Announcing the Winners of the 27th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards
Congratulations to all the winners of the 27th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards! Read an interview with the the Grand Prize-winning picture book author Katherine S. Ulshafer in the…
Congratulations to all the winners of the 27th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards! Read an interview with the the Grand Prize-winning picture book author Katherine S. Ulshafer in the March 2020 issue.
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The Winners
Grand Prize
I Love You by Katherine S. Ulshater. Illustrated by Sarah Frushour Emms. ($20.66) Christian Faith Publishing.
Early Readers/Children's Picture Books
First Place
Dash's Week by Nicole MacDonald. Illustrated by Claudia Varjotie. ($17.99) Manhattan Dog Press. Nicole-MacDonald.com
Honorable Mentions
Super Beagle by Kim Edge Ambler and Rell Ambler. ($13.95) Peirce Street Press.
My Magnificent Hair by Natalee Antoinette Johnson. ($10) Passion4dreams
Genre Fiction
First Place
The Chateau by Tiffany Reisz. 8th Circle Press. ($14.99 paperback; $30 hardcover) TiffanyReisz.com.
Honorable Mentions
Knuckle Down: A Cage Life Novel by Miles Watson. ($10.99)
Innocent, Until Proven Black by Tyrone R. Gibbs Jr. ($20) TyroneGibbs.com
The Memory Box by Eva Lesko Natiello. Fine Line Publishing. ($15.95) EvaNatiello.com.
Chain Reactions by Lynn Ames. Phoenix Rising Press. ($15.95) LynnAmes.com.
The Matrimonial Advertisement by Mimi Matthews. ($16.99) MimiMatthews.com
Gazelle in the Shadows by Michelle Peach. ($18) MichellePeach.com.
Secrets Never Told by Raegan Teller. Pondhawk Press. ($14.99) RaeganTeller.com.
The Other Side of Him by Alice Rene. California Country Press.
Saving Nary by Carol DeMent. ($14.99) CarolDeMent.com.
War and Money, Book 1 by Sofia Diana Gabel. S.D. Books. ($12.99) SofiaDianaGabel.com.
Inspirational
First Place
My First Last Year by Roger Leslie. Paradise Publishing. ($19.95 paperback; $24.95 hardcover) RogerLeslie.com.
Honorable Mentions
7 1/2 Habits To Help You Become More Humorous, Healtheir & Happier by David Jacobson. Humor Horizons Publishing. ($10.95) HumorHorizons.com.
Organizing Her Life: How My Journey Can Help You Declutter Your Spaces and Your Life by Laura Souders. ($12.02) HealthierSpaces.com.
Reflections: Prayers for Living in Words and Pictures by Sally Oppenheimer and Jane Adriance. Xulon Press. ($15.49)
Life Stories
First Place
Second Chance: A Mother's Quest for a Natural Birth After a Cesarean by Thais Nye Derich. She Writes Press. ($16.95). ThaisDerich.com.
Honorable Mentions
Legacies from the Living Room: A Love-Grief Equation by Debra Parker Oliver. Outskirts Press. ($15.95).
I Hate You Jimmy by Eddie Doyle. Prince Street Publishing. ($12.95) IHateJimmy.com.
Cancer and Fishnet Stockings by Maryann Grau. ($16.95) MaryannGrau.com.
Even if you don't: A Love Story by Bryan C. Taylor. ($16.99) BryanCTaylor.com.
Permission to Fly by Layng Martine Jr. FieldPoint Press. ($16.95 paperback; $27.99 hardcover) LayngMartineJr.com
My Life in Yankee Stadium by Stewart J. Zully. ($14.99)
Mainstream/Literary Fiction
First Place
Across the Inlet by Gail Summers. ($12).
Honorable Mentions
Matka by Sarah Hanley. Edward Wayne Publishing. ($14.99) SarahHanleybooks.com.
Trusting All I Want by Timothy C. Sansone. Women's Success Novels, LLC. ($13.75 paperback; $25 hardcover) TimothyCSansone.com
Gum Moon by Jeffrey L. Staley. ($18.95).
The New Normal by K.N. Crighton. Bordeaux Street Books. ($17.99) KNCrightonwriter.com.
The Writer's Story by Cory J. Schulman. BestSeller Publications. ($13.95) BestSellerPublications.com
The Mountain Goat by Jim Trainor. ($14.95) JimTrainorAuthor.com
Circus Girl by Elizabeth Carter Wellington. Archway Publishing. ($15.99 paperback; $33.95 hardcover)
Something Wicked by Joe Coon.
Middle-Grade/Young Adult Books
First Place
The Green Soldier by J. Edward Gore. ($9.99)
Honorable Mentions
Susanna's Midnight Ride: The Girl Who Won the Revolutionary War by Libby Carty McNamee. Sagebrush Publishing. ($14.99) LibbyMcNamee.com
The Afternoon King by Rebecca Creos. ($13.99)
A Place of Shadows by David Lafferty. BookBaby. ($18.99) DavidMLafferty.com.
Nonfiction/Reference
First Place
JFK: The Last Speech by Neil Bicknell, Roger Mills, and Jan Worth-Nelson (editors). Mascot Books. ($27.95) JFKTheLastSpeech.org
Honorable Mentions
Kem Weber: Mid-Century Furniture Design for the Disney Studios by David A. Bossert. The Old Mill Press. ($35) DavidBossert.com
Left Brains for the Right Stuff: Computers, Space, and History by Hugh Blair-Smith. SDP Publishing. ($20.95)
A Companion for the Hospice Journey by Larry Patten. And Yet Publishing. ($10.99) LarryPatten.com.
Poetry
First Place
Homestead by Daniel Dietrich. Authreo Media. Daniel-Dietrich.com
Honorable Mention
Older, Wiser, Shorter by Jane Seskin. ($15) JaneSeskin.com
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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.