Literary Contest Finalists |
Nancy Pearl Finalists |
Mainstream:
"Compared to What?" - Brian Bek "Saratov Assignment" - Peter Curtis "Laidlaw University" - Jon Eekhoff "Home Dance" - Doug Emory "Lovers and Madmen" - Irma Fritz
"Cast No Shadow" - Nancy Leonard "Asylum" - Dave Meek "The Exit Exam" - Sherry Rosenthal
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Young Adult:
"Water and Pie" - Shannon Grogan-Brochu "The Lost Star" - Marti Kanna "Royalty's Curse" - Kelly Nelson "Reluctant Spring" - Judy Dearborn Nill "The Forest Has a Heart" - Emillia Nunn "Stealing Ravel" - Giselle M Stancic "Christmas Breaks" - Stacia Stojanoff "The Afterlife and Other Problems" - Megan Zalkan
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Best Book: Literary or /Mainstream
"Mickey's Mayhem" - Richard Cass
"We're With the Band" - Johanna Brink Flynn
"The Way Home" - Eliana West
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Historical:
"Simple Acts of Grace" - Adriana Allegri "A Compellable Witness" - Bethany Hudson "Forward to Riva Ridge" -
James McMaster "Jeb Wright, Colonial Assassin" - Dave Meek "Faces of War" - Barbara Ristine
"The Music Box" - Mary Bryan Stafford "Sarajevo Chronicles" - Carol J Williams "Codename Vatican" - Frank V Yates Jr
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Middle Grade:
"6th Grade Blues" - Mary Christine Bell "Leaf and the Way of the Faey" - Jennifer Bishop "The Ghost of Adeline" - Tiffany Doerr Guerzon "The Horses of Rosen Ranch" - Robin Kolb "A Nerf Herder's Guide to Physics" - Rayna Lane "Pandora's Albatross" - Wendy Parciak
"The Umbrella Curse" - Laura Reeves "The Living Wind" - Rebecca Sladek
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Best Book: Literary Fiction:
"Where Are We Tomorrow" -
Tavi Taylor Black
"The Clovis Dig" -
Teri Fink
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Romance:
"Woman in the Painting" - Christina Boyd "Airborne" - Sean Mobley "Desire Below Deck" - Stephanie Prehoda "Second Chance War:A Space Opera Romance" - Gerard Rebagliati
"Twirling Tides" - Emily Vajda "Wicked Wallflower" - Melee McGuire "Promises Kept" -
Lori Urick
"The Modern Witch's Guide to Love" - KJ Zimring
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Nonfiction/Memoir:
"Cub Rescue" - Harry Dodge
"Persian Knots:A Memoir of Love, Sacrifice, and Endurance" - Rosann Ferris "Lumberjack Girl" - Tressa Lacy "One Woman's Bridge" -
Gail McCormick "My Second Education" - Mike Nolan "Guided" - Kirsten Throneberry "Choosing Ourselves: An Adult Son and His Mother Reveal Separate Realities of Their Challenging Past" -
Barbara & Jim Walker "The House That Jack Built" - Megan Williams
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Best Book: Memoir:
"ER DOC: Defining Moments of a Career in Emergency Medicine" - Reggie Duling, M.D.
"La Finca: Love, Loss and Laundry on a Tiny Puerto Rican Island" - Corky Parker
"Twentieth Century Boys" - Andrea Watson
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Women's Fiction:
"The Record" - Laura Barber "Sea Crossing" - Kim Casey "How to Align the Stars" - Amy Dressler "Morningsong" - Ranae LaFerney
"Becoming Benny" - Catherine Matthews "The Middle Sister" - Lyssa Reese "Mountains of Dough" - Jana Vandelaar "The Unraveling of Emma Hill" - Leslie Wibberley
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Short Story:
"Knocking at the Deaf Man's Door" - Greg Benton
"A Hell of a Rescue" - Catherine Brown "The Usual" - Bailey Day
"Sea Singer" - Sophia Johannessen "Where to Roam" - Daniel Kamin "Foolproof" - Rose Marcotte "The Joy of Sakura" - Margie Speck Ogawa
"On the Old Logging Road" - Stacia Leigh
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Mystery/Thriller/Horror:
"Parallel Secrets" - Maria Barrs "The Roster of the Dead: The Oracle" - Jessie Massey "The Room at the End of the Hall" - Susan McCormick "Find Me" - Peggy McGuire "Of Mice and Menudo" - Tawn Skousen
"Such Lovely Skin" - Jessica H. Stone
"Murder on the Fly" - Marsha Sultz "A Steamy Cup of Mayhem" - Kate Swenson
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Childrens:
"Gage and Niles: Kayak Wishes and Ninja Kicks" - Sandra Bohman "No Natives Allowed Elizabeth Peratrovich Fights for Equality" - Annie Boochever "The Dragons of More" - Emily Durant "Where's Granny" - John Hase
"The High-Flying, Water-Skiing, Magician Named Worm" - Carole Lynn Jones "The Meddlesome Land of One" - Jessie Massey "Captain Barlow's Pirate Ship"
- Amy E. Whitman
"Bug" - Anita Van Stralen
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Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Paranormal:
"The Archives: City of Shadow" - Tiffany Coleman "Within Her Reach" - Holly Gorski "Riverbound" - Kathryn Klein "A God of Skopelos" - Michael Munro "The Last Airship Home" - Tammy Paine "My Hand Has Written Truth" - Sandra Siegienski
"The Phantasmagorical Theatre and Wax Museum" - Robert E Steedman "Life Song" - Celaine Charles
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Adult Short Topics:
"Slab City: A Revolution WIthin?" - Gerri Almand "I've Got That Thing" - Cindy Droker "Love and Death and Basketball" - Amy King
"Looking for a Good One" - Linda Lockwood "Tia Mercedes" - Geraldine Moreno "The Bitch" - Kristy Phillips "Chasing Humanity: A Pakistan Expedition" - Leanna Totten "Walking Sweet Dee" - Alisha West
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