Adventure
First Place - Tangle of Time - Gin Westcott
Second Place - Veiled Guardian - Leigha Wolffe
Third Place - Bob and the Blob - Simon Carr
Honorable Mention - High Flying - Linda Yoshida
Adventure - CLEAN
First Place - Immersed in West Africa - Terry Lister
Second Place - The Long Way Around - Douglas Cavanaugh
Third Place - Catamaran Crossing - Douglas Carl Fricke
Children's
First Place - The Boy in the Mirror - John Fennell
Second Place - Sophia Freeman and the Mysterious Fountain - Thuan Doan
Third Place - Something Inside - Deirdre Braud
Honorable Mention - The Summer of 1997 - Wing Bo Tso
Christian
First Place - MY BROTHER'S KEEPER - Chris Calder
Fantasy
First Place - Fantasy Soul Seeker - Linda Yoshida
Second Place - Dvision Book One - Desy Smith
Third Place - Kaji Warriors: Shifting Strength - Kelly Nix
Honorable Mention - Prospero's Staff - David Ackley
Honorable Mention - Finding Soul - Tanya Searle
Fantasy - CLEAN
First Place - The One Apart - Justine Avery
Historical
First Place - Thaddeus Lamb; or, Taking America Back - Patricia Smith
Second Place - Apricots and Wolfsbane - K.M. Pohlkamp
Third Place - Midshipman Elizabeth Bennet - Diane Kenealy
Honorable Mention - Tangle of Time - Gin Westcott
Historical - CLEAN
First Place - Obake Neko - A Pacific Tale - David Gillespie
Second Place - Summer Warrior - Regan Walker
Third Place - Bonfire of the Perfect - Susan Appleyard
Honorable Mention - Angenga - John Broughton
Literary Fiction
First Place - You Wish - Mark Piper
Second Place - Thaddeus Lamb; or, Taking America Back - Patricia Smith
Third Place - Woman: A Collection of Short Stories - V.P. Evans
Honorable Mention - This Is All He Asks Of You - Anne Egseth
Literary Fiction - CLEAN
First Place - Misheard Lyrics: What if everything you heard was wrong? - Mike Ellsworth
Second Place - The One Apart - Justine Avery
Mystery
First Place - All you need is love (And a big handbag) - Julie Hodgson
Second Place - The Scented Bones - Angelina Kerner
Third Place- Mystery The Demon Within - Robert Jestic
Mystery - CLEAN
First Place - Obake Neko - A Pacific Tale - David Gillespie
Second Place - The Case of the Purloined Professor - Susan Jordan
Third Place - The Scented Bones - Angelina Kerner
Honorable Mention - High Flying - Linda Yoshida
Paranormal
First Place - Purgatorium - Jaymes Carnathan
Second Place -Neck-Romancer - Elizabeth Dunlap
Third Place - Soul Seeker - Linda Yoshida
Honorable Mention - Wolf Hunter Inquisition: The Freeing of Chiropteran - Miller Thomas
Paranormal - CLEAN
First Place - Soul Seeker - Linda Yoshida
Second Place - High Flying - Linda Yoshida
Third Place - The One Apart - Justine Avery
Picture Books
First Place - Be Happy to Be You - Diane Hull
Second Place – What Wonders Await When You Dream - Justine Avery
Third Place - Baby Trolls Get a Bad Rap - Justine Avery
Honorable Mention - What Wonders Await Outdoors - Justine Avery
Romance
First Place - Feather - Drew Lennox
Second Place - Bound but not Restricted - Drew Lennox
Third Place - Romance Restart in Bristol - Sedona Hutton
Honorable Mention - Romance Edge - Drew Lennox
Romance - CLEAN
First Place - No Guts, No Girl - Tessa Kavanagh
Science Fiction
First Place - Golden Skies - Juan Zapata Saucedo
Second Place - NanoMorphosis - Marla Anderson
Third Place - The Ninety-Two: Core Town True - M.B. Swerdlow
Honorable Mention - Abandoned: A Sacred Mission - Neal Thompson
Science Fiction - CLEAN
First Place - Convergence, A The Earthside Trilogy Novel - Sherri Moorer
Second Place - Midshipman Elizabeth Bennet - Diane Kenealy
Thriller
First Place - PUFFIN - T.K. LOUIS
Second Place - The Good Faith Exception - Maximillian Farrow
Third Place - Soul Seeker - Linda Yoshida
Honorable Mention - The Dark Truth - Sarah Stein
Thriller - CLEAN
First Place - Obake Neko - A Pacific Tale - David Gillespie
Second Place - Desperate Flight - John Rossbach
Third Place - High Flying - Linda Yoshida
Honorable Mention - Double Down - Bruce Wessell
True Crime
First Place - Hairbag Nation - Robert Jestic
Women
First Place - Once You Know - Madeleine Van Hecke
Second Place - Aimee's Locket -Patsy Buker
Third Place - Apotheosis -Joshua Edward Smith
Women - CLEAN
First Place - Once Upon a Flarey Tale - Kirsten Mortensen
Second Place - Mary, Everything - Cassandra Yorke
YA Action
First Place - My Thousand Treasures - Licia Chenoweth
Second Place - Tangle of Time -Gin Westcott
YA Action - CLEAN
First Place - Sophia Freeman and the Mysterious Fountain - Thuan Doan
Second Place - Kahana - The Untold Stories - Ann Kennedy
YA Action - Dystopian
First Place - Girl Vs - Xela Culletto
Second Place - Inside Out - Natalie Hibberd
YA Fantasy
First Place - You Wish- Mark Piper
Second Place - Dvision Book One - Desy Smith
Third Place - Kaji Warriors: Shifting Strength - Kelly Nix
Honorable Mention - Finding Soul - Tanya Searle
YA Fantasy - CLEAN
First Place - Sophia Freeman and the Mysterious Fountain - Thuan Doan
Second Place - Regen - Cassie Greutman
Third Place - Ever Alice - HJ Ramsay
YA Historical
First Place - Tangle of Time - Gin Westcott
Second Place - Caintuck Lies Within My Soul: The Jemima Boone Story - Connie Huddleston
YA Historical - CLEAN
First Place - SILKE'S RIDE - Ken Farmer
YA Literary Fiction
First Place - You Wish - Mark Piper
Second Place - Five Fathoms Beneath - J.R. Alcyone
Third Place - Beyond The Spiral Gates - Mutch Katsonga
YA Literary Fiction - CLEAN
First Place - Tru Untrue Rachelle - Jones Smith
Second Place - Everything All At Once - Ivy Cayden
YA Mystery
First Place - Clairvoyance - Kathie Marshall
YA Paranormal
First Place - Neck-Romancer - Elizabeth Dunlap
Second Place – Clairvoyance- Kathie Marshall
YA Paranormal - CLEAN
First Place - Knight of the Hunted - Elizabeth Dunlap
Second Place - Regen - Cassie Greutman
Third Place - Something Inside -Deirdre Braud
YA Romance
First Place - Rosewood Book One The Guest House Witch - Desy Smith
YA Romance - CLEAN
First Place - Everything All At Once - Ivy Cayden
YA Science Fiction
First Place - The Ninety-Two: Core Town True - M.B. Swerdlow
Second Place - Reagan's Quest - Book First Place Invaded - Amy Hoover
YA Thriller
First Place - Clairvoyance - Kathie Marshall
Second Place - Inside Out - Natalie Hibberd
Young Children
First Place - Think Outside the Box - Justine Avery
Second Place - What Wonders Await When You Dream - Justine Avery
Third Place - What Wonders Await Outdoors - Justine Avery
Honorable Mention - Baby Trolls Get a Bad Rap - Justine Avery
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