CHILDREN – PRESCHOOL TO AGE 5

First Place: Smeagull the Seagull by Mark Seth Lender – Seahouse Press
Second Place: Ellie’s Car Kindergarten by Lee Zee – Word Arts Vision LLC
Honorable Mention: Raina’s (Un) Happy Birthday by Britta Stromeyer Esmail – Balboa Press

CHILDREN – EARLY READER – AGES 6-8

First Place: Animal Mash-Up by Jean Kingston – Sword & Spoon Group
Second Place: Light Up the States by Debbie Hoven – Beaver’s Pond Press
Honorable Mention: Growing Up in Alaska by Constance Taylor – Fathom Publishing Co.

CHILDREN – YOUNG READER – AGES 8-12

First Place: The Tukor’s Journey by Jeannine Kellogg – Jagged Compass, LLC
Second Place: Night Life by Donna Somboonlakana – Outskirts Press
Honorable Mention: The Lost Secret of Time by Tiffany Turner – Shadowcat Publishing

TEENS – AGES 12-16

First Place: Alone Together by Robert Hill – CreateSpace
Second Place: The Brain Pioneer by Howard Eaton – BookBaby
Honorable Mention: Babble Magic by Miguel Lopez de Leon – BookBaby

YOUNG ADULT – AGES 15 AND UP

First Place: Above the Star by Alexis Marie Chute – SparkPress
Second Place: The Iron Citadel by Mitch Reinhardt – Mitch Reinhardt
Honorable Mention: The Crossroads of Logan Michaels by James M. Roberts – Koehler Books

FANTASY

First Place: The Heretic’s Guide to Homecoming by Sienna Tristen – Molewhale Press
Second Place: Shadow King by Susan K. Hamilton – Quill
Honorable Mention: The Eclipse Dancer by Laura Koerber – Who Chains You
Honorable Mention: Dreamwander: In the Ruins of Eden Vol. 1 by Kildare – Kildare Press, LLC

GENERAL FICTION/NOVEL

First Place: Achieving Superpersonhood by William Peace -Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, LLC
Second Place: Armed Men and Armadillos by John Earl Sharp – Dog Ear Publishing
Honorable Mention: Awakening by Jackie Goldman – CreateSpace
Honorable Mention: It’s About Luke by Gwenyth Snow – FriesenPress
Honorable Mention: Pleasure and Power by Doug Brendel – CreateSpace
Honorable Mention: Tilda’s Promise by Jean P. Moore – She Writes Press

HISTORICAL FICTION

First Place: The Walls of Lucca by Steve Physioc – CreateSpace
Second Place: A Hundred Fires in Cuba by John Thorndike – Beck and Branch Publishers
Honorable Mention: Cordelia Lionheart by Ron Fritsch – Asymmetric Worlds
Honorable Mention: The Aunties by Debbie Boucher – Outskirts Press
Honorable Mention: The Comedian by Clem Martini – University of Calgary Press

HORROR

First Place: Mountain of the Dead by Jeremy Bates – Ghillinnein Books
Second Place: It Took Billy by Miguel Lopez de Leon – BookBaby
Honorable Mention: Memoir from Hell by Stephen Ross – Black Parrot Books

HUMOR

First Place: Lexicon: American Style 2 by Patrick Ragains – Outskirts Press
Second Place: Finding Mr. Wrong by George Kaplan – Black Opal Books
Honorable Mention: The Last Thunk by Gerard Farrell – Greenpoint Press
Honorable Mention: Will There Be Free Appetizers? by Don Ake – Wojelay Publishing

LGBTQIA

First Place: Last on a Match by Diana K. Perkins – Shetucket Hollow Press
Second Place: Cockloft: Scenes from a Gay Marriage by Kyle Thomas Smith – Gatekeeper Press

MYSTERY/THRILLER

First Place: Black Hearts White Minds by Mitch Margo – Mission Possible Press
Second Place: The TRIBAL Case by Theresa M. Janson – Red Garnet Press
Honorable Mention: Death Unchartered by Dorothy Van Soest – Apprentice House
Honorable Mention: The Moving Blade by Michael Pronko – Raked Gravel Press
Honorable Mention: The Staten Island Butcher by George Hopkins – CreateSpace

POETRY

First Place: Vice and Virtue by Paul Kloschinsky – CreateSpace
Second Place: A Dime is a Sign by Sherrill S. Cannon – Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency LLC
Honorable Mention: Poems of Love, From My Heart to Yours, Vol. 1 by Kerry C. Irons – Outskirts Press

ROMANCE

First Place: Along Came A Cowboy by Bev Pettersen – Westerhall Press
Second Place: Her Viking Heart by Heidi Herman – Hekla Publishing LLC
Honorable Mention: The Earl and the Enchantress by Paullett Golden – Paullett Golden

SCI-FI

First Place: River’s Child by Mark Daniel Seiler – Owl House Books
Second Place: Purgatorium by J.H. Carnathan – J.H. Carnathan
Honorable Mention: Tara by J.G. Possum – Outskirts Press

SHORT STORIES/NOVELLAS

First Place: The Lost Heifetz and Other Stories by Michael Tabor – S&S Books LLC
Second Place: 3 Women, 4 Towns, 5 Bodies by Townsend Walker – Deeds Publishing
Honorable Mention: What Some Would Call Lies by Rob Davidson – Formal Feeling Publishing

BODY/MIND/SPIRIT

First Place: Blossoming Hope by Tonya D. Armstrong – Overflowing Hope Media
Second Place: How to be the REAL You by Darity Wesley – Lotus Wisdom Publishing
Honorable Mention: The Butterfly Series by Maria Ramos-Chertok – CreateSpace

BUSINESS/SALES/ECONOMICS

First Place: To Make Riders Faster by Anna Dopico – A Dopico Consulting Inc.
Second Place: Small Town Big Money by Colby Williams – Colby Williams
Honorable Mention: The Employee Millionaire by H.J. Chammas – Partridge Publishing Singapore

CULTURAL/SOCIETAL ISSUES

First Place: America Deconstructed by Chaithanya Sohan – Motivational Press
Second Place: From Behind by David Jerome – Smack Books, LLC

EDUCATION/HOW-TO

First Place: Big Brother in the Exam Room by Twila Brase – Beaver’s Pond Press
Second Place: The Work at Home Training Program by Bethany Mooradian – CreateSpace
Honorable Mention: The Awakening by David Winston – Tellwell Talent

HISTORY

First Place: Forty Gavels: The Life of Reuben Soderstrom and the Illinois AFL-CIO – Volume I, II and III
by Carl W. Soderstrom MD, Robert W. Soderstrom, Chris M. Stevens, Andrew W. Burt – CWS Publishing
Second Place: Recounting the Anthrax Attacks by R. Scott Decker – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Honorable Mention: The Third Degree by Scott D. Seligman – Potomac Books

MEMOIR

First Place: Remembering Shanghai by Claire Chao and Isabel Sun Chao – Plum Brook
Second Place: Amsterdam Exposed by David Wienir – De Wallen Press
Honorable Mention: Without a Map by Lisa Steele-Maley – Turning Stone Press
Honorable Mention: The Wilds of Aging: by Rick Lamplugh – CreateSpace

PARENTING/FAMILY/RELATIONSHIPS

First Place: Deciding on Joy by Stephanie D. Barnes – Fruition Group LLC
Second Place: Without a Map by Lisa Steele-Maley – Turning Stone Press
Honorable Mention: My Backyard Garden by Debra Hester – Outskirts Press

RELIGION

First Place: Three Weeks to Forgiveness by Kimberly Dewberry – Electio Publishing
Second Place: Unwelcome Opportunity by Richard V. Battle – Outskirts Press
Honorable Mention: Child of Grace by Chris Brown – Christian Faith Publishing

SELF-HELP

First Place: 15-Minute Pause by Michelle Burke and Lilamani de Silva – Silver Thread Publishing
Second Place: Deciding on Joy by Stephanie D. Barnes – Fruition Group LLC
Honorable Mention: How to be the REAL You by Darity Wesley – Lotus Wisdom Publishing

TRAVEL/NATURE

First Place: Arizona & New Mexico: 25 Scenic Side Trips by Rick Quinn – Imbrifex Books
Second Place: Weeds of Dewey-Humboldt, AZ by Garry Rogers – CreateSpace
Honorable Mention: From Behind by David Jerome – Smack Books, LLC

CLASSICS AWARDS
(For books with a copyright date prior to 2018)

FICTION

First Place: Almost A Murder by Jody Seay and Jim Lloyd – Koho Pono, LLC (2017)
Second Place: Waking Isabella by Melissa Muldoon – Matta Press (2017)
Honorable Mention: Disowned by Tikiri – Red Heeled Rebels (2017)

NON-FICTION

First Place: Lessons From My Grandfather: Wisdom for Success in Business and Life by Marc Demetriou – Highpoint Life (2017)
Second Place: In the Temple of Wolves by Rick Lamplugh – CreateSpace (2014)
Honorable Mention: Please Stay by Greg Payan – CreateSpace (2017)

SPONSORED AWARDS CHILDREN/TEEN/YA CATEGORIES

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

The Gifts of Life by Oliver Smuhar – Blue Mountain Publishing

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

The Tukor’s Journey by Jeannine Kellogg – Jagged Compass, LLC

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

Alone Together by Robert Hill – CreateSpace

Book by Book Award for Best Children’s Picture Book

Animal Mash-Up by Jean Kingston – Sword & Spoon Group

Feathered Quill Be Kind to Animals Award

Smeagull the Seagull by Mark Seth Lender – Seahouse Press

Jewel Kats Special Needs Award

The Brain Pioneer by Howard Eaton – BookBaby

SPONSORED AWARDS – ADULT CATEGORIES

Reviewers Choice Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year

Forty Gavels: The Life of Reuben Soderstrom and the Illinois AFL-CIO – Volume I, II and III by Carl W. Soderstrom MD, Robert W. Soderstrom, Chris M. Stevens, Andrew W. Burt – CWS Publishing

Conversations Award for the Best Regional Book of the Year

Forty Gavels: The Life of Reuben Soderstrom and the Illinois AFL-CIO – Volume I, II and III by Carl W. Soderstrom MD, Robert W. Soderstrom, Chris M. Stevens, Andrew W. Burt – CWS Publishing

Tyler R. Tichelaar Award for Best Historical Fiction

The Walls of Lucca by Steve Physioc – CreateSpace

Inside Scoop Live Award for the Most Innovative Book of Poetry

Vice and Virtue by Paul Kloschinsky – CreateSpace

Jack Eadon Award for the Best Book in Contemporary Drama

Black Hearts White Minds by Mitch Margo – Mission Possible Press

Reader Views Reviewer’s Choice Awards in the Feathered Quill Literary Awards Program

Gazelle in the Shadows – Michelle Peach – Michelle Peach 2018

2018-2019 REGIONAL AWARDS

Canada East: Along Came A Cowboy by Bev Pettersen – Westerhall Press
Canada West: The Brain Pioneer by Howard Eaton – BookBaby
Great Lakes: Tears Before Exaltation by Fidelis Mkparu – Harvard Square Editions
Mid-Atlantic: Pick Your Poison by Becky Hatcher Crabtree – Fathom Publishing Co.
Mid-West: Forty Gavels: The Life of Reuben Soderstrom and the Illinois AFL-CIO – Volume I, II and III by Carl W. Soderstrom MD, Robert W. Soderstrom, Chris M. Stevens, Andrew W. Burt – CWS Publishing
North East: Shadow King by Susan K. Hamilton – Quill
South: Tears Before Exaltation by Fidelis Mkparu – Harvard Square Editions
South East: Black Hearts White Minds by Mitch Margo – Mission Possible Press
West Mountain: Arizona & New Mexico: 25 Scenic Side Trips by Rick Quinn – Imbrifex Books
West Pacific: 15-Minute Pause by Michelle Burke and Lilamani de Silva – Silver Thread Publishing

2018-2019 GLOBAL AWARDS

AFRICA: Monday’s Ball by Segun O Mosuro – Plasmoid9 Productions Limited
ASIA: Remembering Shanghai by Claire Chao and Isabel Sun Chao – Plum Brook
AUSTRALIA: The Gifts of Life by Oliver Smuhar – Blue Mountain Publishing