Congratulations and sincere thanks to the independent authors and publishers who participated in our 27th annual, 2023 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
Nothing Special
by Desiree Cooper
(Wayne State University Press)
Outstanding Craftsmanship
Circle Way: A Daughter's Memoir, a Writer's Journey Home
by Mary Ann Hogan
(Wonderwell)
Outstanding Design
Tiger Paw, Tiger Paw, Knife, Knife
by Kelly Gray, illustrated by Holly L’Oiseau
(Quarter Press)
Most Likely to Save the Planet (tie)
The Evidence Project
by Britta Jaschinski, Keith Wilson, and Arturo de Frias
(Photographers Against Wildlife Crime™)
Most Likely to Save the Planet (tie)
Memories of a Birch Tree
by Daniel Cañas, illustrated by Blanca Millán
(Cuento de Luz)
Independent Spirit
The Poser: 38 Portraits Reimagined
by Maya Stein
(Toad Hall Editions)
Independent Voice
Silence
by Nívola Uyá
(Cuento de Luz)
PEACEMAKER
The Answers Are There: Building Peace from the Inside Out
by Libby Hoffman
(Blue Chair Press)
Outstanding Audiobook
Corona City: Voices from an Epicenter
produced by Walker Vreeland, Walker Vreeland Productions; cast by Margie Lenhart, Margie Voiceovers; soundtrack by William Antoniou; edited by Lorraine Ash
(Magic Dog Press)
GENERAL CATEGORIES 1-34
1. FINE ART
GOLD:
Codex Taawa: Exploring the Cosmos of the Hopi
by Gerald Dawavendewa
(Rio Nuevo Publishers)
SILVER:
Bámigbóyè: A Master Sculptor of the Yorùbá Tradition
by James Green, with contributions by Olúṣẹ̀yẹ Adéṣọlá, Anne Turner Gunnison, Efeoghene Igor, Will Rea, and Cathy Silverman
(Yale University Art Gallery)
BRONZE:
Manifest Exhibition Annual Season 17
edited by Jason Franz
(Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center)
2. PERFORMING ARTS (MUSIC/DANCE/CINEMA/THEATER)
GOLD:
There Are No Small Parts
by John DiLeo
(Glitterati)
SILVER:
Stardust by the Bushel
by Brent Lewis
(Secant Publishing)
BRONZE:
Root of Two
by Maya Dunietz
(X Artists’ Books)
3. PHOTOGRAPHY
GOLD:
Fox: Neighbour, Villain, Icon
by Neil Aldridge, Matt Maran & Andy Parkinson
(Hemisphere Publishing)
SILVER:
All Eyes Speak One Language
by David Lloyd
(Envisage Books)
BRONZE:
Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures
edited by Rebecca Epstein
(UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center)
4. ARCHITECTURE
GOLD:
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple: A Good-Time Place Reborn
by Patrick F. Cannon and James Caulfield
(Unity Temple Restoration Foundation)
SILVER:
The Strip: Las Vegas and the Architecture of the American Dream
by Stefan Al
(The MIT Press)
BRONZE (tie):
The Architecture of Jean Welz
by Peter Wyeth
(DoppelHouse Press)
Architecture 101: Palm Springs, California and Desert Cities
by Ron & Barbara Marshall
(Palm Springs Preservation Foundation)
5. Coffee Table Books
GOLD:
MY GRATEFUL DEAD PHOTOS And How I Came to Take Them - 1966-1991
by Rosie McGee
(TIOLI Press & Bytes)
SILVER:
Travels Across the Roof of the World
by William Frej with Anne Frej
(George F. Thompson Publishing)
BRONZE:
The Naked Truth About Breast Cancer
by Jane Marshall
(Publish Central)
6. Popular Fiction
GOLD:
The Third Way
by Aimee Hoben
(She Writes Press)
SILVER:
Buck’s Pantry
by Khristin Wierman
(SparkPress)
BRONZE:
Once in a Lifetime
by Suzanne Mattaboni
(TouchPoint Press)
7. Literary Fiction
GOLD (tie):
Brisbane
by Eugene Vodolazkin
(Plough Publishing)
Tides
by Sara Freeman
(Grove Press)
SILVER:
Burst
by Mary Otis
(Zibby Books)
BRONZE:
The Color of Ice
by Barbara Linn Probst
(She Writes Press)
8. Short Story Fiction
GOLD:
How to Date a Flying Mexican
by Daniel A. Olivas
(University of Nevada Press)
SILVER:
Ezra’s Ghosts
by Darcy Tamayose
(NeWest Press)
BRONZE:
Safe Places
by Kerry Dolan
(University of Massachusetts Press)
9. Poetry - Standard
GOLD (tie):
The Air in the Air Behind It
by Brandon Rushton
(Tupelo Press)
Urbanshee
by Siaara Freeman
(Button Poetry)
SILVER (tie):
Afternoon in Cartago
by Margaret Mackinnon
(The Ashland Poetry Press)
Only
by Rebecca Foust
(Four Way Books)
BRONZE:
When I Was the Wind
by Hannah Lee Jones
(June Road Press)
10. Poetry - Specialty
GOLD:
The Theoretical Tiger Society
by Brian Fuchs
(Scissortail Press)
SILVER:
Pullman
by JoAnne McFarland
(Grid Books)
BRONZE:
Psych Murders
by Stephanie Heit
(Wayne State University Press)
11. Anthologies
GOLD:
Latinx Poetics: Essays on the Art of Poetry
edited by Ruben Quesada
(University of New Mexico Press)
SILVER (tie):
Chiral Mad 5
edited by Michael Bailey
(Written Backwards)
Valley of the Giants: Stories from Women at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing
edited by Lauren DeLaunay Miller
(Mountaineers Books)
BRONZE:
Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in Between Worlds
edited by Sergio Troncoso
(Texas A&M University Press)
12. Juvenile Fiction
GOLD:
Lemon Drop Falls
by Heather Clark
(Jolly Fish Press)
SILVER:
Daisy Woodworm Changes the World
by Melissa Hart
(Jolly Fish Press)
BRONZE:
Elephant and Bird
by Sally Hinkley
(Gold Clover Books)
13. Young Adult Fiction - General
GOLD:
The Truth About Everything
by Bridget Farr
(Flux)
SILVER:
The Promise of Lost Things
by Helene Dunbar
(Sourcebooks Fire)
BRONZE:
Paper Planes
by Jennie Wood
(Maverick)
14. Young Adult Fiction - Fantasy
GOLD:
Heroes of the Empire Book 1: The Cavalier
by Israh Azizi
(PageTurnerPress)
SILVER:
Game of Strength and Storm
by Rachel Menard
(Flux)
BRONZE:
Love in the Age of Dragons
by Fatima R. Henson
(SparkPress)
15. Fantasy
GOLD:
Ever the Night Road
by Michael Breen
(Self-Published)
SILVER:
A Dream of Shadows
by Peter Eliott
(Further Press)
BRONZE:
Catalyst
by Brandon Crilly
(Atthis Arts)
16. Science Fiction
GOLD:
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 38
edited by David Farland
(Galaxy Press)
SILVER:
The Ptolemy Project
by Kate St.Clair
(Greenleaf Book Group)
BRONZE (tie):
Identifiable
by Julia Tvardovskaya
(New Degree Press)
When Earth Shall Be No More
by Paul Awad and Kathryn O’Sullivan
(Secant Publishing)
17. LGBTQ+ Fiction
GOLD:
What We Give, What We Take
by Randi Triant
(She Writes Press)
SILVER:
Unlawful DISorder
by David Jackson Ambrose
(Jaded Ibis Press)
BRONZE:
Army of Lovers
by K.M. Soehnlein
(Amble Press)
18. Erotica
GOLD:
Rookie Mistake
by Anna Zabo & L.A. Witt
SILVER:
The Outcast
by Eve M. Riley
BRONZE:
The Right to Remain
by L.A. Witt
19. Historical Fiction
GOLD:
The Time Between Us
by Mariana McCarron
(Aria/Bloomsbury)
SILVER (tie):
Finding La Negrita
by Natasha Gordon-Chipembere
(Jaded Ibis Press)
The Blue Butterfly
by Leslie Johansen Nack
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE:
The River Remembers
by Linda Ulleseit
(She Writes Press)
20. Military/Wartime Fiction
GOLD:
A Slender Thread
by John Rhodes
(Girl Friday Productions)
SILVER:
Lost Souls of Leningrad
by Suzanne Parry
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE:
The Broken Hallelujah
by Wendy H. Adair
(Bungalow Books Publishing)
21. Horror
GOLD:
Pleasant Surprises
by Wesley Moor
(Self-Published)
SILVER:
The Other Ones
by Jamesie Fournier, illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas
(Inhabit Media)
BRONZE:
When the Night Bell Rings
by Jo Kaplan
(CamCat Books)
22. Multicultural Fiction
GOLD:
A Convergence of Solitudes
by Anita Anand
(Book*hug)
SILVER:
The Lost River
by Phillip Carroll Morgan
(Chickasaw Press)
BRONZE:
Send Her Back
by Munashe Kaseke
(Mukana Press)
23. Multicultural Fiction – Juv-Young Adult
GOLD:
Inuunira: My Story of Survival
by Brian Koonoo; illustrated by Ben Shannon
(Inhabit Media)
SILVER:
Japanese Folktales
by Kathie Goodale
(Cole Dixon Publishing)
BRONZE:
Growing in the Gray
by Christian Cook
(Idun, an imprint of W. Brand Publishing)
24. Mystery
GOLD (tie):
The Mad, Mad Murders of Marigold Way
by Raymond Benson
(Beaufort Books)
The Photo Thief
by J. L. Delozier
(CamCat Books)
SILVER:
Fifty-Four Pigs
by Philipp Schott
(ECW Press)
BRONZE:
Thunder Road
by Colin Holmes
(CamCat Books)
25. Suspense/Thriller
GOLD:
Vigilant
by Will Bowron
(Self-Published)
SILVER:
The Sequence
by Lucien Telford
(FriesenPress)
BRONZE:
Bishop's Endgame: A Spy Game Novel - The Aiken Trilogy, Book 2
by Michael Frost Beckner
(Montrose Station Press)
26. Religious Fiction
GOLD:
A Sacred Duty
by Rhona Weaver
(Two Oaks Press)
SILVER:
The Choice: A Novel of Love, Faith, and Talmud
by Maggie Anton
(Banot Press)
BRONZE:
The Choices She Made
by Felicia Ferguson
(End Game Press)
27. Romance
GOLD:
Bewitching a Highlander
by Roma Cordon
(CamCat Books)
SILVER:
The Almost Lovebirds
by Lucy Day
(Blue Crow Books)
BRONZE (tie):
All the Flowers of the Mountain
by Christina Holbrook
(Sunroom Studios)
An Affectionate Heart
by Heather Moll
(Excessively Diverted Press)
28. Urban Fiction
GOLD:
Bangin’: The Making of a Y.G.
by Jonas Royster
(Paradise Publishing Company)
SILVER:
Edison in the Hood
by Nadia Uddin
(Apperception Press)
BRONZE:
The Interviews
by Lazarus
(Self-Published)
29. Visionary/New Age Fiction
GOLD:
Magician and Fool
by Susan Wands
(SparkPress)
SILVER:
Beyond the Threshold
by Mark Ristau
(Beaver’s Pond Press)
BRONZE:
Headless World
by Sheila Ascher and Dennis Straus
(McPherson and Company)
30. True Crime
GOLD:
Lynched by a Mob! The 1892 Lynching of Robert Lewis in Port Jervis, New York
by Michael J. Worden
(Sisu Books)
SILVER:
In My DNA: My Career Investigating Your Worst Nightmares
by Lindsey Wade
(One Idea Press)
BRONZE:
The End of Her: Racing Against Alzheimer's to Solve a Murder
by Wayne Hoffman
(Heliotropebooks)
31. Graphic Novel/Drawn Book
GOLD:
Undesirables: A Holocaust Journey to North Africa
by Nadjib Berber & Aomar Boum
(Stanford University Press)
SILVER:
Needle & Thread
by David Pinckney, Ennun Ana Iurov, and Micah Myers
(Maverick)
BRONZE:
The Last Session Vol. 1: Roll for Initiative
by Jasmine Walls, Dozerdraws, and Micah Myers
(Mad Cave Comics, Inc.)
32. Humor
GOLD:
The Twisted History of the GOP
by Mike Luckovich
(ECW Press)
SILVER:
When Mommy Was a Commie
by Jon Sorensen
(Self-Published)
BRONZE:
Dungeon Jest: The Ruby of Power
by Andrew Snook
(Self-Published)
33. Children’s Picture Books (7 & Under)
GOLD:
With a Butterfly’s Wings
by Pilar López Ávila, illustrated by Zuzanna Celej
(Cuento de Luz)
SILVER (tie):
Yeti Needs a Haircut by Angela Halgrimson
illustrated by Brian Barber
(Beaver’s Pond Press)
Werewolf? There Wolf!
by Kyle Sullivan, art by Meg Hunt
(Hazy Dell Press)
BRONZE:
Armadillo Antics
by Bill Martin Jr and Michael Sampson, illustrated by Nathalie Beauvois
(Brown Books Kids)
34. Children’s Picture Books (All Ages)
GOLD:
Hector Fox and the Raven’s Revenge
by Astrid Sheckels
(Islandport Press)
SILVER (tie):
The Shaman’s Apprentice
by Zacharias Kunuk, illustrated by Megan Kyak-Monteith
(Inhabit Media)
God’s Holy Darkness
by Sharei Green and Beckah Selnick, illustrated by Nikki Faison
(Beaming Books)
BRONZE:
Making Happy
by Sheetal Sheth, illustrated by Khoa Le
(Barefoot Books)
GENERAL CATEGORIES 35-65
35. Children’s Interactive
GOLD:
How to Draw Adorable
by Carlianne Tipsey
(Girl Friday Books)
SILVER:
Something Old, Something New
by Catherine Kreutter; music by Rita Sabiiti
(Old Mzee Books)
BRONZE:
Stay Safe with Ruby and Reuben
by Sneha Sabu
(White Falcon Publishing)
36. Juvenile-Young Adult Non-Fiction
GOLD (tie):
I See Lincoln’s Underpants
by Mick Sullivan; illustrated by Suki Anderson
(Heart Ally Books)
Lilibet the Brave
by Katy Rose
(End Game Press)
SILVER:
Trauma Recovery Workbook for Teens
by Deborah Vinall, PsyD, LMFT
(Rockridge Press)
BRONZE:
Fired Up About Consent
by Sarah Ratchford
(Between the Lines)
37. Multicultural Non-Fiction - Juvenile-Young Adult
GOLD:
Black Girls Unbossed
by Khristi Lauren Adams
(Beaming Books)
SILVER:
The Story of Ukraine: An Anthem of Glory and Freedom
by Olena Kharchenko and Michael Sampson, illustrated by Polina Doroshenko
(Brown Books Kids)
BRONZE (tie):
The Tales of Dwipa
by Prajwala Dixit; illustrated by Duncan Major
(Breakwater Books)
Unbelievable! The Life Journey of Art Williams, Baseball’s First Black National League Umpire
by Dr. Audie Williams
(Self-Published)
38. Multicultural Non-Fiction - Adult
GOLD:
Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America
by Gregory D. Smithers
(Beacon Press)
SILVER (tie):
A Sky of Infinite Blue
by Kyomi O’Connor
(She Writes Press)
Nonwhite and Woman
edited by Darien Hsu Gee and Carla Crujido
(Woodhall Press)
BRONZE:
Salted Plums
by Alison Hong Nguyen Lihalakha
(Kahana Press)
39. Essay
GOLD:
Academic Outsider: Stories of Exclusion and Hope
by Victoria Reyes
(Stanford Briefs, an imprint of Stanford University Press)
SILVER:
Dear Damage
by Ashley Marie Farmer
(Sarabande Books)
BRONZE:
Imminent Domains: Reckoning with the Anthropocene
by Alessandra Naccarato
(Book*hug Press)
40. Creative Non-Fiction
GOLD:
Strike Patterns: Notes from Postwar Laos
by Leah Zani
(Redwood Press)
SILVER:
Hadha Baladuna: Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging
edited by Ghassan Zeineddine, Nabeel Abraham, and Sally Howell
(Made in Michigan Writers Series)
BRONZE:
A Cheerleader's Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment: A Memoir in Essays
by MB Caschetta
(Engine Books)
41. Autobiography/Memoir I (Celebrity/Political)
GOLD:
A Place of Thin Veil: Life and Death in Gallup, New Mexico
by Bob Rosebrough
(Rio Nuevo Publishers)
SILVER:
RU$E: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street
by Robert Kerbeck
(Steerforth Press)
BRONZE:
Unconventional: A Memoir of Entrepreneurism, Politics, and Pot
by Jamie Andrea Garzot
(Girl Friday Books)
42. Autobiography/Memoir II (Coming of Age/Family Legacy/Travel)
GOLD:
Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family
by Madhushree Ghosh
(University of Iowa Press)
SILVER:
Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly: A Memoir
by Dana Tai Soon Burgess
(University of New Mexico Press)
BRONZE:
A Daughter’s Kaddish: My Year of Grief, Devotion, and Healing
by Sarah Birnbach
(Wonderwell)
43. Autobiography/Memoir III (Personal Struggle/Health Issues)
GOLD:
Everybody Just Breathe: A COVID Nurse Memoir of Stamina and Swear Words
by Amanda V. Peterson
(Beaver’s Pond Press)
SILVER (tie):
The Plum Tree Blossoms Even in Winter
by M. Roy Wilson
(Wayne State University Press)
Twenty to Life
by David Steece
(Idaho Insider Press)
BRONZE:
Under the Naga Tail
by Mae Bunseng Taing
(Greenleaf Book Press)
44. Biography
GOLD:
"No Equal Justice": The Legacy of Civil Rights Icon George W. Crockett Jr.
by Edward J. Littlejohn and Peter J. Hammer
(Wayne State University Press)
SILVER (tie):
No Place for a Woman: Harriet Dame’s Civil War
by Mike Pride
(Kent State University Press)
The Forgotten Iron King of the Great Lakes
by Michael W. Nagle
(Wayne State University Press)
BRONZE:
The Prophet of Harvard Law: James Bradley Thayer and his Legal Legacy
by Andrew Porwancher, Jake Mazeitis, Taylor Jipp, and Austin Coffey
(University of Oklahoma Press)
45. Aging/Death & Dying
GOLD (tie):
Touching Two Worlds
by Sherry Walling, PhD
(Sounds True)
Mother Lode
by Gretchen Staebler
(She Writes Press)
SILVER:
As Long as I Know You
by Anne-Marie Oomen
(University of Georgia Press)
BRONZE:
If You Love Them Leave Them Lists
by Catherine Rahal
(Self-Published)
46. Animals/Pets
GOLD:
Sacred Sendoffs
by Sarah A. Bowen
(Monkfish Book Publishing Company)
SILVER:
Animal Biographies: Toward a History of Individuals
by Eric Baratay; translated by Lindsay Turner
(The University of Georgia Press)
BRONZE:
Blue Zeus: Legend of the Red Desert
by Carol J. Walker
(Living Images by Carol Walker, LLC)
47. Business/Career/Sales
GOLD:
Irresistible
by Josh Bersin
(Ideapress Publishing)
SILVER:
Assemblage
by Dr. Emmanuel Probst
(Ideapress Publishing)
BRONZE (tie):
Optimizing Strategy for Results
by Timothy Mwololo Waema, PhD, Ron Price, and Evans Baiya, PhD
(An Inc. Original)
Reputation Capital
by T.J. Winick
(Berrett-Koehler)
48. Cookbooks - General
GOLD:
Sammy Hagar’s Cocktail Hits
by Sammy Hagar with James O. Fraioli
(Skyhorse)
SILVER:
Make Your Own Party: Twenty Blueprints to MYO Party!
by Chef Kelli Lewton
(Scribe Publishing Company)
BRONZE:
Badass Backyard Cooking
by Johan "Big Swede BBQ" Magnusson
(Magnusson Partners Incorporated)
49. Cookbooks - Specialty
GOLD:
The Mexican Chile Pepper Cookbook: The Soul of Mexican Home Cooking
by Dave DeWitt and José C. Marmolejo
(University of New Mexico Press)
SILVER:
Simply More Greek: Foods from the Garden, the Sea & the Bakery
by Ruth Bardis
(Kanella Productions)
BRONZE:
Anti-Aging Dishes from Around the World
by Grace O
(Skyhorse)
50. Current Events I (Political/Economic/Foreign Affairs)
GOLD:
Pinelandia: An Anthropology and Field Poetics of War and Empire
by Nomi Stone
(University of California Press)
SILVER:
Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty
by Mark Robert Rank, Lawrence, M. Eppard, and Heather E. Bullock
(Oxford University Press)
BRONZE:
After Stories: Transnational Intimacies of Postwar El Salvador
by Irina Carlota Silber
(Stanford University Press)
51. Current Events II (Social Issues/Humanitarian)
GOLD:
The Future Normal: How We Will Live, Work and Thrive in the Next Decade
by Rohit Bhargava and Henry Coutinho-Mason
(Ideapress Publishing)
SILVER:
The Moment: Changemakers on Why and How They Joined the Fight for Social Justice
by Steve Fiffer
(The University of Georgia Press)
BRONZE:
Black Culture, Inc.: How Ethnic Community Support Pays for Corporate America
by Patricia A. Banks
(Stanford University Press)
52. Education I (Workbook/Resources)
GOLD:
The Identity-Conscious Educator
by Liza A. Talusan
(Solution Tree Press)
SILVER:
Change Starts With Me
by Madeleine Rogin
(Solution Tree Press)
BRONZE:
Bolstering Student Resilience
by Jason E. Harlacher and Sara A. Whitcomb
(Marzano Resources)
53. Education II (Commentary/Theory)
GOLD:
The Future of Smart
by Ulcca Joshi Hansen, PhD, JD
(Capucia Publishing)
SILVER:
Knowledge-ABLE: Igniting a New Generation of Lifelong Learners
by Bradley Lands
(Uplearn LLC)
BRONZE:
Education for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean
by Lorna Down and Therese Ferguson
(The University of the West Indies Press)
54. Nature
GOLD:
Nature’s Wild Ideas
by Kristy Hamilton
(Greystone Books)
Venomous Animals of the United States and Canada: A Guide to Vertebrates and Invertebrates of Land and Sea
by Lawrence L. C. Jones
(Rio Nuevo Publishers)
SILVER:
The Book of Nature Connection
by Jacob Rodenburg
(New Society Publishers)
BRONZE:
Field Notes
by Margaret Rogal
(North Dakota State University Press)
55. Environment/Ecology
GOLD:
A Thousand Trails Home
by Seth Kantner
(Mountaineers Books)
SILVER:
Global Burning: Rising Antidemocracy and the Climate Crisis
by Eve Darian-Smith
(Stanford University Press)
BRONZE:
Federalism, Preemption, and the Nationalization of American Wildlife Management
by Lowell E. Baier
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
56. Finance/Investment/Economics
GOLD:
Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty
by Aynne Kokas
(Oxford University Press)
SILVER:
The Fiscal Feminist: A Financial Wake-up Call for Women
by Kimberlee Davis
(Wonderwell)
BRONZE:
What Does This Company Do?
by Drago Dimitrov, CFA
(Self-Published)
57. LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction
GOLD:
Boy with the Bullhorn: A Memoir and History of ACT UP New York
by Ron Goldberg
(Empire State Editions)
SILVER:
No More Neckties: A Memoir in Essays
by Loren A. Olson, MD
(Oak Lane Press)
BRONZE:
Moon in Full: A Modern-Day Coming-of-Age Story
by Marpheen Chann
(Islandport Press)
58. Gift/Specialty/Journal
GOLD:
The Story of Good
by Victoria Duerstock
(End Game Press)
SILVER:
Be the Magic
by Diane Pienta
(Citrine Publishing)
BRONZE:
Just Rest
by Melanie Redd
(End Game Press)
59. Holiday
GOLD:
Krampus Confidential
by Kyle Sullivan; art by Derek Sullivan
(Hazy Dell Press)
SILVER:
The Official White House Christmas Ornament
by Marcia Mallet Anderson and Kristen Hunter Mason
(The White House Historical Association)
BRONZE:
A Shepherd’s Tale
by Rocco DeFazio; illustrated by Emily Brooks
(Saratoga Springs Publishing)
60. Health/Medicine
GOLD:
Your Health Is at Risk: How to Navigate Information Chaos to Prevent Lifestyle Diseases
by John Poothullil, MD, FRCP
(New Insights Press)
SILVER:
Stay Off My Operating Table
by Philip Ovadia
(Ovadia Heart Health)
BRONZE:
Gut Driven Jump-Start Digestive Health to Nourish Body, Mind, and Spirit
by Ellen Postolowski
(Chef Ellen)
61. History (U.S.)
GOLD:
Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal
by David Pietrusza
(Diversion Books)
SILVER:
Counterrevolution: The Crusade to Roll Back the Gains of the Civil Rights Movement
by Stephen Steinberg
(Stanford University Press)
BRONZE:
Private Prosecution in America: Its Origins, History, and Unconstitutionality in the Twenty-First Century
by John D. Bessler
(Carolina Academic Press)
62. History (World)
GOLD (tie):
1368: China and the Making of the Modern World
by Ali Humayun Akhtar
(Stanford University Press)
That Tyrant Persuasion: How Rhetoric Shaped the Roman World
by J.E. Lendon
(Princeton University Press)
SILVER:
The Blackest Thing in Slavery Was Not the Black Man: The Last Testament of Eric Williams
edited by Brinsley Samaroo
(The University of the West Indies)
BRONZE:
Inkling, Historian, Soldier and Brother: A Life of Warren Hamilton Lewis
by Don W. King
(The Kent State University Press)
63. History (Oversized/Coffee Table)
GOLD:
The White House: An Historic Guide
by The White House Historical Association
(The White House Historical Association)
SILVER:
Capital City: History of Tishomingo
by Paul Lambert
(Chickasaw Press)
BRONZE:
Tom O’Donnell: Generous Spirit of Palm Springs
by Steve Vaught, Steven Keylon & Tracy Conrad
(Palm Springs Preservation Foundation)
64. Inspirational/Spiritual
GOLD:
All for Love
by Matt Kahn
(Sounds True)
SILVER:
These Words: Poetic Midrash on the Language of the Torah
by Alden Solovy
(Reform Judaism Publishing/CCAR Press)
BRONZE:
A Fraction Stronger
by Mark Berridge
(Major Street)
65. New Age / Mind-Body-Spirit
GOLD:
The Fablemakers Animated Tarot Guidebook
by Kamille Areopagita & Misty Bourne
(Hit Point Press)
SILVER:
Wisdom of the Wild Ones: The Encyclopedia of Animal Spirit Guides
by Bernadette King
(Building Beautiful Souls, Inc.)
BRONZE:
Waking Up to the Dark
by Clark Strand
(Monkfish Book Publishing Company)
GENERAL CATEGORIES 66-90
66. Parenting
GOLD:
The Parent Trap
by Nate G. Hilger
(The MIT Press)
SILVER:
The Long Devotion
edited by Emily Pérez and Nancy Reddy
(The University of Georgia Press)
BRONZE:
Your Passport to Parenting
by Joanne Holbrook
(Aviva Publishing)
67. Popular Culture
GOLD:
Rock & Roll in Kennedy’s America
by Richard Aquila
(Johns Hopkins University Press)
SILVER:
Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt
by Andrew Simon
(Stanford University Press)
BRONZE:
Wonder Woman: Warrior, Disrupter, Feminist Icon
by Regina Luttrell
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
68. Psychology/Mental Health
GOLD:
Beyond Madness: The Pain and Possibilities of Serious Mental Illness
by Rachel A. Pruchno, PhD
(Johns Hopkins University Press)
SILVER:
Healing Your Map - A Guide to Understanding Discernment, Trauma and Human Behavior
by Jodee Gibson, MA | PCC
(Jodee Gibson Coaching)
BRONZE:
White Flag
by Judy L Mandel
(Legacy Book Press)
69. Sports/Fitness/Recreation
GOLD:
Rethinking Fandom
by Craig Calcaterra
(Belt Publishing)
SILVER:
When Women Stood
by Alexandra Allred
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
BRONZE:
The Diamondback Collection
by Tom Zappala and Ellen Zappala with John Molori and Joe Orlando
(Peter E. Randall Publisher)
70. Reference
GOLD:
Lore of Aetherra: The Lost Druid
by Alchemy RPG
(Hit Point Press)
SILVER:
Art Imitating Life Imitating Death
by Cónal Creedon
(Irishtown Press)
BRONZE:
Oka Holisso: Chickasaw & Choctaw Water Resource Planning Guide
by the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations
(Chickasaw Press)
71. Religion (Eastern/Western)
GOLD:
Temples in the Cliffside
by Sonya S. Lee
(University of Washington Press)
SILVER:
The Book of Proverbs: A Social Justice Commentary
by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
(Reform Judaism Publishing/CCAR Press)
BRONZE:
Beyond Worship: Meditations on Queer Worship, Liturgy, & Theology
edited by James Admans
(Riverdale Avenue Books)
72. Science
GOLD:
Dinner on Mars
by Lenore Newman and Evan D.G. Fraser
(ECW Press)
SILVER (tie):
Quantum Physics for Beginners, Into the Light
by John Stoddard
(Self-Published)
Plant Science for Gardeners
by Robert Pavlis
(New Society Publishers)
BRONZE:
Revolutionary Red Tractors
by Lee Klancher & Katie Free
(Octane Press)
73. Self Help
GOLD:
The Financial Mindset Fix: A Mental Fitness Program for an Abundant Life
by Joyce Marter, LCPC
(Sounds True)
SILVER:
Hunting Discomfort: How to Get Breakthrough Results in Life and Business No Matter What
by Sterling Hawkins
(Wonderwell Press)
BRONZE:
Relentless
by Natasha Miller
(Poignant Press)
74. Sexuality/Relationships
GOLD:
Aimless
by John D’Agostini
(Wise Ink)
SILVER:
The Courage to Stay
by Dr. Kathy Nickerson
(Dr. Kathy & Co Press)
BRONZE:
Wild Monogamy
by Mali Apple & Joe Dunn
(A Higher Possibility)
75. Transportation (Auto/Aviation/Railroad)
GOLD:
Detroit Steel Artists: How Edsel Ford, Ray Dietrich, Tom Hibbard, and Ralph Roberts Turned Motor City into a Styling Mecca Before Harley Earl
by Matthew Kilkenny
(Beaver's Pond Press)
SILVER:
Shelby American: The Renegades Who Built the Cars, Won the Races, and Lived the Legend
by Preston Lerner
(Octane Press)
BRONZE:
This Is Your Captain Speaking: Stories from the Flight Deck
by Doug Morris
(ECW Press)
76. Travel – Essay
GOLD:
Price Per Barrel: The Human Cost of Extraction
by Robin Lynn Behl
(North Dakota State University Press)
SILVER:
Escape Clauses - Getting Away With a Travel Writing Life
by Bob Payne
(Bob Carries On Media, LLC)
BRONZE:
Travels Across the Roof of the World
by William Frej with Anne Frej
(George F. Thompson Publishing)
77. Travel – Guidebook
GOLD:
Hut to Hut USA
by Laurel Bradley & Sam Demas
(Mountaineers Books)
SILVER:
A Field Guide to Custer’s Camps: On the March to the Little Bighorn
by Don Weinell
(North Dakota State University Press)
BRONZE:
Travel Rangers: Mission to Australia
by Erika Bud
(Big World Publishing, LLC)
78. Women's Issues
GOLD (tie):
Working 9 to 5: A Women’s Movement, A Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie
by Ellen Cassedy
(Chicago Review Press)
Manifesting Justice: Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights
by Valena Beety
(Citadel Press)
SILVER:
Carry Me: Stories of Pregnancy Loss
by Frieda Hoffman
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE:
It Should Be Easy to Fix
by Bonnie Robichaud
(Between the Lines)
79. Writing/Publishing
GOLD:
The Art of Brevity
by Grant Faulkner
(University of New Mexico Press)
SILVER:
Righting Writing
by Michael Bailey
(Written Backwards)
BRONZE:
From Storyboard to Print
by Kate Heaslip
(The Book Incubator)
80. Book/Author/Publisher Website
GOLD: Champion the Challenges
SILVER: S.G. Blaise/The Last Lumenian Series
BRONZE: Jump First, Think Fast
81. Cover Design – Fiction
GOLD:
From the Moon I Watched Her
by Emily English Medley
(Greenleaf Book Group)
SILVER:
Do You Follow?
by J.C. Bidonde
(Greenleaf Book Group)
BRONZE (tie):
Muir’s Gambit
by Michael Frost Beckner; illustrated by Andrew Frost Beckner
(Montrose Station Press LLC)
Yeti Needs a Haircut
by Angela Halgrimson; illustrated by Brian Barber
(Beaver's Pond Press)
82. Cover Design – Non-Fiction
GOLD:
The Majesty Field
by Sonjan
(Fana Press)
SILVER:
Circle Way
by Mary Ann Hogan
(Wonderwell)
BRONZE:
Under the Naga Tail
by Mae Bunseng Taing with James Taing
(Greenleaf Book Press)
83. Cover Design - Non-Fiction Oversize
GOLD:
The White House in Gingerbread: Memories & Recipes
by Roland Mesnier with Mark Ramsdell
(The White House Historical Association)
SILVER:
Passion and Pursuit: The Billings Collection
by David Billings & Beverly Hall Billings
(Ming Press)
BRONZE:
MY GRATEFUL DEAD PHOTOS And How I Came to Take Them - 1966-1991
by Rosie McGee
(TIOLI Press & Bytes)
84. Best First Book - Fiction
GOLD:
Muir’s Gambit
by Michael Frost Beckner
(Montrose Station Press)
SILVER:
Jester
by Brielle D. Porter
(CamCat Books)
BRONZE:
Death Warrant
by Bryan Johnston
(CamCat Books)
85. Best First Book - Juvenile/Young Adult
GOLD:
Pack of the Lost - The Uninviting Forest
by Nikita Kapoor
(Paper Lily Press, LLC)
SILVER:
Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe
by Lindsay S. Zrull
(Flux)
BRONZE (tie):
LITE: The High Treason Incident
by A.G. Roberts
(Beaver's Pond Press)
Wardenclyffe
by Lloyd Hall
(Self-Published)
86. Best First Book - Non-Fiction
GOLD:
Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
by Natasha Lance Rogoff
(Rowman & Littlefield)
SILVER (tie):
Lennon, the Mobster & the Lawyer: The Untold Story
by Jay Bergen
(Devault Graves Books)
Gaslighting: A Step-by-Step Recovery Guide
by Deborah Vinall, PsyD, LMFT
(Rockridge Press)
BRONZE:
Unveiling Estilo Palmer, The 50 Impassioned Years of Mildred Palmer in Guatemala, 1929-1981
by Ana Livingston Paddock
(Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica)
87. Book Series - Fiction
GOLD (tie):
Gold Spun Duology
by Brandie June
(CamCat Books)
Salt Chasers Duology
by A. S. Thornton
(CamCat Books)
SILVER:
Defying the Crown Series
by Kerry Chaput
(Black Rose Writing)
BRONZE:
Champions of 1940
by Kenneth Tam
(Iceberg Publishing)
88. Book Series - Non-Fiction
GOLD:
Ten Things Every ChIld with Autism Wishes You Knew and Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew
by Ellen Notbohm
(Future Horizons Inc.)
SILVER:
Champion the Challenges Self-Help Booklet Series
by Deb Shaw
(Champion the Challenges)
BRONZE:
Train Gone and Mirrors Strike Back
by Rebekah Mallory
(Unkind Press)
89. Audiobook - Fiction
GOLD (tie):
Crow Country
by Emily V. Sullivan; narrated by Will Hahn
(JA Publications Ltd)
The Blue Butterfly: A Novel of Marion Davies
by Leslie Johansen Nack; narrated by Rachel Fulginiti
(She Writes Press)
SILVER:
Rubies from Burma
by Anne Lovett; narrated by Sara Van Beckum
(SVB Productions)
BRONZE (tie):
Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn
by Amber Logan; narrated by Emily Ellet
(CamCat)
The Registration
by Madison Lawson; narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
(CamCat)
90. Audiobook - Non-Fiction
GOLD (tie):
Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
by Natasha Lance Rogoff; narrated by Emily Lahey Shoov
(Lance Productions)
Uprooted: Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Artificial Insemination
by Peter J. Boni; narrated by Josh Bloomberg
(Greenleaf Book Group Press)
SILVER:
Emotional Magnetism - How to Communicate to Ignite Connection in Your Relationships
written and narrated by Sandy Gerber
(NEXT Impact Press)
BRONZE (tie):
On Constance
written and narrated by Karin Konoval
(Post Hypnotic Press)
The Grateful 3 Approach to Life
written and narrated by Annmarie Lord
(Self-Published)
REGIONAL CATEGORIES
US NORTHEAST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Super Bloom
by Megan Tady
(Zibby Books)
SILVER:
Out Front the Following Sea
by Leah Angstman
(Regal House Publishing)
BRONZE:
The Gathering Room - A Tale of Nelly Butler
by Michelle E. Shores
(Self-Published)
US NORTHEAST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Occupying Massachusetts: Layers of History on Indigenous Land
by Sandra Matthews
(George F. Thompson Publishing)
SILVER:
New York Groove: An Inside Look at the Stars, Shows, and Songs that Make NYC Rock
by Frank Mastropolo
(Edgar Street Books)
BRONZE:
My Life of Crime: Essays and Other Entertainments
by Tyler C. Gore
(Sagging Meniscus)
MID-ATLANTIC – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Her Past Can’t Wait
by Jacqueline Boulden
(Pine Place Press)
SILVER:
Strangers in the Avalon Dunes
by Jane Kelly
(Plexus Publishing, Inc.)
BRONZE:
Death on the Line
by Carol Amorosi
(Gu Leor Publications)
MID-ATLANTIC – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
The Isaiah Fountain Case: Outrage and Jim Crow Justice on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
by Joseph Koper
(Secant Publishing)
SILVER:
RVA Playlist: Stories from the Richmond, Virginia Music Scene
by Andrew Cothern
(Self-Published)
BRONZE:
Adventurous Use of the Sea
by Tim Murphy; edited by Sheila McCurdy
(Seapoint Books + Media LLC)
SOUTHEAST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Goldie
by Taylor Thomas Smythe
(Lamplight Universe)
SILVER:
Pleasant Surprises
by Wesley Moor
(Self-Published)
BRONZE (tie):
Dead Letters from Paradise
by Ann McMan
(Bywater Books)
Blood in the Low Country
by Paul Attaway
(Self-Published)
SOUTHEAST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Century’s Witness: The Extraordinary Life of Journalist Wallace Carroll
by Mary Llewellyn McNeil
(Whaler Books)
SILVER:
A Year Without Months
by Charles Dodd White
(West Virginia University Press)
BRONZE:
Sister in a Brotherhood: Stories from My Life as a Female Firefighter
by Cindie Schooner-Ball
(KC Books)
SOUTH – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Loving the Dead and Gone
by Judith Turner-Yamamoto
(Regal House Publishing)
SILVER:
Life Dust
by Pam Webber
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE:
Party Favors
by Darden North
(WordCrafts Press)
SOUTH – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Roadside South
by David Wharton
(George F. Thompson Publishing)
SILVER:
To Where You Are
by Jason Fisher
(Warren Publishing)
BRONZE:
No Doubting Thomas: “HAWG WHISPERER” My Arkansas Memoirs
by Greg Thomas with Leland Barclay
(Outskirts Press)
GREAT LAKES – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Musky Run: A Northern Lakes Mystery
by Jeff Nania
(Feet Wet Writing)
SILVER:
Hungry Town
by Jason Kapcala
(West Virginia University Press)
BRONZE:
Finding Grace
by Maren Cooper
(She Writes Press)
GREAT LAKES – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Rust Belt Vegan Kitchen
edited by Meredith Pangrace
(Belt Publishing)
SILVER:
40 for 40
by Dennis O’Donnell
(Self-Published)
BRONZE:
Fulfilling the Dream
by Wayman Britt with Ray Serafin
(WBE Books)
MIDWEST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
A Ballroom for Ghost Dancing
by John F. Duffy
(Self-Published)
SILVER:
The Friendship Breakup
by Annie Cathryn
(Alcove Press)
BRONZE:
Chasing Shadows: Genesis
by Zachariah Jones
(Water Sign Books)
MIDWEST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Mall of America Celebrates 30 Years
by Daniel Jasper & Melinda Nelson
(Mall of America)
SILVER:
Bosnian St. Louis
by Patrick McCarthy & Akif Cogo
(Missouri Historical Society Press)
BRONZE:
Murder at Minnesota Point
by Jeffrey M. Sauve
(North Star Editions)
WEST-MOUNTAIN – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Girl Flees Circus
by C. W. Smith
(University of New Mexico Press)
SILVER:
Hardland
by Ashley E. Sweeney
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE:
A Lady Newspaperman’s Dilemma
by Eileen Joyce Donovan
(Woodhall Press)
WEST-MOUNTAIN – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Boise: City of Trees
by David R. Day & BoiseDev
(David R. Day & Day365)
SILVER:
More Than Scenery
by Janet L. Pritchard
(George F. Thompson Publishing)
BRONZE:
Spoke by Spoke
by Terry Chase
(Push On Press)
WEST-PACIFIC – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Last Liar Standing
by Danielle M. Wong
(Red Adept Publishing)
SILVER:
Border Less
by Namrata Poddar
(713 Books)
BRONZE:
The View from Half Dome
by Jill Caugherty
(Black Rose Writing)
WEST-PACIFIC – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Labor Under Siege: Big Bob McEllrath and the ILWU’s Fight for Organized Labor in an Anti-Union Era
by Harvey Schwartz with Ronald E. Magden
(University of Washington Press)
SILVER:
Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America
by Joshua Frank
(Haymarket Books)
BRONZE:
Deep Waters: A Memoir of Loss, Alaska Adventure, and Love Rekindled
by Beth Ann Mathews
(She Writes Press)
CANADA-EAST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Took You So Long
by C.I. Matthews
(The Porcupine’s Quill)
SILVER:
Bound
by Theresa Redmond
(FriesenPress)
BRONZE:
Fearnoch
by Jim McEwen
(Breakwater Books)
CANADA-EAST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Shift Change: Scenes from a Post-Industrial Revolution
by Stephen Dale
(Between the Lines)
SILVER:
From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge: Canada and the Civil War
by Brian Martin
(ECW Press)
BRONZE:
Hastings: A Four Season County
by Bryan Davies, Helen Dow and various contributors
(Tagona Press)
CANADA-WEST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Going to Beautiful
by Anthony Bidulka
(Stonehouse Publishing)
SILVER:
Hell and Gone
by Sam Wiebe
(Harbour Publishing)
BRONZE:
The Taste of Hunger
by Barbara Joan Scott
(Freehand Books)
CANADA-WEST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD (tie):
Under the Nakba Tree: Fragments of a Palestinian Family in Canada
by Mowafa Said Househ
(Athabasca University Press)
Tracking the Caribou Queen: Memoir of a Settler Girlhood
by Margaret Macpherson
(NeWest Press)
SILVER:
Being Different
by Ada Glustein
(Self-Published)
BRONZE:
Falcons Forever
by Cathie Eliasson
(FriesenPress)
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/PACIFIC RIM – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Black Randall
by Jo Braithwaite
(Self-Published)
SILVER:
Ruapehu
by Jesse Reiss
(Self-Published)
BRONZE:
Copper Waters
by Marlene Bell
(Ewephoric Publishing)
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/PACIFIC RIM – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Daughters of Melbourne: A Guide to the Invisible Statues of Melbourne
by Maree Coote
(Melbournestyle Books)
SILVER:
A Heartfelt Undertaking
by Rebecca Lyons
(Self-Published)
BRONZE (tie):
With Friends Like These, Who Needs An Anemone?
by Don Kemp; illustrated by Perry Fletcher
(Self-Published)
The Birds in the Backyard
by Donna L. Huntriss
(Self-Published)
EUROPE – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD:
Attribution
by Linda Moore
(She Writes Press)
SILVER:
The Baba Yaga Mask
by Kris Spisak
(Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing)
BRONZE:
Harriet: A Jane Austen Variation
by Alice McVeigh
(Warleigh Hall Press)
EUROPE – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD:
Art Imitating Life Imitating Death
by Cónal Creedon
(Irishtown Press)
SILVER:
Promenade of Desire: A Barcelona Memoir
by Isidra Mencos
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE (tie):
Timeless People in a Changing Time
by Douglas Bullis
(Atelier Books)
Hodden Grey: From Scottish Homespun to Modern Battledress
by Anthony Partington
(Words Indeed Publishing)
EBOOK CATEGORIES
E1. BEST ADULT FICTION E-BOOK
GOLD:
Implied Consent
by Keenan Powell
(Three Hooligans Press)
SILVER:
Véronique’s Journey
by Patti Flinn
(Gilded Orange Books)
BRONZE:
Twisted Crows
by Will Canduri
(BPRO Editorial)
E2. BEST ROMANCE/EROTICA E-BOOK
GOLD:
The Queering
by Brooke Skipstone
(Skipstone Publishing)
SILVER:
Christmas Mouse
by Rachel Spangler
(Self-Published)
BRONZE:
Learning to Love You
by Noelle Bensen
(Autumn Mountain Books)
E3. BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER E-BOOK
GOLD:
Last Liar Standing
by Danielle M. Wong
(Red Adept Publishing)
SILVER (tie):
Hidden Pieces
by Mary Keliikoa
(Level Best Books)
On Lonesome Roads
by Dan Flanigan
(Arjuna Books)
BRONZE:
A Colossal Injustice: A Griffin Knight Corporate Murder Mystery
by Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr.
(Soaring High Publishing)
E4. BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR E-BOOK
GOLD:
ANANKE: The Prologue
by Natalie Raffaele, illustrated by Yishan Li
(Raffish Press)
SILVER:
Paladin’s Light
by Marc Alan Edelheit and Quincy J. Allen
(Self-Published)
BRONZE:
Archangel: The Book of Mammon
by Black Mike
(Audere Books)
E5. BEST ADULT NON-FICTION PERSONAL E-BOOK
GOLD:
Psychedelics For Everyone, A Beginner’s Guide to these Powerful Medicines for Anxiety, Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Expanding Consciousness
by Matt Zemon
(Psyched Publishing LLC)
SILVER:
Mom Life Versus the Everyday Apocalypse: Tales of Survival from Marriage
by Megan Whitmer
(Self-Published)
BRONZE:
Crooked Lines: A Single Mom's Jewish Journey
by Jenna Zark
(Koehler Books)
E6. BEST ADULT NON-FICTION INFORMATIONAL E-BOOK
GOLD:
Leading Through Loss: How to Navigate Grief at Work
by Margo Fowkes
(Find Your Harbor Press)
SILVER:
Unmuted: How to Show Up, Speak Up, and Inspire Action
by Heather Hansen
(Bloomsbury Business)
BRONZE:
The Review Cycle: The four-step model to mastering your online reviews
by Matt R. Vance
(Self-Published)
E7. JUVENILE/YOUNG ADULT FICTION E-BOOK
GOLD:
The Trials of Ildarwood
by S.C. Selvyn
(Avylaan Kingdom Press LLC)
SILVER:
Once Upon a Scare
by Dr. Bon Blossman
(Self-Published)
BRONZE:
Heaven’t You Heard?
by Geanna Culbertson
(BQB Publishing)
E8. BEST CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED E-BOOK
GOLD:
We are Gems: Healing from Anti-Asian Microaggressions Through Self-love and Solidarity
by Ko Kim, Christine Yoon, and Andrew Hem
(Ko Kim)
SILVER:
Why Me, Mama?
by Katherine Lockwood
(Acorn Cottage Press)
BRONZE:
Benefelence the Elephence and the Wonderful You
by Todd H. William; illustrated by Ilya Fortuna
(Dizkorce)
E9. BEST REGIONAL E-BOOK – FICTION
GOLD:
Killer in the Kitchen: A Chesapeake Bay Mystery
by Judy L. Murray
(Level Best Books)
SILVER:
Dry Heat
by Len Joy
(BQB Publishing)
BRONZE:
The Girl in the Water
by Joseph Howse
(Nummist Media)
E10. BEST REGIONAL E-BOOK – NON-FICTION
GOLD:
A Fish Has No Word For Water: A punk homeless San Francisco memoir
by Violet Blue
(Digita Publications)
SILVER:
Lita & Jean: Memoirs of Two Generations of Military Women
by Lita Tomas & Jean Marie McNamara
(Master Wings Publishing)
BRONZE:
Salmon in the Seine: Alaskan Memories of Life, Death, & Everything In-Between
by Norris Comer
(MilSpeak Books, MilSpeak Foundation, Inc.)
