22nd Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards
Writer’s Digest would like to congratulate the 46 winners of the 22nd Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards. For full coverage of the awards, please check out the March/April 2015 issue…
Writer's Digest would like to congratulate the 46 winners of the 22nd Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards. For full coverage of the awards, please check out the March/April 2015 issue of Writer's Digest.
Grand Prize
Well Fed 2 by Melissa Joulwan ($24.95). Smudge Publishing. theclothesmakethegirl.com.
Children’s Picture Books
First Place
Rocko Rocket: Rocko’s Big Launch by Yolande Clark-Jackson and R. Jackson (illustrator) ($19.99). rockorocket.com.
Honorable Mentions
Commonplace Mouse by Karima Cammell ($15.00). Dromedary Press. blog.castleintheair.biz.
The Wonderful (Magical, Super-Fantastical) Musical Animals by Damon Robinson ($24.95). Dog Ear Publishing.
Genre Fiction
First Place
Glory Be! by Martha B. Hook ($16.99). Xulon Press.
Honorable Mentions
The Fig Orchard by Layla Fiske ($14.95). Rancho Publishing, LLC. laylafiske.net.
Lessons I Learned From Nick Nack by Padgett Gerler ($16.95). CreateSpace. padgettgerler.com.
Once Upon a Mulberry Field by C.L. Hoang ($15.95). Willow Stream Publishing. mulberryfieldsforever.com.
Blood on the Tracks by Steve Liskow ($15.00). CreateSpace. steveliskow.com.
To Murder a Saint by Nicole Loughan ($5.99). Little Spot for Stories. littlespotforstories.com.
One Eyed Jack by Christopher J. Lynch ($10.99). CreateSpace. christopherjlynch.com.
Finding Out by Sheryn MacMunn ($11.99). Joy Inked. sherynmacmunn.com.
By Water and Blood by Melanie Rose ($13.95). CreateSpace. melanieroseauthor.com.
Inspirational
First Place
Cora Pooler by Dottie Rexford ($19.95). WestBow Press.
Honorable Mentions
Winter Always Turns to Spring by Sachiko Takata Bailey, as told to Akemi Bailey Haynie ($15.99). Friesen Press.
Inside/Outside by Jenny Hayworth ($14.99). CreateSpace. jennyhayworth.com.
A Middle Way by Duke Robinson ($15.50). CreateSpace.
Steps Out of Time by Katharine B. Soper ($16.95). Stellaire Press.
Life Stories
First Place
Breakfast with the Pope by Susan Vigilante ($19.95). Richard Vigilante Books. desperateirishhousewife.blogspot.com.
Honorable Mentions
An American’s Resurrection by Eric C. Arauz ($17.95). Treehouse Publishing. ericarauz.com.
Flight Through Fire by Carol Fiore ($17.99). Flying Kea Press. carolfiore.com.
A Garland for Ashes by Hanna Zack Miley ($19.95). Outskirts Press. georgeandhannamiley.com.
Mainstream Fiction
First Place
The Life & Times of Persimmon Wilson by Nancy Peacock ($16.00). Lystra Books. nancypeacockbooks.com.
Honorable Mentions
Stuck by Stacey D. Atkinson ($17.95). Mirror Image Publishing. staceydatkinson.com.
The Lady of the Lake by R.E. Braczyk ($12.95). iUniverse.
Lenin Lives Next Door by Jennifer Eremeeva ($24.95). Small Batch Books. russialite.com.
The Rummy Club by Anoop Ahuja Judge ($16.95). Daggerhorn Publishing. therummyclub-anovel.com.
A Place in the World by Cinda Crabbe MacKinnon ($14.99). Multicultural Press. cindamackinnon.wordpress.com.
The Unheralded King of Preston Plains Middle by Jedah Mayberry ($14.95). River Grove Books. jmberryfictionwriter.tumblr.com.
The Legacy Letters by Carew Papritz ($21.95). King Northern Publishing. thelegacyletters.com.
Eleven Sundays by Alonna Shaw ($12.95). CreateSpace. alonnashaw.com.
Middle-Grade/Young Adult
First Place
Eleven by Tom Rogers ($8.95). Alto Nido Press. eleventhebook.com.
Honorable Mentions
Nyx by D.M. Livingston ($16.95). Some Peril Publications. nyxthebook.com.
The Adventures of Pearley Monroe by Marci Seither ($7.99). Sawmill Press. marciseither.com.
Starved by Michael Somers ($12.00). Rundy Hill Press. michaelsomers.com.
Nonfiction
First Place
The Twible by Jana Riess ($19.99). Paraclete Press. janariess.com.
Honorable Mentions
Back to Vietnam by R. Bruce Logan and Elaine Head ($22.95). JOTH Press. backtovietnam.com.
Deaf Dogs by Melissa McDaniel ($55.00). The Photo Book Projects. thephotobooks.com.
The New Art of Dying by Diane Burnside Murdock ($14.95). The Murdocks, LLC. dianemurdock.com.
Poetry
First Place
South From Istanbul by Ken Hebson. Green River Press.
Honorable Mentions
The Death of the Human Soul by James Karis ($11.95). Alvalini. univesta.tripod.com/jameskaris/index.htm.
A New Orchid Myth by Helene Pilibosian ($13.95). CreateSpace. home.comcast.net/~hsarkiss.
Reference
First Place
10 Steps to Publish & Succeed by Jill Ronsley ($12.95). Blue Star Press, Inc. suneditwrite.com.
Honorable Mention
Your Guide to the National Parks by Michael Joseph Oswald ($25.00). Stone Road Press. stoneroadpress.com.
Cris Freese is a technical writer, professional book editor, literary intern, and the former managing editor of Writer's Digest Books. Cris also edited the annual guides Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market and Guide to Literary Agents, while also curating, editing, and writing all content for GLA's online companion. crisfreese.com
