Tasting Home: Coming of Age in the Kitchen
Winner,
2013 London Book Festival

Author: Judith Newton Organized by decade and by the cookbooks that shaped the author’s life, Tasting Home takes readers on a journey through the cuisines, cultural spirit, and politics of the 1940s through the 2000s.

A Healing Heart
Honorable Mention,
2014 New York Book Festival

Author: Melissa A. Hanson “A Healing Heart” has reached out and touched lives, both young and old alike. It’s a clean read with no sex, fast paced and full of ups and downs. A story about first love, life’s unexpected tragedies, and the miracles that make it possible to move forward.

Mall Pirates A New Beginning
Honorable Mention,
2014 New York Book Festival

Author: Anthony James Ancient calendars predicted the world would end in 2012. It hasn’t ended. It has begun! Timmy Barnes and his group of travelers uncover a crystal which has the power to transcend worlds. They enter a world of pirates and plunderer’s. Can Timmy harness his inner power and become the Time-Master?

The Bridge Club
Honorable Mention,
2014 Paris Book Festival

Author: H. M. Edwards The Bridge Club talks about their lives, loves, and current affairs while keeping a multi-generational secret. A member tells the club’s secret and murder, verbal, and physical assaults abound to see who will be the last one holding the money and cards. unlocks the door to her own future.

The Phoenix
Honorable Mention,
2014 San Francisco Book Festival

Author: Sharyl Bales Four women from vastly different backgrounds – an English heiress, the French madam of one of the most respectable brothels in San Francisco, an Irish scullery maid and the quiet daughter of an American merchant – are drawn together in 1906 by one of the most devastating natural disasters of the 20th…

The Cemetery of Hearts
Winner,
2014 Green Book Festival

R. David Fulcher Using his signature style of intense imagery and eerie atmosphere, R. David Fulcher returns to the realm of the macabre, the strange, and the fantastic with his new collection of short stories, The Cemetery of Hearts.

The Essence – A Ghost Story in Three Days
Honorable Mention,
2014 Green Book Festival

Author: Vel Grande Join Alyssa, Bradley, and Sean, on their ghostly adventures. With their parents away, Alyssa discovers that baby brother Sean received a magical, glass wand from two ghosts. The children begin interacting with a dark, spirit-world, in which the sinister owner of the wand lives, and from whom it was stolen.

A Declaration Of A Body Of Love Poetry
Honorable Mention,
2014 San Francisco Book Festival

Author: Lateef McLeod The poetic voice of Lateef McLeod speaks of an intense and passionate relationship with life. Poem by poem Lateef captures the essence of the pain and isolation along with the immense love and compassion that inspires his work. A Declaration Of A Body Of Love is a poetic journey of a man’s…

Once Upon a Summer
Honorable Mention,
2014 Paris Book Festival

Author: Kymberly Miller Hadley Lucy is apprehensive about spending the summer with her grandmother. After a long journey to Ironton Missouri, she arrives at the farm where her father grew up. Hadley is pleasantly surprised. Nanabelle Lucy is far from ordinary. Her beauty of character and many talents unfold throughout the story as she shows…

Until Tomorrow Comes
Honorable Mention,
2014 Paris Book Festival

Author: LaDonna Marie Are you feeling lost in some areas of your life? Are you on the verge of giving up? Are you seeking to become stronger and independent? Are you seeking a deeper connection in your spirituality? In answering these questions you may find some come instantly and some may take time.