2015 Winners
Grand Prize Winner
Slow Dancing with a Stranger by Meryl Comer
Aging
1st Place - Slow Dancing with a Stranger by Meryl Comer
Animals/Pets
1st Place - Bee in the Sea by Adam Reed, illustrated by Izzy Bean
Honorable Mention - The Fairy Fly by Lori R. Lopez
Autobiography/Memoir
2nd Place - On the Literary Road with a Writer by Percy Varrants
Best Cover Design
2nd Place - Gollywood, Here I Come! by Terry John Barto, illustrated by Mattia Cerato
Best Interior Design
2nd Place - Nickerbacher, The Funniest Dragon by Terry John Barto, illustrated by Kim Sponaugle
Best Photography/Illustrations
1st Place ($100 Drawing Winner) - The Tiny Portrait by Heidi Carla, illustrated by Karla Cinquanta
2nd Place - Nickerbacher, The Funniest Dragon by Terry John Barto, illustrated by Kim Sponaugle
Honorable Mention - Gollywood, Here I Come! by Terry John Barto, illustrated by Mattia Cerato
Honorable Mention - The Fairy Fly by Lori R. Lopez
Biography/Autobiography/Memoir
2nd Place - With Angel's Wings by Stephanie A. Collins
Honorable Mention - Into Exile: A Life Story of War and Peace by Elin Toona Gottschalk
Book Trailer
2nd Place - The Legend of Dragonfly Pond: Book Five by Alene Adele Roy
Honorable Mention - My Day in Heaven with my Lil Sister by Quest Delaney
Business/Finance
1st Place - American Mojo Lost and Found: Restoring Our Middle Class Before the World Blows by by Peter D. Kiernan
Children's Chapter Books
1st Place - Ballerina Detective and the Missing Jeweled Tiara by Karen Rita Rautenberg
Children's Picture Books 5 & Younger
1st Place - Numbers! by Lynne Dempsey, illustrated by Mandy Newham-Cobb
1st Place - Bee in the Sea by Adam Reed, illustrated by Izzy Bean
Honorable Mention - The Tales of Tickey Boo: Tickety Boo at the Zoo by Lucy Bermingham, illustrated by Lizzie Bullis
Honorable Mention - An Invitation to a Pirate Birthday by Mesemondo, illustrated by Brock Nichol
Honorable Mention - Gert the SEE Turtle in: Colors, Colors, Everywhere by Maxine Moody Poston
Honorable Mention - Beverlee Beaz the Brown Burmese by Regan W.H. Macaulay, illustrated by Alex Zgud
Honorable Mention - The Adventures of Precious Penny by Dina Marie Filippini, illustrated by Taillefer Long
Honorable Mention - The Mystery of the Magical Bwa Bwa Fruit by Zuza
Picture Books 6 & Older
1st Place (tie) - Nickerbacher, The Funniest Dragon by Terry John Barto, illustrated by Kim Sponaugle
1st Place (tie) - Posie Pixie and the Pancakes by Sarah Hill, illustrated by Sarah Mauchline
1st Place (tie) - Posie Pixie and the Snowstorm by Sarah Hill, illustrated by Sarah Mauchline
2nd Place - Bart's Heart by Cargill H. Alleyne, Jr., M.D., illustrated by Colby Polonsky, M.S., C.M.I.
Honorable Mention - Tilly & the Tooth Fairy (eBook) by Brian G. Chambers, illustrated by Sondra N. Rymer
Honorable Mention - Odysseus (eBook) by Simon Spence
Honorable Mention - Gollywood, Here I Come! by Terry John Barto, illustrated by Mattia Cerato
Honorable Mention - The Tiny Portrait by Heidi Carla, illustrated by Karla Cinquanta
Honorable Mention - Explorations of Commander Josh Book One: In Space by by Donna LeBlanc, illustrated by Anton Servetnik
Cultural Diversity
1st Place - Hi My Name is Hanna and I'm Adopted by Angie Barton
Educational
1st Place - Colors! by Lynne Dempsey, illustrated by Mandy Newham-Cobb
Fiction: Collection of short stories
Honorable Mention - The Phantom Madonna & Other Catholic Stories by Anthony J. Yanik
Fiction: Novel
1st Place (tie) - Castle in Danger by Karen Rita Rautenberg
1st Place (tie) - Simmer and Smoke: A Southern Tale of Grit and Spice by Peggy Lampman
2nd Place - Prince of Conjurers by Laurie L. Bolanos
Honorable Mention - Sable Shadow & The Presence by William Peace
General Nonfiction
1st Place - Slow Dancing with a Stranger by Meryl Comer
Historical Nonfiction
1st Place - American Mojo Lost and Found: Restoring Our Middle Class Before the World Blows by by Peter D. Kiernan
2nd Place - Chatto's Promise: An Apache Saga by John Sandifer
Humor
2nd Place - The Fairy Fly by Lori R. Lopez
Middle Grade Fiction
2nd Place - Bumbling Bea by Deborah Baldwin
Newbie - First Time Author
1st Place (tie) - Bee in the Sea by Adam Reed, illustrated by Izzy Bean
1st Place (tie)- Going to the Park by Elizabeth Gorcey, illustrated by Kajiah Jacobs
2nd Place - Simmer and Smoke: A Southern Tale of Grit and Spice by Peggy Lampman
Honorable Mention - It's a Cow's World (eBook) by Nick Sage
Honorable Mention - Slow Dancing with a Stranger by Meryl Comer
Honorable Mention - Green is Good by Elizabeth Gorcey, illustrated by Kajiah Jacobs
Poetry
2nd Place - Paradise Drive by Rebecca Foust
Honorable Mention - Poetic Reflections: The Queen of Hats by Lori R. Lopez
Honorable Mention - Postcards from Poland by Joseph Kuhn Carey
Relationships
1st Place - Ashes and Asphalt (eBook) by Trevor Halloway
Romance
2nd Place - The Woman in Black (eBook) by Rene Natan
Honorable Mention - Skeeter Hawk by Hubert Stokes
Travel
1st Place - Ashes and Asphalt (eBook) by Trevor Halloway
2nd Place - Postcards from Poland by Joseph Kuhn Carey
Unpublished Manuscript
Honorable Mention - The Last Cruz by Caitlin Avery
Young Adult Fiction
2nd Place - Goodbye Tchaikovsky by Michael Thal
Honorable Mention - Super Cowboy Rides Again by Daris Howard
Honorable Mention - Spinner by Michael J. Bowler