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Each year, authors and independent publishers
release extraordinary books to little attention. Writers Notes Magazine recognizes excellence in
publishing with The Writers Notes Book Awards. Entries come from independent
and small presses, self-published authors, and highly unique and short
print runs. Books are awarded cash, prizes, and distinction on three levels
in descending order: Winner, First Runner-Up, and Notables.
The Categories
x Art x General Fiction
x Commercial
Fiction x
x Children’s x Young Adult x Culture x Business x
x Reference x Home x Health/Self-Help
x Legacy x
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ART
2006
Winner:
* Our National Parks and Wildlife
Refuges: Capturing the Rhythms of Light and Land, Jim
Jamieson, ImageStream Press
1st Runner-Up:
* Renata and other Poems, Renata
Pallottini, Host Publications
Notables:
* Abstract
Painting: Concepts and Techniques,
Vicky Perry, Watson Guphill
* Poetic
Voices Without Borders, Robert L. Giron, Gival Press
* Treehouse Chronicles, S. Peter Lewis, TMC
Books
2005
Winner:
* Ireland: Standing Stones to Stormont,
Tom Quinn Kumpf, Devenish Press
1st
Runner-Up:
* Eyes of the Nation: A Visual History of The
United States, Vincent Virga and
the Curators of the Library of Congress with Alan Brinkley, Bunker Hill
Publishing
Notables:
* American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s, An
Illustrated Survey, Ed. Marika Herskovic, New York School Press
* The Relativity Riot, Gam Klutier, Ruder Finn Press
* Mary McFadden: High Priestess of High Fashion, A Life
in Haute Couture, Décor, and Design, Mary McFadden & Rita Saliklis,
Bunker Hill Publishing
* Secret Stories in the Art of the Northwest Indian, Oscar Newman (Bounding Warrior), Catskill Press
2004
Winner:
* The Art of the
Russian Matryoshka, Rett Ertl
& Rick Hibberd, Vernissage Press
1st
Runner-Up:
* Spirit &
Creator, Nova Hall, ATN Safe
Goods Publishing
Notables:
* Abecedarium
Anomalous, Ruth Keil Posselt
& Jason Posselt, RoothBooks Intl.
* Romancing the Rain, Stephen & Marlo Kirkpatrick, The Marvelous
Works
* Temptations for a
Juvenile Delinquent, Sky
Gilbert, ECW Press
GENERAL FICTION
2006
Winner:
* In the Ruins, Jean D. Minton, iUniverse
1st Runner-Up:
* Money Shot, Brian Rouff, Hardway Press
Notables:
* Blackbelly, Heather
Sharfeddin, Bridge Works Publishing Co.
* Losing Patience, Joyce
Faulkner, Red Engine Press
* The
Discontinuity of Small Things,
Kevin Haworth, Quality Words in Print
* Beyond the Cayenne Wall, Shaila
Abdullah, iUniverse
* The Chinese
Laundry, Robert B. Boeder, Old Mountain Press
2005
Winner:
* Sing of the High Country, Jonathan Adam DeCoteau, Publish
America
1st
Runner-Up:
* O’Sullivan’s Odyssey, Rick Spier, MoonDonkey Press
Notables:
* Waiting for White Horses, Nathan Jorgenson, Flat Rock
Publishing
* Subversion of Trust, William T. Close, Meadowlark Springs
Productions
* The Shot from the Mountain: An Appalachian Odyssey, Claude S. Phillips, The Priscilla
Press
2004
Winner:
* A Portable Chaos, E.M. Schorb, 1st Books Library
1st
Runner-Up:
* The Contortionist's
Handbook, Craig Clevenger,
MacAdam/Cage
Notables:
* Anthropology of An
American Girl, Hilary T. Hamann,
Vernacular Press
* Elvis and the Blue
Moon Conspiracy, Mark McGinty,
Beaver's Pond Press, Inc.
* India Fortunes, Gary Worthington, Time Bridges Publishers
* May Not Appear
Exactly As Shown, Gordon
Leenders, ECW Press
COMMERCIAL FICTION
2006
Winner:
* All Shook Up: An Eddie
Dancer Mystery, Mike Harrison, ECW Press
1st Runner-Up:
* An Interlude in Dreamland, Alan
Robbins, iUniverse
Notables:
* Teeth in a Pickle Jar, H.B.
Milligan, Hand-in-Hand Publishing
* Phase One
After Zero: Where 9/11 Never Happened, Vladimir Chernozemsky, Triumvirate Press
2005
Winner:
* The Copper Trader, Bill Abler, iUniverse
1st
Runner-Up:
* Raw Deal, Rick Gadziola, ECW Press
Notables:
* Deadmistress, Carole B. Shmurak, Sterling House
* The White Rose of Scotland, Audrey McClellan, Beaver's Pond Press
* The Tels, Paul Black, Novel Instincts
* Ebola: Through the Eyes of the People, William T. Close, Meadowlark Springs Productions
2004
Winner:
* The Nature of the Beast,
Burton Hersh, Tree Farm Press
1st
Runner-Up:
* Dear Heart, How
Like You This, Wendy J. Dunn,
Metropolis Ink
Notables:
* Merlin the Sorcerer, William P. Burch, Taylor-Madison Publishing,
Inc.
* Andros Draws The
Line, Bruce Edwards, Lean Press
* Addie Fay and Old Yellow Streak, Whitt McDonald, Denlinger Publishing, Ltd
CHILDREN’S
2006
Winner:
* Winter's Gift, Jane Monroe
Donovan, Sleeping Bear Press
1st Runner-Up:
* Zoe's Good-Bye, Mary
Schlangen, Beaver's Pond Press
Notables:
* Lost in the
Woods, Carl R. Sams II
& Jean Stoick, Sams & Stoick
* Someday
Is Not a Day of the Week, Denise Brennan-Nelson, Sleeping Bear Press
* America's White Table, Margot Theis Raven,
Sleeping Bear Press
2005
Winner:
* A is for Ark, Colleen & Michael Glenn Monroe, Storytime Press
1st
Runner-Up:
* Nantu and Auju: How the Moon and the Potoo Bird Came To
Be, Alejandro
Taish Mayaprua, Arutam Press
Notables:
* Color, Color, Where Are You, Color?, Mary Koski, Illustrated by Janeen
Mason, Trellis Publishing, Inc.
* Adventures of Riley Safari in South Africa, Amanda Lumry & Laura Hurwitz, Illustrated by
Sarah McIntyre, Eaglemont Press
* Who’s Not Asleep, Shirley Hillard, Mamoo House
2004
Winner:
* Hildegarde and the
Great Green Shirt Factory, Ravay
Snow, Snowbound Press
1st
Runner-Up:
* Sweet Dreams
Douglas, Regan Dunnick, The
Junior League of Houston, Inc.
Notables:
* Let's Make-Believe, P. Taylor Copeland, Grammy Time Books
* My Dad, Everyone's
Soldier, Tiera Rozman, Beaver's
Pond Press, Inc
* Tobin Learns to
Make Friends, Diane Murrell,
Future Horizons, Inc.
YOUNG ADULT
2006
Winner:
* Mr.Touchdown, Lyda
Phillips, iUniverse
1st
Runner-Up:
* Firebelly, J.C.
Michaels, Philograph
Notables:
* Tina Springs into Summer/Tina se lanza
al verana, Teresa Bevin,
Gival Press
* Vocabulary
Accelerator 01, Keith London & Rebecca Osleeb, Defined Mind, Inc.
*
Nothing Held Back, Keren Taylor, WriteGirl Publications
2005
Winner:
* The Peacock’s Stone, Faith Richardson, Fox Song Books
1st
Runner-Up:
* Starlight Comes Home, Janet Muirhead Hill, Raven
Publishing, Inc.
Notables:
* Saving Our Teen Drivers Using Aviation Safety Skills on
the Roadways,
John H. Loughry, Seminee Publishing
* The Town on Rambling Creek, Carroll Thomas, Smith and Kraus
2004
Winner:
* The Thirsty Horse
of Mongolia, Anthony Sansom,
Thirsty Horse, LLC
1st
Runner-Up:
* Iraq, 2003, Nancy Poffenberger & Val Gottesman, Fun
Publishing Co.
Notables:
* Miranda and
Starlight, Janet Muirhead Hill,
Raven Publishing of Montana
* Monday Redux, Robert Favole, Flywheel Publishing
* Countdown to
College: 21 'To Do' Lists for High School, Valerie Pierce & Cheryl Rilly, Front Porch Press
CULTURE
2006
Winner:
* My Second University: Memories from
Romanian Communist Prisons, Stanciu Stroia with Dan L. Dusleag,
iUniverse
1st
Runner-Up:
* Restless Tribes, Stephen Ausherman, Central Ave Press
Notables:
* Power Politics: Primeval, Medieval,
and Constant Evil, Leonard
Smith, iUniverse
* Where
Will the Atheists Pray? Life and Laughter in Israel, William Louis
Finn, Ruder Finn Press
* The
Emergency Teacher, Christina Asquith, West Parley Press
* When Elephants Fly: One Women's Journey from Wall
Street to Zululand, Carol Batrus, Fulcrum Publishing
2005
Winner:
* Whirlwind: The Godfather of Black Tennis, Doug Smith, Blue Eagle Publishing
1st
Runner-Up:
* No Paltry Thing: Memoirs of a Geezer Dad, Larry L. Meyer, Calafia Press
Notables:
* People Farm, Steve Susoyev, Moving Finger Press
* Conservatives are from Mars (Liberals are from San
Francisco),
Burt Prelutsky, Scorched Earth Press
* Lighthouse Island: Our Family Escape, Bill Baker, Ruder Finn Press
* Dying In Vein: Blood, Deception … Justice, Photos by Kathy Seward MacKay, Text
by Stacy Milbouer, Hollis Publishing Company
2004
Winner:
* Best Damn Garage in
Town, Smokey Yunick, Carbon
Press, LLC
1st Runner-Up:
* University of
Psychogenic Fugue, Tye R.
Farrell & Jeffrey Morrow, Meteorite Press
Notables:
* New Leadership into
the 21st Century, Yahya ibn
Shabazz, Xlibris
* The Smoke Week:
Sept. 11-21, 2001, Ellis Avery,
Gival Press
* War Stories, Harold Evans, Bunker Hill Publishing
BUSINESS
2006
Winner:
* Interview Fitness Training, Carole
Martin, Interview Publishing
1st
Runner-Up:
* For the Love of Money: The 411 to
Taking Control of Your Taxes and Building Your Net Worth, Shannon K. Nash,
iUniverse
Notables:
* Estate Planning Success for Women, Professor Lynne Marie Kohm &
Attorney Mark James, Barron Publishing Co.
* Estate
Planning Success for Business Owners, Attorney Mark James &
ProfessorJames Bechtel, Barron Publishing Co.
* Questions
and Answers on Life Insurance, Anthony Steuer, iUniverse
* 101 Tax Savings Ideas: Seventh Edition, Julie
Welch & Randy Gardner, Wealth Builders Press
2005
Winner:
* The PayPal Wars, Eric M. Jackson, World Ahead
Publishing
1st
Runner-Up:
* Starting Something: An Entrepreneur’s Tale of Control,
Confrontation, & Corporate Culture, Wayne McVicker, Ravel Media
Notables:
* How to Get a Job in Europe, Cheryl Matherly & Robert Sanborn,
Planning Communications
* Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to
Enlighten, Stephen
Few, Analytic Press
* An Act of Love: Preparing Your Spouse for Life Without
You, David J. Herbeck, Beaver’s Pond
Press
* Listening Leaders: The Ten Golden Rules to Listen, Lead
& Succeed, Lyman
K. Steil & Richard K. Bommelje, Beaver’s Pond Press
2004
Winner:
* The Gatehouse, Craig Elkins, Beaver's Pond Press, Inc
1st
Runner-Up:
* Breakthrough, William Mills, Beaver's Pond Press, Inc
Notables:
* Hall Career Choice
Inventory, L.G. Hall, Scholastic
Testing Service
* Never Be Boring
Again, Doug Stevenson, Cornelia
Press
REFERENCE
2006
Winner:
* Into the Unknown: The Remarkable Life
of Hans Kraus, Susan E.B. Schwartz, iUniverse
1st
Runner-Up:
* How Do I Teach This Kid?, Kimberly A.
Henry, Future Horizons, Inc.
Notables:
* Alan J. Pakula: His Films and His Life, Jared Brown, Backstage Books
* A
Blacksmithing Primer, Randy McDaniel, Hobar Publications
* Sallie
Mae: How to Pay for College, Gen & Kelly Tanabe, SuperCollege
* Devastation on the Delaware: Stories and Images of
the Deadly Flood of 1955, Mary A. Shafer, Word Forge Books
2005
Winner:
* The Illustrated To Think Like God: Pythagoras and
Parmenides, The Origins of Philosophy, Arnold Hermann, Parmenides Publishing
1st
Runner-Up:
* Surviving Healthcare, Pamela Armstrong, Chestnut Ridge
Books
Notables:
* Gymnastics Level 3 Coaches Certification Manual, Rita Brown, RJC Publishing
* Exploring America’s Highways: Minnesota Trip Trivia,
MichiganTrip Trivia, & Wisconsin Trip Trivia, Michael Heim, T.O.N.E. Publishing
* Spelling Dearest: The Down and Dirty Nitty-Gritty
History of English Spelling, Niall McLeod Waldman, What The Dickens Press
2004
Winner:
* The Slate Roof
Bible, Joseph Jenkins, Jenkins
Publishing Co.
1st
Runner-Up:
* Restaurant
Manager's Handbook, Douglas R.
Brown, Atlantic Publishing Group
Notables:
* Rugg's
Recommendations on the Colleges,
Frederick E. Rugg, Rugg's Recommendations, Inc.
* The Second Coming
of Jesus the Messiah, E. Keith
Howick, WindRiver Publishing, Inc.
* Venice In
Context, Robert Wayne, Independent International
HOME
2006
Winner:
* Mastering Marriage: For Every Couple
Who Wants to Grow Happier and More in Love Each Year, Charlie
Michaels & Mike Brown, Mastering LifeSkills Inc.
1st
Runner-Up:
* Homeschooling More Than One Child: A
Practical Guide for Families, Carren W. Joye, iUniverse
Notables:
* Defeating the Child Obesity Epidemic, Dr. Carolyn Ashworth, PSB Books
* Secret
Recipes from the Corner Market, Carol Ann Kates, Penny Lane Press
* The Ebay Home Makeover, Alyssa Ettinger,
Watson Guphill
2005
Winner:
* Roux to Do: The Art of Cooking in Southeast Louisiana, The Junior League of Greater
Covington, Favorite Recipes Press
1st
Runner-Up:
* Anger Management for Children, Ida Green, Ph.D., PSI Publishers
Notables:
* Raising Topsy-Turvy Kids: Successfully Parenting Your
Visual-Spatial Child, Alexandra Shires Golon, DeLeon Publishing
* Beach Appetit, The Junior League of the Emerald
Coast, Favorite Recipes Press
* Honest to Goodness: Honest Good Food from Mr. Lincoln’s
Hometown, The
Junior League Springfield Illinois, Favorite Recipes Press
2004
Winner:
* Mystery of Color, Rosemary Sadez Friedmann, L&M Publications
1st
Runner-Up:
* The Floor is Not an
Option, Sheila G. McCurdy,
Clutter Stop
Notables:
* Pants for Real People, Pati Palmer & Marta Alto, Palmer/Pletsch
* Cooking Around the
Calendar with Kids, Amy Houts,
Snaptail Press
HEALTH/SELF-HELP
2006
Winner:
* Altars of Power and Grace, Robin and Michael Mastro, Balanced
Books
1st
Runner-Up:
* God without Religion: Questioning
Centuries of Accepted Truths, Sankara Saranam, The Pranayama
Institute
Notables:
* All Eyes/Deaf Women's Lives: Three
Self-Portaits, Bainy
Cyrus, Gallaudet University Press
* The Leadership
Integrity Challenge: How to Assess and Facilitate Emotional Maturity,
Edward E. Morler, Sanai Publishing
* Health
Secrets of the Stone Age, Philip J. Goscienski, MD, Better Life
Publishing
* Remodel
Your Reality, Kimberly Fulcher, River Rock Press
2005
Winner:
* Personal Village: How to Have People in Your Life by
Choice, Not Chance, Marvin Thomas, Milestone Books
1st
Runner-Up:
* Living, Loving, and Other Heresies, Zsolt, Conundrum Press
Notables:
* Coming to Your Senses, Soaring with Your Soul, Sally M. Veillette, Pop the Cork
Publishing
* Bright Dawn: Discovering Your Everyday Spirituality, S.K. Kubose, Dharma House
* No Time to Grieve: A Survivor’s Guide to Loss and
Healing, Judy
Strong, Beaver’s Pond Press
* Teen Spirit: One World, Many Paths, Paul B. Raushenbush, HCI Teens/Health
Communications
2004
Winner:
* Go For It! Finding
Your Own Frontier, Judith
Kleinfeld, Ed. D., Epicenter Press
1st
Runner-Up:
* ADHD: A Complete
and Authoritative Guide,
American Academy of Pediatrics
Notables:
* R&R: Rescue and
Relief, Gini Maddocks, LMT, Good
Natured Publishing
* The Mate Map, Steven Sacks, Banner
* Zoey and the Zones:
A Story for Children & Companion Workbook, Shawn McCormick & Nathan Schmidt, Health
Springs
LEGACY
2006
Winner:
* Street Milk, Robert Swearingen, Central Ave Press
1st
Runner-Up:
* The Hasty Papers, Alfred
Leslie, Host Publications
Notables:
* Murder Yet to Come, Isabel Briggs Myers, Center for
Applications of Pyschological Type
* Under
Pressure: Fast & Easy Pressure Point Therapy, John Sherman, Ph.D.,
New Found Therapies Publications
* Vantha's
Whisper, Saoran Pol LaTour & Vivian Kirkbride, Xlibris
* First Come, First Served … In Savannah, St. Andrew's
School PTO, Wimmer
2005
Winner:
* Lamentation 9/11, E.L. Doctorow & David Finn, Ruder
Finn Press
1st
Runner-Up:
* Canada’s Northern Diamonds … from Rocks to Riches, Gayla Meredith, Northern Ink Limited
Notables:
* Outsourcing the American Dream, Christopher M. England, Writers Club Press
* Me & Jay, W. Royce Adams, Unlimited Publishing
* The Others at Monticello, Volume II, Esther Franklin, Xlibris
* How To Manage Your Dick: Destructive Impulses with
Cyber Kinetics, Sean Joseph O’Reilly, Auriga Publishing Group
2004
Winner:
* All-City, Paul 107, ECW Press
1st
Runner-Up:
* Special Diets for
Special Kids, Lisa Lewis, Ph.
D., Future Horizons, Inc.
Notables:
* A Walk for Sunshine, Jeff Alt, Dreams Shared Publication
* Neuro-Cranial
Restructuring, Dean Howell,
N.D., Howell Canyon Press
* Take a Backyard
Bird Walk, Jane Kirkland,
Stillwater Publishing
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