ANNOUNCING
3rd Quarter 2024
THE INTERNATIONAL
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!
(Every entrant was sent a personalized email, regardless of winning status. If you entered, please check your email for the announcement or check your alternative folders if you don’t find it, 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. You may also find that your book is listed in a different category than the one/s you entered.
Honorable Recognitions are listed at the bottom of this page.
Judges’ Choice
PHILLIPPA CRANSTON BARAN
Toller Cranston
Nonfiction Winner
ANNE KIEHL FRIEDMAN
Higher Love
Fiction Winner
BARBARA MUJICA
Children’s Book Winner
R.G. de ROUEN
ALL WINNERS, including CHILDREN’S BOOK CONTEST
LISTED IN ORDER OF FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD PLACE
Addiction & Recovery – Kevin Hyde
Animals/Pets – Shennen Bersani – Michelle Massie – Aurore Colin
Book Cover Design/Fiction – C.L. Embry
Book Cover Design/Nonfiction – Lori McDowell
Book Interior Design Fiction – Aurora Lothbrok
Book Interior Design Nonfiction – Phillippa Cranston Baran
Business – Entrepreneurship & Small Business – Neal Schaffer – Greg Donaldson – Michael Weber
Business/General – Greg Donaldson – Danielle Billetz-Reppert
Cancer – Ruth Fein Revell – Tina Honkus
Career – Benjamin Ritter
Chick-Lit – Anne Friedman
Children Adventure – Robyn E. McCullough
Children Biography – Sue Ganz-Schmitt
Children Christian Nonfiction – Michelle S. Lazurek
Children Cross-Genre – D.T. Rossi
Children Fable – Becky Bell
Children Fantasy – Gracie Dix – Gracie Dix
Children Holiday – Kirt Seuchan
Children Inspirational/Motivational – by Tzuri King and Julie G Fox – Carolyn Watkins – Aurore Collins
Children Interior Book Design Nonfiction – Sue Ganz Schmitt
Children Juvenile Fiction – Carla Kessler – Tiffany Dickinson – J.B. Auchter
Children Picture Book – R.G. de Rouen – Miki Taylor – Sabine Garvey
Children Picture Book 4-8 – Jeff Dorrill – Shennen Bersani – Aurore Colin
Children Poetry – Dr. D. W. Knight
Children Religious – Ellen Kolman
Christian – Rebecca Olmstead – Mark Hattas – Rebecca Randle
Contemporary Novel – Jessica Maffetore – Patricia Leavy – Ruth Stevens
Cozy Mystery – Kathleen Bailey – S.A. Reeves – Carolyn Summer Quinn
Crime – True – John Madinger
Crime Fiction – Hannah D Sharpe – Nelson Cover – Robin Densmore Fuson
Dark Fantasy – David V Mammina – David V Mammina
Dreams/Dreaming – Megan Mary
Essays – Mark Shaiken
Fiction – Barbara Mujica – BK Spencer – Stacy Walsh
Grief/Death – Louise Simone – Connie Fusella – Harriet Hodson
Health/Mental Health – Corwin McGinnis – Ruth Fein-Revell
Historical Fiction – Mark Hass – Debra Borchert – Alice Von Kannon
How-to – Ron Missun – Danielle Billetz-Reppert
Illustration – Shennen Bersani
LGBTQ Fiction – Eve M. Riley
Literary Fiction – Barbara Mujica – Greg Fields – Sarah P. Blanchard
Magical Realism – Andrew K. Clark – Brianna Rankin
Marketing & Public Relations – Lilian Sue – Angela Frank
Medical Romance – Dr. J. Donna Jennings
Medical Thriller – Anita Dickason
Memoir – Mark Shaiken – Jane Edberg – Kara L. Zajac
Mental Health – Katherine Fabrizio
Military Romance – Pamela Kyel
Mind/Body/Spirit – Sierra Melcher
Mystery – Rebecca Olmstead – Ruben Elustondo – John Layne
New Fiction – Jessica Maffetore – JB Harris – C.L. Embry
New Fiction (First time published) – Micah Beardsley – Katherine Koch – Aurora Lothbrok
New Nonfiction – Kara Zajac
New Nonfiction (first time published) – Mary Olson – Deborah K. Halvorson
Nonfiction – Anne Kiehl Friedman
Nonfiction (First time published) – Georgios Kalogiannidis
Paranormal – Alexander Fernandez
Parenting & Family – Katherine Fabrizio
Personal Growth – M. Struemph – Dwaine AJ Whogoes
Philosophy – G.E. Poole
Poetry – Bhavini Bhargava – Denise Alicea
Political Thriller – Kenneth A. Silver
Pop Culture Fiction – Patricia Leavy
Pop Culture Nonfiction – Anne Kiehl Friedman
Psychiatry/Psychology – Dr. Ali Mirsadeghi
Psychological – Sarah P. Blanchard – Michael Kundu
Public Relations – Lilian Sue
Religion – Katherine Koch – Maurita Burgett – TIE Donna Kincheloe and George St Georges
Romance – Patricia Leavy – Darcy Daniel – Twila Mason
Romance/Mystery – Phillip Vega
Romantic Comedy – Liv O’Day – J. C. Adams
Romantic Suspense – Reenita M Hora
Science/Spirituality – G.E. Poole
Science Fiction – Alexandru Czimbor
Self Help/Motivational – Laura Linn Knight – Lori McDowell – TIE – Dr. Donna D. Kincheloe – Sarah Marie Park
Senior Topics – Dr. P. Albert Chan
Short Stories – Jacques Sardas – Katherine Villyard
Social Media – Ross Brand and Kevin Kolbe
Spanish – Jonás Romano Weiss
Speculative Fiction – David M. Martorano – Robert Manis
Sports – Phillippa Cranston Baran
Summer Beach Read – Patricia Leavy – Anne Kiehl Friedman – Aurora Lothbrok
Suspense – Anita Dickason – Ruben Elustondo – Travis Tougaw
Technology – Dr. Sam Sammane
Time Travel – Greg M. Dod
Travel – Ted Dougherty
Western Fiction – R. A. Ingram
Women’s Fiction – Teri M. Brown – Jessica Maffetore – Jennifer Harris
Women’s Health – Cheryle Hart M.D.
Women’s Issues
Writing and Publishing – Dale L. Roberts
Young Adult Fiction – CC Robinson – Michael J Bowler – TIE – S.J. Abraham and Nathan C. Ashford
Young Adult Historical Fiction – Shawn M. LaTorre
Young Adult Science Fiction – Steve Schafer
Young Author (under 25) – Gracie Dix
HONORABLE RECOGNITION
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
