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First Place Winners

A Wistful Tale of Gods, Men and Monsters by David Ruggerio
1st Place
Fiction Horror

CeeGee’s Gift by Joy Selak
1st Place
Young Adult – Coming of Age

Dandelion Summer by Mary Ellen Bramwell
1st Place
Fiction – Mystery – Sleuth

Dead School by Laura Gia West
1st Place
Young Adult – Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Dear Wife: A Novel by Kimberly Belle
1st Place
Fiction – Thriller – Psychological

Deep Background by Rick Treon
1st Place
Fiction – Suspense

Electro A Small Texas Town by David Lisenby
1st Place
Fiction – Realistic

Fishermen’s Court by Andrew Wolfendon
1st Place
Fiction – Thriller – General

Flow Like a River by Mark Guillerman
1st Place
Fiction – Action

Hy Brasil: Island of Eternity by Robert Kearns
1st Place
Fiction – Mystery – Irish

AESOP by Michele Packard
1st Place
Fiction – Thriller – Terrorist

No Fences in Alaska by Glen Sobey
1st Place
Young Adult – Teen

No Rest for the Wicked by Phoebe Darqueling
1st Place
Fiction – Gaslamp Fantasy

Paddle for A Purpose by Barb Geiger
1st Place
Nonfiction – Memoir

Simon Grave and the Curious Incident of the Cat in the Daytime
by Len Boswell
1st Place Fiction – Humor

Someone to Kiss my Scars
by Brooke Skipstone
1st Place Young Adult – Abuse

Purgatorium by J.H. Carnathan
1st Place
Fiction – Supernatural

Jocelyn’s Box of Socks by Kristen L. Jackson
1st Place
Children – Preschool

The Spider House by Linda Anthony Hill
1st Place
Fiction – Paranormal

The Watanabe Name by Sakura Nobeyama
1st Place
Fiction – Historical

The Council (The Witch’s Ambitions Trilogy Book 1)
by Kayla Krantz
1st Place Fiction – Fantasy

Vortex by Kimberly Packard
1st Place
Fiction – Womens

White Oaks by Jill Hand
1st Place
Fiction – Thriller – General

Terror in Boring Town
by Hoot N. Holler
1st Place Children 4th-6th

The Brotherhood by Tejas Desai
1st Place
Fiction – General

The Isotoner Ordeal
by Christopher Leibig,
1st Place Fiction – Leagle Thriller

The Kings Assassin by Ed Cannon
1st Place
Fiction – Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

The McCarron’s Daughter
by Sharon K. Middleton
1st Place Romance – Historical

Second Place Winners

At Daddy’s Hands: Courage Knows No Age by Jacob Paul Patchen
2nd Place
Young Adult – Teen

Cold Betrayal by A.J. McCarthy
2nd Place
Fiction – Thriller – General

Daisy in the Doghouse by Joe Barrett
2nd Place
Fiction – Humor

Forever People by Alison Lyke
2nd Place
Fiction – Science Fiction

If You Tame Me by Kathie Giorgio
2nd Place
Fiction – Womens

Jihadi Bride by Alastair Luft
2nd Place
Fiction – Thriller – Terrorist

A Hero’s Heart by Tiffany Fenton
2nd Place
Nonfiction – Memoir

The Arms of Death: Loch Lonach, Book One (Loch Lonach Mysteries) (Volume 1)
by Maggie Foster
2nd Place Fiction – Mystery – Sleuth

The Sons of Chester by
Kevin L. Gingrich & Craig Ohlau
2nd Place Nonfiction – Biography

My Father, My King (Second Son Chronicles Book 2)
by Pamela Taylor
2nd Place Fiction – Fantasy

The Body on The Roof
by Kevin Creager
2nd Place Fiction – Mystery – General

The Last Whippoorwill
by Mary Bryan Stafford
2nd Place Fiction-Historical

The Message in The Painted Rock
by Blanton, Tom
2nd Place Young Adult – Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Runner Up Winners

The Rooming House Diaries:
Life, Love & Secrets by Bill Mathis
Runner Up
Family Life Fiction

Waters Plantation by Myra Hargrave McIlvain
Runner Up
Fiction – Historical – Romances