Gregg K. Jann Gregg K. Jann writes of his strong willed resolve to end the Cold War during his military draft age of 20 years, for Abstinence Education affecting public, and for Civic Engagement. Mr. Jann also extended union labor rights to mentally disabled workers herein at his work for a non-profit agency, and advocated…
Pollen and the Ring of HarmonyHonorable Mention
2018 Hollywood Book Festival
Francis T. Perry Williams An intergalactic being with an enormously powerful living ring arrives on Earth to save the planet from a deadly shockwave, but must convince humanity to take a more peaceful and ecologically harmonious path first.
Bara Seal, and Emily tooHonorable Mention
2018 Hollywood Book Festival
Tom Beal and illustated by Elea Paybins When Emily and her friend Bara Seal sneak away from home on a rainy day, searching for fish, they have no idea that they’re about to embark on a whirlwind, worldwide tour. Thanks to a dancing cat, kind strangers, and the magic of poetry, they return safely home….
Mistress SuffragetteWinner
2018 Paris Book Festival
Diana Forbes Sex and Suffrage collide in the International Award-Winning Debut Novel, Mistress Suffragette. During a glittering age when a woman’s reputation is her most valuable asset, a young suffragette must decide whether to compromise her principles for love, lust, and the allure of an easier life.
Love Over LattesRunner-up
2018 Paris Book Festival
Diana Hicks RoIn this sexy, contemporary debut set in the sizzling Southwest, recent college graduate gets more than she bargained for when she accepts the help of a hot as hell CEO fighting to keep his company. “Hicks’ first installment of her Desert Monsoon series is confident and assured with strong storytelling, nuanced characters, and…
FLOWERCHILDRENHonorable Mention
2018 New York Book Festival
BRIGITTE BROCATO The FLOWERCHILDREN book is a beautifully illustrated children’s book by author/illustrator Brigitte Brocato. The book is an introduction to the color theory, creating secondary colors from primary colors. It is also a book about kindness and friendship
HOMEWinner
2018 San Francisco Book Festival
Adam Leitman Bailey Home takes children on a journey using their own eyes to see the colorful adventure of visiting many different places to live while providing a touching story about family and love.
A Jann Plan: Creative Origins Advocacy/Teach Peace and Creative AccountabilityHonorable Mention
2018 San Francisco Book Festival
Hon. Gregg K. Jann A Jann Plan’s introduction is about holding value for the vulnerable in changing or reforming an aspect of our capitalist economy. We can set up financial trusts to protect from Seize the Day economics for our persons with disabilities, the too young, or dependent elders, both just there and those who…
Through Smoke-Teared Eyes: The Vietnam War I FoughtWinner
2018 San Francisco Book Festival
Johnny F. Pugh Desperate to understand his PTSD-induced nightmares, the author revisits the time when he was a soldier in South Vietnam. He takes us through Agent Orange-blackened jungles and booby-trapped, sniper-infested rice paddies, sharing the terror and outrage he felt fighting in a war that made no sense.
Van Goghing Gregg: Recovery Toward LoveHonorable Mention
2018 Los Angeles Book Festival
Gregg K. Jann A hero by Man and Policy, Author Gregg K. Jann submitted his contest application as fire was raging toward downtown in the North Bay Fire Strike of October 2017. Stopping the fires at the school district boundaries where he served election 10 years prior in community safety and non-violence Character Education helped…