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
Illustration Award
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Whispers of Love
Spirit’s Messages from Heartbreak to Hope
Gina Simone
2021 Gold Medal
Kindle Edition
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Non-Fiction - New Age
Whispers of Love by Gina Simone is an inspirational book designed to help you find the answers you desperately need. A certified Spirit Medium, Gina began to experience the presence of the Spirit and energy around her at age eleven. She recounts how her gifts, coupled with being an immigrant, made her feel like the odd one out. Through describing her life experiences, including a traumatic pool accident with her toddler son, Gina guides us through making sense of the signs that the Spirit and our loved ones have given us our entire life. Gina provides insightful advice on dealing with loss, whether it'd be a loved one's death or a lost job opportunity. This extraordinary book helps us explore why we are here, how to connect with the Spirit, and how we can find meaning in life's challenges.
As I had lost my beloved grandma a few years back, Whispers of Love really hit home for me. Back then, death had seemed final, and I found myself drowning in my grief. As time passed, the pain dulled, but I never really healed until I read Whispers of Love. Gina Simone reminded me that there's life after death, and I'm never truly alone. I fell in love with how Gina vividly describes her doubts about belonging, especially as a minority in America, and explains how she slowly overcame it and embraces her identity. As someone who has also struggled with self-doubt, I found this book incredibly useful. This book is a must-read as it gives us hope, even when we have hit rock bottom.
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The Reluctant Messenger Returns
An Unexpected Adventure into the Angelic Realm
Candice M. Sanderson
2021 Silver Medal
242 Pages
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Non-Fiction - New Age
The rewarding consequence of having read Candice M. Sanderson’s first installment of spiritual messages, The Reluctant Messenger, is the ability to appreciate the evolution of her (and the reader’s) understanding of the higher dimensional messages in her timely sequel, The Reluctant Messenger Returns. As if the revelations in the first volume had time to pervade and settle, thus allowing an expanded capacity for knowledge and guidance as more cogent information appeared. In a satisfying manner, Ms. Sanderson presents the material in a non-sequential but perfectly organized construct designed to mimic or reflect the actual manner in which Earth lessons are applied to spiritual growth. In so doing, she is not embarrassed to co-habit her explanations with both classically potent images (angels, religious figures, mythical entities) and modern scientific models (energetics, medical and psychological rationales.) This adds relevancy for the contemporary reader/student.
Perhaps the best example of Candice M. Sanderson’s escalating spiritual revelations in The Reluctant Messenger Returns, as if one is progressing from high school into college, is her deeper understanding of “The Life Review”, a process described in many books about the transition into death. While most have accepted the reality of this experience, Ms. Sanderson offers a more potent, cogent, and ultimately acceptable spiritual rationale for why it is necessary. It is not a judgment. It performs a vital, tangible operation required for further advancement on the non-physical plane. In the end, with the intelligence and diligence Ms. Sanderson brings to inviting, accepting, and sharing the messages she receives, her books are elevated to mandatory reading for spiritual matriculation.
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Third Eye Meditations
Awaken Your Mind, Spirit, and Intuition
Susan Shumsky
2021 Bronze Medal
224 Pages
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Non-Fiction - New Age
Third Eye Meditations: Awaken Your Mind, Spirit, and Intuition by Susan Shumsky is a self-help book that teaches you how to use meditation to find your inner self. The author gives you facts on how meditation can be useful for you. Susan Shumsky also gives you a step by step guide on how to do the meditations. She has meditations for everything from spiritual guidance to manifesting more money. She explains that these mediations are okay for anyone to use no matter what your beliefs. She also shares her story on how she found these mediations.
I liked how Third Eye Meditations by Susan Shumsky was useful for anyone although you do have to have an open mind. I loved how she uses facts to show how meditation can be useful, and you would be surprised by some of the uses. I was intrigued by all the health benefits it has. I loved how Susan Shumsky divided them into categories, so if there is one particular thing you want to work on, it is easy to find, such as manifesting money. I also liked that she reminded you she is not a doctor so she cannot claim to be able to heal you. Her step by step guide makes it easy. I also loved that she reminds you how you may not be able to get it right away, that it takes practice before you can perfect it, just like any other skills. If you are soul searching or need a new meditation technique, then this is a definite must-read.
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Your Destiny is Inside You
Ana Pat
2021 Honorable Mention
203 Pages
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Non-Fiction - New Age
Your Destiny is Inside You: Be Your Own Guiding Light by Ana Pat is an insightful and thought-provoking book that takes readers on a spiritual journey along with the author and will encourage them to listen to their inner selves so that they can get rid of their self-limiting beliefs which might be blocking their peace, joy, success, abundance, and creativity. No one chooses their life and they just have to live it, irrespective of being bothered about what others say. Reading this book is a good way to have a deeper understanding of the self by listening to the heart carefully and consciously. It is also a good way for readers to start observing what is happening inside them in the world of their emotions and feelings.
This approach to an often-discussed topic is unique and different and will make readers invest some of their time in self-discovery. The tips and tools discussed by Ana Pat are inspiring and motivating enough for readers to make changes in their lives, and draw love's energy. The Parable/Metaphor in every chapter is useful for comprehending what the author is trying to convey. The author speaks about the importance of meditation to achieve inner peace, soothe emotions and calm the mind.
Your Destiny is Inside You is a good way to help readers understand the magnitude of the world and living in tandem with the spiritual energy of the Universe so that they can have true happiness, real strength, and true friends. So let us all embrace consciousness and let our hearts and intuition guide us to live happily and in harmony with others. I would recommend owning this book because there is a lot of wisdom and insight which can be re-read during times of stress and while facing challenges to achieve peace and calmness.
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The Sacred Vagina
My Portal into the Soul
F. Sam Gleason
2021 Finalist
258 Pages
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Non-Fiction - New Age
The Sacred Vagina: My Portal into the Soul by F. Sam Gleason is the author's inner mythic quest to become conscious of who he is, and he looks at the sacred vagina as the key symbol for the radical opening of his heart. This is the story of his awakened soul that gave birth to his authentic self, the saga of his challenging midlife transition, and transformation. The author shares the metamorphosis of his soul, hoping readers will be able to discover some of the gifts buried in their souls. The thread of dependency runs through the book beginning with his symbiotic attachment to his family, and he uses the symbol of the umbilical cord to depict his attachments to five women during his adulthood.
The memoir is honest, well-expressed, and personal and the author speaks about various topics such as marriage, divorce, remarriage, romantic love, suffering and transformation, Jung and the divine feminine, midlife crisis, men's anger, wisdom and truth of the soul, unearthing one's authentic self and other interesting themes. F. Sam Gleason speaks of the influence of Carl Jung's philosophy on him and how Jung's map of the soul has helped him experience and understand the shadow, the anima, and the self as parts of himself. The memoir chronicles the most important details of his inner and outer life, expressions, feelings, thoughts, and nighttime dreams that will help readers understand his deeper aspects. The Sacred Vagina knits together the author's healing, spirituality, self-discovery, and psychology in a fascinating way, keeping readers glued till the end. His psycho-spiritual transformation will motivate many readers who find themselves in similar situations. The glossary at the end of the book is helpful to understand the terminology used in the book.
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Our Magnificent Afterlife
Beyond Our Fondest Dreams
C. David Lundberg
2020 Gold Medal
276 Pages
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Non-Fiction - New Age
Our Magnificent Afterlife: Beyond Our Fondest Dreams by C. David Lundberg is an engaging and insightful book that gives good information about the afterlife. Everyone is curious about what happens to them once they leave their physical bodies and proceed to the Summerland level or realms above Summerland or the lower purgatory levels that are usually reserved for purification. Usually, they ponder over questions like what happens after death? What do souls do in the afterlife? Is it possible to get to Heaven in spite of committing sins? The book tackles these questions and gives readers good afterlife information with over one hundred and seventy excerpts from thirty-five different sources, with commentary and logical and easy-to-understand descriptions of the afterlife.
Our Magnificent Afterlife reiterates the existence of the afterlife; an afterlife filled with love, beauty, and fulfillment. It is also a good tool to embrace spirituality and truly understand the spiritual nature and turn fear and trepidation of what happens after death into peace and acceptance of the onward journey that awaits everyone after their death. Afterlife research is not about religion and many faiths - Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, and Theosophy - have hinted at the existence of the afterlife at various levels. Reading this book will give hope, peace, and comfort to many readers, especially the ones who are concerned with what happens after death.
C. David Lundberg's research on this topic will change the perception of many readers about the afterlife and will give them comfort as they read about the many dimensions that exist in the spiritual realm. The style of writing is fluid, structured, and methodical, making it easy for readers to comprehend and connect with his words. It is a book for all readers who are curious to learn about the soul's journey after death and also get a Divine Vision that gives a strong image of their real selves.
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Soul Afterlife
Beyond the Near-Death Experience
Bud Megargee
2020 Silver Medal
235 Pages
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Non-Fiction - New Age
Soul Afterlife: Beyond the Near-Death Experience by Bud Megargee focuses on the existence of both human and spiritual energies in life. The book is about the author's spiritual self-discovery, spiritual adventure, and the afterlife puzzle. The journey begins with trying to understand the octopus analogy where souls join in clusters for various reasons and he delves deeper into this concept and explores the world of souls. The interpretation of this concept by the author's soul guide, Laz, to understand this afterlife journey is helpful and will help readers realize the soul's need for spiritual adventure and advancement.
The topics of souls, afterlife, and near-death experiences have always fascinated me, and the stories in the book are fascinating and eyeopeners. Bud Megargee throws light on every soul's life after death and that the path they undertake need not be the same. The book is informative and gives answers to questions when it comes to the soul and its journey. The dialogue format between the author and Laz, the soul guide, makes it interesting for readers and it also educates them about the seven soul senses.
Soul Afterlife is profound and the insights take readers to another realm where they learn about the subtleties of the soul, its consciousness, and movement. The book is a good read for those who are curious to learn about the soul, its journey, and its energy. The debates on the octopus-head phenomenon of soul division, exposure to multiple afterlife senses, and a tailspin journey of karma attachments to the energy field all make interesting reading for those seeking answers to their spiritual questions and developing their awareness about the soul.
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The Lion's Wisdom
A Channeled Text Toward Awakening Human Consciousness (Embracing Our Oneness with Mother Earth)
Uma Shankari
2020 Bronze Medal
212 Pages
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Non-Fiction - New Age
In the past decade, there has been a significant increase in the number of channeled books. The channeled spirit in this book is a wise lion, who shares his concerns about the current destruction of Mother Earth. By imparting timeless and relevant information, he encourages the main character, as well as every reader, to explore their beliefs and actions. In the nonfiction work, The Lion’s Wisdom: A Channeled Text Toward Awakening Human Consciousness (Embracing Our Oneness with Mother Earth), written by Uma Shankari, several main themes – Our Oneness and Our Inner Wisdom – are fully explored. There are twenty-one chapters where various topics are further explained. Each one could be a book in itself! For example, the chapters on shame, beauty, surrender, and dignity contain strong tenets, assisting a person to awaken to a higher level of consciousness.
This book is written in a concise, easy to read manner. The best way to read it would be to approach one chapter at each sitting, allowing its messages to be absorbed into one’s being, before reading the next one. The lessons are applied through the lens of one person who realizes how self-centeredness and unwise choices have affected a once-loving marriage and other life decisions. Author Uma Shankari has given the world a beautiful gift in The Lion’s Wisdom: A Channeled Text Toward Awakening Human Consciousness (Embracing Our Oneness with Mother Earth). It is a book to be savored, and one that every reader will want to revisit again and again over the years.
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Could Anthony Newley Be My Muse? (Or His Story Never Ends)
Forging a Creative Bond with the Dead
Joellyn St. Pierre
2020 Honorable Mention
711 Pages
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Non-Fiction - New Age
Could Anthony Newley Be My Muse? (Or His Story Never Ends) is an interesting work of self-exploration and New Age thinking penned by author Joellyn St. Pierre. Subtitled “Forging a Creative Bond with the Dead”, the work contains some mature themes, explicit language, and ideas that not all readers will be comfortable with. The author presents authentic experiences with after-death communication (ADC), despite having no previous mediumistic abilities, and proceeds to tell a memoir-style tale of her connection to the spirit of actor Anthony Newley and the results of this communication between the living and the dead. What results is an incredible and highly alternative view of life and spirituality which also provides guidance for other people on how to unlock this ability and allow the deceased to help them in their daily lives.
Author Joellyn St. Pierre has created a book that really has to be read to be believed, and whether you take it as fact or fiction, it is truly an inspiring work about the power of creativity and the very nature of spirituality itself. The narration is frank and honest, with the candid intimacy of a memoir-style work that allows us into a close personal connection with the writer, and with the incredible bond she explores between herself and Newley. The ADC element really lifts the veil on a spiritual concept which is new and intriguing to explore, and the technical elements of the book’s ‘how-to’ advice are well explained for those who are new to the idea. Overall, I would recommend Could Anthony Newley Be My Muse? (Or His Story Never Ends) to any reader seeking new information about the world beyond the veil.
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The Magdalene Lineage
Past Life Journeys into the Sacred Feminine Mysteries
Reena Kumarasingham
2020 Finalist
288 Pages
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Non-Fiction - New Age
For those who want to explore feminine spirituality and past life revelations, this book will certainly fascinate and inform you. The life of Mary Magdalene has been enveloped in mystery for two thousand years; sometimes vilified and other times honored for her role in the earliest days of Christianity. Through past life regressions conducted by the author, Mary Magdalene’s life is revealed. As a child, she had healing powers and knowledge beyond her years. Her adult years, including marriage and children, enduring joys and sorrows, and teaching other women spiritual truths, are intriguing. The author also worked with a second woman, who had a past life as Tamar, Mary’s daughter. The Magdalene Lineage: Past Life Journeys into the Sacred Feminine Mysteries, written by renowned regression therapist Reena Kumarasingham, is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn about this legendary woman and her teachings.
One of the most poignant aspects of this book is the author’s thoughtful comparisons to other sources of information about Mary Magdalene and Tamar. She carefully portrayed the historical era, including the cultural and political climate. Her description of the Essenes matches other texts describing the beliefs and works of this group. She also adds the reasons why certain sects and the early Christian Church portrayed Mary Magdalene in derogatory terms, rather than as the spiritual teacher and healer she was. Although the book contains much historical data, it is easily read and understood by any curious reader. Author Reena Kumarasingham has written a well-crafted and intriguing text in The Magdalene Lineage: Past Life Journeys into the Sacred Feminine Mysteries. A wonderful book!