150 Award Genres
Children
- Children - Action
- Children - Adventure
- Children - Animals
- Children - Audiobook
- Children - Christian
- Children - Coming of Age
- Children - Concept
- Children - Educational
- Children - Fable
- Children - Fantasy/Sci-Fi
- Children - General
- Children - Grade 4th-6th
- Children - Grade K-3rd
- Children - Mystery
- Children - Mythology/Fairy Tale
- Children - Non-Fiction
- Children - Picture Book
- Children - Preschool
- Children - Preteen
- Children - Religious Theme
- Children - Social Issues
Christian
- Christian - Amish
- Christian - Biblical Counseling
- Christian - Devotion/Study
- Christian - Fantasy/Sci-Fi
- Christian - Fiction
- Christian - General
- Christian - Historical Fiction
- Christian - Living
- Christian - Non-Fiction
- Christian - Romance - Contemporary
- Christian - Romance - General
- Christian - Romance - Historical
- Christian - Thriller
Fiction
- Fiction - Action
- Fiction - Adventure
- Fiction - Animals
- Fiction - Anthology
- Fiction - Audiobook
- Fiction - Chick Lit
- Fiction - Crime
- Fiction - Cultural
- Fiction - Drama
- Fiction - Dystopia
- Fiction - Fantasy - Epic
- Fiction - Fantasy - General
- Fiction - Fantasy - Urban
- Fiction - General
- Fiction - Graphic Novel/Comic
- Fiction - Historical - Event/Era
- Fiction - Historical - Personage
- Fiction - Holiday
- Fiction - Horror
- Fiction - Humor/Comedy
- Fiction - Inspirational
- Fiction - Intrigue
- Fiction - LGBTQ
- Fiction - Literary
- Fiction - Magic/Wizardry
- Fiction - Military
- Fiction - Mystery - General
- Fiction - Mystery - Historical
- Fiction - Mystery - Legal
- Fiction - Mystery - Murder
- Fiction - Mystery - Sleuth
- Fiction - Mythology
- Fiction - New Adult
- Fiction - Paranormal
- Fiction - Realistic
- Fiction - Religious Theme
- Fiction - Science Fiction
- Fiction - Short Story/Novela
- Fiction - Social Issues
- Fiction - Southern
- Fiction - Sports
- Fiction - Supernatural
- Fiction - Suspense
- Fiction - Tall Tale
- Fiction - Thriller - Conspiracy
- Fiction - Thriller - Environmental
- Fiction - Thriller - Espionage
- Fiction - Thriller - General
- Fiction - Thriller - Legal
- Fiction - Thriller - Medical
- Fiction - Thriller - Political
- Fiction - Thriller - Psychological
- Fiction - Thriller - Terrorist
- Fiction - Time Travel
- Fiction - Urban
- Fiction - Visionary
- Fiction - Western
- Fiction - Womens
Non-Fiction
- Non-Fiction - Adventure
- Non-Fiction - Animals
- Non-Fiction - Anthology
- Non-Fiction - Art/Photography
- Non-Fiction - Audiobook
- Non-Fiction - Autobiography
- Non-Fiction - Biography
- Non-Fiction - Business/Finance
- Non-Fiction - Cooking/Food
- Non-Fiction - Cultural
- Non-Fiction - Drama
- Non-Fiction - Education
- Non-Fiction - Environment
- Non-Fiction - Genealogy
- Non-Fiction - General
- Non-Fiction - Gov/Politics
- Non-Fiction - Grief/Hardship
- Non-Fiction - Health - Fitness
- Non-Fiction - Health - Medical
- Non-Fiction - Historical
- Non-Fiction - Hobby
- Non-Fiction - Home/Crafts
- Non-Fiction - Humor/Comedy
- Non-Fiction - Inspirational
- Non-Fiction - LGBTQ
- Non-Fiction - Marketing
- Non-Fiction - Memoir
- Non-Fiction - Military
- Non-Fiction - Motivational
- Non-Fiction - Music/Entertainment
- Non-Fiction - New Age
- Non-Fiction - Occupational
- Non-Fiction - Parenting
- Non-Fiction - Relationships
- Non-Fiction - Religion/Philosophy
- Non-Fiction - Retirement
- Non-Fiction - Self Help
- Non-Fiction - Short Story/Novela
- Non-Fiction - Social Issues
- Non-Fiction - Spiritual/Supernatural
- Non-Fiction - Sports
- Non-Fiction - Travel
- Non-Fiction - True Crime
- Non-Fiction - Womens
- Non-Fiction - Writing/Publishing
Poetry
Romance
Young Adult
- Young Adult - Action
- Young Adult - Adventure
- Young Adult - Coming of Age
- Young Adult - Fantasy - Epic
- Young Adult - Fantasy - General
- Young Adult - Fantasy - Urban
- Young Adult - General
- Young Adult - Horror
- Young Adult - Mystery
- Young Adult - Mythology/Fairy Tale
- Young Adult - Non-Fiction
- Young Adult - Paranormal
- Young Adult - Religious Theme
- Young Adult - Romance
- Young Adult - Sci-Fi
- Young Adult - Social Issues
- Young Adult - Thriller
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Eight Was Enough
A God-Led Adventure with Adopted & Special Needs Kids
Trisha K. Campbell
2022 Gold Medal
252 Pages
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Christian - Living
WOW!! This book just blows me away. Trisha K. Campbell not only has an interesting topic, but she has wonderful writing skills. In Eight Was Enough, she tells how God led her and her husband, Dave, on an interesting journey of building a family composed of three natural-born children and five special-needs adoptions. If you have any connection with children who have special needs (I refer to them as differently-abled), then you will love this book. If you have a child, then Trisha’s advice and examples in this book can help you be a better parent. If you have multiple children, then this book is an essential read for you. The house rules, peg system, and co-parenting tips presented by Trisha are some of the best parenting tips I have ever read.
I was a Christian minister and pastoral counselor for more than thirty years. I wish I'd had this book to give to my clients back then. Trisha K. Campbell has written what will become a parenting/family classic in Eight Was Enough. This book is real. It is not just theory. It presents parenting in all its nitty-gritty. Success as well as “failure” is given. Along with parenting skills, this book will increase any Christian’s faith. It will encourage the reader to follow the direction of the Holy Spirit and trust God to provide where He leads. I highly recommend this book to all. Trisha’s style is engaging and inspirational. She does not toot her own horn, although she could. However, she does focus all praise on God Who gave her and Dave the guidance and strength needed to take care of such a large and diverse family.
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The Secrets to Living a Fantastic Life
Two Survivors Reveal the 13 Golden Pearls They've Discovered
Allen Lycka
2021 Finalist
172 Pages
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Christian - Living
When a person faces devastating life challenges, there is a choice about how to respond to adversity. Both authors of this book lived through a major difficulty (which each shares) and learned how to transform these frightening events into enriching life lessons. Dr. Allen Lycka and Harriet Tinka have written an inspirational, nonfictional work titled The Secrets to Living a Fantastic Life: Two Survivors Reveal the 13 Golden Pearls They’ve Discovered. Each chapter describing a pearl begins with a story illustrating the main lesson. Numerous insightful quotations are sprinkled throughout the chapters. Written as a conversation between the two writers, the book will cause the reader to ponder deeply – and to smile often. It is a thought-provoking and entertaining read.
One of the most fascinating aspects of this book is the in-depth sharing by each writer. There is an authentic honesty that reveals down-to-earth, relatable people. The pearls range from topic areas such as forgiveness and tenacity, balanced with laughter and enthusiasm. The timeliness of the book is also remarkable, as the current pandemic and its associated fears are also addressed. Again, this topic highlights the theme of how one responds to a negative situation is what is important. The Secrets to Living a Fantastic Life, penned by Dr. Allen Lycka and Harriet Tinka, is a treasure chest full of eloquent and intriguing thoughts. This book would be perfect for anyone who struggles with life’s challenges, this year or any time. Best of all, more books by these two authors are planned!
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The Furnace of Affliction
How God Uses Our Pain and Suffering for His Purpose
Horace Williams Jr.
2021 Honorable Mention
122 Pages
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Christian - Living
Horace Williams Jr. has faced the fire. He has walked through the fire and the flood. Through the trials of life, Horace has learned the value and benefit of enduring affliction. He shares his acquired wisdom in his book The Furnace of Affliction. When Satan attacks us, God uses those negatives to build our faith and strengthen us. Horace authored this book to offer hope and encouragement to those suffering and walking through the fire themselves. Horace explains several reasons behind suffering and makes sure that the reader understands the importance of suffering in maturing. God is always in control and uses everything in our life for good to those who love Him. This book will help you understand the purpose and goal of suffering, give you purpose and direction, and bring glory to God.
In The Furnace of Affliction, author Horace Williams Jr. shares his life before his massive stroke and how God used that suffering and affliction to get his attention. While God tends to speak in a still, soft voice, He knows how to drop a ton of bricks on our heads if we don’t listen. God has a purpose in pain, and Horace graciously shares his story of how God has used - and is still using - pain to change him and bring honor and glory to God. Horace writes with compassion and grace, and most importantly he writes to instill hope. He seeks to draw his readers into the peace and comfort that our Father has given him, and readers will feel uplifted as a result of reading his words.
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Get Active, God's Way
Weight Loss Devotional and Workout Challenge
Cathy Morenzie
2021 Bronze Medal
176 Pages
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Christian - Living
Get Active, God's Way by Cathy Morenzie was the most fun I had exercising in ages! This Weight Loss Devotional and Workout Challenge offers a 28-day guide to getting fit and healthy by welcoming God in to do the heavy lifting. Each day the award-winning author and inspirational speaker will set you a practice that includes an encouraging Bible verse reflection, a scripture-based devotion to challenge your thinking, journaling to capture your a-ha moments, and a practical prayer. Cathy shares her personal journey, including the tough times, to inspire and prove it is possible to get active and be happy about it. Covering different topics, you'll be encouraged to write and pray using your own words to ask for God's support on your fitness journey. Her book includes extras like a leader's guide for those wanting to share the lessons with small devotees over four weeks, and answers to 19 interesting FAQs about fitness and exercise.
As a Christian weight loss coach, Cathy Morenzie bridges two essential areas of your life: health and spirituality. By anchoring the messages in scripture, the personal fitness guru leverages our relationship with God to encourage us to look at exercise in a completely different way. If you haven't reached your fitness and weight loss goals, Get Active, God's Way lets you 'start where you are at' and take baby steps – just 15 minutes is enough. Coach Cathy doesn't drive you hard to work out but rather helps you transform from the inside out; to face what's really holding you back from fitness success. I had long suffered guilt when not exercising, giving in to bad habits like finding excuses not to work out, walk, or bypass the biscuits. Get Active, God's Way helps with each of these barriers. You will learn to better connect with your body, fitness, and health. I've tried all kinds of exercise regimes but already Get Active, God's Way is giving me results. I'm getting up early, 'owning my day,' and rather than dreading that walk, Cathy Morenzie has shown me how to walk 'with God' - such a blessing. Highly recommended.
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Sink or Walk on Water
Dealing With Adversity While Walking In Your Purpose
Stevenson Jones
2021 Silver Medal
102 Pages
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Christian - Living
Stevenson Jones penned Sink or Walk on Water with the intention of encouraging others to live a life dedicated to God. In this book, Stevenson shares stories from his life as an African American trying to make his way in this world. He humorously shares his philosophy of life, which keeps the reader’s attention. His outlook on life is to see things from God’s perspective, trust in Him, and always do what is best for His children. One of the principles Stevenson shares is that sometimes God removes certain people or things from our lives to elevate us. Elevation sometimes comes after isolation. While covering a multitude of topics, Stevenson does not forget to discuss finances and credit. His advice is invaluable, not only for African Americans but all those who wish to lead lives dedicated to God.
Sink or Walk on Water was authored by Stevenson Jones to share the experience of his first thirty-two years of life and how God has guided him. Stevenson desires to lead people to Christ and feels that God has given him a story to tell. He knows how to tell stories. God has blessed him with the ability to keep the reader’s interest, writing in a unique style that was new to me. Stevenson writes the whole book as if he is talking to his editor and answering her questions, setting Stevenson up for his great story-telling approach to all the various topics. This book covers life in its fullness. God desires to bless His children as they live a life of obedience, and Stevenson gives all glory to God for all he is and all he has.
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Redefining Normal
How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love
Alexis Black
2021 Gold Medal
312 Pages
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Christian - Living
Discover how to change your perceptions and break toxic patterns in your relationships in the empowering memoir, Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness, and Love by Alexis Black. Alexis and Justin both grew up in toxic situations. Determined to rise above their circumstances, they fought to find themselves through the abuse, neglect, and rejection of foster care. Struggling to be more than their past, they find success academically. Having just ended a toxic relationship, Alexis decides to wait a year before dating. Justin, still struggling to find himself, is determined to experience all that college offers. Including all the cute girls. When the two meet on campus, they feel inexplicably drawn together. Alexis isn't looking for love, and Justin is clear he isn't interested in anything serious. Before Justin knows it, he realizes that the beautiful, intelligent, uncomplicated Alexis might be the one. But, after all the pain and trauma from their past, how can they build a stable, loving, balanced relationship?
Redefining Normal by Alexis Black is the raw, emotional account of two lovely souls enduring heartache, deep emotional wounds, and trauma, but with a surprise happy ending. Alexis's and Justin's strength of character is incredible. Written in the first-person narrative but with a fictional tone, this book takes the reader on a hauntingly beautiful soul journey of self-love and heart-healing while showing how this couple healed from seemingly insurmountable traumas to create the best life for each other. This book is a perfect blueprint for those searching for healthy love and a lasting relationship.
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Beautiful Warrior
Finding Victory Over the Lies Formed Against You
Tina Yeager
2020 Finalist
192 Pages
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Christian - Living
Beautiful Warrior: Finding Victory Over the Lies Formed Against You by Tina Yeager is an inspiring book that combines the author's personal journey to self-worth with insightful writing to motivate readers and inspire them to embrace who they are. In this book the author explains the many ways in which readers are lied to about who they are. The author demonstrates with clarity how our culture can lead us to believe the wrong things about who we are. The kind of influences we receive—from social media and other channels like television—are designed to make us long to be someone we are not. In this book, readers will learn to identify how limiting beliefs are formed and how they work against one's inner freedom.
This is one of those books that teaches readers how to connect intimately with themselves, embrace who they are and build their self-worth in a world that is filled with negativity and where they feel judged. Tina Yeager teaches readers to set their own standards, to look past what others tell them, and to discover the inner voice of hope that calls them from the despair that the world plunges them into. Beautiful Warrior: Finding Victory Over the Lies Formed Against You carries a message that will appeal to readers who feel uncomfortable in their skin, readers who are made to believe that it is better to be like someone else. The writing is beautiful and the voice compelling. Tina Yeager invites readers into a conversation about their values and what matters most to them. An engaging and inspirational book with a life-changing message, especially for female readers.
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The Fields
Our Journey through Medicine, Mission, Life, and Faith
Manh Dang, MD
2020 Honorable Mention
372 Pages
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Christian - Living
The Fields: Our Journey through Medicine, Mission, Life, and Faith by Manh Dang is an uplifting and encouraging book compiled from the author's short Facebook posts over the years as an oncologist, and the insights in the book will uplift all those fighting cancers. The book gives awareness about how in life the most beautiful things are the simplest and these simple things are always precious gifts from above. The characters in the book are both from real life and fiction and are a good way to understand that no matter how difficult the battles in life, Jesus is always there to fight and die for eventual salvation.
Reading The Fields is a good way to embrace and cherish the little things. It is a human tendency to often ignore the small and simpler things in life and it is important to make an effort to reach out to those who are different and find a common purpose. Manh Dang's experience and the stories shared are a good way to make readers have a different perspective on life's wisdom, nature, missions, and medicine. The inspiration, motivation, encouragement, and insights in the book will help readers appreciate life and everything they have around them, and look at everything positively. Books like this need to be read and kept on bookshelves because they can be used as a tool to motivate and encourage readers when things are dark. There is something very heartwarming and honest about the author's deep reflections on life that will help readers see the gifts and freedoms they enjoy without realizing how they have been taking them for granted.
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Love Without Limits
Jesus' Radical Vision for Love With No Exceptions
Jacqueline A. Bussie
2020 Bronze Medal
195 Pages
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Christian - Living
Love Without Limits: Jesus' Radical Vision For Love With No Exceptions by Jacqueline A. Bussie is the author's love letter to readers and is all about her journey to love bigger and better, and those who taught her how to do it. Love demands understanding and the book is a handy manual to make readers understand to love unconditionally and make their love so great that it can overthrow hate and heal the hurts experienced. The memoir is just not about love; it also speaks about a deep love for Jesus, cosmic love, and a love that is all about inclusivity. First love can teach you the power of many things like magic, stings, separations, and words which can leave an indelible mark and teach some useful lessons. The author also shares biblical stories to give readers a different perspective and asks readers to borrow the love God has in store for everyone.
Love Without Limits is relatable and the stories will help readers to look at love with an entirely new perspective and broaden their thinking when it comes to love. Loving without limits is highlighted in the book and it will encourage all Christians to love Jesus like never before. Jacqueline A. Bussie speaks about the topic in detail, leaving readers with no room for doubt when it comes to love and loving. Love helps to release the outworn and God needs to be thanked for the metamorphosis. The memoir is also about inclusivity, acceptance, and tolerance that transcends all boundaries, and love without any exceptions, expectations, and limits.
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Catching Your Breath
The Sacred Journey from Chaos to Calm
Steve Austin
2020 Silver Medal
154 Pages
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Christian - Living
Catching Your Breath: The Sacred Journey from Chaos to Calm by Steve Austin is an honest, authentic, and heartwarming memoir that gives hope to readers and will encourage them to approach their journey of life with acceptance, honesty, and patience while going in search of the calm everyone has in them. Everyone has terrible days and times which often leave them wondering if those times will last forever. The author's story is a good example that will help readers realize difficult times are not long-lasting and it is possible to heal the deepest parts of the soul just like any physical wound. The book is not just for Christians, it is also for atheists, agnostics, Protestants, Catholics, mystics, other faiths, and everyone else.
The topic is relevant and relatable. The author's approach, laced with personal experience and stories, will motivate many readers out there to become human again. His definition of spirituality makes a lot of sense - that is connecting the head and heart in a way that works and it can differ for individuals. Catching Your Breath is a good tool for readers who want to discover their true selves, and the author makes it easy to understand with his conversational and simple style of writing. The memoir has a lot of good insights and wisdom that will enable readers to seek the richness in their relationships and lead a fulfilling life. The author encourages readers to embrace their uniqueness, celebrate the similarities, and soak up the sounds of friendship, harmony, and grace. As Dr. Howard Thurman said: “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”