Winners
2023
The Surreal Adventures of Anthony Zen
Humor/Satire
These twenty-three interconnected short stories dissect the chaos of modern life with a unique brand of off-the-wall humour. Anthony Zen pokes fun at the idea that our bosses can be pigs, our parents can be embarrassing and absent-minded, time is relative, justice is blind, and the foundations of our relationships might not always pass the inspection of a team of geologists.
Traveling with Pandas
Children
On a trip to Paris, Fiona's dad surprises her with a giant stuffed panda, but he's too big to fit in her suitcase! Getting back home with such a big panda isn't easy, but Fiona finds a way. As she travels around the world, she learns that even though she can't carry her panda with her everywhere she goes, she can still carry him in her heart.
Erift's Journeys: Secrets of The Sealed Forest
Children’s Middle Grade/Tween
Joseph Erift should be worried about finding a job or getting a car as he approaches his last year of high school. But the worries of an average teenager are abruptly abandoned when he suddenly finds himself confronted with the task of stopping an unhinged man he doesn't know from unleashing a dark power into the world. He can't help but question why he has to be the one to traverse a dangerous forest and face mythical creatures he never dreamed existed. The only swords he's ever swung were in video games. He didn't even believe in real magic... until now. So why does sword-play and casting spells start to come naturally to him? Why do a strange old sage and a coffee-addicted professor believe him to be something he isn't? What if... he's not so average after all? One thing's for certain; he won't find answers if he runs away.
How Did I Get Here?: Traveling The Road To Resilience
Non-Fiction>Biography
In this captivating memoir, Andrew Fitzgerald takes you on a transformative journey through his life, filled with moments of triumph and introspection. From immigrating to the United States to facing health crises and navigating corporate challenges, Andrew shares his experiences with unflinching honesty and inspiring resilience.
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Silver Valley
Young Adult
Alien. What does it mean to be an alien? A fantasy? The unknown? The hidden?
Savannah Shaw never knew how intertwined her life is with that one simple word.
Relocating to the secluded village, Silver Valley—situated between looming mountains and endless forest on a small island—Savannah begins to realise just how alien her life is.
In Silver Valley, the villagers don’t go into the forest.
Why?
Yet a stranger begins to follow her from the trees, never leaving her shadow, making her question the world around her.
So in search for answers, Savannah Shaw follows him deeper and deeper into the forest…
It may just be the the worst decision she has ever made.
And now the fate of everything hangs in the balance of Savannah Shaw.
End of Crows
Other Fiction (For any Genre Fiction not listed)
What used to be the beautiful Colorado mountains is now a hiding place for the Crows. The Dominion punishes those who disobey. PIMs, known as personal identification microchips, are surgically implanted into the mandible of humans at birth, and programmed to detonate should someone decide to rise against the Dominion’s laws. Seventeen-year-old Willow Danner was raised under the Dominion tyranny, but her parent’s had been born free. Growing up with a plan to vanish, Willow and her family finally escape into the mountains and the safety of the Crows’ Faction. Instead of finding asylum, Willow finds she is the object of scrutiny. Worried she exchanged one form of imprisonment for another, she decides to take fate into her own hands, and trust her instincts. As she fights for her independence, someone else wants to drag her back behind Dominion walls.
Unholy Communion
Thriller/Suspense
When Washington County investigator Chris Majek is called to the scene of a retired priest's horrific murder, little does he know the emotional chasm it will open. And little does he know that this murder is a portend of more to come.
Remembering When
Non-Fiction>Inspirational/
Motivational
'I didn't know why was there, just that I could not handle my life. I wanted to run away, but I couldn't find any place to go.'
Quilt of Souls
Non-Fiction>Memoir
At age four, Phyllis Biffle Elmore was plucked off her front porch in Detroit and dropped on her grandmother Lula Horn’s doorstep in rural Alabama. Phyllis felt utterly abandoned until Grandma Lula showed her both all-encompassing love and her intricate “Quilts of Souls.” Phyllis listened intently as Lula told epic stories of folks who had passed on as she turned their clothing into breathtaking quilts for their families.
The Girl in the Toile Wallpaper
Fantasy/Paranormal
Lyly's heart yearns for true love until family loyalty is betrayed by a greedy Noble.
Imprisoned by the evil Wizard, she became The Girl in the Toile Wallpaper.
Unlocking the Novella-in-flash
Non-Fiction>Crafting/
Hobbies/How-To
Unlocking the Novella-in-Flash: from Blank Page to Finished Manuscript is the first ever full roadmap for creating your own novella composed of flash fictions, or very short stories. Whether you’ve written a novella-in-flash before, or are a beginner newly experimenting, this flexible, step-by-step craft guide will support you to produce a high-quality manuscript of linked narratives.
20 Ways to Increase Your Psychic Abilities
Non-Fiction>New Age>Metaphysical/
Visionary
The reader doesn't have to have any psychic knowledge or training to be able to use this book right away. The complete beginner can begin with the first chapter and learn to practice psychometry successfully, and then proceed through the book and learn other exciting, entertaining, and useful techniques. And someone with above average psychic abilities and understanding may still find some useful theory and knowledge that they can apply, as well as new food for thought.
Biblical Economics 101
Non-Fiction>Religion/
Spiritual
This book will help you:
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Break the mindset that to be a good Christian, you must be broke and poor
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Destroy the lie that if we love God, we must commit to a life of poverty
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Learn how wealth and a heart for Jesus go hand-in-hand and are not mutually exclusive
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Understand your finances through the laws of seedtime and harvest
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Discover the truth about Jesus’ finances when he was on earth
The world needs Christian wealth, Christian influence, and Christian change. Only by embracing the Biblical truth that God wants us to be wealthy and wants us to use our wealth for His good, will this be possible.
The Sorceress of Lansheer
action/adventure
Solzanna of Lansheer was Sorceress Advisor and Protectress of Imperial Peace in the vast Lansheean Empire. Although Feraco the Great held an uneasy throne, the threat of Solzanna’s power discouraged many a would-be rebellion. But the winds of change were blowing, and a dastardly plot was brewing in the Imperial City.
God's Gracious Killer
Christian (Fiction/Non-Fiction)
Naaman, a successful soldier, is confronted with the greatest survival challenge of his life. Little does he realize that a power greater than the armies of Aram and Assyria will make him see the dark world he lives in a bit differently. He and his family, friends, and his military “iron ring” of trusted servants will all be helpless.
Kindred Spirits
Romance
Two soldiers devastated by heartache, Debbie Ramsey and Rex Sinclair decided to rescue themselves with a mutually supportive endeavor, a “marriage in name only.” He wanted a guarantee after a tumultuous divorce. Betrayed, rejected, and abandoned by her family, she wanted a safe harbor. Amazingly, their scheme actually worked and oh, what adventures they had along the way.
The Lip Reader
Mainstream/
Non-Genre/
Literary Fiction
Set in Iran during the 1960s and 1970s, and later in Los
Angeles, California, Zhila Shirazi tells her story firsthand.
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She reveals the real-life struggle of being a deaf woman who refuses to allow adversity to stop her from reaching her dreams of living a normal and fulfilling life.
The C. R. Patterson and Sons Company
Non-Fiction>History
The C. R. Patterson and Sons Company conducted business in Greenfield, Ohio, from 1865-1939. Founded by Charles Richard (C.R.) Patterson, a free person of color born in the 1830s South and relocating to the North in the 1840s, this company passed through three generations of the Patterson family.
Self Ashored
Non-Fiction>Self-Help
Self Ashored is a guidebook for life written with heart and power in equal amounts. By enacting the changes suggested within, you will be empowered to take charge of your life and celebrate all that makes you uniquely valuable. You will be able to release negativity and overcome your fear. Self Ashored will help you identify your values and live authentically. Experience what it means to truly shine.
Raven: Get a Grip
Non-Fiction
The books provide glimpses of ravens for you to digest as delicious bits and bytes. RAVEN: GET A GRIP pays homage to ravens. To accomplish this, Pat Thomas draws upon science, exciting stories and dazzling illustrations that capture our attention and imagination.
Three Woofs for the Dead, White and Blue
Mystery/Cozy Mystery
Claire is baking up a storm while her Chief Tasting Officer supervises quality and charms new customers. Not only are they launching their four-paw bakery, the pair must prepare for the town’s North at Fourth Fest, farmers markets, dog adoption events and a pawtriotic apple pie fundraiser .