Sammy’s Voyage to a New Home
Honorable Mention
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

Zareen Wilhelm In the feline world, where tails signal communication, balance, and comfort, poor Sammy faces struggles. Thrust into life-changing events, he embarks on a mysterious journey across the southwestern U.S. With strange companions, he seeks a new home and a family, hoping to overcome his challenges.

We Are What We Are
Winner
2024 New York Book Festival

Lopa Banerjee & Priscilla Rice A collaborative poetry collection of Indian author Lopa Banerjee and Latin-American poet, storyteller Priscilla Rice. Both poets developed their voices in the universe as unique outbursts of culture, gender and thus, ‘WE ARE WHAT WE ARE’ was born, a manifesto of their unapologetic primal songs, their cumulative consciousness as women…

Calico Zebra
Honorable mention
2024 New York Book Festival

Julie Bray Zack the Zebra is tired of having stripes like all the other zebras, and he wants to have spots instead! Zack turns to his spotted friends – Gina the Giraffe, Pete the Python, Dawn the Dalmation, and Oliver the Owl – in hopes of gaining spots like them. Calico Zebra teaches children that…

Misadventures of a Cryptid Hunter
Winner
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

Michael Kelso If you love reading horror with a side of humor and a heaping helping of cryptids, then this book is for you.

Walter’s Warrior Worms
Honorable Mention
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

Elaine Good Walter lives in idyllic Cornwall, with his mum and nan who reads tealeaves and keeps tabs on her long lost husband via a crystal ball. Walter bonds with crazy uncle Cosmo . Wishing to save Planet Earth,they set up a back garden wormery, blissfully unaware of the trouble this causes.

The Glitch
Honorable Mention
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

Julian Noble In “Glitch,” the boundary between reality and simulation is not just a technical concept; it’s a canvas for exploring profound themes of life, death, friendship, and the enduring power of love. The story serves as a testament to the limitless human capacity for curiosity and growth, even in the face of technological marvels…

A New York Collage
Honorable Mention
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

Virginia Encinas Escandor When a nurse manager from radiology department at St. Thomas More Hospital was murdered, it will be up to two detectives from NYPD to solve the case. As Lieutenant Tim Reilly and Sergeant Ron Timmons investigate, the crime appears to be one of revenge. And as further clues come to light, no…

Luca Meets Sonny
Honorable mention
2024 New York Book Festival

Roseanne Critelli Luca lives in Brooklyn with his owner, and when she’s not around, he gets lonely. His owner, Marisa, surprises Luca with a new friend, Sonny. Luca isn’t sure he likes to share his owner and his home with Sonny. Do they become friends and learn how to share, or will Sonny be a…

The Name I Choose
Winner
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

Holly Brough A young woman in 19th-century Spain faces male-dominant suppression. Though Amalia is resilient and resourceful, she realizes the only way out of her situation is to forgive herself and those who’ve hurt her to accept the grace of an unlikely ally.

CLIMATE DRAGON
Winner
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

S. W. Lawrence, MD Newly minted engineering professor Jake Harper and physician Abbey London operate Dragonfly Inn outside of Washington, D.C., where Jake chances upon information about an imminent attack on a major generating plant and Abbey confronts a novel, deadly virus infecting drug users in the Capital.