U.S. North-East - Best Regional Fiction
Gold: The Illusion of Secondhand Smoke, by Janice M. Van Dyck (Winston-Higgins Press)
Silver: The Year of Soup, by Howard Reiss (Krance Publishing)
Bronze: Matinicus: An Island Mystery, by Darcy Scott (Maine Authors Publishing)
U.S. North-East - Best Regional Non-Fiction
Gold: Boon Island, by Stephen Erickson & Andrew Vietze (Globe Pequot Press)
Silver: Heroes in the Attic: The Untold Story of Two Civil War Soldiers, by Dennis P. Bielewicz (Self-Published)
Bronze (tie): Urban Mayor: Making a City Work, by Jack Yunits (Acanthus Publishing)
Bountiful: A History of the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society and the Livestock Show and Fair, by Susan Klein (Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society)
Mid-Atlantic – Best Regional Fiction
Gold: The Restaurant at the End of the World, by Kenneth Womack (Mint Hill Books)
Silver: Love and Other Subjects, by Kathleen Shoop (Self-Published)
Bronze: The Killdeer, by Northcott Mayes (Koehler Books)
Mid-Atlantic – Best Regional Non-Fiction
Gold: A Natural History of the Central Appalachians, by Steven L. Stephenson (West Virginia University Press)
Silver: Handley Regional Library: The First One Hundred Years, by the 100th Anniversary Book Committee (Handley Regional Library)
Bronze (tie): Stories from a Small Town: Remembering My Childhood in Hedgesville, West Virginia, by Roger Engle (Girls On Press)
Good Blood, Bad Blood, by J. David Smith & Michael Wehmeyer (AAIDD)
South-East – Best Regional Fiction
Gold: Southern Fried Lies, by Susan Snowden (Archer Hill Publishing)
Silver: The Gospel According to Prissy, by Barbara Casey (Strategic Media Books)
Bronze: Code of the Forest, by John Buchan (Joggling Board Press)
South-East – Best Regional Non-Fiction
Gold: A Landscape and Its Legacy: The Parklands of Floyds Fork, Edited by Dianne Aprile; designed by Julius Friedman (21st Century Parks, Inc.)
Silver (tie): Painting North Carolina: A Visual Journey, by Kimberlee C. Maselli (Creative Pursuits)
150 Years: Ravenscroft, by Laurie Shock and Billy Howard (Shock Design Books)
Bronze: In the Red: The 2001 Season With Dale Earnhardt, Jr., by Jade Gurss (Octane Press)
South – Best Regional Fiction
Gold: The Politics of Barbecue, by Blake Fontenay (John F. Blair Publisher)
Silver: Dirty Rice: A Season in the Evangeline League, by Gerald Duff (University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press)
Bronze: Bad Way Out, by C. Hoyt Caldwell (Indie Uprising Media)
South – Best Regional Non-Fiction
Gold: The Delta: Landscapes, Legends, and Legacies of Mississippi’s Most Storied Region, edited by Melissa Baker Townsend (Coopwood Publishing)
Silver (tie): Hell or High Water: How Cajun Fortitude Withstood Hurricanes Rita and Ike, by Ron Thibodeaux (University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press)
Home to Us: Six Stories of Saving the Land, by Varina Willse & Nancy Rhoda
Bronze: Hairspray, High Heels, & Second Hand Smoke, by Frank Meyner (CreateSpace)
Great Lakes – Best Regional Fiction
Gold: Apostle Islands: A Novel, by Tommy Zurhellen (Atticus Books)
Silver: Giddyap Tin Lizzie, by Harold William Thorpe (Little Creek Press)
Bronze: Souviens, by Barbara Darling Saxena (2 Moon Press)
Great Lakes – Best Regional Non-Fiction
Gold: Detroit’s Historic Places of Worship, by Marla O. Collum, Barbara E. Krueger, and Dorothy Kostuch (Wayne State University Press)
Silver: Giving It All Away: The Story of William W. Cook and His Michigan Law Quadrangle, by Margaret A. Leary (Newport Research Press)
Bronze (tie): Indiana Covered Bridges, by Marsha Williamson Mohr (Indiana University Press)
Art of Winter: A Photographic Essay, by Julie M. Covert (Whitehead Press)
Mid-West – Best Regional Fiction
Gold: Ben Armstrong’s Strange Trip Home, by David Allan Cates (Self Published)
Silver: Flint Bluff: An American Saga, by James Duermeyer (Duermeyer Books)
Bronze: The Waterhouse, by Jubal Tiner (Press 53)
Mid-West – Best Regional Non-Fiction
Gold: Save the Last Dance: A Story of North American Grassland Grouse, by Joel M. Vance; photography by Noppadol Paothong (Noppadol Paothong Photography, LLC)
Silver: Damming the Osage: The Conflicted Story of Lake of the Ozarks and Truman Reservoir, by Leland & Crystal Payton (Lens & Pen Press)
Bronze (tie): Chickasaw Lives, Volume Four: Tribal Mosaic, by Richard Green (Chickasaw Press)
Leave No Threshing Stone Unturned, by Glen Ediger (Self-Published)
West-Mountain – Best Regional Fiction
Gold: The Soledad Crucifixion, by Nancy Wood (University of New Mexico Press)
Silver: Maps of Fate, by Reid Lance Rosenthal (Rockin’ SR Publishing)
Bronze: An Apricot Year, by Martha Egan (Papalote Press)
West-Mountain – Best Regional Non-Fiction
Gold: Three Ranches, by Will & Deni McIntyre (Loose Ends Press)
Silver (tie): Color Country: Touring the Colorado Plateau, by Susan M. Neider (Rainstone Press)
Canvas of Clay: Seven Centuries of Hopi Ceramic Art, by Edwin L. Wade and Allan Cooke (El Otro Lado)
Bronze: Sleeping on the Summit: Colorado Fourteener High Bivys, by Jon Kedrowski and Chris Tomer (Westcliffe Publishers)
West-Pacific – Best Regional Fiction
Gold (tie): Out of the Shadows, by Kimberly Carlson (First Snow Publishing House)
Nowhere Yet, by Edward Cozza (Pinot Dog)
Silver: Pig Behind the Bear, by Maria Nieto (Floricanto Press)
Bronze: Riders of the Tides, by Frederick Cooper (Langdon Street Press)
West-Pacific – Best Regional Non-Fiction
Gold: Portrait Alaska, by Clark James Mishler (Yes Alaska Press)
Silver: You Can’t Eat Dirt: Leading America’s First All-Women Tribal Council and How We Changed Palm Springs, by Vyola J. Ortner and Diana C. du Pont (Fan Palm Research Project)
Bronze (tie): Passion for Place: Community Reflections on the Carmel River Watershed, Edited by Paola Fiorelle Berthoin, Laura Bayless, and John Dotson (RisingLeaf Impressions)
Haleakalā: A History of the Maui Mountain, by Jill Engledow (Maui Island Press)
Canada–East – Best Regional Fiction
Gold: Baggage, by Jill Sooley (Breakwater Books)
Silver: Angle of Declination, by Doug Mayfield & Sally Mayfield (Two Harbors Press)
Bronze: Reflection of the Gods, by Lisa Llamrei (Alchera Press)
Canada–East – Best Regional Non-Fiction
Gold: Fluctuat Nec Mergitur, by Jean Claude Roy (Breakwater Books)
Silver (tie): Unlikely Radicals: The Story of the Adams Mine Dump War, by Charlie Angus (Between the Lines)
VIMY: Canada’s Memorial to a Generation, by Jacqueline Hucker and Julian Smith (Sanderling Press)
Bronze: The World in Your Lunch Box, by Claire Eamer (Annick Press)
Canada-West – Best Regional Fiction
Gold: Cadillac Couches, by Sophie B. Watson (Brindle & Glass Publishing)
Silver: Black Arrow, by Arthur C. Eastly (4th Floor Press)
Bronze: Twelve, by Keith Hammond (Blue Genever Publishing)
Canada-West – Best Regional Non-Fiction
Gold: The Butcher, the Baker, the Wine & Cheese Maker by Jennifer Schell (An Okanagan Cookbook)
Silver (tie): Wakeful Nights: Stephan G. Stephansson, Icelandic-Canadian Poet, by Viđar Hreinsson (Benson Ranch, Inc.)
The BC Coast Explorer and Marine Trail Guide, Vol. 1, by John Kimantas (Wild Coast Publishing)
Bronze: Baba’s Kitchen Medicines: Folk Remedies of Ukrainian Settlers in Western Canada, by Michael Mucz (University of Alberta Press)
Australia/New Zealand – Best Regional Fiction
Gold: Colour of Greed, by Gavin Fisher (Publicious)
Silver: 3 Minutes to Perfect, by Baruday Logan (The Blessed Meek Publications)
Bronze: Jimmy Roo, by Conny Fechner (Self-Published)
Australia/New Zealand – Best Regional Non-Fiction
Gold: About Face: A Photographic Celebration of People Living in the Southern Highlands, by Kate Heaslip (Kate Heaslip and Associates)
Silver: An Outback Life, by Mary Groves (Self-Published)
Bronze (tie): Life, A Little Brown Dog & Shite Like That, by Michael Riddell(Balboa Press)
An Awesome Ride, by Shaun Miller (AKA Publishing)
2013 E-Book Results
E1. Best Adult Fiction E-Book
Gold: The Duke Don’t Dance, by Richard G. Sharp (CreateSpace)
Silver (tie): Horse, by Leon Berger (Grey Gecko Press)
Promise of Departure, by LW Montgomery (Self-Published)
Bronze: Mental Pause, by Anne O’Connell (Self-Published)
E2. Best Romance/Erotica E-Book
Gold: The Viking’s Witch, by Kelli Wilkins (Medallion Press)
Silver: Micah’s Calling, by Donya Lynne (Phoenix Press)
Bronze: Taming Clay, by Raeann Blake (Self-Published)
E3. Best Mystery/Thriller E-Book
Gold: Seven Ways to Die, by William Diehl and Kenneth Atchity (Story Merchant Books)
Silver: The Oligarch: A Thriller, by G.W. Eccles (Self-Published)
Bronze: Highball Exit, by Phyllis Smallman (Self-Published)
E4. Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror E-Book
Gold: The Bane of Yoto, by Joshua Viola with Nicholas Karpuk (FiXT)
Silver: Queen & Commander, by Janine A. Southard (Self-Published)
Bronze: Blue Violet, by Abigail Owen (Self-Published)
E5. Best Adult Non-Fiction Personal E-Book
Gold: Witness to the Storm: A Jewish Journey from Nazi Berlin to the 82nd Airborne, 1920-1945, by Werner T. Angress (Self-Published)
Silver: Diary of a Predator: A Memoir, by Amy Herdy (Vincent Publishing House)
Bronze: The Brilliance and the Madness, by Anne Margaret MacKenzie (Self-Published)
E6. Best Adult Non-Fiction Informational E-Book
Gold: A Cybercop’s Guide to Internet Child Safety, by Glen Klinkhart (SecurusMedia)
Silver: Your Career Your Way! Personal Strategies to Achieve Your Career Aspirations, by Lisa Quast (Career Woman, Inc.)
Bronze: Sex Sells: The Sales Process Described Through the Metaphor of SEX, by Katrena Friel (Self-Publishing)
E7. Juvenile/Young Adult Fiction E-Book
Gold: wish I could have said goodbye, by Shari A. Brady (Wise Owl Press)
Silver: Finding Peace: A Medieval Romance, by Lisa Shea (Minerva Webworks)
Bronze: Long Black Veil, by Jeanette Battista (Self-Published)
E8. Best Children’s Illustrated E-Book
Gold: Red Is… by Ivy Wong (Ripple Digital Publishing)
Silver: Every Walrus Can Fly, by Brian Phillips (The Basement)
Bronze: Egg Mania, by Sherry Maysonave (Empowerment Productions)
E9. Best Regional E-Book - East
Gold: Aspen Allegations: A Sutton Mass. Mystery, by Lisa Shea (Minerva Webworks)
Silver: American Prometheus: Captain Bill Jones, the Steel Genius who Made Andrew Carnegie, by Tom Gage (Self-Published)
Bronze: A Cape May Diamond, by Larry Enright (Self-Published)
E10. Best Regional E-Book – West
Gold: The Art of Scrummaging, by Enrique TOPO Rodriguez (Media Publishing eBooks Pty Ltd.)
Silver: Getting There: A Gulf Islands Adventure, by Michael Matthews (Self-Published)
Bronze: The Girl’s Guide to Getting Lost: Hard Hikes for Wild Women, by Deanna Lynn Wulff (Self-Published)