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ANNOUNCING the 3rd Quarter

FIREBIRD BOOK AWARD WINNERS

CONGRATULATIONS

to all of our winning authors.

And a huge thank you to all authors who entered. Your submission donation allowed us to send hundreds of happy handmade pillowcases, pillows, colorful totes, children’s books and more to women and children in long-term shelters via Enchanted Makeovers.

You are so appreciated!

(If your name is listed below, please check your email for a personal note from us. If you don’t find it, check your alternative folders because sometimes we land in unusual places thanks to yahoo, aol, etc.)

Up to three winners per category are possible based on the judging criteria of each category and based on the cumulative scores from two independent judges. Honorable Mentions are listed at the bottom of this page.

$500 Grand Prize Winner

Bibiana Krall and Veronica Cline Barton

WICKED MIST

Animals/Pets – Ricardo Romero – Lucia and Carina Rodriguez

Art – Barbara L. McCulloch

Audiobook – E.T. Gunnarsson – Sandy Gerber – Fred Berri

Beauty – Len Handeland

Bilingual Dual Language – Maria L. Hinders

Biographical Fiction – A. Piper Burgi

Biography – Gerald Bellett – Sarah Tauber – Tony Kelly

Book Cover Design/Children’s Picture Book – Jayne M. Rose-Vallee

Book Cover Design Fiction – Nick Chiarkas – Mark Piggott – Susan K. Hamilton

Book Cover Design Nonfiction – Gerald Bellet – Patricia Leavy

Cancer – Jennifer Greenhut Tollin & Larry Tollin

Career – Randi Benator

Caregiving – Donna McCart Welser – Leah Stanley – Julie J. Wylie

Chapter Books – Eileen Hobbs

Children Board Book – Violet Lemay

Children Counting Book – Valerie Johnson

Children Diversity – Violet Lemay – Mary & Michael Schmidt

Children Early Readers 5-8 – Jayne M. Rose-Vallee

Children Fiction – Erin Rafanello Ferguson – Eileen Hobbs

Children Illustration – Jayne M. Rose-Vallee – Carolyn Watson-Dubisch – Megan Fitzharris

Children Paranormal – Carolyn Watson-Dubisch

Children Picture Books Ages 4-8 – Molly Arbuthnott – Crystal Bowman & Michelle S. Lazurek – Kimberly Becker

Children Pre-School Ages 2-4 – Richard Ceasor – Megan Fitzharris

Children Religion – Kasey Ingram

Christian Devotional – Lynn L. Severance

Christian Fiction – Akorede Adekoya & Howard Haugom – Donna M. Young – Mary T. Wilkinson

Christian Nonfiction – Marilyn Nutter & April White – Michelle S. Lazurek – Wilma MacLiver

Christmas – William Polden

Coming of Age – Suzanne Moyers – Douglas J. Lanzo – Marie Q Rogers

Contemporary Novel – David Dorrough – Juliet Rose – A. C. Davidson

Cozy Mystery – Rosalind Barden – Lee Bolton

Crime Fiction – Nick Chiarkas – Helen Starbuck – Heather Peck

Dark Fantasy – Caytlyn Brooke – J.L. Grant

Dark Fiction – Bibiana Krall and Veronica Cline Barton

Death & Dying – Gloria Mattioni – Julie J. Wylie

Entertainment – Jim Berkenstadt

Epic Fantasy Fiction – Amanda Cauchi

Family Saga – Multigenerational – Angelyn Christy Voss

Fantasy – G. David Walker – Deborah Shining Star – Daniel Santos

Fiction – Patti Lee – Tom Glenn

Forensic Psychology – Mary L. Schmidt

Ghost Stories – Bibiana Krall and Veronica Cline Barton

Grief/ Grief Memoir – Donna McCart Welser – Michael Wohl

Hardboiled Fiction Crime – Fred Berri

Historical Fiction – Teri M. Brown – Suzanne Moyers – Tamar Anolic

History/United States – Gerald Bellett

Holiday – P.J. Day

Horror – Len Handeland – Iseult Murphy – Juliet Rose

Horror Anthology – Bibiana Krall and Veronica Cline Barton

Humor – David Dorrough – Charlotte Stuart – Rosalind Barden

Inspiration – Paula B. Leed – Tryn Rose Seley

Leadership – Joshua Stamper

Legal Thriller – Mark Shaiken – Michael Stockham

LGBTQ Fiction – Sara Scott – Jasmine Shouse – Len Handeland

Literary Fiction – John Nicholson – Wagih Abu-Rish

Marriage – Dr. Gloria Lee

Memoir – Jamie Gehring – Ashe and Magdalena Stevens – Beverly J. Armento

Middle Grade Historical Fiction – Diane M. Covington Carter

Middle Grade Novel – Jennifer Freedman

Military Fiction – Mike Bennett

Military Nonfiction – Col. Joseph R. Tedeschi

Mind/Body/Spirit – Vicky Roubekas

Multicultural Fiction – Angelyn Christy Voss – Gloria Mattioni – Juliet Rose

Mystery – Helen Starbuck

Mythology – Caytlyn Brooke

New Adult Fiction – Sara Scott – Nicole Spindler – Juliet Rose

New Fiction (first time published ) – Sara Scott – Jeanne Hull Godfroy

New Nonfiction – Heather Ashby

New Nonfiction (first time published ) – Wilma MacLiver – Leon Conrad – Marlene McConnell

Noir Fiction – Christopher Brimmage – Mallory M. O’Connor

Nonfiction (first time published) – Jamie Gehring – Sandy Gerber – Marlene McConnell

Novella – Mark Piggott

Paranormal – Len Handeland – Len Handeland – Ann Greyson

Parenting and Family – Jenna Zark – Nicola Irvine

Philanthropy – Andrea Putting

Philosophy – Michael Kelley

Picture Book All Ages – Jayne M. Rose-Vallee – Once Upon a Dance

Political – Williams Kuttikaden

Political Thriller – Gerald Bellett

Pop Culture – Jim Berkenstadt

Religion/Nonfiction – Jenna Zark – Donna M. Young – Philip Dvorak

Romantic Suspense – Helen Starbuck – R. J. Mikelionis M.D

Science Fiction – E.T. Gunnarsson – Ivy Keating – S.M. McCoy

Self Help/Motivational – Randi Benator – Barry McDonagh

Short Stories – Steve Zimcosky

Suspense – Nick Chiarkas – Kathryn Mathis

Sword and Sorcery – J.L. Grant

Teen – Angela van Liempt – Jasmine Shouse

Thriller -Nick Chiarkas

Time Travel – Barbara J. Gilbert – Scott Swisher

Transformational Healing – Eugene Pizzolato

Urban Fantasy – Christopher Brimmage

Visionary Fiction – Audrey Auden

Western Fiction – Chris Smith – Mike Torreano

Women’s Fiction – Suzanne Trauth – Susan K. Hamilton

Writing and Publishing – Patricia Leavy – Carol Abrahamson

Young Adult Fiction – Valerie Anne Hudson – Tyler Beauchamp – A.N. Sage

Young Adult Historical Fiction – Diane M. Covington Carter

Young Adult Inspirational/Motivational – Vanessa M. Pasiadis

Young Adult Nonfiction – Wendy Baker & Brian Solon

HONORABLE MENTION

Charol Messenger – The Bringers of Light

Denise Ciencin – Inn B’Tween

Ernest Porter – Reflections of a Soul

J.S. Wilson – A Hundred Honeymoons

Robert L. Joswick – Mass Transit

Sev Emanuel Pretila – Noah’s Quest

Steve Rush – Hard Lies

Thomas Becker – Sorgina

Vince Daley – Elizabeth’s Wish

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