The Winners of the 26th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards
Writer’s Digest would like to congratulate our 26th annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards winners!
Writer’s Digest would like to congratulate our 26th annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards winners! For full coverage of the awards, please check out the March/April 2019 issue of Writer’s Digest, and enter the 27th annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards here.
Grand Prize
Breaking Vases: Shattering Limitations & Daring to Thrive by Dima Ghawi ($18.95) Dima Ghawi LLC. breakingvases.com.
Children’s Books
First Place
Little Rosa by Mr. E and Colette Alexandratos (illustrator) ($9.65) Perky Penguin Press.
Honorable Mentions
The Inn at the Edge of the World by Jeremy J. Gritton ($9.24) Mascot Books.
The Prince of Twindleland by Mary Rhee and Elisa Chavarri (illustrator) ($8.60) Outskirts Press. outskirtspress.com/ThePrinceofTwindleland.
Genre Fiction
First Place
Death by Armoire by Albert A. Bell, Jr. ($16.95) Claystone Books. albertbell.com.
Honorable Mentions
A Promise to Keep by Christina Tetreault ($6). christinatetreault.com.
Ardmore Green, A Zeke Traynor Mystery by Jeff Siebold ($12.99). jeffsiebold.net.
Death's Intern by D.C. Gomez ($9.95). dcgomez-author.com.
Guilt Trip by Donna Huston Murray ($7.46). donnahustonmurray.com.
Mattie by Betty Willis ($15). bettywillis.com.
My Interview With Beethoven by L.A Hider Jones ($17.99) CreateSpace. lahiderjones.com.
One Must Kill Another by Marcus Alexander Hart ($12.99) Canaby Press. oldpalmarcus.com.
Silent Gavel by Merissa Racine ($12.99) Wind Driven Press. merissaracine.com.
The Immorality Clause by Brian Parker ($12.99) Muddy Boots Press.
The Zeta Grey War: The Event by David F. Capps ($19.95) Clearwater Valley Press. dfcapps.com.
Unhaunted: A White Crow Mystery by Trisha Slay ($14.99) Lost Hollow Press. trishaslay.com.
Inspirational
First Place
Crawling Out by Casey Morley ($14.97) BalboaPress. caseymorley.com.
Honorable Mentions
Coloring Outside The Lines: A Woman's Journey to the Best Version of Herself by Dr. Brandie Gowey and Andi Kleinman (illustrator) ($25) NI Press.
A Beautiful Morning: How a Morning Ritual Can Feed Your Soul and Transform Your Life by Ashley Ellington Brown ($14.07) Leo Press. abeautifulmorningbook.com.
Life Stories
First Place
The House on Dale Street: My Time in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee by Steve Salem Evans ($10).
Honorable Mentions
Honey Farm Dreaming by Anna Featherstone ($19) CapeAble Publishing. annafeatherstone.com.
I Live in a Chickenhouse by Max B. Heppner maxbheppner.ipage.com.
I’m a Little Brain Dead by Kimberly Davis Basso ($11.99).
Thunderstruck Fiddle by Leslie Askwith ($17.95) Blurb. leslieaskwith.com.
Victim to Victory by Heather Ferri ($16.95) Christian Faith Publishing. heatherferri.com.
Mainstream/Literary Fiction
First Place
The Moon Daughter by Zohreh Ghahremani ($14.95) Turquoise Books. zoeghahremani.com.
Honorable Mentions
Anatomy of a Felon by January Joyce ($11.99) CreateSpace.
Code Billy by Ben Huber ($14.99).
Fathers’ Day by HJ Brennan ($13.99). hjbrennan.com.
Outlaws by Edmund Fairfax ($16.95) Bokos. edmundfairfax.com.
Promises by Dennis Rowe ($16.99) Tate Publishing.
The Last Suttee by Madhu Bazaz Wangu ($14.99). madhubazazwangu.com.
The Painter’s Apprentice by Laura Morelli ($16.49) The Scriptorium. lauramorelli.com.
Truly Are the Free by Jeffrey K. Walker ($14.95). jeffreykwalker.com.
Middle-Grade/Young Adult
First Place
Aging Out by L. Lee Shaw ($4.10) Boho Books.
Honorable Mention
Faster Than Falling: The Skylighter Adventures by Nathan Van Coops ($13.99) Skylighter Press. nathanvancoops.com
Girl With Cat (Blue) by Sam Hawksmoor ($13.95) CreateSpace. samhawksmoor.com.
Idiot Genius: Willa Snap and the Clockwerk Boy by Richard Due ($7.44) Gibbering Gnome Press. willasnap.com.
War on a Sunday Morning by Teresa R. Funke ($7.95) Victory House Press. teresafunke.com.
Nonfiction/Reference
First Place
Designing Poppers, Sliders & Divers by Steven B. Schwitzer ($44.95) Pixachrome Publishing. pixachrome.com.
Honorable Mentions
Artful Color in Nuno Felt by Beverly Ash Gilbert ($29.99). beverlyashgilbert.com.
Bandstand Diaries: The Philadelphia Years by Sharon Sultan Cutler, Arlene Sullivan and Ray Smith ($30.00) Coney Island Press. bandstanddiaries.com.
Behind the Lines by Jeffrey B. Miller ($18.95) Milbrown Press.
Poetry
First Place
Of Magic and Madness by KV Thompson ($12) CreateSpace. ofmagicandmadness.com.
Honorable Mentions
Peace in Pieces by Peggy Belles ($14.99).
Two Ends of a Loose String by John S. Gilbertson ($11.10) Main Street Rag.
About Cassandra Lipp
Cassandra Lipp is managing editor of Writer's Digest. She is the author of Queen City Records, which tells the stories behind the indie record shops of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Her work has appeared in Greener Pastures, The Belladonna, Little Old Lady, Points in Case, and Ohio's Best Emerging Poets 2019. Follow her on Twitter @Cassie000000.