16th Annual Self-Published Book Awards Winners – Poetry
Announcing the Poetry winners of the 16th Annual Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Book Awards
Poetry
First-Place Winner
E. M.Schorb
MooresvilleNC
TIME AND FEVERS
www.amazon.com
Honorable Mentions
DarilBentley
AddisonNY
The Long Lake And Other Poems
www.outskirtspress.com
PaulBussan
CheshireCT
On Freeing Myself from a Full Nelson Hold and other sonnets
www.psbpublishing.com
MikeFreeman
TorontoONTCanada
Bones
HelenePilibosian
WatertownMA
History's Twists: The Armenians
home.comcast.net/~hsarkiss
Entrants
FayeAdams
De SotoMO
Cookies and Blackberry Wine
www.fayeadams.com
DellaAnderson
SparksNV
Storms of the Heart
www.authorhouse.com
WinstonAnderson
RochesterNY
Holy Water Book I
www.outskirtspress.com
KarinRAsmussen
MendocinoCA
Mood's Plus from Euzelus
LeslyAuerbach
Running SpringsCA
In A Nutshell
www.outskirtspress.com
ElvaAvara
PascagoulaMS
Of Sun and Shadowed Places
www.elvaavara.com
PhillipBannowsky
NewarkDE
AUTOPLANT: a poetic monologue
www.phillipbannowsky.com
JamesStanleyBarlow
LeoniaNJ
Appalachia and Beyond
www.xlibris.com
RuthBarnaby
JacksonvilleFL
Shadows And Substance
www.pow100.com
YolandaA.Barnes (Yogii)
FayettevilleNC
aren't you listening?
www.lulu.com
G.Barry
HamptonVA
Reflections of an Old Soul Vol. II
www.outskirtspress.com
SylviaBartaJaneGarrett
FonthillONTCanada
The Price of Eggs
DouglasRBehm
ShrewsburyMA
Spins: new brief verses of poetry
GeninneM.Bender
East GreenbushNY
"G" Notes
www.iuniverse.com
GordonBennett
TerrellNC
The Little (that sang to me)
www.beyondliving.net
J. G.Blackstone
OrangeNJ
Cries of Passion
www.amazon.com
JoanBlake
PinehurstNC
On the Road to Mazatlan
www.xlibris.com
RichardS.Bossone
BrigantineNJ
Into The Light
www.xlibris.com
CharlesBreitweiser
MilltownNJ
Inspiration of Time
www.inspirationoftime.com
DianeBretoi-Merrell
St. PaulMN
To You . . . From Valentina
WilliamCharletonBridgesNeshiaMarshelleBridges
FairmontWV
Misery Loves Company
www.wcbfoundation.org
MargaretHBrooks
MemphisTN
The Universe as Friend
www.amazon.com
JuanitaBrown
IndianapolisIN
Praise
ShirleyBrown
Castro ValleyCA
Shirley Brown's BOOK OF POETRY
www.xlibris.com
LaurieK.Cheslak
LedyardCT
Reflect Life
ColleyCibber, Esq.
GainesvilleFL
Right Justified (?)
www.amazon.com
SageCohen
PortlandOR
Like the Heart, the World
www.lulu.com
CarolBryanCook
DallasTX
Hearts Under the Moon
www.trafford.com
DavidCornberg
TaipeiTaiwan, Republic of China
The Dailies
AnnetteCorth
IthacaNY
Explosion of Dragons
MargaretCoyle
IndianapolisIN
Words Collected on the Road to Silence
www.onebodyinc.com
AdelaideCummings
West FalmouthMA
Pastiche
GlennK.Currie
ConcordNH
Riding in Boxcars
JuliaDamaris
MinneapolisMN
Black Lace
www.xlibris.com
RonDean
PocatelloID
From Biographical Trails
http://www.outskirtspress.com
ChristopherDeCaro
Laguna NiguelCA
A Perfect Day for Poetry & Art
www.decaroart.com
FrancisE.Delaney
FrankfortIL
Memories, Minutes In Time
AnnM.DeVenezia
Mountain LakesNJ
Telling Abuse
www2.xlibris.com
J. GrahamDucker
OshawaONCanada
Observations of Heart and Mind
www.grahamducker.com
D. WayneDworsky
JamaicaNY
Touching the Sky
www.atlasbooks.com
MelissaI.Eights
MiamiFL
Poetic Life Issues
www.authorhouse.com
AlvinG.Ens
AbbotsfordBCCanada
I Am the Poem
http://poetspotpourrisociety.com
AlvinG.Ens
AbbotsfordBCCanada
Poetic Sprits of The Valley
http://poetspotpourrisociety.com
DanielRayFarley
East ChicagoIN
Once Upon A Rhyme Year Of The Winds
www.outskirtspress.com
A.J.Farthing
TerlinguaTX
The Legend of Percy Fink: Volume 1
www.pigfoodsalad.com
CarmenSolFeliciano
Sleepy HollowNY
Daughter of the Sun
BeverlyFoote
Virginia BeachVA
Sheets
PeterJohnFradyJenniferRose
East BostonMA
LOVE, The Inspiration
www.admin@thepeterjfradyfoundation.org
AntoinetteV.Franklin
San AntonioTX
In The Mist Of Struggle
www.amazon.com
MikeFreeman
TorontoONTCanada
Cigarette Salad
PaulI.Freet
FayettevillePA
A World Of Bright Burning
BruceDGaborik
HoustonTX
Poetry To Live By
MauriceGandy
MobileAL
The Calpocalypse
www.amazon.com
DallasGatlin
Swartz CreekMI
70 Sticks
www.amazon.com
DallasGatlin
Swartz CreekMI
A Small Sense Of Hereness
www.amazon.com
AnniMachtGibson
CincinnatiOH
Unfinished and other poems
www.amazon.com
ElizabethGlenny
ForterieONTCanada
A Periodic Sentence
PhaidraSheliseGlover
Little RiverSC
My Authentic Soul
www.amazon.com
TrumanDayonGodwin
AbernathyTX
Beyond The Hedgerows
www.publishamerica.com
HelenHeightsmanGordon
Santa BarbaraCA
The Secret Love Story in Shakespere's Sonnets
www.xlibris.com/bookstore
TerryGoss
ChicagoIL
GOD'S Great Holy Poems
www.holypoems.org
MelodyGough
RenoNV
Ladies Night at the Bluebottle Kiss
www.amazon.com
BillGourgey
MorristownNJ
Outside the Box
www.jakedarts.com
TyGrandison
San JoseCA
Stripped
www.stripped-book.com
DorothyGray
Lady LakeFL
Our Own Special Country
www.amazon.com
EarleneGrey
Oregon CityOR
Musings With a Cuppa - The Poetry of Tea
www.earlenegrey.com
MaryGribble
San MarinoCA
Goliath's Kids
MaryGribble
San MarinoCA
Mary's Form Poetry
MaryGribble
San MarinoCA
Eyes
DanielleGriffin
SchertzTX
Of Love & War
VijaliHamilton
Castle ValleyUT
Of Earth & Fire
www.vijali.net
BillHarmon
Knot For Sailors Only
www.dittybag.org
MaryKHooker
Wilkes-barrePA
A Time to Rhyme
www.amazon.com
DonnaG.Humphrey
ChicagoIL
I Speak of Simple Things
www.amazon.com
MargaretCoyleIrsay
IndianapolisIN
Messages to Me: Words Collected on the Road to Silence
www.onebodyinc.com
BranchIsole
LahainaHI
Postcards from the Line of Demarcation
www.manaopublishing.com
BranchIsole
LahainaHI
Messages In A Bottle
www.manaopublishing.com
BranchIsole
LahainaHI
Seeds Of Mana'o
www.manaopublishing.com
BranchIsole
LahainaHI
Reflections On Chrome
www.manaopublishing.com
MarciaSIvans
ChathamNJ
Over Easy Poems
www.mivans.com
JaiyaJohn
Silver SpringMD
Beautiful
www.soulwater.org
GaryDavidJohnson
TopangaCA
Head Trauma
www.amazon.com
JulietteSeelyeKarow
Safety HarborFL
Pinnacles
PaulKatona
PalmdaleCA
The Bird Man and His Shadow
www.trafford.com
DawnFraserKawahara
KapaaHI
Behold Kaua`i
www.authorhouse.com
SandraKay, TTGP
PleasantonCA
Beautiful Fish
www.magtimeframes.com
RileyNicholasKelly
ExcelAL
Dedications
KenKibler
BenbrookTX
Three Days in the Life of the Earth
BruceKingery
RochesterMI
Common Mythologies - Uncommon Things
www.trasfford.com
PaulKiritsis
MelbourneVICAustralia
Hermetica:: Myths Legends Poems
www.amazon.com
LewisKornfeld
Fort WorthTX
LXXXX Collected Poems
LewisKornfeld
Fort WorthTX
LXXXX Collected Poems
AvraKouffman
Huntington BeachCA
lush
www.amazon.com
AndrewA.Kozelka
HamptonVA
The Ages
KerriLynnKumasaka
BoulderMT
A Poet's Story
www.apoetsstory.com
SandraAllbeeLacy
AuroraCO
Inside Out
www.xlibris.com
MadelineNeriLaFarge
CambridgeMA
Oreos Are For Breakfast
www.madelinelafarge.com
PaulaMLarson
NiobraraNE
Praying Love
ShirleyLawrence
South PasadenaCA
On Wings of High Desire
www.amazon.com
MichaelLeggs
St. PaulMN
Advance the Engine Summer
CherylLodico
FlushingNY
Poems Of Joy And Praise To God
www.rosedogbookstore.com
OrientalLotus
WilsonWY
The Religion of Love
www.amazon.com
KimberlyM.Lovett
AtlantaGA
The Journey - A New Season
www.kimberlymlovett.com
KimberlyM.Lovett
AtlantaGA
The Journey - 30 Years and Beyond
www.kimberlymlovett.com
EdwardWLull
WilliamsburgVA
Cabin Boy to Captain: A Sea Story
www.buybooksontheweb.com
EdwardWLull
WilliamsburgVA
The Sailors: Birth of a Navy
www.buybooksontheweb.com
EdwardWLull
WilliamsburgVA
Where Giants Walked
www.buybooksontheweb.com
LarryLyall
GainesvilleFL
The Shorter Decameron
www.amazon.com
GeorgeLysloff
MadisonWI
Poems and Stanzas II
ClaireWardMalchiodi
PerkasiePA
In Sunlight and Shadow
BonnieBuckleyMaldonado
Pinos AltosNM
Montana, Too
BonnieBuckleyMaldonado
Pinos AltosNM
From the Marias River to the North Pole
JulieMaloney
MendhamNJ
private landscape
www.mangopress.net
HopeMaxwell-Snyder
ShepherdstownWV
The Houdini Chronicles
HopeMaxwell-Snyder
ShepherdstownWV
Strings of Broken Hearts
HopeMaxwell-Snyder
ShepherdstownWV
C-H-A-I-N-S (Poems)
E. EverettMcFall
GaryIN
I Can Still Hear Their Cries , Even In My Sleep . . A Journey Into PTSD
www.amazon.com
JenniferMcLean
IrvineCA
the BIG book of YOU
www.bigbookofyou.com
JeanMoody
Orange ParkFL
A Cup of Coffee and Conversation
www.borders.com
KarlaKMorton
DentonTX
Wee Cowrin' Timorous Beastie
LindaKayMurphy
Pleasant HillCA
All the Vulnerable Joys
www.iuniverse.com
PaulJNandzik
PittsburghPA
Twombly McGreen vs. The Mean Steam Machine
www.inkwaterbooks.com
JessicaNewman (Editor)
EnglewoodCO
From The Web
www.womenspoliticalpoetry.org
VickieM.Oliver-Lawson
BaltimoreMD
Vocal Moments
www.authorsden.com
AudraOwens
OmahaNE
Speaking Freely
www.lovejazzcenter.org
BettyPierre
BronxNY
Babel
www.buybooksontheweb.com
MaxPreston
HillsboroughNC
The Phoenix Collection & Other Poems
www.ivyhousebooks.com
MarieA.Reilly
Las CrucesNM
Among Others
S. JoaquinRivera
Ponte Vedra BeachFL
Demon In The Mirror
www.brokenswordpublications.com
H. G.Robert
ColumbiaSC
Confessions of an Onnagata
www.lulu.com
JaniceRose
The ColonyTX
Magnolia Moon, Texas Sage
RuthRosenthal
North ForkCA
Maybe Shirts are Easier
www.ruthrosenthalpoet.com
WilliamJRussell
UkiahCA
The Seduction of Time et al
www.amazon.com
JoanM.Sarow
Orchard ParkNY
The Many Moods of LOVE
MelessaSellers
Sharon HillPA
Life's Expressions
JoyShieman, PTR
Los AltosCA
Eating Sour Rhubarb Beneath A Cold Moon
www.joyshieman.com
DavidJ.Shrewsbury
PatagoniaAZ
Horse Sense
www.poetrysings.com
DavidJ.Shrewsbury
PatagoniaAZ
Horse Sense
www.poetrysings.com
EileenSmith
RichmondVA
Glimpses Unspoken
www.glimpses-unspoken.com
CarolSmith
Close To My Heart
www.carolpsmith.com
DaneSmithRobertPreble
North BendOR
Being The Change
DaneSmith
North BendOR
Hot Chocolate Poetry
JorisSoeding
ChicagoIL
Trees. Otherness. Instance.
www.powells.com
JeanM.Sullivan
BrookingsOR
Sights and Sounds Traveling Around
DaveSupple
San RafaelCA
And Now A Story To Tell …
www.amazon.com
SamishiiSuzume
GarlandTX
My Secret Heart
www.xulonpress.com
KimC.Tavares
Santa ClaraCA
Inside Out
AlphonsoTaylor
WashingtonDC
Bible Of An Alligator
www.outskirtspress.com
JohanG.Tengstrom
StockholmSweden
In Other Words
www.xlibris.com
ChangTe-Pen
BurnabyBCCanada
The Last Garden on Earth
MarieDelgadoTravis
HoustonTX
Blossom
www.lulu.com
MarieDelgadoTravis
HoustonTX
La Ventana / The Window
www.lulu.com
RuthTruman
CamarilloCA
To Life! A book of Poetry and Songs
www.ruthtruman.com
JeanneVandorn
De LandFL
Starchaser
CherylElizabethWard
WildwoodMO
Obsessions From a Parallel Universe
www.forbesliterary.com
L. E.Ward
Iron RiverMI
The Country Of The Heart
www.iuniverse.com
EugeneH.Ware
EriePA
The Moods of Presque Isle
www.xlibris.com
StephenJ.Wersan
RidgecrestCA
Smooth Stones on the Bottom
KarenAWhite
Mays LandingNJ
Tender Moments
kanitawhite@msn.com
DavidWhite
RichmondCA
Shenah
JudyWieberg
RenoNV
A Cowgirl In A Cowboy's World
www.amazon.com
JeffreyHWilliams
BowieMD
Exploring the Heart Awakening the Mind
FifieD.Williams-Malik
MiamiFL
The Awakening
www.authorhouse.com
LouiseWinchenbach
FalmouthME
Out of the Gilded Frame
www.amazon.com
NellFunderburkWiser
NashvilleTN
Poems from the Shoebox
www.iuniverse.com
J. G.Woodward
AkronOH
Tumultuous Journey, Poems Along the Way
www.invinciblepublishing.ws
SherryA.Wright
Inspired
SusanBanduraWrona
MedfordOR
Radiant Cup
DonaldJYoung
AptosCA
The Invisible Harbor
www.donyoungpoetry.com
Basdai
ValricoFL
Into the Light
www.basdaiwrites.com
Kenyatta
Cleveland HeightsOH
Forever Sentimental Vol. IV
www.amazon.com
Annohrtamus
Queen CreekAZ
Divine Inspirations
www.divinelyinspiredpoems.com
