20th Annual Self-Published Book Awards-Winners
Each year Writer’s Digest hosts the Annual Self-Published Book Awards. This self-published competition spotlights today’s self-published works and honors self-published authors. Please join us in congratulating the winners of our…
Each year Writer’s Digest hosts the Annual Self-Published Book Awards. This self-published competition spotlights today’s self-published works and honors self-published authors. Please join us in congratulating the winners of our 20th annual competition which had a 2012 entry deadline.
Grand Prize
Life Stories
"Looking Up: A Memoir of Sisters, Survivors and Skokie"
Linda Pressman
http://barmitzvahzilla.blogspot.com
Children's Picture books
First Place
"Wisdom, the Midway Albatross: Surviving the Japanese Tsunami and other Disasters for Over 60 Years"
Darcy Pattison and Kitty Harvill
http://albatross.darcypattison.com
Honorable Mention
Bunny Finds The Right Stuff
Emily Lim
www.mustardseedbook.com
Honorable Mention
Satchi And Little Star
Donna Marie Seim
amazon.com/stachi-little-star-donna-marie
Honorable Mention
Until We Meet Again
Susan Jones
Genre Fiction
First Place
Eirelan
Liam O'Shiel
amazon.com;
Honorable Mention
Butterfly KISS
Iris Kamen
Honorable Mention
Payback
John Bell
johnbellbooks.com
Honorable Mention
Polyxena
H. Allenger
Honorable Mention
Stay Tuned
Lauren Clark
www.laurenclarkbooks.com
Honorable Mention
Summer of the Suffragists
Gayle Eggen Aanensen
Honorable Mention
The Dark Horde
Brewin
amazon.com
Honorable Mention
The Long Road to Paris
Ed and Janet Howle
http://www.thelongroadtoparis.com
Honorable Mention
The Rocking Horse
Gloria Zachgo
amazon.com
Inspirational
First Place
A Beautiful Grief: Reflections on Letting Go
Cheryl Eckl
www.ABeautifulGrief.com
Honorable Mention
"Letters To My Son, Turning Loss To Legacy"
Mitch Carmody
www.heartlightstudios.net
Honorable Mention
Tapping into God: Experiencing the Spiritual Spectrum
Debbie Belmessieri
www.TappingintoGodbook.com
Honorable Mention
The Forgotten Mourners: Sibling Survivors of Suicide
John's Sister
http://www.outskirtspress.com/TheForgottenMourners/
Honorable Mention
When God Comes Near
Marcia Gaddis
site.marciagaddis.com
Life Stories
First Place
Barkers & Bones
Phil Ribera
amazon.com
Honorable Mention
A Thousand Letters Home
Teresa K. Irish
www.athousandlettershome.com
Honorable Mention
Inside the Dementia Epidemic: A Daughter's Memoir
Martha Stettinius
www.insidedementia.com
Honorable Mention
Salt In Our Blood: The Memoir of a Fisherman's Wife
Michele Longo Eder
www.saltinourblood.com
Mainstream/Literary Fiction
First Place
The Last of the Pascagoula
Rebecca Meredith
www.thelastofthepascagoula.com
Honorable Mention
Father Tierney Stumbles
John Shekleton
www.johnshekletonauthor.com
Honorable Mention
hallucination
Kim Green
www.hallucinationthenovel.com
Honorable Mention
In Sparta
Mark Wagstaff
www.markwagstaff.com
Honorable Mention
One Hundred Years of Marriage
Louise Farmer Smith
amazon.com
Honorable Mention
Shadow on the Wall (The SandStorm Chronicles #1)
Pavarti K Tyler
www.fightingmonkeypress.com
Honorable Mention
The Complex: A Coming-of-Age Story
Scott Evans
Honorable Mention
The Last Paradise
Michael Kasenow
michaelkasenow.com
Honorable Mention
Why Won't You Talk To Me? Selected Stories
Richard Duggin
Middle-Grade/Young Adult books
First Place
Farsighted
Emlyn Chand
www.emlynchand.com
Honorable Mention
Address Unknown
Charles Warren
amazon.com
Honorable Mention
Dispensing Justice
Fritz Freiheit
http://DispensingJustice.com
Nonfiction
First Place
The Davis Farmers Market Cookbook
Georgeanne Brennan and Ann M. Evans
www.davisfarmersmarketcookbook.com
Honorable Mention
Coming Home
Deborah Duda
deborahduda.com
Honorable Mention
The Goldsboro Broken Arrow
Joel Dobson
TheGoldsboroBrokenArrow
Honorable Mention
Unvanquished: Joseph Pilsudski, Resurrected Poland, and the Struggle for Eastern Europe
Peter Hetherington
www.JosephPilsudski.com
Poetry
First Place
After Beauty
Yvonne Postelle
Honorable Mention
Life Power Soul
Junious Ward
www.jwardpoetry.com
Honorable Mention
Streetlight Sonata
J.R. Simons
lulu.com
Reference Books
First Place
Colorado Adventure Guide: Northern Edition
Charlie Nuttelman
www.jaggedmountainpublishing.com
Honorable Mention
InvestiDate: How to Investigate Your Date
Maria Coder
http://www.InvestiDateYourDate.com