Congratulations and sincere thanks to the independent authors and publishers who participated in our 26th annual, 2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards contest!
CATEGORIES:
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 Year the World Stood Still
by Susan Brescia
(A Poet's Hand)
Best Book Arts Craftsmanship
Somnath Hore: Wounds
by Likla Lall
(Art1st Enterprises)
Most Outstanding Design
A Rebel’s Outcry: Biography of Issei Civil Rights Leader Sei Fuji (1882-1954): Based on “Rafu Gigyu Ondo” by Kenichi Sato
by Kenichi Sato, Jeffrey Gee Chin, and Fumiko Carole Fujita
(Little Tokyo Historical Society)
Most Likely to Save the Planet
I Dream of Water
by Shawn Small, illustrated by Jenny Robbins
(HISPublishing Group)
Independent Spirit Award
The Moonshiner Popcorn Sutton
by Neal Hutcheson
(Reliable Archetype)
Independent Voice Award
Dirty Birds
by Morgan Murray
(Breakwater Books)
PEACEMAKER
The Best Peace Fiction: A Social Justice Anthology
edited by Robert Olen Butler and Phong Nguyen
(University of New Mexico Press)
GENERAL CATEGORIES 1-34
1. FINE ART
GOLD:
Spring Cannot Be Canceled: David Hockney in Normandy
by Martin Gayford and David Hockney
(Thames & Hudson)
SILVER:
She-Oak and Sunlight: Australian Impressionism
edited by Anne Gray and Angela Hesson
(National Gallery of Victoria)
BRONZE:
Ichimatsu: Japanese Play Dolls
by Alan Scott Pate
(Alan Scott Pate Antique Japanese Dolls)
2. PERFORMING ARTS (MUSIC/DANCE/CINEMA/THEATER)
GOLD:
Blondell Cummings: Dance as Moving Pictures
edited by Kristin Juarez, Rebecca Peabody, & Glenn Phillips
(X Artists' Books)
SILVER:
This Was Toscanini: The Maestro, My Father, and Me
by Samuel Antek & Lucy Antek Johnson
(Brown Books Publishing Group)
BRONZE (tie):
We Never Knew Just What it Was ... the Story of the Chad Mitchell Trio
by Mike Murphey
(Mike Murphey Books, LLC)
John Guillermin: The Man, The Myth, The Movies
by Mary Guillermin
(Precocity Press)
3. PHOTOGRAPHY
GOLD:
Manifest International Photography Annual 8
edited by Jason Franz
(Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center)
SILVER (tie):
Sacred Nature 2 - Reconnecting People to Our Planet
by Angela Scott & Jonathan Scott
(HPH Publishing)
Behind Glass
by Anne Berry
(Shock Design Books)
BRONZE:
Instrumenthead Revealed
by Michael Weintrob
(Magnet Bound Press)
4. ARCHITECTURE
GOLD:
At Home in Chicago: A Living History of Domestic Architecture
by Patrick F. Cannon and James Caulfield
(CityFiles Press)
SILVER:
After The Australian Ugliness
by Naomi Stead, Tom Lee, Ewan McEoin & Megan Patty
(National Gallery of Victoria)
BRONZE (tie):
The Art Museum in Modern Times
by Charles Saumarez Smith
(Thames & Hudson)
James Hoban: Designer and Builder of the White House
by Stewart D. McLaurin
(White House Historical Society)
5. Coffee Table Books
GOLD:
Winter Wild: a feast of dark delights
by Janice Sutton
(Janice Sutton Communications)
SILVER:
The Rolling Stones: Unzipped
by The Rolling Stones
(Thames & Hudson)
BRONZE:
Grimm Gestalt
by Travis Lovell, Howard Fullmer, Brandon Truscott
(Utah Valley University)
6. Popular Fiction
GOLD:
The Liability of Love
by Susan Schoenberger
(She Writes Press)
SILVER:
The Long-Lost Jules
by Jane Elizabeth Hughes
(SparkPress)
BRONZE:
Silver Beach
by Claire Cox
(University of Massachusetts Press)
7. Literary Fiction
GOLD:
Day for Night
by Jean McNeil
(ECW Press)
SILVER:
The Artist & The Assassin
by Mark Frutkin
(The Porcupine’s Quill)
BRONZE:
Last Hummingbird West of Chile
by Nicholas Ruddock
(Breakwater Books Ltd.)
8. Short Story Fiction
GOLD:
Big Bad
by Whitney Collins
(Sarabande Books)
SILVER:
Erase and Rewind
by Meghan Bell
(Book*hug Press)
BRONZE (tie):
Sustainable Living
by Elsa Nekola
(Willow Springs Books)
Urban Disturbances
by Bruce McDougall
(The Porcupine's Quill)
9. Poetry - Standard
GOLD (tie):
You Better Be Lightning
by Andrea Gibson
(Button Poetry)
How to Kill Yourself Instead of Your Children
by Quincy Scott Jones
(C&R Press)
SILVER (tie):
September 12
by Andrea Carter Brown
(The Word Works)
Her Kind
by Cindy Veach
(CavanKerry Press)
BRONZE:
Problematica
by George Murray
(ECW Press)
10. Poetry - Specialty
GOLD:
Bramah and the Beggar Boy
by Renee Sarojini Saklikar
(Nightwood Editions)
SILVER (tie):
TNTRK: A Tantric Journey Through Poetry and Art
by Blair Fillingham; illustrations by Johanna Porter
(Self-Published)
Putting the World Back Together
by N. Allison Nist, M.D.
(Shock Design Books)
BRONZE (tie):
Clouds: Love Poems from Above the Fray Poems and Photographs
by Jon Meyer
(Joshua Tree Interactive)
A Pilgrimage of Churches Poems and Photographs
by Ron Starbuck
(Saint Julian Press)
11. Anthology
GOLD:
Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language
edited by Ayelet Tsabari, Eufemia Fantetti, and Leonarda Carranza
(Book*hug Press)
SILVER:
Home in Florida: Latinx Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness
edited by Anjanette Delgado
(University of Florida Press)
BRONZE:
Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora
edited by Christopher Nelson
(Green Linden Press)
12. Juvenile Fiction
GOLD:
Rea and the Blood of the Nectar
by Payal Doshi
(Mango and Marigold Press)
SILVER:
The Art of Running Away
by Sabrina Kleckner
(Jolly Fish Press)
BRONZE:
Zombie, Or Not to Be
by Kyle Sullivan, Art by Derek Sullivan
13. Young Adult Fiction - General
GOLD:
Before We Were Blue
by E.J. Schwartz
(Flux)
SILVER:
Call Me Athena: Girl From Detroit
by Colby Cedar Smith
(Andrews McMeel Publishing)
BRONZE:
How It Happens
by Jean Alicia Elster
(Wayne State University Press)
14. Young Adult Fiction - Fantasy
GOLD:
Dragonbird in the Fern
by Laura Rueckert
(Flux)
SILVER:
Siege of the Seven Sins
by Emily Colin
(Blue Crow Books)
BRONZE (tie):
Foretold
by Violet Lumani
(Uproar Books)
Trine Fallacy
by C.K. Donnelly
(Kibbe Creative Media, LLC)
15. Fantasy
GOLD:
Faeries of the Faultlines
by Iris Compiet
(Eye of Newt Books)
SILVER:
The Ancient Ones
by Cassandra L. Thompson
(Quill & Crow Publishing House)
BRONZE (tie):
All the Blue Come Through
by Metra Farrari
(Wise Ink)
The Warrior With Broken Wings
by Thorsten Brandl
(Cat's Eye Publishing)
16. Science Fiction
GOLD:
KRILL: When the Good Choices are Gone
by Susan Hasler
SILVER (tie):
War Bunny
by Christopher St. John
(Harvest Oak Press)
Transference
by B.T. Keaton
(Ingleside Avenue Press)
BRONZE:
Sanctuary
by Grace J Agnew
(Woodhall Press)
17. LGBT+ Fiction
GOLD:
My Good Son
by Yang Huang
(University of New Orleans Press)
SILVER:
Kiss the Scars on the Back of My Neck
by Joe Okonkwo
(Amble Press)
BRONZE:
Nazaré
by JJ Amaworo Wilson
(PM Press)
18. Erotica
GOLD:
The Golden Girl
by Sara Wetmore
(Self-Published)
SILVER:
Disintegration
by Thea Landen
(Self-Published)
BRONZE:
The Mirror’s Touch
by Markus Taylor - pen name Jackie Notter
(Climate Publishing)
19. Historical Fiction
GOLD:
That Which Remains
by C. F. Yetmen
(Ypsilon & Co Press)
SILVER:
88 Straight
by Stanley Nelson
(Chickasaw Press)
BRONZE:
The Lives of Diamond Bessie
by Jody Hadlock
(SparkPress)
20. Military/Wartime Fiction
GOLD:
Silence
by William Carpenter
(Islandport Press)
SILVER:
A Stream to Follow
by Jess Wright
(Books Forward)
BRONZE:
The Commodore and the Powder Monkey
by Mark Barie
(Barringer Publishing)
21. Horror
GOLD:
The Despicable Fantasies of Quentin Sergenov
by Preston Fassel
(Encyclopocalypse Publications)
SILVER:
Hotel Chelsea
by Jeremy Bates
(Self-Published)
BRONZE:
The Jewish Book of Horror
by Josh Schlossberg
(Denver Horror Collective)
22. Multicultural Fiction
GOLD:
The Cine Star Salon
by Leah Ranada
(NeWest Press)
SILVER:
This Fierce Blood
by Malia Márquez
(Acre Books)
BRONZE:
Dusk in the Frog Pond and Other Stories
by Rummana Chowdhury
(Inanna Publications)
23. Multicultural Fiction - Juv/YA
GOLD:
Unbelonging
by Gayatri Sethi
(Mango and Marigold Press)
SILVER:
My Indian
by Saqamaw Mi'sel Joe & Sheila O'Neill
(Breakwater Books Ltd.)
BRONZE (tie):
Tia Lugo Speaks No Evil
by Danette Vigilante
(North Star Editions)
24. Mystery
GOLD:
The Artist Colony
by Joanna FitzPatrick
(She Writes Press)
SILVER:
The Blackwater
by Paul Smith
(Matador)
BRONZE (tie):
Lies with Man
by Michael Nava
(Amble Press)
Match
by Amy S. Peele
(She Writes Press)
25. Suspense/Thriller
GOLD:
Shadow Music
by Helaine Mario
(Oceanview Publishing)
SILVER:
Beneath the Marigolds
by Emily C. Whitson
(CamCat Books)
BRONZE:
Crude Ambition
by Patricia Hunt Holmes
(Greenleaf Book Group)
26. Religious Fiction
GOLD:
Daughter of the King
by Kerry Chaput
(Black Rose Writing)
SILVER:
Falik and His House
by Jacob Dinezon, translated by Mindy Liberman
(Jewish Storyteller Press)
BRONZE:
Wonders in the Deep: A Tale of Healing
by Chuck Carr
27. Romance
GOLD:
Take Your Charming Somewhere Else
by Katie Rose Guest Pryal
(Blue Crow Books)
SILVER:
Night Tide
by Anna Burke
(Bywater Books)
BRONZE:
Thrust
by Rachel Spangler
(Brisk Press)
28. VISIONARY/NEW AGE FICTION
GOLD:
Sunnyside Up
by Rea Nolan Martin
(WiaWaka Press)
SILVER:
My Famous Brain
by Diane Wald
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE:
Wild Mushrooms
by E. Piotrowicz
(Resource Publications)
29. TRUE CRIME
GOLD:
Murder Maps USA: Crime Scenes Revisited. Bloodstains to Ballistics. 1865-1939
by Adam Selzer
(Thames & Hudson)
SILVER:
Dragged into the Light
by Tony Russo
(Secant Publishing)
BRONZE (tie):
Defending a Serial Killer: The Right to Counsel
by Jim Potts
(Vesuvian Books)
Summary Judgment
by Donald Cameron Clark, Jr.
(Girl Friday Productions)
30. GRAPHIC NOVEL/DRAWN BOOK
GOLD:
Catalogue Baby: A Memoir of (In)fertility
by Myriam Steinberg, illustrated by Christache
(Page Two Books)
SILVER:
Nuclear Power
by Desirée Proctor and Erica Harrell, illustrated by Lynne Yoshii
(Fanbase Press)
BRONZE:
Wonder Drug: LSD in the Land of Living Skies
by Hugh D.A. Goldring, illustrated by nicole marie burton
(Between the Lines)
31. HUMOR
GOLD:
Here We Go Loop de Loop
by William Sibley
(ATMOSPHERE PRESS)
SILVER:
Running Through the Swinging Door
by Tony Di Lembo
(THE TROPICALE)
BRONZE:
Why Some Animals Eat Their Young: A Survivor’s Guide to Motherhood
by Dallas Louis
(Sandra Jonas Publishing)
32. CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS (7 & UNDER)
GOLD:
The Library Book
by Gabby Dawnay, illustrated by Ian Morris
(Thames & Hudson)
SILVER:
How to Fold a Taco
by Naibe Reynoso
(Con Todo Press)
BRONZE:
Don't Call Me Fuzzybutt!
by Robin Newman, illustrated by Susan Batori
(Sleeping Bear Press)
33. CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS (ALL AGES)
GOLD (tie):
Nour's Secret Library
by Wafa' Tarnowska, illustrated by Vali Mintzi
(Barefoot Books)
SILVER:
Bindiya in India
by Monique Chheda
(Mango and Marigold Press)
BRONZE:
Big Bear Was Not the Same
by Joanna Rowland
(Beaming Books)
34. CHILDREN’S INTERACTIVE
GOLD:
Alien Baby!
by Elias Barks
(Hazy Dell Press)
SILVER:
THE GLOBAL KID: World's First VR/AR Political Comic Book
by Dr Maha Hosain Aziz
(Self-Published)
BRONZE:
Lulu the Unstoppable Dancing Dog
by Marie Dimitrova
(Hello World Publishing)
GENERAL CATEGORIES 35-65
35. JUVENILE-YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION
GOLD (tie):
Anxiety Elephants for Tween Girls
by Caris Snider (End Game Press)
Anxiety Elephants for Tween Boys
by Caris Snider (End Game Press)
SILVER:
Earth Will Survive* *but we may not
by Katie Coppens
(Tumblehome, Inc.)
BRONZE:
The Social Black Belt
by Dr. Christopher Cortman & Michael Keelen
(The Social Black Belt, Inc.)
36. MULTICULTURAL NON-FICTION JUV-YOUNG ADULT
GOLD:
That They Lived
by Rochelle Riley and Cristi Smith-Jones
(Wayne State University Press)
SILVER:
peepeekisis ātayōhkēwina: Sacred Stories of Peepeekisis Cree Nation
by Eleanor Brass, illustrated by Aleigha Agecoutay
(Your Nickel's Worth Publishing)
BRONZE:
Parenting and Child Development: Across Ethnicity and Culture
by Abdul Khaleque
(Praeger)
37. MULTICULTURAL NON-FICTION ADULT
GOLD:
To Drink From the Well: The Struggle for Racial Equality at the Nation's Oldest Public University
by Geeta N. Kapur
(Blair)
SILVER:
The Algerian Dream: Youth and the Quest for Dignity
by Andrew G. Farrand
(New Degree Press)
BRONZE:
Heart Radical: A Search for Language, Love, and Belonging
by Anne Liu Kellor
(She Writes Press)
38. ESSAY
GOLD:
I, Grape; or The Case for Fiction
by Brock Clarke
(Acre Books)
SILVER:
Stargazing in the Atomic Age
by Anne Goldman
(University of Georgia Press)
BRONZE:
Night Rooms
by Gina Nutt
(Two Dollar Radio)
39. CREATIVE NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Paletó and Me: Memories of My Indigenous Father
by Aparecida Vilaça
(Stanford University Press)
SILVER:
Lilia: A True Story of Love, Courage, and Survival in the Shadow of War
by Linda Ganzini
(Self-Published)
BRONZE:
America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility
by Rajika Bhandari
(She Writes Press)
40. AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR I (CELEBRITY/POLITICAL/ROMANCE)
GOLD:
The Flowering: The Autobiography of Judy Chicago
by Judy Chicago
(Thames & Hudson)
SILVER:
60: A Year of Sports, Race and Politics
by Robert Khayat
(The Nautilus Publishing Company)
BRONZE:
Getting to the Heart of the Matter: My 36 Years in the Senate
by Carl Levin
(Wayne State University Press)
41. Autobiography II (Coming of Age/Family)
GOLD:
Brown Skin Girl
by Mytrae Meliana
(Blue Leopard Media)
SILVER:
When the Red Gates Opened: A Memoir of China’s Reawakening
by Dori Jones Yang
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE:
Seeing Eye Girl: A Memoir of Madness, Resilience, and Hope
by Beverly J. Armento
(She Writes Press)
42. AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR III (PERSONAL STRUGGLE/HEALTH ISSUES)
GOLD:
Off Our Chests
by John Marshall and Liza Marshall
(Ideapress)
SILVER:
You’ll Never Find Us
by Jeanne Baker Guy
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE:
The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction and the Truth about Recovery
by David Poses
(Sandra Jonas Publishing House)
43. BIOGRAPHY
GOLD:
Flower Diary: In Which Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door
by Molly Peacock
(ECW Press)
SILVER:
The Jewish World of Alexander Hamiton
by Andrew Porwancher
(Princeton)
BRONZE (tie):
Find a Trail or Blaze One: A Biography of Dr. Reatha Clark King
as told to Kate Leibfried
(Beaver’s Pond Press, Inc)
44. AGING/DEATH & DYING
GOLD:
The Burning Light of Two Stars: A Mother-Daughter Story
by Laura Davis
(Girl Friday Books)
SILVER:
Widow’s Moon: A Memoir Of Healing, Hope, & Self-Discovery Through Grief and Loss
by Cara Hope Clark
(Self-Published)
BRONZE:
The Actual Dance: Love’s Ultimate Journey Through Breast Cancer
by Samuel A. Simon
(The Actual Dance, LLC)
45. ANIMALS/PETS
GOLD:
Hatched: Dispatches from the Backyard Chicken Movement
by Gina G. Warren
(University of Washington Press)
SILVER (tie):
Terriers the Jungle - A Novel
by Georja Umano
(Atmosphere Press)
The Year's Best Dog Stories 2021
edited by Ron Sauder
(Secant Publishing)
BRONZE:
Pet Poems (also not just pets)
by Sean Petrie
(Burlwood Books)
46. BUSINESS/CAREERS/SALES
GOLD:
Empathy In Action: How to Deliver Great Customer Experiences at Scale
by Tony Bates and Natalie Petouhoff
(Ideapress Publishing)
SILVER:
Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator's Dilemma, Second Edition
by Charles A. O'Reilly III and Michael L. Tushman
(Stanford University Press)
BRONZE:
Competing on Thought Leadership
by Robert Buday
(Ideapress Publishing)
47. COOKBOOKS - GENERAL
GOLD:
J’Adore
by Todd Leonard, Travis Lovell, Gareth Fry, John Rees, Melissa Barrett
(Utah Valley University)
SILVER:
How Good Food Works From Seed to Plate
by Laura Moore
(Don Sanders)
BRONZE:
Winter Wild: a feast of dark delights
by Janice Sutton
(Janice Sutton Communications)
48. COOKBOOKS - SPECIALTY
GOLD:
Dining with the Dead: A Feast for the Souls on Day of the Dead
by Mariana Nuño-Ruiz McEnroe and Ian McEnroe
(Rio Nuevo Publishers)
SILVER:
Amalia's Mesoamerican Table: Ancient Culinary Traditions with Gourmet Infusions
by Amalia Moreno-Damgaard
(Amalia LLC)
BRONZE:
My Cookbook Passion
by Pamela Kure Grogan
(Gaudium Publishing)
49. Current Events I (Political/Economic/Foreign Affairs)
GOLD:
Rage: Narcissism, Patriarchy, and the Culture of Terrorism
by Abigail R. Esman
(University of Nebraska Press)
SILVER:
The Heartbeat of Iran
by Tara Kangarlou
(Ig Publishing)
BRONZE:
Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon
by Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko
(Stanford University Press)
50. Current Events II (Social Issues/Humanitarian)
GOLD:
A Decent Meal: Building Empathy in a Divided America
by Michael Carolan
(Stanford University Press)
SILVER (tie):
What's Up with White Women? Unpacking Sexism and White Privilege in Pursuit of Racial Justice
by Ilsa Govan and Tilman Smith
(New Society Publishers)
The Black Butterfly
by Lawrence T. Brown
(Johns Hopkins University Press)
BRONZE:
Inequality in America: Causes and Consequences
edited by Robert S. Rycroft and Kimberley L. Kinsley
(ABC-CLIO)
51. Education I (Workbook/Resources)
GOLD:
The Metacognitive Student: How to Teach Academic, Social, and Emotional Intelligence in Every Content Area
by Richard K. Cohen, Deanne Kildare Opatosky, James Savage, Susan Olsen Stevens, and Edward P. Darrah
(Solution Tree Press)
SILVER (tie):
Finding Your Blind Spots: Eight Guiding Principles for Overcoming Implicit Bias in Teaching
by Hedreich Nichols
(Solution Tree Press)
Mindsets and Skill Sets for Learning: A Framework for Building Student Agency
by Bill Zima
(Marzano Resources)
BRONZE:
The School Wellness Wheel: A Framework Addressing Trauma, Culture, and Mastery to Raise Student Achievement
by Mike Ruyle, Libby Child, & Nancy Dome
(Marzano Resources)
52. Education II (Commentary/Theory)
GOLD:
Scripting the Moves: Culture and Control in a "No-Excuses" Charter School
by Joanne W. Golann
(Princeton University Press)
SILVER:
Autobiography without Apology: The Personal Essay in Chicanx and Latinx Studies
edited by Chon Noriega, Wendy Laura Belcher & Charlene Villaseñor Black
(UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press)
BRONZE:
Education and Development: Policy Imperatives for Jamaica and the Caribbean
by Canute S. Thompson
(The University of the West Indies Press)
53. Nature
GOLD:
Remembering Cheetahs
by Margot Raggett
(Remembering Wildlife)
SILVER:
This Fragile Planet: His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Environment
by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
(The Sumeru Press Inc.)
BRONZE:
A Country No More: Rediscovering the Landscapes of John James Audubon
by Krista Elrick
(George F. Thompson Publishing)
54. Environment/Ecology
GOLD:
Black Snake: Standing Rock, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and Environmental Justice
by Katherine Wiltenburg Todrys
(University of Nebraska Press)
SILVER:
Patterns of Connection: Essential Essays from Five Decades
by Fritjof Capra
(High Road Books)
BRONZE:
Full Ecology: Repairing Our Relationship with the Natural World
by Mary M. Clare and Gary Ferguson
(Heyday Books)
55. Finance/Investments/Economics
GOLD:
Nothing is Too Big to Fail: How the Last Financial Crisis Informs Today
by Kerry and Linda Killinger
(RosettaBooks)
SILVER:
Exposed: The Financial Matrix
by Orrin Woodward
(Obstacles Press)
BRONZE (tie):
Private Money Lending: Learn How to Consistently Generate a Passive Income Stream 2nd Edition
by Gustavo J. Gomez, Ph.D.
(Halo Publishing International)
Decolonizing Wealth, Second Edition
by Edgar Villanueva
(Berrett-Koehler Publishers)
56. LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction
GOLD:
Bullied: The Story of an Abuse
by Jonathan Alexander
(Punctum Books)
SILVER:
Alabama Grandson: A Black, Gay Minister’s Passage Out of Hiding
by Cedrick D. Bridgeforth
(Precocity Press)
BRONZE:
The Life and Times of the Legendary Larry Townsend
by Jack Fritscher
(Palm Drive Publishing)
57. Gift/Specialty/Journal
GOLD:
All the Good: Doing Life After the Diploma
by Dexterity
(Dexterity)
SILVER:
The Last Legacy of E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
by Tamar Springer
(Tamir Music)
BRONZE:
five seven five - American Rhyming Haiku
by Barton Johnson
(Syzygy Entreprises, Inc.)
58. Holiday
GOLD:
Dachshund Through The Snow
by Michelle Medlock Adams
(End Game Press)
SILVER:
Bob Ross' Happy Little Night Before Christmas
by Bob Ross & Robb Pearlman
(BenBella Books)
BRONZE:
Last Blue Christmas
by Rose Prendeville
(Eridani Press)
59. Health/Medicine/Nutrition
GOLD:
Understanding Modern Health Care
by Steve Fredman
(Self-Published)
SILVER:
The Busy Caregiver's Guide to Advanced Alzheimer Disease
by Jennifer R. Stelter, PsyD
(Johns Hopkins University Press)
BRONZE:
Vibrant
by Stacie Stephenson
(BenBella Books)
60. History (U.S.)
GOLD (tie):
A Constitution for the Living: Imagining How Five Generations of Americans Would Rewrite the Nation’s Fundamental Law
by Beau Breslin
(Stanford University Press)
Dirty Works: Obscenity on Trial in America’s First Sexual Revolution
by Brett Gary
(Stanford University Press)
SILVER (tie):
A Second Reckoning: Race, Injustice, and the Last Hanging in Annapolis
by Scott D. Seligman
(Potomac Books)
George Washington’s Final Battle: The Epic Struggle to Build a Capital City and a Nation
Robert P. Watson
(Georgetown University Press)
BRONZE:
Gone Before Glory : The Life and Tragic Death of William McKinley
by Stephen G. Yanoff
(AuthorHouse)
61. History (World)
GOLD:
Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace: The Rise, Demise, and Revival for Arms Control
by Michael Krepon
(Stanford University Press)
SILVER:
How Britain Underdeveloped the Caribbean: A Reparation Response to Europe’s Legacy of Plunder and Poverty
by Hilary McD.Beckles
(The University of the West Indies Press)
BRONZE (tie):
Prose of the World: Denis Diderot and the Periphery of Enlightenment
by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht
(Stanford University Press)
Genetic Crossroads: The Middle East and the Science of Human Heredity
by Elise K. Burton
(Stanford University Press)
65. Parenting
GOLD:
Unraveling Bias
by Christia Spears Brown
(BenBella Books)
SILVER:
In Our Blood
by Caitlin Billings
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE:
Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself
by Lisa Marchiano
(Sounds True)
GENERAL CATEGORIES 66-89
66. Pop Culture
GOLD:
Death Never Dies: Mourning 2020 Through the Lives and Deaths of Public Figures
by Lee Fearnside
(Chimera Projects)
SILVER:
Bob Kingley's Book of Records: 60 Years of Country Music Through the Lens of a Legend
by Ken Halford
(The Nautilus Publishing Company)
BRONZE:
Proper - A Modernist Guide to Impeccable Taste
by Andy Morling
(Getdeeper Publishing)
67. Psychology/Mental Health
GOLD:
Traditional and Western Medicine: Voices from Jamaican Psychiatric Patients
by Caryl James Bateman
(The University of the West Indies Press)
SILVER:
Fear Traps: Escape the Triggers that Keep You Stuck
by Dr. Nancy Stella
(Berry Powell Press)
BRONZE (tie):
Doing Grief in Real Life: A Soulful Guide to Navigate Loss, Death & Change
by Shea Darian
(Gilead Press)
The Stress Book: Forty-Plus Ways to Manage Stress & Enjoy Your Life
by D Terrence Foster M.D
(Global Health & Consortium)
68. Sports
GOLD:
Marathon Man: My Life, My Father's Stroke and Running 35 Marathons in 35 Days
by Alan Corcoran
(Self-Published)
SILVER:
Small Miracles: The Inspiring Kids of Variety Village
by Mike Strobel
(North Channel Press)
BRONZE:
Indy Split: The Big Money Battle that Nearly Destroyed Indy Racing
by John Oreovicz
(Octane Press)
Built from Broken: A Science-Based Guide to Healing Painful Joints, Preventing Injuries, and Rebuilding Your Body
by Scott Hogan
(SaltWrap)
69. Reference
GOLD:
Encyclopedia of Trade Goods: Gun Accessories & Hand Weapons of the Fur Trade
by James A. Hanson
(Museum of the Fur Trade)
SILVER:
The Non-Obvious Guide to Marketing & Branding (Without a Big Budget)
by Rohit Bhargava
(Ideapress Publishing)
BRONZE:
Internal Fire: The Internal Combustion Engine 1678–1900
by C. Lyle Cummins Jr.
(Octane Press)
70. Religion - Eastern/Western
GOLD (tie):
Pillars: How Muslim Friends Led Me Closer to Jesus
by Rachel Pieh Jones
(Plough Publishing)
Interplay of Things: Religion, Art, and Presence Together
by Anthony B. Pinn
(Duke University Press)
SILVER:
Mishkan HaSeder: A Passover Haggadah
by Rabbi Hara E. Person and Jessica Greenbaum
(Central Conference of American Rabbis)
BRONZE (tie):
The Garden of Flowers and Weeds: A New Translation and Commentary on The Blue Cliff Record
by Matthew Juksan Sullivan
(Monkfish Book Publishing Company)
The Social Justice Torah Commentary
by Rabbi Barry H. Block
(Central Conference of American Rabbis)
71. Science
GOLD:
Unsettled
by Steven E. Koonin
(BenBella Books)
SILVER:
A Brief History of the Earth's Climate: Everyone's Guide to the Science of Climate Change
by Steven Earle, PhD
(New Society Publishers)
BRONZE:
SuperSight
by David Rose
(BenBella Books)
72. Self-Help
GOLD:
The Remarriage Manual: How to Make Everything Work Better the Second Time Around
by Terry Gaspard
(Sounds True)
SILVER:
The Ultimate Anxiety Toolkit: 25 Tools to Worry Less, Relax More and Boost Your Self-Esteem
by Risa Williams, illustrated by Jennifer Whitney and Amanda Way
(Jessica Kingsley Publishers)
BRONZE (tie):
Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business
by Jenny Blake
(IdeaPress Publishing)
Awaken to Your Calling
by Randi Benator
(She Writes Press)
73. Sexuality/Relationships
GOLD:
Fifty First Dates After Fifty
by Carolyn Lee Arnold
(She Writes Press)
SILVER:
Invitation to Intimacy
by Dr. Judy Tiesel-Jensen
(Et Alia Press)
BRONZE:
Emotional Magnetism: How to Communicate to Ignite Connection in Your Relationships
by Sandy Gerber
(Page Two)
74. Transportation (Auto/Aviation/Railroad, etc.)
GOLD:
John Deere Evolution: The Design and Engineering of an American Icon
by Lee Klancher
(Octane Press)
SILVER:
Picturing Freedom: African Americans & Their Cars
by Stanley B. Burns, MD & Elizabeth A. Burns
(Burns Archive)
BRONZE:
The Last Winter: Chronicles of the Last Year-Round Long-Distance Steam Locomotive Show in the U.S.
by Frank Barry
(Fresh Dirt Publications)
75. Travel - Essay
GOLD:
THE BUMBLING TRAVELER - Sketching the World
by Tom Schmidt
(Kakibubu Media Limited)
SILVER:
Braving the World: Adventures in Travel and Retirement
by Pam Saylor
(Self-Published)
BRONZE:
An Elephant Ate My Arm: More True Stories from a Curious Traveler
by Laurie McAndish King
(Destination Insights)
76. Travel - Guidebooks
GOLD:
Photographing Iceland Volumes One and Two
by James Rushforth
(fotoVUE Ltd)
SILVER:
Coastal Trails of Maine including Acadia National Park
by Dolores Kong and Dan Ring
(FalconGuides)
BRONZE:
Croatian Wine: Regions, Grapes, and History
by Greg Viola
(Self-Published)
77. Women’s Issues
GOLD:
The Sweetness of Venus: A History of the Clitoris
by Sarah Chadwick
(Armin Lear Press)
SILVER:
Anarchy in High Heels
by Denise Larson
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE:
Dear White Woman, Please Come Home
by Kimberlee Yolanda Williams
(Elephant Room Press)
78. Writing/Publishing
GOLD:
Memory into Memoir: A Writer's Handbook
by Laura Kalpakian
(University of New Mexico Press)
SILVER:
The Joy of Writing Journal: Spark Your Creativity in 8 Minutes A Day
by Lisa Tener
(Prosperity House Media)
BRONZE:
Writing the Novella
by Sharon Oard Warner
(University of New Mexico Press)
79. Book/Author/Publisher Website
GOLD:
www.a-given-grace-christian-anthology.com
edited by Desmond Francis Xavier Kon (Zhicheng-Mingdé) & Eric Francis Tinsay Valles (Squircle Line Press)
SILVER:
by S.G. Blaise (Lilac Grove Entertainment LLC)
BRONZE:
designed by Ryan Dann (Laertes)
80. Cover Design - Fiction
GOLD:
Little Bird
by Mary Ruth Barnes
(Chickasaw Press)
SILVER:
All The Blues Come Through
by Metra Farrari
(Wise Ink)
BRONZE:
Flower Girl: A Novel
by Merida Johns
(Coffee Cup Press)
81. Cover Design - Non-Fiction
GOLD:
Behind Glass
by Anne Berry
(Shock Design Books)
SILVER:
Their Spirits Took Flight: Nevada City's Historic Pine Grove Cemetery
by Brian Suwada
(Banner Mountain Press)
BRONZE:
Why Some Animals Eat Their Young
by Dallas Louis
(Sandra Jonas Publishing)
82. Cover Design - Oversize
GOLD:
J’Adore
by Todd Leonard, Travis Lovell, Gareth Fry, John Rees, Melissa Barrett
(Utah Valley University)
SILVER:
How Good Food Works From Seed to Plate
by Laura Moore
(Don Sanders)
BRONZE:
Ichimatsu: Japanese Play Dolls
by Alan Scott Pate
(Alan Scott Pate Antique Japanese Dolls)
83. Best First Book - Fiction
GOLD:
Sugar Birds
by Cheryl Grey Bostrom
(She Writes Press)
SILVER:
The Gods of Green County
by Mary Elizabeth Pope
(Blair)
BRONZE (tie):
Paper Airplanes
by Tabitha Forney
(She Writes Press)
Faron Goss
by Diane Lechleitner
(Green Place Books)
84. Best First Book - JUV/YA
GOLD:
Queen of Muck by Isaac Thackray
Illustrated by Millie Perocheau
(Mary Egan Publishing)
SILVER:
The Lady or the Lion
by Aamna Qureshi
(CamCat Books)
BRONZE (tie):
The Nodders: What! You Don’t Want to Nap?
by Tina Huggins, Illustrated by Brian Schmidt
I Love You, Fiorella, Flaws and All!
by Cindy A. Bell, Illustrated by Emily House
(Suzy and Scout Publishing)
85. Best First Book - Non-Fiction
GOLD:
Typology: Collections at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
by Diana Zlatanovski
(Scala Arts Publishers, Inc.)
SILVER (tie):
Difficult Gifts: A Physician's Journey to Heal Body and Mind
by Courtney Burnett
(Wise Ink)
The Angle of Flickering Light
by Gina Troisi
(Vine Leaves Press)
BRONZE:
Raising, and Losing, My Remarkable Teenage Mother
by Stacey Aaronson
(Astoria Books)
86. Book Series - Fiction
GOLD:
Threads West Series
by Reid Lance Rosenthal
(Greenleaf Book Group) (Sastrugi Press)
SILVER:
The Anjali Series
by Sheetal Sheth, illustrated by Lucia Soto and Jessica Blank
(Mango and Marigold Press)
BRONZE:
The Ceiling Smashers Series: The Closer and Smashers Synched
by Shaz Kahng
(OLOM Press)
87. Book Series - Non-Fiction
GOLD:
The Non-Obvious Trends series
by Rohit Bhargava et al.
(IdeaPress Publishing)
SILVER:
The Heart & Home Books series
by Victoria Duerstock
(End Game Press)
BRONZE:
Triumph and Tragedy: The Evolution and Legacy of 20th Century War Machines
by Martin Miller
(The Chelsea Press)
88. Audiobook - Fiction
GOLD:
Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit
by Colby Cedar Smith; narrated by Gail Shalan, Hope Newhouse, Ramiz Monsef
(Andrews McMeel Publishing)
SILVER:
Contest of Queens
by Jordan H. Bartlett; narrated by Karissa Vacker
(CamCat Books)
BRONZE (tie):
Golden Dreg Army, Enlisted
by D.K. Dailey; narrated by Zoleka Vundla and Jonny Unitus
(Tillable Ground Dreams)
Ruby Red: Book 2 of the Zadok Series
by Nikki Minty; narrated by Khristine Hvam, Jodie Harris, James Patrick Cronin, and James Fouhey
(Self-Published)
89. Audiobook - Non-Fiction
GOLD:
Space is Cool As Fuck
by Kate Howells; narrated by Jer Adrianne Lelliot
(Andrews McMeel Publishing)
SILVER (tie):
Some Assembly Required: A True Story of Love and Organ Transplants
by TJ Condon; narrated by James R. Cheatham
(Black Rose Writing)
Women Peacemakers: What We Can Learn from Them
by Barbe Chambliss, Ph.D.; narrated by Daniel B. & Barbe Chambliss
BRONZE:
I Hear the Black Raven: A Petite Memoir
by Claire Ishi Ayetoro
(Self-Published)
REGIONAL CATEGORIES
US NORTHEAST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Blue Summer
by Jim Nichols
(Islandport Press)
SILVER:
The Glimpse
by Lis Bensley
(Troubador)
BRONZE (tie):
Signed, a Paddy
by Lisa Boyle
(Self-Published)
Rust on the Allegheny
by Corey McCullough
(Self-Published)
US NORTHEAST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism and the AIDS Poster
edited by Donald Albrecht and Jessica Lacher-Feldman; medical and consulting editor, William M. Valenti, M.D.
(RIT Press)
SILVER:
WBCN and the American Revolution: How a Radio Station Defined Politics, Counterculture, and Rock and Roll
by Bill Lichtenstein
(The MIT Press)
BRONZE:
The East River Ripper: The Mysterious 1891 Murder of Old Shakespeare
by George R. Dekle Sr.
(Self-Published)
MID-ATLANTIC – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
The Tender Grave
by Sheri Reynolds
(Bywater Books)
SILVER (tie):
The Best Short Stories of Philadelphia 2021
edited by Quinn D. Eli and Matthew M. Perez
(Toho Publishing LLC)
Beneath the Veil of Smoke and Ash
by Tammy Pasterick
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE:
Covenant
by Ann McMan
(Bywater Books)
MID-ATLANTIC – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Designing Camelot: The Kennedy White House and Its Legacy
by James Archer Abbott and Elaine Rice Bachmann
(The White House Historical Association)
SILVER:
Unsay Their Names
by Derek Kannemeyer
(Blurb)
BRONZE (tie):
Artifacts: An Illustrated Treasury of Delaware Valley History
by Hal Taylor
(Self-Published)
The Henry Bagwell Story: English Adventurer, Virginia Planter 1589-1663
by Margaret A. Rice
(Secant Publishing)
SOUTHEAST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Seen
by Julie G. Delegal
(Le Glade)
SILVER:
The Essence of Nathan Biddle
by J. William Lewis
(Greenleaf Book Group)
BRONZE:
Do Over
by Juliet Rose
(Above the Rain)
SOUTHEAST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Southbound: Essays on Identity, Inheritance, and Social Change
by Anjali Enjeti
(University of Georgia Press)
SILVER (tie):
Phil Ponder
by Phil Ponder / Duane Chambers
(Picture This)
In the Heart of a Wooded Mountain
by Barbara Acree, Sarah Reed Carter, Charlotte Page, Phyllis Shaw, and Laurie Shock
(Shock Design Books)
BRONZE:
GIDEON SHRYOCK: His Life and Architecture - 1802-1880
by Winfrey P. Blackburn, Jr. & R. Scott Gill
(Butler Books)
SOUTH – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Paradise, WV
by Rob Rufus
(Keylight Books)
SILVER:
Rites: Stories
by Savannah Johnston
(Jaded Ibis Press)
BRONZE:
The Souls of Clayhatchee
by Anthony Todd Carlisle
(Hidden Shelf Publishing)
SOUTH – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
The Accidental Plague Diaries: A Covid-19 Pandemic Experience
by Andrew Duxbury, MD
(Singular Books)
SILVER (tie):
Living on Deadline: The Amazing Adventures of a Southern Journalist
by James L. Dickerson
(Sartoris Literary Group)
The Arena: One Woman’s Story
by Carol J. Chumney
(Carol Chumney Law PLLC)
BRONZE:
Chips Moman: The Record Producer Whose Genius Changed American Music
by James L. Dickerson
GREAT LAKES – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Bough Cutter: A Northern Lakes Mystery
by Jeff Nania
(Little Creek Press)
SILVER:
Warn Me When It’s Time
by Cheryl A. Head
(Bywater Books)
BRONZE:
In the Aftermath
by Jane Ward
(She Writes Press)
GREAT LAKES – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Chicago Exposed: Defining Moments From the Chicago Sun-Times Photo Archive
by Richard Cahan and Michael Williams
(CityFiles Press)
SILVER:
The Ghost Road
by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
(Fulcrum Publishing)
BRONZE:
Todd Reed: 50 Years Seeing Michigan Through a Lens
by Todd & Brad Reed Photography
(Todd & Brad Reed Photography)
MIDWEST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
The Hive
by Melissa Scholes Young
(Keylight Books)
SILVER:
Little Bird
by Mary Ruth Barnes
(White Dog Press)
BRONZE:
True North
by Gary Eller
(BHC Press)
MIDWEST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
More than Ordinary: Early St. Louis Artist Anna Maria von Phul
by Hattie Felton
(Missouri Historical Society)
SILVER:
Shooting Out the Lights
by Kim Fairley
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE (tie):
Owl's Head: A Hidden Gem
by Sondra Ashmore, PhD and Christine Guzzo Vickery
(Sondra Ashmore Ink)
No One Dare Call Her A Liar
by Larry Lee Kruckenberg
(Self-Published)
WEST-MOUNTAIN – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
The Mrs.Tabor
by Kimberly Burns
(Thomas Bard Publishing)
SILVER:
Gunslingers: A Story of the Old West
by John Layne
(Labrador Publishing)
BRONZE:
Burning Ground
by D.A. Galloway
(Continuous MILE Consulting, LLC)
WEST-MOUNTAIN – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Their Spirits Took Flight: Nevada City's Historic Pine Grove Cemetery
by Brian Suwada
(Banner Mountain Press)
SILVER:
Arizona: A History of the Grand Canyon State
by Jim Turner
(Rio Nuevo Publishers)
BRONZE:
Out of the Water
by Ann Marie Stewart
(Hidden Shelf Publishing House)
WEST-PACIFIC – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Treasure of the Blue Whale
by Steven Mayfield
(Regal House Publishing)
SILVER:
All's Fair and Other California Stories
by Linda Feyder
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE:
Wren
by Tricia Gates Brown
(Frederick Press)
WEST-PACIFIC – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Blooming in Winter: The Story of a Remarkable Twentieth-Century Woman
by Pamela Valois
(She Writes Press)
SILVER:
Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home
by Lynda V. Mapes
(Braided River)
BRONZE:
The Chicano Studies Reader: An Anthology of Aztlán 1970-2019 - Aztlán Anthology, Volume 3 March 2020. Fourth Edition
edited by Edited by Chon A. Noriega, Eric Avila, Karen Mary Davalos, Chela Sandoval, Rafael Pérez-Torres, and Charlene Villaseñor Black
(Chicano Studies Research Center)
CANADA-EAST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Midland
by Ross Breithaupt
(The Porcupine’s Quill)
SILVER:
Melt
by Heidi Wicks
(Breakwater Books Ltd.)
BRONZE:
Amik
by Sharon King
(Kegedonce Press)
CANADA-EAST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
A Portrait of Canada’s Parliament
by William P. McElligott, edited by Lyette Fortin
(ECW Press)
SILVER:
Butterflies in the Trenches: The Hood, an Epic Bike Ride, and Finding Inspiration
by Curtis Carmichael
(Synergy Books)
BRONZE:
Bent out of Shape: Shame, Solidarity, and Women's Bodies at Work
by Karen Messing
(Between the Lines)
CANADA-WEST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Harking
by George Mercer
(Write Nature)
SILVER:
A Brief View from the Coastal Suite
by Karen Hofmann
(NeWest Press)
BRONZE:
Last Tide
by Andy Zuliani
(NeWest Press)
CANADA-WEST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Brotherhood to Nationhood: George Manuel and the Making of the Modern Indian Movement
by Peter McFarlane & Doreen Manuel
(Between the Lines)
SILVER:
Approaching Fire
by Michelle Porter
(Breakwater Books)
BRONZE:
Faces of the Force
by Helen Metella and Pamela Cowan
(Your Nickel's Worth Publishing)
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/PACIFIC RIM – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
The Baseball Widow
by Suzanne Kamata
(Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing)
SILVER:
Dragonfly Dreams
by Eleanor McCallie Cooper
(Köehler Books)
BRONZE:
Double Death
by Gavin Fisher
(Ocean Reeve Publishing)
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/PACIFIC RIM – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
The Properties of Perpetual Light
by Julian Aguon
(University of Guam Press)
SILVER:
Turning Right – Inspire the Magic
by Kay Bretz
(Major Street Publishing)
BRONZE:
Rabbit in the Moon
by Heather Diamond
(Camphor Press)
EUROPE – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
The Last Sketch
by Gosia Nealon
(Indies United Publishing House, LLC)
SILVER:
Madam in Lace
by Gini Grossenbacher
(JGKS Press)
BRONZE:
Late, Late in the Evening
by Stephen Grant
(Propertius Press)
EUROPE – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Iceland Wintertide
by David Freese
(George F. Thompson Publishing)
SILVER:
Midnight Flight to Nuremberg
by Marcus A. Nannini
(Pen & Sword Books Ltd)
BRONZE:
The Real Mr. Big: How a Colombian Refugee Became the United Kingdom's Most Notorious Cocaine Kingpin
by Ron Chepesiuk with Jesus Ruiz Henao
(Wildblue Press)
EBOOK CATEGORIES
E1. Best Adult Fiction EBook
GOLD:
Attachments
by Jeff Arch
(SparkPress)
SILVER:
Blind Turn
by Cara Sue Achterberg
(Black Rose Writing)
BRONZE:
The Other Side of the Ledge
by Janelle Parmer
(Self-Published)
E2. Best Romance/Erotica EBook
GOLD:
Evade and Capture
by Lori Matthews
(Self-Published)
SILVER (tie):
Chemistry Lessons
by Jae
(Ylva Publishing)
BRONZE:
Year Of The What
by Jennifer Lieberman
(Maple Mermaid Publishing)
E3. Best Mystery/Thriller EBook
GOLD:
The Lighthouse
by Christopher Parker
(Books Forward)
SILVER (tie):
Tokyo Zangyo
by Michael Pronko
(Raked Gravel Press)
The Secrets We Bury
by Mary Bush
(Bloodhound Books)
BRONZE:
Death in Paris
by Kate Darroch
(Ad Astra Press)
E4. Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror EBook
GOLD:
Cold As Hell
by Rhett C. Bruno & Jaime Castle
(Blackstone Publishing)
SILVER:
Moon Rising (The Upsilon Series #1)
by Daniel Weisbeck
(DJW Books)
BRONZE:
Haelend's Ballad
by Ian V. Conrey
(Self-Published)
E5. Best Adult Non-Fiction Personal EBook
GOLD:
Cotton Teeth
by Glenn Rockowitz
(Harper Case)
SILVER:
Safe, Wanted, and Loved
by Patrick Dylan
(Snow Anselmo Press)
BRONZE:
Are You Okay?
by A.S. Drayton
(A.S. Drayton Books LLC)
E6. Best Adult Non-Fiction Informational EBook
GOLD:
Your Copy Sucks - You Don't! 60 Kick-Butt Lessons on Copywriting... Business... and Life!
by Carline Anglade-Cole
(Cole Marketing Solution)
SILVER:
Options Are Power
by Donna Peters
(The Me-Suite)
BRONZE:
Get Bail, Leave Jail
by Sean Plotkin
(Angels Bail Bonds)
E7. Juvenile/Young Adult Fiction EBook
GOLD:
The Moonstone Girls
by Brook Skipstone
(Skipstone Publishing)
SILVER:
Blue
by L.E. DeLano
(Gaze Publishing)
BRONZE:
Touch
by Cheryl Kahn
(Radiant Road Press)
E8. Best Children's Illustrated EBook
GOLD:
The Night the Monsters Came
by Junia Wonders, illustrated by Lisa Ciccone
(Gmuer Verlag)
SILVER (tie):
Courage Takes Flight
by A.J. and Ava Thomas
(BrainCandy Press)
Nora & Her not-just-a-toothbrush
by Megan Anderluh, illustrated by Hannah Kang
(BogoBrush)
BRONZE:
Theodore and the Cat with the Missing Sock
by Cory Q. Tan
(The Luminous Cat)
E9. Best Regional EBook – Fiction
GOLD:
Fifth Born Son
by George Minoru Omi
(Self-Published)
SILVER:
Murder in the Master - A Chesapeake Bay Mystery
by Judy L. Murray
(Level Best Books Publisher)
BRONZE:
Too Soon the Night: A Novel of Empress Theodora: The Theodora Duology Book Two
by James Conroyd Martin
(Hussar Quill Press)
E10. Best Regional E-Book – Non-Fiction
GOLD:
This Morbid Life: Essays
by Loren Rhoads
(Automatism Press)
SILVER:
The Power of Nordic Unity - 40 Years of NORDUnet
by NORDUnet A/S
(NORDUnet A/S)
BRONZE:
Thank You! With Deepest Gratitude
by Michael Floissac
(Outskirts Press)
