Announcing the Winners of the 28th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards
Congratulations to all the winners of the 28th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards!
Congratulations to all the winners of the 28th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards! Read an interview with the Grand Prize-winning co-authors Isabel Sun Chao and Claire Chao here.
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The Winners
Grand Prize
Remembering Shanghai by Isabel Sun Chao and Claire Chao. Plum Book. RememberingShanghai.com
Mainstream/Literary Fiction
First Place
On the Shoulders of Giants by Malcolm Ivey. MalcolmIvey.com
Honorable Mentions
East of Lincoln by Harlin Hailey. HarlinHailey.com
Forgive Us Our Trespasses by Susanne O’Connor.
How to Grow a Stripper by Morgan Dax. Introvert Publishing.
Land’s End by Sean Conway. Frog Pond Press. Sean-Conway.com
Sunflowers Under Fire by Diana Stevan. Island House Publishing. DianaStevan.com
Vinnie: A Love Letter by R. Preston Clark. RPrestonClark.com
Where Daffodils Bloom by Leya Delray.
Written: There Are No Choices. It Was Already Written. by Dhipa Lee. DALee.co.uk
Genre Fiction
First Place
In the Red by Dina Santorelli.
Honorable Mentions
A Savage Trick by Sarah Andre. SarahAndre.com
Bakersfield Boys Club by Anne Da Vigo. Quill Driver Press. AnneDaVigoAuthor.com
Dinner With the Hawthornes by Cherie Fruehan. Essential RockStar, LLC. CherieFruehan.com
In the Midst of Wolves by Keith Remer. Honey Lee Press. KeithRemer.com
Love Until It Hurts by Fiona Blakemore.
Murder on the Horizon by M.L. Rowland. MLRowland.com
The Circle by Stephen Galgon. MJE Publishing. MJEPublishing.com
The Lunchbox by Jack Croughwell.
The Nothing Within by Andy Giesler. Humble Quill. TheNothingWithin.com
The Orion Chronicles: Book I—The God Stones by R.L. Keck. RLKeck.com
Life Stories
First Place
Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days by Andrea Wilson Woods. Geni.us/betteroffbald
Honorable Mentions
Nobody Told Me Love in the Time of Dementia by S.R. Karfelt. Amber Horn. SRKarfelt.com
Searching for Mom: A Memoir by Sara Easterly. Heart Voices. SaraEasterly.com
Sneakin’ Deacon by Greg Gitschier. ButlerBooks.com
Somewheres in the Middle by Frank Gordon. Aesop Online Publishing, LLC.
The Third Person in the Room: Stories of Relationships at a Turning Point by Bea Larson. Nolan Kerr Press. NolanKerr.com
Poetry
First Place
Collaborations by Greg Masters. Crony Books. CronyBooks.net
Honorable Mentions
Can I Tell You Something? by Karl Kristian Flores. KarlKristianFlores.com
Moon Chaser: Running From the Sun by Brooke Lynn Knight. unknowinglee, LLC.
Middle Grade/Young Adult Books
First Place
Wilderness Therapy by Paul Cumbo. One Lane Bridge Publications. PaulCumbo.com
Honorable Mentions
Kartega by A.N. Sage. Cauldron Press. ANSage.ca
The Means That Make Us Strangers by Christine Kindberg. Bellflower Press. ChristineKindberg.com
Early Readers/Children’s Picture Books
First Place
The Climbing Tree by Barbara Leary. Coquina Press. CoquinaKids.com
Honorable Mentions
A-B-Skis: An Alphabet Book About the Magical World of Skiing by Libby Ludlow. Libby Ludlow, LLC. ABSkis.com
Fairies Don’t Exist by Michael O’Neill. Armchair & Rocket. FairiesDontExist.com
Marigold and the Snoring King by J.D. Rempel. Halo Publishing International. JDRempel.com
The Adventures of Opie the Opossum by Robert D. Gordon. Mascot Books.
Nonfiction/Reference
First Place
Five Months on the Missouri River: Paddling a Dugout Canoe by Thomas Elpel. HOPS Press, LLC. HOPSPress.com
Honorable Mentions
Crash Course by Julie Whipple.
The Workingman’s Game by William H. Brewster. Luminare Press. WilliamHBrewster.com
WWI Crusaders by Jeffrey B. Miller. Milbrown Press. WWICrusaders.com
Inspirational
First Place
Miracle on 31st Street: Christmas Cheer Every Day of the Year—Grinch to Gratitude in 26 Days by Susan Sparks. SusanSparks.com
Honorable Mentions
A Letter to a Friend: The Story of Abuse in America by Patty Wain Smith. New Words Publishing, LLC. PattyWainSmith.com
The Butterfly Series: 52 Weeks of Inquiries for Transformation by Maria Ramos-Chertok. TheButterflySeries.com
The Year After by Katy Martin.
