Self-Published Book Awards Winners – Poetry
Announcing the Poetry winners of the 5th Annual Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Book Awards
Announcing the Poetry winners of the 5th Annual Writer's Digest International Self-Published Book Awards
Poetry Category
First-place Winner
RickyRapoport Friesem
(parentheses)
RehovotIsrael
Honorable Mentions
BradBuchanan
The Miracle Shirker
SacramentoCA
ChristopherKuhl
blood and bone, river and stone
North AuroraIL
www.iuniverse.com
MargaretK.Menges
Children of the Sky
ElmiraNY
authorhouse.com
Entrants
Diodati
Lifelines
SedonaAZ
www.lulu.com/sadiodati
E'Val
Enlightened Heart/Darkened Soul
ElktonKY
www.outskirtspress.com
Jennifer
My Love, My Words
JamaicaNY
www.authorhouse.coom
Monterey
The River of Liquid Dreams
FlippinAR
www.rosedogbookstore.com
The Write Group
Moments Falling Open
North AndoverMA
Kenyatta
Forever Sentimental Vol. III
Cleveland HeightsOH
www.barnesandnoble.com
JudithAdams
Crossing the Line
LangleyWA
YolandaT.Amon
The Baring of the Soul
BolingbrookIL
DellaAnderson
Storms of the Heart
RenoNV
www.authorhouse.com
JulieArma
Poems
TumacacoriAZ
www.tomarma.com
StephanieArmiger
A Devil In The Pines
Twin FallsID
www.seawords.biz
SandyJ.Austin
Beam of Light
WoodbridgeVA
GertrudisClarissaAviles
Is's Becauses and Why's
MetairieLA
www.authorhouse.com
JoeBacal
Growing Wings On The Way Down
New YorkNY
LeviJamesBaldwin III
Thru A Blindman's Vision
AmerstamHollandNetherlands
www.tygervinum.com
MaratM.Bandemer, Jr.
OTHER PATHWAYS: Through My Mind
KatyTX
ShulamitBat-Or
Mother of the World
Hod-Hasharon Israel
SteveBedney
Windows
New YorkNY
DarilBentley
The Long Lake
Rio RanchoNM
www.outskirts.com
DavidBernstein
Voices of the Heart
White PlainsNY
C.D.Berry
Descendents of Eve
Stone MountainGA
www.buybooksontheweb.com
Nelda "Sunny"FairchildBingoa.k.a. NedFairchild
Sing or Cry
AshtonID
www.aspendpublishing.com
EugeneG.E.Botelho
Beyond Redemption and other small items
Eagle PassTX
www.buybooksontheweb.com
EugeneG.E.Botelho
Questions for a Disinherited
Eagle PassTX
www.buybooksontheweb.com
JuneBowers
Bare Essences
SarasotaFL
JosephJ.Breunig 3rd
Reaching Towards His Unbounded Glory
FitzwilliamNH
www.amazon.com
AngelaK.Brown
Flowetry
Las VegasNV
www.airleafpublishing.com
W.Buffington
Take a Look Inside
VallejoCA
www.infinitypublishing.com
ShawnBurns
Falling Up a Hill
FrederickMD
www.amazon.com
EarlVendryesCampbell
Mother: A Sweet Scented Rose
Fort PierceFL
MelissaJ.Carl
Proof
YorkPA
amazon.com
Chaplain VincentW.Carroll
Poems From Da-Nang
SarasotaFL
www.peppertreepress.com
R.S.Cauble
Echoes
ArlingtonTX
ShirleyCheng
Waking Spirit
Wappingers FallsNY
www.shirleycheng.com
JoanBonnellClark
All About Love
RockfordIL
D.B.Clark
It Could Be Verse
MiamiFL
www.lulu.com
D.B.Clark
Death: A Second Opinion
MiamiFL
www.lulu.com
D.B.Clark
The Curse of Humorous Verse
MiamiFL
www.lulu.com
P.TaylorCopeland
I Liked You At Ten I'll Like You Again
San Luis ObispoCA
www.justyouandme.com
DavidCornberg
Divergent Grain
Tien Mou Taipei 111Taiwan, Republic of China
www.amazon.com
DavidJ.Cox
Love Pulp
MontrealQCCanada
lulu.com
MargaretCoyle
Words Collected on the Road to Silence
IndianapolisIN
www.onebodyinc.com
BarbaraD.Culp, Ed. D
The Essence of Me in Poetry
DecaturGA
amazon.com
GlennK.Currie
Riding in Boxcars
ConcordNH
FayHopeCusick
Pumpkin Dancin'
HampsteadNC
AnanyaDas
Lingering Twilight
HummelstownPA
lingeringtwilight.bravehost.com
AnnB.Day
Poetry Journal For the Seasons
WaitsfieldVT
GailA.DeJohn
Pieces of Grace
HolbrookAZ
www.authorhouse.com
GailA.DeJohn
Windows Of Grace
HolbrookAZ
www.authorhouse.com
FrancisE.Delaney
Memories, Minutes In Time
FrankfortIL
LndaEveDiamond
The Human Experience
DaniaFL
J.GrahamDucker
Observations of Heart and Mind
OshawaONCanada
www.grahamducker.com
JackDukes
At Last!
BellinghamWA
RachelZoharDulin
Alive, Unabashed and Passionate
GrayslakeIL
www.tycooniainc.com
MaryKennedyEastham
The Shadow of a Dog I Can't Forget
San JoseCA
www.rp-author.com
JaneEastwood
Witches Queens Fairytale And Dreams
GoldenCO
DavidEberhardt
blue running lights
BaldwinMD
KeithFancher
Through My Windows
Seal BeachCA
JohnFingarson
A Constant Search for Truth
Pleasant HillCA
www.amazon.com
JohannaFisherDorothySmith
Time Space Home and Place
BuffaloNY
dasedd@aol.com
L.M.Flowers
For Dear Life: My Life Lessons
StocktonCA
JulieGasior
Transformations
PrincetonNJ
www.lulu.com
JoelH.Goldstein
Haiku Africa
DenverCO
CraigGosling
For the Love of Animals: Rhyme and Reason with Animals
IndianapolisIN
WilliamAndrewGraham
Cry of Understanding
Saint LouisMO
WilliamAndrewGraham
Distant Path
Saint LouisMO
JoeHall
Reflections in Time
WoodlawnTN
www.reflectionspoetrybook.com
MonicaHanchett
Expressions: A Bookof Poems
HoustonTX
www.buybooksontheweb.com
DalstonH.Harrison, Jr.
Collection of Poetry
BrooklynNY
www.dorrancepublishing.com
JeanMcLeodHendrickson
Tiny Poems
NorfolkVA
www.publishamerica.com
MagdaleLabbeHenke
The Shedding of a Girl
MunichBavariaGermany
www.xlibris.com
MaryHicks
Freedom Cries
OdentonMD
DianaS.Hindman
The Dancer
KiheiHI
JosephineC.Holt
A Seeker's Journal
EatontonGA
PennyJohnson
A Penny for your Thoughts
LexingtonKY
www.authorhouse.com
GaryDavidJohnson
Head Trauma
TopangaCA
www.amazon
BartieJones
Poetry Is...
TiffinOH
www.authorhouse.com
BeverlyH.Kallgren
When Tomorrows Became Yesterdays
LitchfieldCT
KennethKennon
Chased By The Dawn
TucsonAZ
amazon.com
MaryW.Kimani
He Didn't Die Easy
New YorkNY
iuniverse.com
MarielleElisabethKing
All Children'R' Gifted
33542-5701
www.amazon.com
BruceKingery
Common Mythologies--Uncommon Things
RochesterMI
www.trafford.com
LewisKornfeld
LXXXX Collected Poems
Fort WorthTX
RonnieLee
The Book Of Life: Existentialism
Hung HomKowloonHong Kong
www.outskirtspress.com
HeidiLerner, M.A.
Gray Matters
EncinitasCA
DoryLeviss
Age is Only Young With Wrinkles
Deerfield BeachFL
www.authorhouse.com
DanLightsey
The Ballad of King George
BaldwinMD
www.abeced.com
DelmaLuben
Glorious Autumn
Green ValleyAZ
www.authorsden.com
TomMach
The Uni Verse
LawrenceKS
www.hillsongpress.com
CherylA.Martin, M.A.
Woman Reclining
CantonMI
www.outskirtspress.com
JeffreyD.Mason, M.H.
The Vine Rhyme Herbal
Garden CityID
www.trafford.com
SamMcCarver
Poetry Writing For Wanna-Be's ª
San Juan CapistranoCA
www.amazon.com
BrianMcComb
The Mind Of An Insomniac
OrlandoFL
EmilyMcCormack
Connemara Twilight
WillowbrookIL
authorhouse.com
MaureenMcDole
Exploring My Options
Saint PetersburgFL
www.maureenmcdole.com
TodMcGinley
"Hi, Mom!"
Sun City CenterFL
ShannonMcKinney
Blackberry Jam
WinslowIN
www.authorhouse.com
GabrielMcShane
Soul Chasing
Willow StreetPA
www.soulchasing.com
HelenReneeMeley
Country Road Poetry Collection I
CooksburgPA
DavidMessineo
A Taste of Brazil
LafayetteNJ
www.sensationsmag.com
DavidMessineo
Formal
LafayetteNJ
www.sensationsmag.com
DorienK.Miles
Changing Seasons Changing Times
BremertonWA
JimiMiller
Mood Swingers II
Highlands RanchCO
EdmundMiller
The Go-Go Boy
FlushingNY
www.inkwaterbooks.com
DianeM.Moore
A Moment Seized
New IberiaLA
www.borderpress.net
TawanaMoore-Cedeno
Emotions
HyattsvilleMD
www.blackbutterflypublishing.com
KarlaK.Morton
Wee Cowrin' Timorous Beastie
DentonTX
www.kkmorton.com
LylanneMusselman
Prickly Beer & Purple Panties
IndianapolisIN
KenNye
Searching for the Spring
FreeportME
kenknyepoetry.com
LauraBrackettOverton
Marvelous and Wonderful
RichmondVA
lovertonb@comcast.net
JeanneMeechPark
Beat of a New Drum
San DiegoCA
ElliottPerlin
Like the Trailings of a Comet on an Endless Journey
BethesdaMD
www.buybooksontheweb.com
JerryPlantz
More Words of Patriotism
Lees SummitMO
www.thepatheticpoet.com
LonnieE.Pruitt
The Truth Or Not?
HoustonTX
www.iuniverse.com
EddieRay
Up From The Mountains
AlexandriaVA
MildredBedingerRhea
Billie and I and Some Other Guys and Bridge to the Twenty-First Century
Baker CityOR
DennisRhodes
Entering Dennis
ProvincetownMA
www.xlibris.com
NathanM.Richardson
Likeness of Being
SuffolkVA
www.scpublising.com
JosephAnthonyRinaldo, Jr.
Metronome
San DiegoCA
WayneRodgers
Who Am I?
JacksonvilleFL
www.authorhouse.com
DaneillRose
The Journey of a Lonely Heart
RichmondVA
www.loverytonb@comcast.net
ElenaRotsaka
Dark Soul
Malounta/Nicosia/2612Cyprus
gothicdarkpoetry.blogspot.com
DarleneAzarRubinoff
Love Sonnets
HoustonTX
AbelRymer
Peter
MayfieldUT
CatherineMarySabala
Birdsong
Mount JulietTN
www.csabala.com
IreneSabean
In a Time of Yellow Roses
PortlandME
www.buybooksontheweb.com
JudyGoetzSanger
Love in Our Language
New YorkNY
JoyceSchalker
Thoughts of a Woman for Women
Lees SummitMO
StanSchmidt
Thistle For A Flower
MinnetonkaMN
authorhouse.com
StanSchmidt
Soul Mate's Gust
MinnetonkaMN
authorhouse.com
NancyScott
Leveling the Spin
EastonPA
BeckySears
an unfamiliar place
VersaillesKY
www.amazon.com
MargaretDinzlerShaw
Ordinary Days
West BabylonNY
JosephShermanAlexandraOliveira
Universes Beyond the Visible
Requiao Portugal
www.edicoesinapa.pt
D.J.Shrewsbury
Getting a Miracle
TucsonAZ
LexSloot
the Tools to Xel
HazletonPA
thetoolstoexl.com
FrancesSmalkowski, C.S.F.N.
Panning for Gold
MonroeCT
LucyIrelandSmiley
Shady Summer Day
BirminghamAL
LucyIrelandSmiley
Fireside Readings
BirminghamAL
CassandraAlexisSmith
Remnants of the mosaic of my life
CoronaNY
www.outskirtspress.com
FaironGlennSpears
Walk with God
HendersonTX
F.A.Spinoza
Sonnnets and Selected Poems
Shelter IslandNY
www.hellilivehere.com
EdStarkey
99 Wild Wily Female Witticisms
DoverPA
DonaldStinnett
God and the Country Boy
Owings MillsMD
RosemaryAndersonTaggart
Arrest The Poet
Long BeachCA
www.inkwaterbooks.com
SylviaThompson
In the Garden of Illness: I Sit by the Well of Hope
El PasoTX
www.lulu.com
DavidR.Torrence
Brain Storms: A Collection of Free Verse
MeherrinVA
frontierdreamer.com
JoseTrejo-Maya
Macehualli Oracle
La PuenteCA
www.authrhouse.com
JeannevanDorn Mauk
Jeanne's Journal
De LandFL
JamesVasquez
Women of the Bible
EllensburgWA
www.amazon.com
EdytheVe Del
Reflections from My Heart, Volume II
La HabraCA
www.authorhouse.com
RachnaVohra
The Distance Within
BrossardQCCanada
www.rachnavohra.com
PhilWalch
Images
Santa AnaCA
www.authourhouse.com
LoisV.Walker
Pandora's Box
AmityvilleNY
www.guild.com
RichardWaller
The Famous God Said Sonnets
AlbanyGA
DonaldD.Warner
Dark Destiny
OrlandoFL
DickWarwick
Out West to Outback & Beyond
OakesdaleWA
SiporiaWaters
Black Woman with Issues
MesquiteTX
www.amazon.com
MarlaAnnWeinstein
Positive Poetry Goes Around the World
Venice
www.marlaannweinstein.com
DavidWhite
Shenah:
RichmondCA
www.authorhouse.com
KarenA.White
Tender Moments
Mays LandingNJ
SheilaWhitehouse
Flint and Needle
HyannisMA
www.amazon.com
LarryWhitler
Barefoot Billetdoux
OcalaFL
www.robinandthegiant.com
NellFunderburkWiser
Poems from the Shoebox
NashvilleTN
www.iuniverse.com
SusanBanduraWrona
Radiant Cup
MedfordOR
www.radiantcup.com
SarahLouiseYagi
Reflections from the Pool of Life
CanonsburgPA
www.tjmfpublishing.com
SarahLouiseYagi
Poetic Potpourri
CanonsburgPA
www.tjmfpublishing.com
VivianZabelHollyJahangiri
Walking the Earth
EdmondOK
www.viviangilbertzabel
