Forever, Now
Winner
2024 Halloween Book Festival

Haleh Shahrzad Marriage was supposed to be happily ever after, but it turned out to be anything but.

Mighty Joe Mui
Honorable Mention
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

Jeremy Durgana From his experience of living in China’s poorest region to playing Division I soccer under the bright lights of the NCAA, Joe Mui shares his compelling story of perseverance and tenacity. From his late introduction to English to his acceptance into Cornell University, Mui reflects on his remarkable journey! The book is also…

The Sundial Inn
Winner
2024 Halloween Book Festival

Stephen John Ross On a return flight from a dream vacation at the Sundial Inn located in the outskirts of New Orleans, Tim and Sara find themselves covered in bruises with no memory of the past three days. The mystery deepens once they learn the inn had ceased operations many decades earlier in 1954. Plagued…

Unlocking The Secrets Of The Book Of Enoch
Winner
2024 Paris Book Festival

Rick Wehrle Unlocking the Secrets of the Book of Enoch delves into the ancient, mystical text that has shaped religious thought for centuries. Explore the origins, transformations, and celestial imagery within this influential work, uncovering its profound impact on Christianity, Judaism, and humanity’s spiritual journey. A must-read for seekers of ancient wisdom!

Vanished!
Honorable Mention
2024 Paris Book Festival

Roberta Samuels An important, nail-studded African statuette disappears at the same time a young Senegalese migrant leaves for Europe through Al-Qaeda-infested Mali and Niger. Can vacationing American couple Barbara and Sam help him gain legal residency in France and aid the Ogoni tribe to benefit from an oil strike on their territory?

French Lessons
Honorable Mention
2024 Paris Book Festival

Roberta Samuels An American divorcée buys a farmhouse to renovate in a French hamlet. She mingles with many charming characters in her new community. Looking for a man, she explores the romantic possibilities of her home. As she says, “I am willing to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince.

The Plowman’s Plight
Winner
2024 Paris Book Festival

E. A. Rivière An outlaw plowman falsely accused of murder. An alchemist’s virgin who is more than she seems. A fiendish murderer hiding in open sight. To save his own life and another life as precious as his own, Bertwoin the Plowman, must outwit a sadistic killer who hunts them.

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…