2018 MEDALISTS
Congratulations and sincere thanks to the independent authors and publishers who participated in our 22nd annual, 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards contest.
Here are the purchasing links for the gold, silver and bronze medalists in General categories 1-42. For the Regional, E-Book, and Outstanding category medalists, click the links at the right.
GENERAL MEDALISTS
1. Fine Art
GOLD
Ray Stanford Strong: West Coast Landscape Artist
By Mark Humpal
(University of Oklahoma Press)
SILVER
Artists in Exile: Expressions of Loss and Hope
By Frauke V. Josenhans
(Yale University Art Gallery)
BRONZE
Manuel Neri & The Assertion of Modern Figurative Sculpture
Presented by the Anderson Collection at Stanford University
(Anderson Collection/Stanford University Press)
2. Performing Arts (Music/Dance/Cinema/Theater)
GOLD
Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water: Creating a Fairy Tale for Troubled Times
By Gina McIntyre
(Insight Editions)
SILVER
Director's Cut: My Life in Film
By Ted Kotcheff
(ECW Press)
BRONZE
Dirty Windshields: The Best and the Worst of the Smugglers Tour Diaries
By Grant Lawrence
(Douglas & McIntyre)
3. Photography
GOLD
Tending the Fire: Native Voices & Portraits
By Christopher Felver
(University of New Mexico Press)
SILVER
Photography by Arthur Meyerson
(A.M. Editions)
BRONZE
By Matthew Emmett
(Jonglez Publishing)
4. Architecture
GOLD
Aaron G. Green: Organic Architecture Beyond Frank Lloyd Wright
By Randolph C. Henning
(ORO Editions)
SILVER
The Fantastic Seashell of the Mind: The Architecture of Mark Mills
By Janey Bennett
(ORO Editions)
BRONZE
A White House of Stone: Building America’s First Ideal in Architecture
By William Seale
(The White House Historical Association)
5. Coffee Table Books
GOLD
By Mondo
(Insight Editions)
SILVER
Cherokee National Treasures: In their Own Words
Edited by Shawna Morton Cain, PhD, Pamela Jumper Thurman, PhD, and Betty Christie Frogg; co-edited by Gayle Parnell Samuels
(Cherokee Nation)
BRONZE
By Nicholas King
(Laughing Coyote Press)
6. Popular Fiction
GOLD
By Amy Blumenfeld
(SparkPress)
SILVER
By Stephen Holgate
(Blank Slate Press)
BRONZE (tie)
A Handbook for Beautiful People
By Jennifer Spruit
(Inanna Publications)
By Alison Ragsdale
(Self-Published)
7. Literary Fiction
GOLD
All That Is Solid Melts Into Air
By Carole Giangrande
(Inanna Publications)
SILVER
By Bahiyyih Nakhjavani
(Redwood Press)
BRONZE (tie)
By Joan Dempsey
(She Writes Press)
By H.K. Bush
(Blank Slate Press)
8. Short Story Fiction
GOLD
By Louise Marburg; edited by Peg Alford Pursell
(WTAW Press)
SILVER
The Love Life of an Assistant Animator & Other Stories
By Katherine Vaz
(Tailwinds Press)
BRONZE
By Lee Conell
(Johns Hopkins University Press)
9. Poetry
GOLD
By Maggie Smith
(Tupelo Press)
SILVER
Beginner's Guide to a Head-On Collision
By Sebastian Matthews
(Red Hen Press)
BRONZE
By Jennifer Maritza McCauley
(Stalking Horse Press)
10. Anthologies
GOLD
Before All Memory is Lost: Women’s Voices from the Holocaust
Edited by Myrna Goldenberg
(The Azrieli Foundation)
SILVER
Breaking Sad: What to Say After Loss, What Not to Say, and When to Just Show Up
Edited by Shelly Fisher & Jennifer Jones
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE
Unmasked: Women Write About Sex and Intimacy After Fifty
Edited by Marcia Meier and Kathleen A. Barry, PhD.
(Weeping Willow Books)
11. Juvenile Fiction
GOLD
The Phantom of New York: Vol I, Peter and the Crown
By A.L. Janney
(Self-Published)
SILVER
By Lynn Yvonne Moon
(Köehler Books)
BRONZE (tie)
Idiot Genius: Willa Snap and the Clockwerk Boy
By Richard Due; Illustrations by Carolyn Arcabascio
(Gibbering Gnome Press)
Bigfoot: Mysterious Monsters Book One
By David Michael Slater; Illustrated by Mauro Sorghienti
(Corgi Bits)
12. Young Adult Fiction
GOLD
By Renée Veillet
(Tellwell)
SILVER
By Adrienne Clarke
(Self-Published)
BRONZE (tie)
By Ron Bahar
(SparkPress)
By Gwen Cole
(Sky Pony Press)
13. Fantasy
GOLD
By Randal Graham
(ECW Press)
SILVER
Littlest Death: A Labyrinth of Souls Novel
By Eric Witchey
(ShadowSpinners Press)
BRONZE (tie)
Tarbin’s True Heir: The Recharging: Book One
By Kelly Lynn Colby
(Inklings Publishing)
Above the Star: The 8th Island Trilogy: Book One
By Alexis Marie Chute
(SparkPress)
14. Science Fiction
GOLD
By Stephen Renneberg
(Self-Published)
SILVER
By Robert Davies
(BHC Press/Indigo)
BRONZE
By Matthew D. Hunt
(Self-Published)
15. LGBT+ Fiction
GOLD
By Ahmad Danny Ramadan
(Nightwood Editions)
SILVER
By S.J. Sindu
(Soho Press, Inc.)
BRONZE
By Lisa Gitlin
(Bywater Books)
16. Erotica
GOLD
Unspeakably Erotic: Lesbian Kink
Edited by D.L. King
(Cleis Press)
SILVER
By Anna del Mar
(Self Published)
BRONZE
By A. Gavazzoni
(Self Published)
17. Historical Fiction
GOLD
By Erika Mailman
(Bonhomie Press)
SILVER (tie)
By C.F. Yetmen
(Ypsilon & Co Press)
By Gini Grossenbacher
(JGKS Press)
BRONZE
By Carol M. Cram
(New Arcadia Publishing)
18. Military/Wartime Fiction
GOLD
By Margot Abbott
(Sand Hill Review Press)
SILVER
By J. Michael Dolan
(Monochrome Books)
BRONZE
Shifting Sands: Tradecraft Phase One
By Michael Shusko
(Self-Published)
19. Horror
GOLD
By Patrick R. Delaney
(Self-Published)
SILVER
By Drew Stepek
(Blood Bound Books)
BRONZE
By G.A. Minton
(World Castle Publishing)
20. Multicultural Fiction
GOLD
Outside People and Other Stories
By Mariam Pirbhai
(Inanna Publications)
SILVER
By Ho Lin
(Regent Press)
BRONZE
By Tyler McMahon
(Gival Press)
21. Multicultural Fiction – Juv-Young Adult
GOLD
The Forbidden Temptation of Baseball
By Dori Jones Yang
(SparkPress)
SILVER
Choose Your Path: Adventures in American Jewish History
By Shoshana Hantman
(Sidney Books)
BRONZE
On a LARP (A Sid Rubin Silicon Alley Adventure)
By Stefani Deoul
(Bywater Books)
22. Mystery/Cozy/Noir
GOLD
By Emily James
(Stronghold Books)
SILVER(tie)
By Nadine Nettmann
(Midnight Ink)
The Last Train: A Tokyo Mystery
By Michael Pronko
(Raked Gravel Press)
BRONZE
By B.R. Laue
(Brandy Hill Publishing)
23. Suspense/Thriller
GOLD
By Craig Holt
(Wildblue Press)
SILVER
By Samuel Marquis
(Mount Sopris Publishing)
BRONZE (tie)
By M.T. Ellis
(Self-Published)
By Christine Mager Wevik
(Self-Published)
24. Religious Fiction
GOLD
By C. S. Farrelly
(Cavan Bridge Press)
SILVER
Judah's Scepter and the Sacred Stone
By D. A. Brittain
(First Edition Design Publishing)
BRONZE (tie)
By Catherine Finger
(Elk Lake Publishing)
By Kristi Saare Duarte
(Self-Published)
25. Romance
GOLD
By Jacquelyn Middleton
(Kirkwall Books)
SILVER (tie)
The Demon Duke: Put Up Your Dukes Book 1
By Margaret Locke
(Locked On Love Publishing)
The Many Lives of Fitzwilliam Darcy
By Beau North & Brooke West
(Self-Published)
BRONZE
By Kilby Blades
(Luxe Press)
26. True Crime
GOLD
Famous Crimes the World Forgot Volume II: More Vintage True Crimes Rescued from Obscurity
By Jason Lucky Morrow
(Historical Crime Detective Publishing)
SILVER
Gaslight Lawyers: Criminal Trials & Exploits in Gilded Age New York
By Richard H. Underwood
(Shadelandhouse Modern Press)
BRONZE
Death of an Assassin: The True Story of the German Murderer Who Died Defending Robert E. Lee
By Ann Marie Ackermann
(Kent State University Press)
27. Urban Fiction
GOLD
By Aya de León
(Dafina Books)
SILVER
By D.E. Eliot
(Write On Publishing)
BRONZE
By JC Gardner
(Perfect Publishing)
28. Visionary/New Age Fiction
GOLD
Fire: Book Three of the Elemental Journey Series
By Caroline Allen
(Art of Storytelling)
SILVER
By Brenda Schaeffer
(Balboa Press)
BRONZE
The Mystical Village that Rewired Reality
By Justin Nathan
(Self-Published)
29. Graphic Novel/Drawn Book - General
GOLD
By Kit Steinkellner; art by Emma Steinkellner; created by Sebastian Kadlecik
(Fanbase Press)
SILVER
ELEMENTS: Fire - A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color
Edited by Taneka Stotts
(Beyond Press)
BRONZE
Portraits of Violence: An Illustrated History of Radical Thinking
By Brad Evans and Sean Michael Wilson; Illustrated by Inko, Carl Thompson, Robert Brown, Chris Mackenzie, Michiru Morikawa & Yen Quach
(New Internationalist)
30. Graphic Novel/Drawn Book- Drama/Documentary
GOLD
Renegade: Martin Luther, the Graphic Biography
By Andrea Grosso Ciponte and Dacia Palmerino
(Plough Publishing House)
SILVER
Daddy Hall: A Biography in 80 Linocuts
By Tony Miller
(The Porcupine’s Quill)
BRONZE
Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection Vol 2
By Various Authors
(Alternate History Comics Inc)
31. Humor
GOLD
Die Hard Christmas: The Illustrated Holiday Classic
By Doogie Horner; Illustrated by JJ Harrison
(Insight Editions)
SILVER
Finding My Badass Self: A Year of Truths and Dares
By Sherry Stanfa-Stanley
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE
A Brief History of Oversharing: One Ginger’s Anthology of Humiliation
By Shawn Hitchins
(ECW Press)
32. Children’s Picture Books ( 7 & Under)
GOLD (tie)
By Michael Genhart; Illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
(Magination Press)
By Angela Dalton; Illustrations by Margarita Sikorskaia
(Beaver’s Pond Press)
SILVER
By Lemniscates
(Candlewick Studio)
BRONZE
By Kate Alizadeh
(Child’s Play)
33. Children’s Picture Books ( All ages)
GOLD (tie)
The Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb, the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon
By Frances Poletti & Kristina Yee; Illustrated by Susanna Chapman
(Compendium)
By Kobi Yamada; Illustrated by Mae Besom
(Compendium)
SILVER (tie)
The Silly Parade and Other Topsy-Turvy Poems
By Anne Dwyer; Illustrations by Nikolai Popov
(Rovakada Publishing)
By Richard O’Neill & Katharine Quarmby; Illustrated by Marieke Nelissen
(Childs Play)
BRONZE
By Susanna Isern; Illustrations by Daniel Montero Galán
(Cuento de Luz)
34. Children’s Interactive
GOLD
By M.H. Clark; illustrated by Michael Byers
(Compendium)
SILVER
Mindful Kids: 50 Mindfulness Activities for Kindness, Focus, and Calm
By Whitney Stewart and Mina Braun
(Barefoot Books)
BRONZE
BigFoot Goes on Vacation: A Spectacular Seek and Find Challenge for All Ages!
By D.L. Miller
(Happy Fox Books)
35. Juvenile-Young Adult Non-Fiction
GOLD
By Gayle E. Pitman, PhD
(Magination Press)
SILVER
In A Relationship: Avoid the Worst & Experience the Best in Your Social Life & Relationships
By Aaron Boe
(Smith Knutson Publishing)
BRONZE (tie)
The Sword and The Broom: The Exceptional Career and Accomplishments of John Mercer Langston
By Linda Salisbury
(Tabby House)
What I Can Learn from the Incredible and Fantastic Life of Steve Jobs
By Fredrik Colting and Melissa Medina; Illustrations by Natsuko Yoneyama
(Moppet Books)
36. Multicultural N-F Juv- Young Adult
GOLD (tie)
Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees
By Mary Beth Leatherdale; Art by Eleanor Shakespeare
(Annick Press)
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women
Edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
(Annick Press)
SILVER
Standing Up for Civil Rights in St. Louis
By Amanda E. Doyle and Melanie A. Adams
(Missouri History Museum)
BRONZE
Come Sunday: A Young Reader’s History of Congo Square
By Freddi Williams Evans
(University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press)
37. Multicultural Non-Fiction Adult
GOLD
By Mitch Caver and Thomas W. Cowger
(Chickasaw Press)
SILVER
By Anna Indych-López
(UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press)
BRONZE
Two-Countries: U.S. Daughters & Sons of Immigrant Parents: Flash Memoir, Personal Essays & Poetry
Edited by Tina Schumann
(Red Hen Press)
38. Essay/Creative Non-Fiction
GOLD
And There Was Evening and There Was Morning
By Mike Smith; edited by Peg Alford Pursell
(WTAW Press)
SILVER
I’ll Be Your Mirror: Essays & Aphorisms
By David Lazar
(University of Nebraska Press)
BRONZE (tie)
Flight Path: A Search for Roots Beneath the World’s Busiest Airport
By Hannah Palmer
(Hub City Press)
The Pittsburgh That Stays Within You (Fifth Edition)
By Samuel Hazo; Photography by Paige Crawley
(Word Association Publishers)
39. Autobiography/Memoir I (Celebrity/Political/Romance)
GOLD
As I Saw It: A Reporter’s Intrepid Journey
By Marvin Scott
(Beaufort Books)
SILVER
My Tour Through the Asylum: A Southern Integrationist’s Memoir
By William E. Dufford with Aïda Rogers and Salley McInerney
(University of South Carolina Press)
BRONZE
Disqualified: Eddie Hart, Munich 1972, and the Voices of the Most Tragic Olympics
By Eddie Hart with Dave Newhouse
(Black Squirrel Books)
40. Autobiography/Memoir II (Coming of Age/Family Legacy/Travel)
GOLD
Just One Question: A Road Trip Memoir
By Ty Sassaman
(MCP Books)
SILVER
By Christopher Merrill
(Trinity University Press)
BRONZE (tie)
By Hugh B. Price
(John F. Blair Publishing)
Mapping My Way Home: Activism, Nostalgia, and the Downfall of Apartheid South Africa
By Stephanie J. Urdang
(Monthly Review Press)
41. Autobiography/Memoir III (Personal Struggle/Health Issues)
GOLD (tie)
The Chicken Who Saved Us: The Remarkable Story of Andrew and Frightful
By Kristin Jarvis Adams
(Behler Publications)
By Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung
(The Azrieli Foundation)
SILVER (tie)
A Few Minor Adjustments: A Memoir of Healing
By Cherie Kephart
(Bazi Publishing)
By Janet Buttenwieser
(Vine Leaves Press)
BRONZE
By Carol Rosenberger
(She Writes Press)
42. Biography
GOLD
Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin (The Early Years, 1926-1966)
By Kenneth Womack
(Chicago Review Press)
SILVER
Wilde’s Women: How Oscar Wilde was Shaped by the Women He Knew
By Eleanor Fitzsimons
(Duckworth Overlook)
BRONZE
The Man Who Lit Lady Liberty: The Extraordinary Rise and Fall of Actor M.B. Curtis
By Richard Schwartz
(RSB Books)