2023
Book of the YEar
The Lottery Winner’s Greatest Ride
by Skip Johnson
Bio & Memoir Winner
Where is Ser The Brave Lion
by River Rainbow O’Mahoney Hagg
Bio & Memoir Runner-Up
My Mother’s War
by Michael Fryd
Bio & Memoir Finalists
Children’s Book Winner
My Love for You is Like a Garden
by Laura Smetana
Children’s Runner-Up
Words for Sale
by Jacintha A. Mondesir &
Jamerson R. Lewin
Children’s Book Finalists
General Fiction & Nonfiction Winner
Gentle Arrogance
by Robbie Horne
General Fiction & nonfiction Runner-Up
Left to His Own Devices
by Thomas Cannon
General Fiction & Nonfiction Finalists
Historical & Adventure winner
Sisters of Castle Leod
by Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard
Historical & adventure runner-up
The Hag Rider
by Thomas Fenske
Historical & Adventure Finalists
Horror Winner
Still Waters
by Jenna Caldwell
Horror Runner-Up
When She Comes Knocking
by Dan McDowell
HORROR & Suspense FINALISTS
inspirational & self-help winner
Traveling Different
by Dawn M. Barclay
inspirational & self-help runner-up
The Way of the Goddess
by Ananta Ripa Ajmera
inspirational & self-help finalists
Literary-humor Winner
39: Your Last Birthday
by Timothy Gene Sojka
Literary-Humor Runner-up
Moss
by Joe Pace
LITERARY & HUMOR FINALISTS
Middle Grade - YA Winner
Morrison & Mr. Moore
by Michael Hyde
Middle grade - YA Runner-Up
Lucky at Bat
by Alisse Lee Goldenberg &
Joseph Goldenberg
Middle Grade & Young Adult FINALISTS
Mystery & Crime Winner
Call of the Nightingale
by Oliver Dean Spencer
Mystery & Crime Runner-Up
Just A Stale Mate
by J. Ivanel Johnson
MYSTERY & Crime FINALISTS
Romance & Women’s Winner
The Wish
by Lena Gibson
Romance & Women’s Runner-Up
Searching for Grace
by Carolyn Nicholson
Romance & Women’s Fiction FINALISTS
Scifi - Fantasy Winner
The Glass Witch
by Sara Raztresen
scifi - fantasy Runner-up
Dormant Diversion
by Sarah Lauer Nakawatase &
Diane Lauer
Scifi & Fantasy FINALISTS
Thriller Winner
Two Yellow Cabooses
by Levi Bronze
Thriller Runner-Up
The Sinful
by G.W. Allison
Thriller FINALISTS
