOLD (tie): Hippie Woman Wild: Life & Love on an Oregon Commune

by Carol Schlanger

(Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing)

Times Up! A Memoir of the American Century

by Robert Cabot

(McPherson & Co.)

 

SILVER: Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court

by Simon Tam

(Troublemaker Press)

 

BRONZE: Love in a Tuscan Kitchen: Savoring Life Through the Romance, Recipes and Traditions of Italy

by Sheryl Ness

(Tuscan Dreams)

40. AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR II (COMING OF AGE/FAMILY LEGACY/TRAVEL)

GOLD: Saturday's Child

by Deborah Burns

(She Writes Press)

 

SILVER: The Pale-Faced Lie: A True Story

by David Crow

(Sandra Jonas Publishing)

 

BRONZE (tie): From Chernobyl with Love: Reporting from the Ruins of the Soviet Union

by Katya Cengel

(University of Nebraska Press)  

Sea Trial: Sailing After My Father

by Brian Harvey

(ECW Press) 

41. AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR III (PERSONAL STRUGGLE/HEALTH ISSUES)

GOLD (tie): Second Lives, Second Chances: A Surgeon’s Stories of Transformation

by Donald R. Laub, MD

(ECW Press)

Quest for Eternal Sunshine: A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey from Darkness to Light

by Mendek Rubin & Myra Goodman

(She Writes Press)

 

SILVER (tie): Kick-Ass Kinda Girl: A Memoir of Live, Love, and Caregiving

by Kathi Koll

(WP Ward Publishing)

A Mild Touch of the Cancer

by David Downs

(BakitaBooks)

 

BRONZE: Out of the Shadow of 9/11: An Inspiring Tale of Escape and Transformation

by Christina Ray Stanton

(Loving All Nations Press)

42. BIOGRAPHY

GOLD (tie): Race and Football in America: The Life and Legacy of George Taliaferro

by Dawn Knight

(Indiana University Press)

The Restless Hungarian: Modernism, Madness, and The American Dream

by Tom Weidlinger

(SparkPress)

 

SILVER: Defending the Public's Enemy: The Life and Legacy of Ramsey Clark

by Lonnie T. Brown, Jr.

(Stanford University Press)

 

BRONZE (tie): Stronger Than Death

by Rachel Pieh Jones

(Plough Publishing House)

T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer

by David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito

(Independent Institute)

43. AGING/DEATH & DYING

GOLD: Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying

by Ram Dass & Mirabai Bush

(Sounds True)

 

SILVER: Grow Old With Me

by Lucy Rose Fischer

(Temuna Press)

 

BRONZE: The Goodbye Diaries: A Mother-Daughter Memoir

by Marisa Bardach Ramel and Sally Bardach

(Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing)

44. ANIMALS/PETS

GOLD (tie): Pheasant Dogs: Stories from the Field -- Hunters, Trainers and Trialers

by Keith R. Crowley

(Wild River Press)

Canines of San Francisco

by Mark Rogers

(Bluestreak Books)

 

SILVER: War Animals: The Unsung Heroes of World War II

by Robin Hutton

(Regnery History)

 

BRONZE: Animal Sutras: Animal Spirit Stories

by Stephen Levine

(Monkfish Book Publishing Company)

45. BUSINESS/CAREERS/SALES

GOLD: The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Organizations Transform While Others Fail

by Charlene Li

(Ideapress Publishing)

 

SILVER: Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done

by Charlie Gilkey

(Sounds True)

 

BRONZE (tie): The B Corp Handbook: How You Can Use Business as a Force for Good

by Ryan Honeyman and Tiffany Jana

(Berrett-Koehler Publishers)

Faster, Fewer, Better Emails: Manage the Volume, Reduce the Stress, Love the Results

by Dianna Booher

(Berrett-Koehler Publishers)

46. COOKBOOKS - GENERAL

GOLD: The Musso & Frank Grill

by Michael Callahan

(Story Farm)

 

SILVER: The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook

by Annie Gray

(Weldon Owen)

 

BRONZE: Feast of the Seven Fishes: A Brooklyn Italian’s Recipes Celebrating Food & Family

by Daniel Paterna

(powerHouse Books)

47. COOKBOOKS - SPECIALTY

GOLD: Earth to Table: Plant-Based Recipes for Health + Wellbeing

by Teresa Cutter

(Healthy Chef)

 

SILVER: The Long Table Cookbook: Plant-Based Recipes for Optimal Health

by Amy Symington

(Douglas & McIntyre)

 

BRONZE: Beyond the Greek Salad: Regional Foods from All Around Greece

by Ruth Bardis

(Self-Published)

48. CURRENT EVENTS I (POLITICAL/ECONOMIC/FOREIGN AFFAIRS)

GOLD: War and the Rogue Presidency: Restoring the Republic after Congressional Failure

by Ivan Eland

(Independent Institute)

 

SILVER: Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths And How We Can Stop!

by Bill Eddy

(Berrett-Koehler Publishers)

 

BRONZE: Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine

by Noura Erakat

(Stanford University Press)

49. CURRENT EVENTS II (SOCIAL ISSUES/HUMANITARIAN)

GOLD (tie): Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing

by Suzanne Methot

(ECW Press)

The Cult of the Constitution

by Mary Anne Franks

(Stanford University Press)

 

SILVER: Compassionate Counterterrorism

by Leena Al Olaimy

(Berrett-Koehler Publishers)

 

BRONZE: The Torture Doctors: Human Rights Crimes and the Road to Justice

by Steven Miles

(Georgetown University Press)

50. EDUCATION I (WORKBOOK/RESOURCES)

GOLD: Holistic Leadership, Thriving Schools: Twelve Lenses to Balance Priorities and Serve the Whole Student

by Jane A. G. Kise

(Solution Tree Press)

 

SILVER: Fifty Strategies to Boost Cognitive Engagement: Creating a Thinking Culture in the Classroom

by Rebecca Stobaugh

(Solution Tree Press)

 

BRONZE (tie): Families as Partners: The Essential Link in Education

by Andrea M. Nelson-Royes

(Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group)

Coaching for Significant and Sustained Change in the Classroom

by Tom Roy

(Solution Tree Press)

51. EDUCATION II (COMMENTARY/THEORY)

GOLD: Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America

by Richard K. Vedder

(Independent Institute)

 

SILVER: If Einstein Ran the Schools: Revitalizing U.S. Education

by Thomas Armstrong, PhD

(Praeger)

 

BRONZE: The Power of Student Teams: Achieving Social, Emotional, and Cognitive Learning in Every Classroom Through Academic Teaming

by Michael D. Toth and David A. Sousa

(Learning Sciences International)

52. NATURE

GOLD: Bringing Back the Birds: Exploring Migration and Preserving Birdscapes Throughout the Americas

Photography by Owen Deutsch

(Braided River)

 

SILVER: Marfa Garden: The Wonders of Dry Desert Plants

by Jim Fissel, Martha Hughes, Jim Martinez & Mary Lou Saxon

(Trinity University Press)

 

BRONZE: Silent Kingdom: A World Beneath the Waves

Photography by Christian Vizl

(Earth Aware Editions)

53. ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY

GOLD: The Big Thaw: Ancient Carbon, Modern Science, and a Race to Save the World

by Eric Scigliano, with Dr. Robert Max Holmes, Dr. Susan Natali, and Dr. John Schade

(Braided River)

 

SILVER: Beyond Extinction: The Eternal Ocean

by Wolfgang Grulke

(At One Communications)

 

BRONZE: Your Body’s Environmental Chemical Burden: A Resource Guide to Understanding and Avoiding Toxins

by Cindy Klement, MS, CNS, MCHES

(Mindstir Media)

54. FINANCE/INVESTMENT/ECONOMICS

GOLD: Architect of Prosperity: Sir John Cowperthwaite and the Making of Hong Kong

by Neil Monnery

(London Publishing Partnership)

 

SILVER: How Wealth Rules the World: Saving Our Communities and Freedoms from the Dictatorship of Property

by Ben G. Price

(Berrett-Koehler Publishers)

 

BRONZE: Get Ready! A Step-by-Step Planner for Maintaining Your Financial First Aid Kit

by Tony Steuer, CLU, LA, CPFFE

(Life Insurance Sage Press)

55. LGBT+ NON-FICTION

GOLD: We've Been Here All Along: Wisconsin's Early Gay History

by R. Richard Wagner

(Wisconsin Historical Society Press)

 

SILVER: Limitless Africans

by Mikael Owunna

(FotoEvidence)

 

BRONZE: A Real Life, "Like Mark Twain with Drag Queens."

by Perry Brass

(Belhue Press)

56. GIFT/SPECIALTY/JOURNAL

GOLD: Llewellyn's Little Book of Tarot

by Barbara Moore

(Llewellyn)

 

SILVER: Mother's Thoughts for the Day: 25 Years of Wisdom

by M.C. Sungaila

(Crystal Cove Press)

 

BRONZE: Lead On!

by Krista Betcher

(Beaver's Pond Press)

57. HOLIDAY

GOLD: Heart & Home for Christmas: Celebrating Joy in Your Living Space

by Victoria Duerstock

(Abingdon Press)

 

SILVER: Busy Christmas

(Clever Publishing)

 

BRONZE: Twas the Night Before ChristMOOSE

by Vicki Addesso Dodd; illustrated by Patrick Jankowski

(Saratoga Springs Publishing)

58. HEALTH/MEDICINE/NUTRITION

GOLD: Food Bullying: How to Avoid Buying B.S.

by Michele Payn

(Morgan James)

 

SILVER: Getting the Best Care, Rescue Your Loved One from the Healthcare Conveyor Belt

by Margaret Fitzpatrick, MS, RN, CRNA

(URPOINT, LLC)

 

BRONZE: GAIN Without Pain: The Happiness Handbook for Health Care Professionals

by Greg Hammer MD

(Same Page)

59. HISTORY (U.S.)

GOLD: La Raza

Curated by Luis C. Garza & Amy Scott, edited by Colin Gunckel

(UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center)

 

SILVER: The Karl Muck Scandal: Classical Music and Xenophobia in World War I America

by Melissa D. Burrage

(University of Rochester)

 

BRONZE (tie): Guns, Grit and Glory: How the US and Mexico Came Together to Defeat the Last Empire in the Americas

by Michael Hogan

(Henselstone Verlag)

The Space-Age Presidency of John F. Kennedy: A Rare Photographic History

by John Bisney & J. L. Pickering

(University of New Mexico Press)

60. HISTORY (WORLD)

GOLD (tie): Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan

by  Inazo Nitobe with notes by Alexander Bennett

(Tuttle Publishing)

The Missing Pages: The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript, from Genocide to Justice

by Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh

(Stanford University Press)

 

SILVER: Blind Bombing: How Microwave Radar Brought the Allies to D-Day and Victory in World War II

by Norman Fine

(Potomac Books)

 

BRONZE: A Response to Enslavement: Playing Their Way to Virtue

by Peter A. Roberts

(University of the West Indies Press)

61. HOME/GARDEN/crafts

GOLD: The Garden: Before & After

by Randle Siddeley

(Papadakis)

 

SILVER: The Complete Book of Clean: Tips & Techniques for Your Home

by Toni Hammersley

(Weldon Owen)

 

BRONZE (tie): Artisan Felting: Wearable Art

by Jenny Hill

(Schiffer Publishing)

The Goldwork Masterclass: Adventures in Metal Thread Embroidery

by Alison Cole

(Alison Cole Embroidery)

62. INSPIRATIONAL/SPIRITUAL

GOLD: Yoga and the Art of Mudras

by Nubia Teixeira; photography by Andrea Boston

(Mandala Publishing)

 

SILVER: The Lord is My Strength: Praising the Psalms Day by Day

by Eric Kampmann

(Beaufort Books)

 

BRONZE: MicroShifts: Transforming Your Life One Step at a Time

by Gary Jansen

(Loyola Press)

64. PARENTING

GOLD (tie): Raising Will: Surviving the Brilliance and Blues of ADHD

by Katherine Quie, PhD, LP

(Wise Ink Creative Publishing)

Parent Shift: Ten Universal Truths that Will Change the Way You Raise Your Kids

by Linda and Ty Hatfield & Wendy Thomas Russell

(Brown Paper Press)

 

SILVER: Of Parents and Children: Tools for Nurturing a Lifelong Relationship

by Jorge & Demián Bucay

(Upper West Side Philosophers)

 

BRONZE: #LookUp: A Parenting Guide to Screen Use

by Judy Stoffel

(Wise Ink Creative Publishing)

65. POPULAR CULTURE

GOLD: Walt Disney’s Disneyland

by Chris Nichols

(Taschen)

 

SILVER: All American Toy Co.: All American Toys for All American Boys

by Frank Barnett & Martha A. Solomon

(Barnett & Solomon)

 

BRONZE: Lover’s Leap Legends: From Sappho of Lesbos to Wah-Wah-Tee of Waco

by Leland & Crystal Payton

(Lens & Pen Press)

GENERAL CATEGORIES 66-85

66. PSYCHOLOGY/MENTAL HEALTH

67. SPORTS/FITNESS/RECREATION

GOLD: The Winning Cars of the Indianapolis 500

by James Craig Reinhardt

(Red Lightning Books)

 

SILVER: The T206 Collection: The Players & Their Stories (Second Edition)

by Tom Zappala & Ellen Zappala with Lou Blasi; foreword and contributions by Joe Orlando and contributions by Derek Hogue

(Peter E. Randall Publisher)

 

BRONZE: IMSA 1969-1989: The Inside Story of How John Bishop Built the World’s Greatest Sports Car Racing Series

by Mitch Bishop and Mark Raffauf

(Octane Press)

68. REFERENCE

GOLD: The Encyclopedia of Trade Goods Volume 3: Tools & Utensils of the Fur Trade

by James A. Hanson & Jon Nelson

(Museum of the Fur Trade)

 

SILVER: Unveiled - The Twenty & Odd: Documenting the First Africans in England’s America, 1619-1625 and Beyond

by K.I. Knight

(First Freedom Publishing)

 

BRONZE: Preserving Old Barns: Preventing the Loss of a Valuable Resource

by John C. Porter and Francis E. Gilman

(Peter E. Randall, Publisher)

69. RELIGION (EASTERN/WESTERN)

GOLD: Our Non-Christian Nation: How Atheists, Satanists, Pagans, and Others Are Demanding Their Rightful Place in Public Life

by Jay Wexler

(Stanford University Press)

 

SILVER: Buddhist Feminisms and Femininities

Edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo

(SUNY Press)

 

BRONZE (tie): Spiritual Rebel: A Positively Addictive Guide to Finding Deeper Perspective & Higher Purpose

by Sarah Bowen

(Monkfish Book Publishing Company)

Still

by Rebecca E. Bender and Kenneth M. Bender

(North Dakota State University Press)

70. SCIENCE

GOLD: Testosterone: An Unauthorized Biography

by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young and Katrina Karkazis

(Harvard University Press)

 

SILVER: Organumics: An Epigenetic Re-framing of Consciousness, Life, and Evolution

by Ben L. Callif

(S. Woodhouse Books)

 

BRONZE: Mama Rae’s Rocks and Rhymes: Fun Facts and Trivia for Gem Collectors, Students, and Rockhounds

by Suzette Rae Fell Buhr

(Designs in a Nutshell Publications)

71. SELF HELP

GOLD: Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life

by Laura Gassner Otting

(Ideapress Publishing)

 

SILVER (tie): Be Wise Now: A Guide to Conscious Living

by Gael McCool

(Feel Inc.)

Drinking From the River of Light: The Life of Expression

by Mark Nepo

(Sounds True)

 

BRONZE: The Ethical Sellout: Maintaining Your Integrity in the Age of Compromise

by Lily Zheng & Inge Hansen

(Berrett-Koehler Publishers)

72. SEXUALITY/RELATIONSHIPS

73. TRANSPORTATION (AUTO/AVIATION/RAILROAD)

GOLD: Transportation and the American People

by H. Roger Grant

(Indiana University Press)

 

SILVER: Full-Scale Passion: The Bachman Collection

by Philip Bachman

(Self-Published)

 

BRONZE: American Steam Locomotives: Design and Development, 1880-1960

by William L. Withuhn

(Indiana University Press)

74. TRAVEL – ESSAY

GOLD: On the Hummus Route: A Journey Between Cities, People, and Dreams

by Ariel Rosenthal, Orly Peli-Bronshtein & Dan Alexander

(Magica)

 

SILVER: Walking to the End of the World: A Thousand Miles on the Camino de Santiago

by Beth Jusino

(Mountaineers Books)

 

BRONZE: Strange Tales of World Travel: Bizarre - Mysterious - Horrible - Hilarious

by Gina & Scott Gaille

(Travelers’ Tales)

75. TRAVEL – GUIDEBOOK

GOLD: Soul of Los Angeles: A Guide to 30 Exceptional Experiences

by Emilien Crespo

(Jonglez Publishing)

 

SILVER: D-Day 75th Anniversary: A Millennials Guide

Edited by Jay Wertz

(Monroe Publications)

 

BRONZE: A Manga Lover’s Tokyo Travel Guide

by Evangeline Neo

(Tuttle Publishing)

76. WOMEN'S ISSUES

GOLD (tie): Even If You're Broken: Essays on Sexual Assault and #MeToo

by Katie Rose Guest Pryal

(Blue Crow Books)

Remaking a Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality

by Celeste Watkins-Hayes

(University of California Press)

 

SILVER: We Got This: Solo Mom Stories of Grit, Heart, and Humor

by Marika Lindholm, Cheryl Dumesnil, Domenica Ruta, and Katherine Shonk

(She Writes Press)

 

BRONZE: The Other Ladies of Myanmar

by Jennifer Rigby

(ISEAS)

77. WRITING/PUBLISHING

GOLD: The Influential Author: How and Why to Write, Publish, and Sell Nonfiction Books That Matter

by Gregory V. Diehl

(Identity Publications)

 

SILVER: Listen Up, Writer: How Not to Write Like an Amateur

by Nikki Hanna

(Patina Publishing)

 

BRONZE: From Page to Stage: Inspiration, Tools, and Public Speaking for Writers

by Betsy Graziani Fasbinder

(She Writes Press)

78. BOOK/AUTHOR/PUBLISHER WEBSITE

79. COVER DESIGN – FICTION

GOLD: Drafts of a Suicide Note

by Mandy-Suzanne Wong; Cover design by Lafayette & Greene; Cover image by Heather Kettenis

(Regal House Publishing)

 

SILVER: A Little Chatter

by Terry Connell; Cover design by Kelly Davidson Studios

(Self-Published)

 

BRONZE (tie): The Blue Witch (Witches of Orkney, Volume One)

by Alane Adams; Cover illustration by Jonathan Stroh

(SparkPress)

Umijoo: The Wondrous Tale of a Curious Girl and Her Journey Under the Sea

by Casson Trenor; Illustrated by Caia Koopman; Book design by Mike Sully Sullivan

(Shark and Siren Press)

 

80. COVER DESIGN – NON-FICTION

GOLD: To Live on Lafayette Square: Society & Politics in the President’s Neighborhood

by William Seale; Designed by Luke Hayman, Shannon Jager and Margaux Saulou, Pentagram NewYork

(The White House Historical Association)

 

SILVER: The After-Normal: Brief, Alphabetical Essays on a Changing Planet

by David Carlin & Nicole Walker; Cover design by Heather Butterfield; Artwork by Amy Casey

(Rose Metal Press)

 

BRONZE: Sneaky Art of Eau Claire

by Nishant Jain; Cover design by Mayfly Design

(Beaver’s Pond Press)

81. COVER DESIGN - NON-FICTION OVERSIZE

GOLD: Art in the White House

by William Kloss; Cover photo by Bruce M. White

(The White House Historical Association)

 

SILVER: Dividing Colors: War & Rights

by Travis Lovell, Brandon Truscott, Howard Fullmer; Design by UVU Department of Design

(Utah University Press)

 

BRONZE: Beautiful Living: Cooking the Cal-a-Vie Health Spa Way

by Terri Havens; Cover design by Elise DeSilva, Limb Design; Cover photo by Anne Watson

(Cal-a-Vie Health Spa) 

82. BEST FIRST BOOK - FICTION

GOLD: Crow

by Amy Spurway

(Goose Lane Editions)

 

SILVER (tie): Cooperative Lives

by Patrick Finegan

(Two Skates Publishing)

Most Precious Blood

by Vince Sgambati

(Guernica World Editions)

 

BRONZE: Watershed

by Mark Barr

(Hub City Press)

83. BEST FIRST BOOK - NON-FICTION

GOLD: The Peterson Pipe: The Story of Kapp & Peterson

by Mark Irwin & Gary Malmberg

(Briar Books Press)

 

SILVER: Lettering Journey: Fast. Functional. Fun!

Written and Illustrated by Heather Leavitt Martinez

(Self-Published)

 

BRONZE: Forest Bathing with your Dog

by Nadine Mazzola

(Blue Cloud Books)

84. BOOK SERIES - FICTION

GOLD: The Letter Series

by Kathleen Shoop

(Self-Published)

 

SILVER: The Dream Horse Mysteries

by Candace Carrabus

(Witting Woman Works)

 

BRONZE: Fate & Freedom

by K. I. Knight

(First Freedom Publishing)

85. BOOK SERIES - NON-FICTION

GOLD: The Deep Time Trilogy

by Wolfgang Grulke

(At One Communications)

 

SILVER: Secrets of the Forge plus The Blacksmith's Project Book

by Antonello Rizzo

(Artisan Ideas)

 

BRONZE: Quintessential Kitchens and Spaces by Matthew Quinn

by Matthew Quinn with Heather Paper

(Parrish Press)

REGIONAL CATEGORIES

US NORTHEAST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION

GOLD: Clio Rising

by Paula Martinac

(Bywater Books)

SILVER (tie): Cement Dust

by J. Peter Bergman

(Silver Street Media) 

The Breach: Voices Haunting a New England Mill Town

by David K Leff

(Homebound Publications)

BRONZE: Arnold Falls

by Charlie Suisman

(Self-Published)

US NORTHEAST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION

GOLD: The Gritty Berkshires: A People’s History from the Hoosac Tunnel to Mass MoCA

by Maynard Seider

(White River Press)

SILVER: Six Capsules: The Gilded Age Murder of Helen Potts

by George R. Dekle Sr.

(Kent State University Press)

BRONZE: The American Fly Fishing Experience: Theodore Gordon, His Lost Flies and Last Sentiments

by John Gubbins

(Brule River Press)

MID-ATLANTIC – BEST REGIONAL FICTION

GOLD: Trial by Family

by Roselee Blooston

(Apprentice House Press)

SILVER: The History Teacher

by Susan Bacon

(Porter Street Press)

BRONZE: The Carousel Carver

by Perdita Buchan

(Plexus Publishing)

MID-ATLANTIC – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION

GOLD: Spy Sites of New York City: A Guide to the Region’s Secret History

by H. Keith Melton and Robert Wallace with Henry R. Schlesinger

(Georgetown University Press)

SILVER: A Century of Honor: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

by Philip Bigler

(Apple Ridge Publishers)

BRONZE: Coyotes in the Pasture & Wolves at the Door: Stories and Recipes from Our Farm to Your Table

by John & Sukey Jamison

(Word Association Publishers)

SOUTHEAST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION

GOLD: I Hear the Human Noise

by Ray Morrison

(Press 53)

SILVER: Sunflower Dog: Dancing the Flathead Shuffle

by Kevin Winchester

(SFK Press)

BRONZE: The Winter Sisters

by Tim Westover

(QW Publishers)

SOUTHEAST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION

GOLD: I Come From A Place: Appalachian Watercolors of The Serpentine Chain

by Alan Shuptrine and Jennifer Pharr Davis; paintings by Alan Shuptrine

(Shuptrines)

SILVER: Kentucky Barns: Agricultural Heritage of the Bluegrass

by Carol Peachee

(Quarry Books)

BRONZE: Faces & Places of Cashiers Valley

Interviews and photographs by Tim Barnwell

(Cashiers Historical Society)

SOUTH – BEST REGIONAL FICTION

GOLD: Holding On To Nothing

by Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne

(Blair)

SILVER: Lesser Mountains

by Andrew Geyer

(Lamar University Literary Press)

BRONZE: Troublesome Creek

by Wesley Mullins

(Self-Published)

SOUTH – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION

GOLD: Revolution In Black and White: Photographs of the Civil Rights Era by Ernest C. Withers

by Richard Cahan and Michael Williams

(CityFiles Press)

SILVER: Women Make Arkansas: Conversations with 50 Creatives

by Erin Wood

(Et Alia Press)

BRONZE: Fish Town: Down the Road to Louisiana’s Vanishing Fishing Communities

Photography and text by J. T. Blatty

(George F. Thompson Publishing)

GREAT LAKES – BEST REGIONAL FICTION

GOLD: Kickin' Rocks

by Marianne K. Martin

(Bywater Books)

SILVER: The Will to Die

by Joe Pulizzi

(Z Squared Media)

BRONZE: Bliss

by Fredrick Soukup

(Regal House Publishing)

GREAT LAKES – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION

GOLD (tie): Entertaining Chicago: Remembering the Places, Performers and Stories Throughout the 20th Century

by Neil Samors and Bob Dauber

(Chicago’s Books Press)

Small Town, Big Music: The Outsized Influence of Kent, Ohio on the History of Rock and Roll

by Jason Prufer

(Kent State University Press)

SILVER: Stories From the Wreckage: A Great Lakes Maritime History Inspired by Shipwrecks

by John Odin Jensen

(Wisconsin Historical Society Press)

BRONZE: Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan

by Barbara J. Barton

(Michigan State University Press)

MIDWEST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION

GOLD: Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fictions

by Sheila O'Connor

(Rose Metal Press)

SILVER: Searching for Nora: After the Doll's House

by Wendy Swallow

(Peavine Mountain Press)

BRONZE: The Thief's Heart

by Kathleen Shoop

(Self-Published)

MIDWEST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION

GOLD: Great River City: How the Mississippi Shaped St. Louis

by Andrew Wanko

(Missouri Historical Society)

SILVER: Protecting Our People: Chickasaw Law Enforcement in Indian Territory

by Michelle Cooke

(Chickasaw Press)

BRONZE: Dakota Attitude: Interviews from Every Town in North Dakota

by James Puppe

(Self-Published)

WEST-MOUNTAIN – BEST REGIONAL FICTION

GOLD: Gold Digger, The Remarkable Baby Doe Tabor

by Rebecca Rosenberg

(Lion Heart Publishing)

SILVERSubstitute Soloist

by D.R. Ransdell

(Aakenbaaken & Kent)

BRONZE: Section Roads

by Mike Murphey

(Mike Murphey Books)

WEST-MOUNTAIN – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION

GOLD: Voices of Yellowstone’s Capstone: A Narrative Atlas of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness

Edited by Traute N. Parrie & Jesse A. Logan

(Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Foundation)

SILVER: Navajo Code Talker Manual

by Jim Turner, with special design by Gabriel Schut

(Rio Nuevo Publishers)

BRONZE: Chasing Centuries: The Search for Ancient Agave Cultivars Across the Desert Southwest

by Ron Parker

(Sunbelt Publications)

WEST-PACIFIC – BEST REGIONAL FICTION

Gold: Big Green Country

by Frances Rivetti

(Fog Valley Press)

SILVER (tie): Steller's Orchid

by Thomas McGuire

(Boreal Books)

Anna Incognito

by Laura Preble

(Mascot Books)

BRONZE: Arroyo

by Chip Jacobs

(Rare Bird Books)

WEST-PACIFIC – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION

GOLD: We are Puget Sound: Discovering & Rediscovering the Salish Sea

by David L. Workman, Leonard Forsman, Mindy Roberts & Brian J. Cantwell

(Braided River)

SILVER: The Salmon Way: An Alaska State of Mind

by Amy Gulick

(Braided River)

BRONZE (tie): Mountain Movers: Student Activism & the Emergence of Asian American Studies

Edited by Russell Jeung, Karen Umemoto, Harvey Dong, Eric Mar, Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani & Arnold Pan

(UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press)

Soul Space: Creating Places and Lives that Make a Difference

by Linda Lawrence Hunt

(Tasora Books)

CANADA-EAST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION

GOLD: The Song of the Sea

by Jenn Alexander

(Bywater Books)

SILVER: Operation Vanished

by Helen C. Escott

(Flanker Press)

BRONZE (tie): Cloud Cover

by Jeffrey Sotto

(Self-Published)

Mind the Gap

by George Tombs

(Evidentia Originals)

CANADA-EAST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION

GOLD: To Make Riders Faster: Vroomen and White Disrupt the Cycling Industry and Almost Lose It All

by Anna Dopico

(A. Dopico Consulting Inc.)

SILVER: Almost Feral: The Only Limits are the Ones We Self-Impose

by Gemma Hickey

(Breakwater Books)

BRONZE: The Name Unspoken: Wandering Spirit Survival School

by Sharon Berg with Elder Pauline Shirt

(Big Pond Rumours Press)

CANADA-WEST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION

GOLD: Time Again

by Jeane Watier

(Novel Ink Publishing)

SILVER: At This Juncture

by Rona Altrows

(Now or Never Publishing)

BRONZE: Who Killed Big Al?

by Carroll Baker

(Archway Publishing)

CANADA-WEST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION

GOLD: Canada: A Poetic Landscape

Written and Illustrated by Cynthia McLaren

(C. McLaren Designs)

SILVER: The New Beachcomber’s Guide to the Pacific Northwest (Completely Revised and Expanded 2019)

by J. Duaine Sept

(Harbour Publishing)

BRONZE: Stewart Brothers: An Alberta Family Business History

by Stewart Ford

(Sonderho Press)

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND – BEST REGIONAL FICTION

GOLD: Paradise Earth

by Amy Barker

(Stormbird Press)

SILVER: Going Home

by Carole Brungar

(Carole Brungar Publishing)

BRONZE: Chamoru Legends: A Gathering of Stories

Retold by Teresita Lourdes Perez; Translated by Maria Ana Tenorio Rivera

(University of Guam Press)

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION

GOLD: Australia Modern: 15 Houses in Harmony with the Land

by Steve Huyton

(Schiffer Publishing)

SILVER: Global Borderlands: Fantasy, Violence, and Empire in Subic Bay, Philippines

by Victoria Reyes

(Stanford University Press)

BRONZE: Finding Myself In Borneo: Sojourns in Sabah

by Neill McKee

(NBFS Creations)

EUROPE – BEST REGIONAL FICTION

GOLD: Guesthouse for Ganesha

by Judith Teitelman

(She Writes Press)

SILVER: The Art of Regret

by Mary Fleming

(She Writes Press)

BRONZE: It Happened in Tuscany

by Gail Mencini

(Capriole Group)

EUROPE – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION

EBOOK CATEGORIES

E1. BEST ADULT FICTION E-BOOK

GOLD: On Loving 
by Lili Naghdi 
(Self-Published)
 
SILVER: More Than
 

by Diane Barnes

(Red Adept Publishing)

BRONZE (tie): The Green House

by Dan Lawton
(Black Rose Writing) 
 
by Hayley Stone
 
(Aethon Books)

E2. BEST ROMANCE/EROTICA E-BOOK

 
by G.K. Brady
 
(Trefoil Publishing)
 
 
by Jae
 
(Ylva Publishing)
 
 
by Genevieve Jack 
 
(Self-Published)

E3. BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER E-BOOK

GOLD (tie): The Judas Murders
 
by Ken Oder
 
(SkipJack Publishing)
 
 
by JD Spero
 
(Immortal Works)
 
 
by Luna Kayne 
 
(Kayne Publishing)
 
 
by Jim Nesbitt
 
(Spotted Mule Press)

E4. BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR E-BOOK

GOLD (tie): Commune Book 1
 
by Joshua Gayou
 
(Aethon Books)
 
 
by Paul Antony Jones
 
(Aethon Books)
 
 
by Derrick Smythe
 
(Dorean Press)
 
 
by Weiqi Wang
 
(Self-Published)

E5. BEST ADULT NON-FICTION PERSONAL E-BOOK

 
by Barbara Lynn-Vannoy
 
(Admont Press)
 
SILVER: Fool Me Twice
 
by Jules Hannaford
 
(Hasmark Publishing)
 
 
by Cynthia F. Davidson
 
(Wisdom Wheel)

E6. BEST ADULT NON-FICTION INFORMATIONAL E-BOOK

 
by Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.
 
(aha! Process)
 
 
by Terrie Davoll Hudson
 
(BookLogix)
 
 
by Deane Waldman, MD MBA
 
(ADM Consulting & Books)

E7. JUVENILE/YOUNG ADULT FICTION E-BOOK

 
by Gary Rodriguez
 
(Leadermetrix)
 
SILVER: Tytiana
 
by Marc Secchia
 
(Self-Published)
 
BRONZE: Esme's Gift
 
by Elizabeth Foster
 
(Odyssey Books)

E8. BEST CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED E-BOOK

 
by Stephanie Mulligan
 
(McSea Books)
 
 
by Cory Q Tan
 
(The Luminous Cat)
 
 
by Amy Leask; illustrated by Sheniece Toni Cater 
 
(Red T Media)

E9. BEST REGIONAL E-BOOK – FICTION

GOLD: Lichenwald
 
by Ellen King Rice
 
(Undergrowth Publishing)
 
 
by Laura Kemp
 
(Pandamoon Publishing)
 
 
by Aly Brisha
 
(Tellwell Talent)

E10. BEST REGIONAL E-BOOK – NON-FICTION

 
by J. Allen
 
(Beaver's Pond Press)
 
 
 
by Manny Garcia
 
(Self-Published)

E11. BEST E-BOOK DESIGN

 
by Jean Paul Paulynice
 
(Paulynice Consulting Group)
 
 
by Dr. Anay Ayarovu
 
(STAZR)
 

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