• LITERARY AWARDS ENTRY DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15, 2023!

    2015-2016 Reader Views

    Reviewer's Choice Awards Winners

    for 2015 Copyright Titles

    CHILDREN – TODDLER TO 5

    First Place: Where is Sissy? by Robin R. Lowe, Outskirts Press
    Second Place: She Yelled. I Screamed…She Pulled My Hair! by Tracy Leshay, again Again Books
    Honorable Mention: Outside…Inside by Cindy Helms, Set Free Publishing

    CHILDREN – EARLY READER, AGES 6 TO 8

    First Place: Inspector Dewey by Kristen Heimerl, Orange Frazer Press
    Second Place: A Flag For The Flying Dragon by Carole P. Roman, CreateSpace
    Honorable Mention: Mice & Spiders & Webs…Oh My! by Sherrill S. Cannon, Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Agency, LLC

    CHILDREN – YOUNG READER, AGES 8 TO 12

    First Place: A Home For Abigail by S. Marriott Cook, Jabberwocky Books
    Second Place: Tales For Your Monkey’s Mind by Steve Michael Reedy, Balboa Press
    Honorable Mention: Ocean Adventures with Ollie and Mollie by Amy E. Hunleth, Outskirts Press

    TEEN – AGE 12 TO 16

    First Place: A Time To Be Brave by Holly Moulder, White Pelican Press
    Second Place: Oldenglen by Robin Mason & Michael Mason, Tricklewood Press
    Honorable Mention: Community 17 by James Cardona, SJI

    YOUNG ADULT – AGE 16 TO 18

    First Place: Drive To June by Khristina Chess, CreateSpace
    Second Place: When The Music Stops, Dance On by Paddy Eger, TendrilPress
    Honorable Mention: I’ll Always Be With You by Violetta Armour, iUniverse

    BODY/MIND/SPIRIT

    First Place: Balls Of Fire by Judy K. King, Envision Editions Limited
    Second Place: Pilgrim Wheels by Neil Hanson, High Prairie Press
    Honorable Mention: Monk Who Drinks Coffee by Banu G. Khan, CreateSpace

    BUSINESS/SALES/ECONOMICS

    First Place: Leadership Briefs by Dick Daniels, Beaver’s Pond Press
    Second Place: American Mojo, Lost and Found by Peter D. Kiernan, Turner Publishing Company
    Honorable Mention: Hidden Solutions All Around You by Daniel R. Castro, Beartooth Press

    FANTASY

    First Place: The Alexandrite by Rick Lenz, Chromodroid Press
    Second Place: Primeval Origins, Light Of Honor by Brett Vonsik, Celestial Fury Publishing
    Honorable Mention: Pokergeist by Michael Phillip Cash, CreateSpace

    GAY/LESBIAN/EROTIC NOVELS

    First Place: Clean by Mia Kerick, Young Dudes Publishing
    Second Place: The Gay Detective by Kenneth D. Michaels, La Mancha Press

    GENERAL FICTION/NOVEL

    First Place: Amina The Silent One by Fiza Pathan, CreateSpace
    Second Place: Love’s Affliction by Fidelis O. Mkparu, Harvard Square Editions
    Honorable Mention: A Girl Like That, A Novel by Mary Flinn, Mary Flinn
    Honorable Mention: She’s Gone, A Novel By Joye Emmens, Heart Rock Press

    GRAPHIC NOVEL/SHORT STORIES

    First Place: Contiguity, Tales From Another Era by Charles E.  Jones, Outskirts Press

    HEALTH/FITNESS

    First Place: The Painful Truth by Lynn R. Webster, M.D., Webster Media, LLC

    HISTORICAL FICTION

    First Place: When A Red Bird Flies by Karen Evancic, Front Porch History
    Second Place: The Legend Of Joe Edge by J. Rivers Hodge With Brenda Hodge, iUniverse
    Honorable Mention: The Fiery Furnace, A novel by F. Scott Kimmich, CreateSpace

    HUMOR

    First Place: Do Not Resuscitate by Nicholas Ponticello, Nicholas Ponticello
    Second Place: Salvation at Rio Feo by Steven Lane Smith, Outskirts Press

    EBOOK

    First Place: The End by Justine Avery, Justine Avery

    MEMOIR/AUTOBIOGRAPHY/BIOGRAPHY

    First Place: Rowdy by Christopher Madsen, CPM Publishing
    Second Place: Not Really Gone by Blaire Sharpe, Authorhouse
    Honorable Mention: The Best Feeling in the World by DeGreg, Alligator Suitcase Press

    MYSTERY/THRILLER/SUSPENSE/HORROR

    First Place: Snow Men by Andrew Ceroni, Outskirts Press
    Second Place: Blood Stripe by Gina Maria DiNicolo, St. John’s Press
    Third Place: The Outreach Committee by C.L. Woodhams, C.L. Woodhams

    POETRY

    First Place: After the Chisholm by George Rhoades, Outskirts Press
    Second Place:   Kinyamaswa: An Epic Poem by Andreas Morgner, Apprentice House Press
    Honorable Mention: Vanishing Point by Tim Amsden, Independent Publisher

    RELIGION

    First Place: A Storm Is Raging by Sharon A. Gricol, CreateSpace
    Second Place: God’s Indemnity by Dr. Cheryl Williams, Outskirts Press

    ROMANCE NOVEL

    First Place: Backstretch Baby by Bev Pettersen, Westerhall  Books
    Second Place: Matched In Heaven by Angela Page, Eternal Press
    Honorable Mention: Crossroads by Dina Al-Hidiq Zebib, Outskirts Press

    SCIENCE FICTION

    First Place: Red Rock by Eamonn Kichuk, ISBN Canada
    Second Place: Before The Sun Hits by Arthur Swan, Swanfall
    Honorable Mention: Flare by Jonathan Maas,  CreateSpace

    SELF HELP

    First Place: Maximizing Your Injury Claim by Matthew D. Dubin, Aviva Publishing
    Second Place: Still Standing After All the Tears by Valerie Silveira, Rockin’ Redhead Group
    Honorable Mention: Fragments Of Possible Meaning, A Discovery Guide by Carolyn J. Sweers, Outskirts Press

    SOCIETAL ISSUES/SPIRITUALITY

    First Place:The Hero In Heroin by Mindy Miralia, Balboa Press
    Second Place: A Brief Discussion On Fairness Analysis by Rongqing Dai, Outskirts Press

    TRAVEL

    First Place: No Place For Normal: New York by Clifford Browder, Mill City Press
    Second Place: Stepping Wild by Phill Grounds, Outskirts Press

    CLASSICS

    First Place Adults:Into The Dark by John Royce, Micron Press (2011)
    First Place Kids: Fribbet the Frog and the Tadpoles by Carole P. Roman, CreateSpace (2014)

    REGIONAL

    Canada-East – Backstretch Baby by Bev Pettersen, Westerhall  Books
    Mid-Atlantic –Blood Stripe by Gina Maria DiNicolo, St. John’s Press
    Mid-West – Leadership Briefs by Dick Daniels, Beaver’s Pond Press
    Northeast – The Fiery Furnace, A Novel by F. Scott Kimmich, CreateSpace
    South – Until Shiloh Comes – Karl A. Bacon, Historical Chronicles Press
    South-East – When A Red Bird Flies by Karen Evancic, Front Porch History
    West-Mountain – The Storyteller – Leila Moss Knox, Langdon Street Press
    West-Pacific – Drive To June by Khristina Chess, CreateSpace , Young Adult

    GLOBAL

    Africa: Kinyamaswa, An Epic Poem by Andreas Morgner, Apprentice House Press
    Asia: Amina The Silent One by Fiza Pathan, CreateSpace
    Europe – Fantastical:  Tales of Bears, Bear and Hemophilia, Marija Bulatovic, SOL, LLC

    SPECIALIZED AWARDS

    CHILDREN / TEEN / YA

    Reviewers Choice Award for Best Book Written by an Author Age 18 and Under

    Liun Frec – Jessie Low Gan, Xlibris

    Reviewer Views Kids Award for Best Children’s Book of the Year

    A Home For Abigail by S. Marriott Cook, Jabberwocky Books

    Reader Views Kids Award for Best Teen/YA Book of the Year

    A Time to be Brave – Holly Moulder, White Pelican Press

    Book By Book Award for Best Children’s Picture Book

    Inspector Dewey by Kristen Heimerl, Orange Frazer Press

    Feathered Quill Be Kind to Animals Award

    A Home For Abigail by S. Marriott Cook, Jabberwocky Books

    I Have Something to Say Press Award for Best Children’s Book of the Year

    A Home For Abigail by S. Marriott Cook, Jabberwocky Books

    ADULT

    Garcia Memorial Prize for the Best Fiction Book of the Year

    When A Red Bird Flies by Karen Evancic, Front Porch History

    Reviewers Choice Award for the Best Nonfiction Book of the Year

    Rowdy by Christopher Madsen, CPM Publishing

    Conversations Award for the Best Regional Book of the Year

    When A Red Bird Flies by Karen Evancic, Front Porch History

    Tyler R. Tichelaar Award for Best Historical Fiction

    When A Red Bird Flies by Karen Evancic, Front Porch History

    Inside Scoop Live Award for the Most Innovative Book of Poetry

    After the Chisholm by George Rhoades, Outskirts Press

    Jack Eadon Award for the Best Book in Contemporary Drama

    Clean by Mia Kerick, Young Dudes Publishing

    I Have Something To Say Award for the Best Book Sharing Life Lessons Through Storytelling

    A Time to Be Brave – Holly Moulder, White Pelican Press

    Richard Boes Award

    When A Red Bird Flies by Karen Evancic, Front Porch History