1st Quarter 2024 Firebird Book Award Winners

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Previous FIREBIRD BOOK AWARD Winners

 

 1st Quarter 2024

FIREBIRD BOOK AWARD WINNERS

CONGRATULATIONS

to all winning authors. 

And a huge thank you to all the authors who entered.

Your submission donation allowed us to send hundreds of happy handmade pillowcases and children’s books to women and children in long-term shelters.

You are so appreciated!

(I sent everyone a personalized email, regardless of winning status. If you entered, please check your email for the announcement. If you don’t find it, check your alternative folders, as we sometimes land in unusual places.)

Three winners per category are possible based on each category’s judging criteria and the cumulative scores of two independent judges. On occasion, a tie may occur.

Honorable Recognitions are listed at the bottom of this page.

Amazon Gift Card Winners

 

Judges’ Pick – $125.00

C.O. Moed

Prize Donated by Wellbeing Media

Nonfiction Winner – $100.00

James J. Messina with Charles Messina

Prize Donated by Author Dr. D Terrence Foster

Fiction Winner – $100.00

Peter Eliott

Prize Donated by Author Betta Ferrendelli

Children’s Book Winner – $100.00

Alisse Lee Goldenberg

Prize Donated by The Firebird Book Awards

Mental Health Category – $100.00

Bonnie R. Armstrong

Prize Donated by Adam Dayan, The Curious Incident Podcast

Parenting and Family Category – $100.00

Melanie and Amanda Huggard

Prize Donated by Adam Dayan, The Curious Incident Podcast

ALL WINNERS, including CHILDREN’S BOOK CONTEST

LISTED IN ORDER OF FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD PLACE

 

Action Adventure – A.K. Howard – Jim Melvin – S.G. Blaise

Addiction & Recovery – Kristy Henderson – Tom Harrison IV

African American Fiction – Robert Hilliard – Zariah L. Banks  – J.R. Rice

Aging  – C.O. Moed – Diane Gilman

Animals/Pets – Silvia Mesa – James Ciccone – Christian Kueng

 

Audiobook – Fred Berri

Autobiography – Donald Osborn with Anna Henkens Schmidt

Book Cover Design/Fiction – Erik Christopher Martin – I. M. Stoicus – Charles Byrd

Book Cover Design/Nonfiction – Tom Harrison

Book Interior Design Fiction – Kathy J. Perry 

Book Interior Design Nonfiction – Steve Waddell – Erin Andrea Craske

Business/Entrepreneurship & Small Business – Steve Waddell – Carl J. Cox – Erin Andrea Craske

Business/Motivational/Leadership – Carl J. Cox – Greg Chasson – John Chetro Szivos

Cancer – Diane Gilman

Career – Donald Osborn with Anna Henkens Schmidt

Caregiving – Mark Steven Porro

Chick Lit – Pamela Stockwell

Children Chapter Book – Alisse Lee Goldenberg – Charles Byrd

  

Children Diversity – S.J. Barratt – Erik Christopher Martin – Vikki Young

Children Educational – Ekaterina Otiko – Nick Rozak – TIE – Fred Berri – Lisa Jacovsky

 

Children Fantasy – Shan Shan Nie – Alisse Lee Goldenberg

Children Grief/Death – Kathleen Templeton

Children – Health/Mental Health – Dylan’s Dad

Children Inspirational/Motivational –  Vassi Rombis – Dylan’s Dad – Ethan Morris

Children LGBTQ+ Mystery – Erik Christopher Martin

Children Multicultural – David Huerta

Children Picture Book – Rella B – Ekaterina Otiko – Emily A. Reed 

 

Children Travel – Devin Kerzich

Christian Fiction – A.K. Howard

Christian Nonfiction – Michelle Rahal – Tom C. Petersen – Tom Harrison

College Guides – Chiara Bacigalupa, Shelly Albaum, Gianna Albaum, Antonia Bacigalupa Albaum

Comics and Graphic Novels – Dennis Robinson

Coming of Age – Jim Melvin – Iris Dorbian – Donna Koros Stramella

Contemporary Novel – Torres and Firsht 

Contemporary Poetry – Steven Bruce

Cozy Mystery – Toni C. Lotempio – Valerie Taylor – Wendy Sand Eckel

 

Crime Fiction – Coe Sherrard – Fred Berri – M. G. Haynes 

 

Death & Dying – Jennifer Hassel

Dystopian – I.M. Stoicus – Marilynne Eichinger

Education – Chiara Bacigalupa, Shelly Albaum, Gianna Albaum, Antonia Bacigalupa Albaum

Epic – A.S. Norris

       

Fantasy Dark – Peter Eliott – R.C. Vielee

Fantasy Romance/Romantasy – Tessia Ives

Fantasy – Jim Melvin – R.C. Vielee – Charlie and Cheryl Young 

 

Fashion – Diane Gilman

Fiction – Peter Eliott

Friendship – Pamela Stockwell

Grief – Harriet Hodgson

Healthcare – Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli

Historical Fiction – Karin Ciholas – Joao Cerqueira – Laurie Jameson-Sims

History United States – Ronnyjane Goldsmith

Humor – John J. Jessop

LGBTQ Fiction – Cynthia J. Bogard – Sara Scott – Melony Ann

LGBTQ Nonfiction – Michelle Schmer

Literary Fiction – H.D. Logic – Jodi Lea Stewart – Rodolfo Del Toro

Magical Realism – Jen Knox – Juliet Rose

Marketing and Public Relations – Erin Andrea Craske

Marriage/Divorce/Infidelity – Alfredo Botello

Medical – Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli

Memoir – Steve Wright – Mark Steven Porro

Mental Health – Bonnie R. Armstrong – Wilma MacLiver

 

Military Biography – James J. Messina with Charles Messina

Military Fiction – Scott Cottrell

Military Nonfiction – K. A. Nelson

Multicultural Fiction – Jodi Lea Stewart – Zariah L. Banks

Multigenerational Fiction – Jodi Lea Stewart

Mystery – Orna Ross – Sandra Wickham – Carolyn Summer Quinn

  

New Fiction – Alfredo Botello

New Fiction (First Time Published) – Travis Tougaw – Christopher Tyler – J.R. Rice

New Nonfiction (first time published) – Michelle Schmer 

New Nonfiction – Mary L. Schmidt – Jennifer Hassel –  Dr. Scott  Flagg

Nonfiction – James J. Messina with Charles Messina – Laura Hall 

Novella – W.D. Kilpack III

Parenting & Family – Melanie and Amanda Huggard

  

Personal Growth –  Kim Han – Danell teNyenhuis Black – Wilma MacLiver

Political – Patrick Byrne

Political Thriller – Scott Cottrell – Travis Tougaw

Pregnancy & Childbirth – Karen L. Brewer

Psychiatry/Psychology – Greg Chasson

Romantic Comedy – Dan Kopcow

Romantic Suspense – Elaine DeGroot

Science Fiction – Stephen and Mary Weller – S.G.Blaise

Self Help/Motivational – Jennifer Hassel – Teresa  A. Bruni –  Brianna Lafferty

Short Stories – David Joseph

Southern Fiction – Laurie Jameson-Sims

Special Needs – H.D. Logic

Spirituality – John Russell – Nanette V. Hucknall

Sports – Ryan Stevens – Tamar Anolic

Summer Beach Read – Pamela Stockwell – Valerie Taylor

Suspense – Peter Eliott – Juliet Rose – Donna Stramella

Suspense International – Joyce Yarrow

Thriller – Coe Sherrard – Stacy Walsh

Travel – Terry Lister

Urban Fantasy – Peter Eliott

Weird Book Genre – Trinity  Zook/Bizarro Fiction – Stephen and Mary Weller/Young Adult Speculative Fiction Science Fantasy

Women’s Fiction – Judy Lannon –  Torres and Firsht – Jodi Lea Stewart

Women’s Health – Karen L. Brewer

Women’s Issues – Diane Gilman – Donna Norman-Carbone

Young Adult Science Fiction – Jennifer Lewy – Stephen and Mary Weller

Young Adult Christian Historical Fiction – Kathy J Perry

HONORABLE RECOGNITION

Diane Coia-Ramsay – Bernadette Barrymore 

Ian Waldraff – Birth Management Water

Lancy McCall – Left Turn

Lillian Melendez – Auditory Viewpoint

Tony Demechees – Plenty of Fish in the Sea

Warren Martin – Farmerville Episode 1: Till Those Cows Come Home

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!

                     

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