Published Books

Fiction

Award: A Need to Know, Dan Murr
1st Runner-up: Eve's Mountain, Marian Coe
 

Nonfiction

Award: Killer 'Cane: The Deadly Hurricane of 1928, Robert Mykle
1ST Runner-up: The Dolphins of Hilton Head, Cara Gubbins

 

Mystery - Suspense
Award: Death's Bright Angel, William Kerr
1ST Runner-up: Belly of the Dragon, Jack E. Romig

Romance
Award: Tarleton's Wife, Grace Kone aka Blair Bancroft
1ST Runner-up: Apache Springs, Weslynn McCallister

Historical

Award: Redemption, Jennifer Curington

1st Runner-up: Tin Can Man, E.J. Jernigan

Bio/Autobiographical

Award: Camp David Dairies: Volume II - Bess Truman, Pamela K. Thorson
1st Runner-up: Living Crazy Like Fly, Caryn Suarez

Poetry
Award: Language of Souls, k.t. Frankovich, Ruth Solomon & David Taub
1ST Runner-up: Family Secrets, A Memoir in Verse, Ann Sims

Inspirational/Spiritual
Award: Dear Me, Gaylynne Sword
1st Runner-up: Mary and Joseph, Glenda C. Finkelstein

Children

Award: The Gigantic Little Hero, Matt Whitlock

1st Runner-up: Groover's Heart, Carole Crowe

Young Adult
Award: First-String Future, Kat Corbett
1st Runner-up: Rooster, Beth Nixon Weaver

Fantasy

Award: Sharp Horns on the Moon, Carole Crowe

1st Runner-up: The Monster of Boggy Creek, Swanee Ballman

Science Fiction/Horror/Speculative Fiction/Paranormal
Award: Gabriel's Ghost, Linnea Sinclair aka Megan Sybil Baker
1st Runner-up: The Sebastian Cane Chronicles, Dennis Alexander

Short Stories

Award: Passing Thoughts, Caryn Suarez
1st Runner-up: If You're Having a Crummy Day ... Brush Off the Crumbs, Mims Cushing

Self Help/How To

Award: Soapmaking For Fun or Profit, Maria Nerius & Bill Gardner
1st. Runner-up: Food, Fun N' Fitness: Designing Healthy Lifestyles For Our Children, Mary C. Friesz
 

Unpublished Manuscripts

Fiction

Award: Forever This Time, Jeanne Bragg
1st Runner-up: Stephen Minotaur: Confessions of An Addicted Physician, Dr. Linville M. Meadows

Nonfiction
Award: The Human Question: What People Believe About Evolution, Hervey C. Peoples
1st. Runner-up: Escape From Exile, Dan Murr
 

Mystery/Suspense

Award: August Storms, Fran Robinson
1st Runner-up: Riddle Maker, Jade Fairall

Humor
Award: Hawkeye Days, Richard Mueller
1st Runner-up: Threading the Pointy End of the Needle, Freda Ward

Poetry
Award: Collection of Works by Ralph Felton, Jr., Ralph Felton, Jr.
1st Runner-up: Candle Burning, Lore Pearson

Family Saga
Award: At River's Edge, Jessie Wise
1st Runner-up: Split, Mary L. Overley
 
Inspirational/Spiritual
Award: Before You Were Born, Cara Gubbins
1st. Runner-up: Laid in the Balance, Bart Stamper

Bio/Autobiographical
Award: Laid In The Balance, Bart Stamper
1st Runner-up: Magnolia: A Wilting Flower, Barbara Robinson
 
Short Stories
Award: Stories Along The View, Bob Burdick
1st. Runner-up: Ruthy in Far Rockaway, Irene Levine

Young Adult

Award: Rinny and the Trial of Clues, Robyn Gioia
1st Runner-up: Olo of the Mound Builders, Jo Ann Harter

Children
Award: The Little Farm Down The Lane, Bonnie B. Siegrist
1st Runner-up: Getting Even, Mary Pollock

Special Recognition Trophy
On the Roller Coaster Of Life, by Voices of the Denn John Writing Dragons

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The Buzz about Bees Deal

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd has been optioned for a movie by Lauren Shuler Donner, the producer of You've Got Mail.  Monk's next book is The Mermaid Chair (Viking), about a magical chair at a South Carolina monastery.  Among those touched by the chair's spell is a married woman who falls in love with a monk.