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

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