Letters To My Child’s Guardian
Winner
2016 Great Southwest Book Festival

Author: Virginia C. Antipolo-Utt Written by an attorney and parent, Letters creates a unique catastrophe resource, jumpstarts vital discussions, and guides parents to share an enduring family legacy that will captivate future generations. It helps parents better understand trusts and guardianships (and options!) and supplements estate plans with powerful wisdom for their children.

Beleaguered Truth: Book Two of Shattered Triangle Trilogy
Winner
2016 Great Southwest Book Festival

Author: William P Messenger International terrorism and political turmoil dominate the early 21century in this sequel to Shattered Triangle: A Consequential Murder. Approaching war strains ancient friendships; nations are divided over how to conquer terror. As world conflicts threaten to spiral out of control, politics, religion and law enforcement each seek ways to bring order…

Strike At Charles’ Farm/Grève à la ferme de Charles
Honorable Mention
2015 New England Book Festival

Author: Dr. Nicole Charles faces a problem. All the animals on his farm are on strike. They want to eat more, work less or play more. Go through this story and discover how Charles will get his animals to keep working at the farm: a great tale about the value of work and responsibility. This…

Justice for the Black Knight
Honorable Mention
2016 Florida Book Festival

Author: Jerri Blair Described as a high stakes courtroom drama, true crime mystery, and coming of age novel rolled into one, this legal thriller examines the impact of racism on the criminal justice system and the power of love to heal the scars of past injustice.

Russian Phrasebook, Self Study Guide and Dictionary
Honorable Mention
2015 London Book Festival

Author: Israel Palchan This unique book for students of Russian Language and tourists makes possible an immediate communication in Russian . Also it enables quick and easy learning the colloquial language basics besides large and comprehensive vocabulary that includes more than 5000 phrases and sayings. Original structure allows self assembly of any new sentence.

Family Secrets ‘Secrets and Second Chances,’ Book 1
Honorable Mention
2016 Florida Book Festival

Author: Donna M. Zadunajsky “Family Secrets” can creep into anyone’s life when they’re not paying attention. It only takes unforeseen problems to unleash all the secrets you might be too afraid to face. That is, if you live long enough to see them unravel.

Terrarium
Honorable Mention
2015 New England Book Festival

Author: B. Morrison In this award-winning collection o poems, B. Morrison explores the influence of place: where you live, where you grew up, where you travel, where you go in dreams. Echoes of the past find new meaning as Morrison navigates the maze of the present.

Tarzan Wore Chaps
Honorable Mention
2015 London Book Festival

Author: Woody Barlow Tarzan Wore Chaps is a charming memoir about a young polio survivor who deals with life’s stresses using a big imagination. Tarzan Wore Chaps has received Honorable Mention also at both the 2015 Paris Book Festival, and the 2015 New York Book Festival.

Mallast – A Historical Novel
Runner-up
2015 Florida Book Festival

Author: Bob Prevost The Mallast family of nine face many challenges in Central Europe and their new country. “Intensely interesting”, the historical novel concludes with the romance of the youngest daughter. The book exemplifies the struggles of many 19th century immigrants and is indicative of the fabric of our great United States.

A Stone for Bread
Honorable Mention
2016 Florida Book Festival

Author: Miriam Herin Poems supposedly saved from a Nazi concentration camp, an American professor whose claim the poems are authentic ruins his career, the young woman who elicits his story, a disreputable politician in 1950s Paris and an enigmatic Frenchman imprisoned by the Nazis who may hold the key to the truth.