Fiction ($1,000 Grand Prize)

The Valley of Sage and Juniper
by Shay Galloway
(Running Wild Press)

Nonfiction ($1,000 Grand Prize)

Everywhere I Look
by Ona Gritz
(Apprentice House )

Fiction

Running As Fast As I Can
by John Graham
(Don Quixote Press)

Nonfiction

Fondly, Bob
by Susan Stephenson
(Independently Published)

Winner

The Pirate's Conquest
by Charlene J. Centracchio
(Independently Published)

Finalist

To Seek For Eldorado
by Samuel Holloway
(Independently Published)

Finalist

The Strange Courtship of Kathleen O'Dwyer
by Robert Temple
(Five Star Publishing)

Finalist

Infinity Tales
by M. C. Ryder
(M.E.C. Publishing)

Winner

Can We Get a Rhinoceros?
by Christian Kueng
(Atlantic Publishing Group)

Finalist

Baby Dragon Finds His Family
by Sheryl Bass
(Be-Kind Publishing)

Finalist

Kip’s Funny Little Feet
by Taylor Hindermann
(Virtual TH Mom Books)

Finalist

The Incredible Trash Donkey
by Jeanette Kamciyan
(Gatekeeper Press)

Winner

The Reaper's Guide on How Not to Take a Soul
by Carlos Vargas
(Once Upon A Game)

Finalist

The Secret of Seven Mile Island
by Dan Thompson
(Paper House)

Finalist

Dylan Dover: Into The Vortex
by Lynne Howard
(The Conrad Press)

Finalist

Four Anxious Armadillos
by Lauri Cruver Cherian
(Independently Published)

Winner

Visible
by Darlene Corbett
(WordCrafts Press)

Finalist

Heavenly Places: Coram Deo
by John Kowalski
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Ex-Mas Song
by Jeffrey Cummins
(ForgivenIAm Publishing House)

Finalist

Prophetic Redemption
by Paul Headworth
(Xulon Press)

Christian - Romance

Winner

Mirrored Reflections
by Judith F Ridgley
(R Pride Publishing)

Christian - Historical Fiction

Winner

Journey of the Shepherd Woman
by Carlene Havel & Sharon Faucheux
(Chavelbooks)

Finalist

Quest for the Scroll
by R.L. Rinne
(Winged Publications)

Winner

The War Ends At Four
by Rosanna Staffa
(Regal House Publishing)

Finalist

Next Stop, Boston
by Iris Dorbian
(Black Pawn Press)

Finalist

What We Could Have Been
by Jess Sinclair
(Alcove Press)

Finalist

Searching For Happy
by Venus Knight Moore
(Gatekeeper Press)

Winner

The Sermon of Loss
by J. H. Tomen
(Independently Published)

Finalist

New Trails
by Jody Norman
(Independently Published)

Finalist

The Fire Inside
by Parker Steeves
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Journey of Souls
by Rebecca Warner
(Independently Published)

Winner

Oh My Gods
by Fiona Stoffer
(Independently Published)

Finalist

The Ark and Whale
by James Fulmer
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Righteous Gangsta Rise of The Blac Angel
by Erick Williams
(Independently Published)

Winner

The Valley of Sage and Juniper
by Shay Galloway
(Running Wild Press)

Finalist

The Invisible Ones
by Jaime Grookett
(Pegasus Publishers)

Finalist

Of Mud and Honey
by Roxana Trabulsi
(Ten16 Press)

Finalist

BLOK 42
by Debrianna Obara
(Pegasus Publishers)

Winner

Deena Undone
by Debra K Every
(Woodhall Press)

Finalist

American Odyssey
by Bian F. Hess
(Austin Macauley)

Finalist

All the Monsters Are Here
by Aaron Ballard
(Page Publishing)

Finalist

The Consortium
by Brenda Chapman
(Independently Published)

Winner

Beyond the Bukubuk Tree
by Loretta Goldberg
(MadeGlobal Publishing)

Finalist

The Day Before It Rained
by Rich Rubin
(Gatekeeper Press)

Finalist

The Last Single Couple in America
by Martin Sacchetti
(Libro Origini Publishing)

Finalist

The Darkened Enchantment
by M. C. Ryder
(M.E.C. Publishing)

Winner

The Ark and Whale
by James Fulmer
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Dreams of Drowning
by Patricia Averbach
(Bedazzled Ink Publishing)

Finalist

Alone Along Writer's Road
by Tom Wood
(Willow Days Press)

Finalist

Esteban: Love's Ordeal
by Fish Nealman
(Mirage Books)

Winner

Diamond and the French Blue
by Karen Gilleland
(Independently Published)

Finalist

When Painted with Deceit
by Shana Frost
(Loch Fuar Publications)

Finalist

There's No Cure for Impossible
Carolyn Quinn
(Blue Topaz Ocean Enterprises)

Finalist

Pancakes & Handguns
by Nala Henkel-Aislinn
(Lodestar Press)

Winner

Crime Victims
by Chuck Morgan
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Bee Conspiracy
by David Boito
(Ideafeast Books)

Finalist

Murder and Romance
by Kim William Zerby
(Independently Published)

Finalist

The Forest of Damned Souls
by The Sinister Mind of Tully
(Independently Published)

Winner

Blood Mountain
by Martha Novak
(Independently Published)

Finalist

One Life for Another
by Greg Laird
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Secret Vows
by Susan Boyd
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Your Brain's Still Flashing
by Jim Lively
(Treaty Oak Publishers)

Winner

Magdalena
by Candi Sary
(Regal House Publishing)

Finalist

Something of a Tall Tale
by Christopher Tyler
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Bring Out Your Dead
Heather Murphy
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Death Coach
by Hannah Ashby
(Independently Published)

Winner

Running As Fast As I Can
by John Graham
(Don Quixote Press)

Finalist

Oh My Gods
by Fiona Stoffer
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Bring Out Your Dead
by Heather Murphy
(Independently Published)

Finalist

The Poisoned Fruit
by Julie J Colacchio
(Woodhall Press)

Finalist

Barry W. Levy
by The War Machine
(Double Dagger Books)

Winner

Tough Trail Home
by Marie W. Watts
(Black Rose Writing)

Finalist

Trash Can Terry
by Ian Griffin
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Death in the Tallgrass
by Donald Willerton
(Independently Published)

Regional - USA West Fiction

Winner

Mountain Grown
by Johny Weber
(Hildebrand Books)

Regional - World Fiction

Winner

Perestroika
by João Cerqueira
(8th House Publishing)

Finalist

Of Mud and Honey
by Roxana Trabulsi
(Ten16 Press)

Winner

Buck Up, Buttercup
by Anna Alkire
(Water's Edge Publishing)

Finalist

Sex, Love, and Dessert
by Delilah Dante
(Fulton Books)

Finalist

Never Finished
by Ana Rhodes
(Stardust Publishing)

Finalist

What We Could Have Been
by Jess Sinclair
(Alcove Press)

Winner

Eve's Blessing
by J.J. Park
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Luke Blackmon's Rose
by Mary Patterson Thornburg
(Uncial Press)

Finalist

Infidel Wars
by Donna E. Lane
(Bear's Place Publishing)

Finalist

Love's Call
by Fern Brady
(Inklings Publishing)

Winner

Elodia's Knife
by Robert S Phillips
(Brass Ring Publishers)

Finalist

In Silence Cries the Heart
by Catherine Hughes
(Austin McCauley Publishers)

Finalist

A Dangerous Man to Trust?
by Olivia Elliott
(Independently Published)

Finalist

The Pirate's Conquest
by Charlene J Centracchio
(Independently Published)

Winner

The Cruel Dark
by Bea Northwick
(Northwick Books)

Finalist

Thief's Bodyguard
by Jasmine C. Caldwell
(Steam Heat Press)

Finalist

No Good Deed
by C.D. Bennett
(Wild Rose Press )

Finalist

Her Only Hero
by Judy Malcolm
(Wild Rose Press)

Winner

Deep Time
by Peter Dingus
(SpeculativeFictionReview)

Finalist

The Phoenix Elite
by C.T. Clark
(Quark Legacy)

Finalist

Born in Space
by Jeremy Clift
(ElleWon Press )

Finalist

Hounds of Gaia
by Sean M. Tirman
(Marrower Books)

Winner

The Day Before It Rained
by Rich Rubin
(Gatekeeper Press )

Finalist

For Now: One Hundred 100-Word Stories
by John Sheirer
(Meat For Tea Press)

Finalist

My Stories
by James M. Courneya
(Independently Published)

Winner

Bewept
by Colleen Coyne
(The Wild Rose Press)

Finalist

Kyd's Game
by Marc Rosenberg
(Vine Leaves Press )

Finalist

Taquoma
by Kevin D. Miller
(Independently Published)

Finalist

What It Takes to Kill a Bull Moose
by Michael Fedor
(Epoch Edge Press)

Winner

What We Could Have Been
by Jess Sinclair
(Alcove Press)

Finalist

Bridges Between Our Hearts
by Jennifer Collins
(Words in the Wings Press)

Finalist

The Making of Genevieve
by Judy Lannon
(Outer Beach Press)

Finalist

A Labyrinth of Secrets
by Glynnis Hayward
(Independently Published)

Winner

ForeverChild
by Mark Lavine
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Charlotte and the Demons
by Alethea Eason
(Borderland Writers Co-Op)

Finalist

All I See Are Dark Clouds
by M. C. Ryder
(M.E.C. Publishing)

Finalist

Billie Lupescu
by Elisabeth Lohninger
(Independently Published)

Winner

Two Tickets To Paradise
by Katie Love
(Crewest Studio, LLC)

Finalist

Squatter
by Yolanda DeLoach
(Cornerstone Press )

Finalist

Up From Ashes
by Lardell Spratt
(Tucker Publishing House)

Finalist

My Unexpected Life
by Jennifer Gasner
(Acorn Publishing)

Winner

Evitchka
by Lawrence P. Levitt & Stephanie Smartschan
(Crave Press)

Finalist

Milledgeville's Sesquicentennial Murders
by Susan Lindsley
(ThomasMax Publishing)

Finalist

Near the Danube Bridge
by Catherine Allen-Walters
(Archway Publishing)

Winner

Valuepreneurs
by Steve Waddell
(RosenThor Publishing)

Finalist

100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions, Volume 4
by Ross Brand
(Livestream Universe)

Finalist

Drop The F-Bomb In Your Business with The Fun First Strategy
by Pete Kusiak
(Ballast Books)

Finalist

Queen of the Side Hustle
by Christine Schaub
(Independently Published)

Christian Living

Winner

Searching For A Whole Heart
by Katrina McCrory Dewrell
(Independently Published)

Finalist

There is Life After
by Karen B. Ruffin
(Book Writing Founders)

Education

Winner

The Journey of One Determined Educator
by Michael Copeland
(Independently Published)

Winner

Whispers of the Roaring Twenties
by Naza Semoniff
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Milledgeville's Sesquicentennial Murders
by Susan Lindsley
(ThomasMax Publishing)

Finalist

Black Woman
by Dr. Michael James
(Independently Published)

Winner

Decide To Be Your Future Self
by Andrea C. McLean
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Fondly, Bob
by Susan Stephenson
(Independently Published)

Finalist

This is How We Heal from Painful Childhoods
by Ernest Ellender
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Are You Ready?
by Kimberly Harms
(Muse Literary)

Winner

Dirt Songs
by Kari Gunter-Seymour
(Eastover Press)

Finalist

Grief Touched the Sky at Night
by Gloria Mindock
(Glass Lyre Press )

Finalist

Untethered
by Deborah L. Staunton
(V Press LC)

Finalist

Days of Grace and Silence
by Ann E. Wallace
(Kelsay Books)

Winner

Fondly, Bob
by Susan Stephenson
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Eye of the Cynic
by Gaurav Srivatchan
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Somewhere Over The Moon
by Fabiana Reis
(Chiado Books)

Finalist

A Mad Box of Rain
by Brian J. Quattlebaum
(Independently Published)

Winner

20 Ways to Increase Your Psychic Abilities
by John Russell
(Outskirts Press)

Finalist

Intercessor
by Justin K. Kojok
(Independently Published)

Finalist

The Game, Winning by Virtue One Move at a Time
by Princess Merrilee of Solana
(EDK Books)

Regional - USA Northeast Nonfiction

Winner

Delaware Before the Railroads
by Dave Tabler
(Independently Published)

Regional - USA Southwest Nonfiction

Winner

Protecting Mama
by Léonie Rosenstiel
(Calumet Editions)

Regional - USA West Nonfiction

Winner

Stolen Voices
by Bonnie Bley
(Book Writing Founder)

Winner

Becoming Fearless
by Brenda E Smith
(Eye Opener Press)

Finalist

Stories from Ecuador
by Tyrel Nelson
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Near the Danube Bridge
by Catherine Allen-Walters
(Archway Publishing)

Winner

Once Upon a Villa
by Andrew Kaplan
(Smugglers Lane Press )

Finalist

Looking for Legends
by Scott and Tarantino
(Whole Wide World Publishing)

Finalist

Stories from Ecuador
by Tyrel Nelson
(Independently Published)

Winner

Everywhere I Look
by Ona Gritz
(Apprentice House )

Finalist

Closure Can Be A Myth
by Doug Eastwood
(Bitterroot Mountain Publishing)

Finalist

Saint Bloodbath
by Frederick Douglass Reynolds
(Delton Ramsey)

Finalist

I Am Abigail
by Jamie Collins
(Bold Whisper Books)