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Outstanding Creator Awards
Summer 2022


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GRAND-PRIZE/OVERALL WINNERS
(Medalists)

Outstanding Creator Award for
Best Fiction Book of Summer 2022


1st Place

"Surviving the Second Tier" MK Lever


2nd Place

“Einstein's Desk” Domenic Melillo and Dr. Robert Melillo

“I Saw What I Saw” Tony Garritano

“Torn Asunder” David V. Mammina

“Blind Justice”  James Bridgwater

“Passamaquoddy Legends” Michael Cook

“ICDA: Intergalactic Children's Defense Authority” Andrew Zellgert

“Perfectly Imperfect” Darlene Winston


3rd Place

“Goodbye Orchid” Carol Van Den Hende

“A Bad Place to Be a Hero” Jerry F. Westinger

“Voiceless: A Mermaid's Tale” Anna Finch

“The Sun and the Starlings” Barbara Hills

“The Schatten” Ashley Greathouse

“The Long Way Home from Crete” Isaac Kal

“The Lethal Elixir” Dennis Ross

“Longsword: Edward and the Assassin” Dimitar Gyopsaliev

“Arlen's Gun” Edgar Doleman

“Knights of the Air Book One: RAGE” Iain Stewart



Honorable Mentions:

“Valiente” AG Castillo

“Orchid Blooming” Carol Van Den Hende

“Gilraen and the Guilds” Dr. Joanne Reid



Outstanding Creator Award for
Best Non-Fiction Book of Summer 2022


1st Place

“When to Run, Born Scared” Stephanie King

“Flying Penguin” Asoka Jinadasa and Felicio Ferraz

“Relentless” Natasha Miller

“Never Sit in the Lobby”  Glenn Poulos

“Business Leadership in Turbulent Times” Michael Lawrie & George Tsetsekos

“Liberty, Science and Wealth” Ralph L. Bayrer


2nd Place

“Poems from Heartlands” Dr. C.A. Buckley

“Shadow of the Trees” Michael Cook

“Meditations for Modern Man” Michael Cook


3rd Place

“Be a Giant Killer” Ed Norwood


“A Poetic Spanking” Anthony Toomer

“Twelve Minute Risk Management” Ivy Walker

“Slavery 101” Ken Mercer

“Real-Time Earthquake Tracking & Localisation” George R. Daglish and Iurii P. Sizov


Honorable Mentions:


“Heart Disease & Hypertension” Bryant Lusk

“The Essential Rules of Love” Phil Russotti

“A Symphony of Logic from the Basket of Deplorables” Cornelius Van Blyderveen

“Black Butterfly” Carla A. Vincent

“Heroin to Hero” Paul Boggie

“Our Church Mothers” Gwen Ehrenborg

“Harvard Can't Teach What You Learn on the Streets” Sam Liebman




Outstanding Creator Award for
Best Children's Book of Summer 2022


1st Place

“The Only Blue Crow” Tuula Pere

“Ancient Egypt for Kids” Samuel Cerro

“Full of  Feelings” Anna Andrews

“We All Have Spots” MJ McDonald


2nd Place

“Eka and the Elephants” Once Upon a Dance

“Above Us” Angela Riedesel 

“Mira and the Mysterious Dragon” Yuqian Wang


3rd Place

“Magellan the Magical” Krystal M. Harris

“Ronnie's Pool” Lindsay Ann Frank


Honorable Mention:

“Queen Vernita Visits the Land of Little Rain” Dr. Dawn Menge & Kent Duryee




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CATEGORY WINNERS

Outstanding Creator Award for 
Autobiographies & Memoirs


1st Place

“When to Run, Born Scared” Stephanie King

“Relentless” Natasha Miller


2nd Place

“Black Butterfly” Carla A. Vincent

“Heroin to Hero” Paul Boggie


3rd Place

“Unsuspecting Child” Marylee Martin

“Walking on the Water” Aimy Ellen



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Addiction & Recovery


1st Place

“Heroin to Hero” Paul Boggie

2nd Place

​"Restoration by the Water's Edge" Tony Caico



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Historical Fiction


1st Place

“Torn Asunder” David V. Mammina
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“Knights of the Air Book One: RAGE” Iain Stewart

“Longsword: Edward and the Assassin” Dimitar Gyopsaliev


2nd Place

“Arlen's Gun” Edgar Doleman

“The Long Way Home from Crete” Isaac Kal


3rd Place

“Lies That Blind” E.S. Alexander


Honorable Mention

“The Alexandria Scrolls Book One” Lukman Clark



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Audiobooks


1st Place

“I Saw What I Saw” Tony Garritano

"The Sun and the Starlings" Barbara Hills



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Cozy Mysteries


1st Place 

“I Saw What I Saw” Tony Garritano


2nd Place

“Sultry” Dr. Sandra Tanner


Outstanding Creator Award for 
Relationships, Marriage, and Couples


1st Place

“The Essential Rules of Love” Phil Russotti


2nd Place

“Love and Honour” David D E Evans

“A Poetic Spanking” (Book 2) Anthony Toomer



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Thrillers


1st Place

“ICDA: Intergalactic Children's Defense Authority” Andrew Zellgert

“The Schatten” Ashley Greathouse

“The Lethal Elixir” Dennis Ross

“A Bad Place to Be a Hero” Jerry F. Westinger


2nd Place

“Deehabta's Song” Stephen Alder


“Epiphany's Gift” Mallory M. Oconnor


“You Will Know Vengeance” WA Pepper


3rd Place

“Into the Storm” DJ Adamson


Honorable Mention

“Dr. Altman and the Concubines” Jacqueline Shortell-McSweeney



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Paranormal Thrillers


1st Place

“The Schatten” Ashley Greathouse

“Epiphany's Gift” Mallory M. Oconnor


2nd Place

“ICDA: Intergalactic Children's Defense Authority” Andrew Zellgert

“A Bad Place to Be a Hero” Jerry F. Westinger

“Deehabta's Song” Stephen Alder


3rd Place

“Into the Storm” DJ Adamson



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Fantasy


1st Place

“The Sun and the Starlings” Barbara Hills

“Torn Asunder” David V. Mammina

“Passamaquoddy Legends” Michael Cook


2nd Place

“Voiceless: A Mermaid's Tale” Anna Finch

“Deehabta's Song” Stephen Alder

“Gilraen and the Guilds” Dr. Joanne Reid


3rd Place

“The Devil Pulls the Strings” JW Zarek



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Business & Entrepreneurship / Sales & Marketing / Career


1st Place

“Flying Penguin” Asoka Jinadasa and Felicio Ferraz

“Never Sit in the Lobby” Glenn Poulos

Business Leadership in Turbulent Times Michael Lawrie & George Tsetsekos


2nd Place 

“Relentless” Natasha Miller

“Twelve-Minute Risk Management” Ivy Walker 

“Harvard Can't Teach What You Learn from the Streets” Same Liebman


3rd Place

“100 Livestreaming and Digital Media Predictions” Ross Brand



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Horror


1st Place

“The Schatten” Ashley Greathouse

“Blind Justice” James Bridgwater



2nd Place

“Into the Storm” DJ Adamson



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Psychological Horror


1st Place

“The Schatten” Ashley Greathouse

“Blind Justice” James Bridgwater

2nd Place

"Into the Storm" DJ Adamson



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Fiction Featuring Real People


1st Place

“Einstein's Desk” Domenic Melillo and Dr. Robert Melillo

“Torn Asunder” David V. Mammina

“Knights of the Air Book One: RAGE” Iain Stewart


2nd Place

“Arlen's Gun” Edgar Doleman


“Lies That Blind” E.S. Alexander


3rd Place

“The Alexandria Scrolls Book One” Lukman Clark



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Science-Fiction (Sci-Fi)


1st Place

“Einstein's Desk” Domenic Melillo and Dr. Robert Melillo

“ICDA: Intergalactic Children's Defense Authority” Andrew Zellgert


2nd Place

“Infernum” Jayson Adams

“Advent of Dreamtech” Isaac Petrov

“Deehabta's Song” Stephen Alder

“The Lethal Elixir” Dennis Ross


3rd Place

“You Will Know Vengeance” WA Pepper


Honorable Mention

“Kairn” Fionne Foxxe Farraday




Outstanding Creator Award for 
Romance


1st Place

“Valiente” AG Castillo

“Goodbye Orchid” Carol Van Den Hende

“Perfectly Imperfect” Darlene Winston


2nd Place

“Orchid Blooming”

“The Long Way Home from Crete”


3rd Place

“Kairn” Fionne Foxxe Farraday

“Gilraen and the Guilds” Dr. Joanne Reid

“Bacon Grief” Joel Shoemaker

"Love and Honour" David D E Evans




Outstanding Creator Award for 
Drama


1st Place

“The Long Way Home from Crete” Isaac Kal

“Goodbye Orchid” Carol Van Den Hende

“Valiente” AG Castillo


2nd Place

“Orchid Blooming”


3rd Place

“Bacon Grief” Joel Shoemaker



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Comedy / Humor / Funny Books


1st Place

“Bacon Grief” Joel Shoemaker


2nd Place

“I Saw What I Saw” Tony Garritano

“A Bad Place to Be a Hero” Jerry F. Westinger


3rd Place

“Barbies 4 Blokes” Julianne McLean and Mark Lynch



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Sports Fiction


1st Place

“Surviving the Second Tier” MK Lever

2nd Place

“Valiente” AG Castillo



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Dystopia


1st Place

"Surviving the Second Tier" MK Lever


2nd Place

"Advent of Dreamtech" Isaac Petrov

3rd Place

"Deehabta's Song" Stephen Alder



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Sports (Non-Fiction)


1st Place

"California Sports Astounding" Dan Cisco



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Cookbooks


1st Place

“Barbies 4 Blokes” Julianne McLean and Mark Lynch



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Performing Arts


1st Place

“Eka and the Elephants” Once Upon a Dance



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Illustrated & Picture Books 
(*This category is judged primarily on illustration quality)


1st Place

“Eka & the Elephants” Once Upon a Dance

“The Only Blue Crow” Tuula Pere

“Above Us” Angela Riedesel


“Magellan the Magical” Krystal M. Harris


2nd Place

“Ancient Egypt for Kids” Samuel Cerro

“We All Have Spots” MJ McDonald

​"Full of Feelings" Anna Andrews


3rd Place

“Mira and the Mysterious Dragon” Yuqian Wang



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Health


1st Place

“Heart Disease and Hypertension” Bryant Lusk



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Crime
(Includes “True Crime”) 



1st Place

“Blind Justice” James Bridgwater

“I Saw What I Saw” Tony Garritano


2nd Place

“Epiphany's Gift” Mallory M. Oconnor

“Sultry” Dr. Sandra Tanner 

"You Will Know Vengeance" WA Pepper


3nd Place

“Into the Storm” DJ Adamson

“Dr. Altman and the Concubines” Jacqueline Shortell-McSweeney



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Military Fiction


1st Place

“Knights of the Air Book One: RAGE” Iain Stewart


2nd Place

“Infernum” Jayson Adams

“Arlen's Gun” Edgar Doleman

“The Long Way Home from Crete” Isaac Kal


3rd Place

“Kairn” Fionne Foxxe Farraday




Outstanding Creator Award for 
Military Science Fiction


1st Place

“Infernum” Jayson Adams

2nd Place

“Kairn” Fionne Foxxe Farraday



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Spirituality


1st Place

"Be a Giant Killer” Ed Norwood


2nd Place

“Walking on the Water” Aimy Ellen

​"Our Church Mothers" Gwen Ehrenborg

“Black Butterfly” Carla A. Vincent

“A Poetic Spanking” (Book One) Anthony Toomer

“Poems from Heartlands” Dr. CA Buckley


3rd Place

“Restoration by the Waters Edge” Tony Caico



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Educational & Reference Books


1st Place

“Business Leadership in Turbulent Times” Michael Lawrie and George Tsetsekos

“Real-Time Earthquake Tracking and Localisation” by George R. Daglish and Iurii P. Sizov

“Twelve Minute Risk Management” Ivy Walker

“Never Sit in the Lobby” Glenn Poulos

“Ancient Egypt for Kids” Samuel Cerro

“Flying Penguin” Asoka Jinadasa and Felicio Ferraz


2nd Place

“Heart Disease and Hypertension” Bryant Lusk

“Above Us” Angela Riedesel

“Full of Feelings” Anna Andrews

“Harvard Can't Teach You What You Learn on the Streets” Sam Liebman


3rd Place

“The Essential Rules of Love” Phil Russotti

“California Sports Astounding” Dan Cisco



Outstanding Creator Award for 
LGBTQIA+ Fiction


1st Place

“Valiente” by AG Castillo


2nd Place

“Bacon Grief” by Joel Shoemaker



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Christianity


1st Place

“Be a Giant Killer” Ed Norwood

“Our Church Mothers” Gwen Ehrenborg 

“A Poetic Spanking” (Book One) Anthony Toomer


2nd Place

“Walking on the Water” Aimy Ellen

“Restoration by the Water's Edge” Tony Caico


3rd Place

“Bacon Grief” George Shoemaker



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Poetry


1st Place

“Shadow of the Trees” Michael Cook

“A Poetic Spanking” Anthony Toomer

“Poems from Heartlands” Dr. C.A. Buckley


2nd Place

“A Life's Tapestry” Patricia Stanway 


3rd Place

“Restoration by the Water's Edge” Tony Caico

“From Dusk to Dawn” Henry Krauss



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Self-Help Books


1st Place

“Flying Penguin” Asoka Jinadasa and Felicio Ferraz

“Relentless” Natasha Miller

“Never Sit in the Lobby”  Glenn Poulos

“Business Leadership in Turbulent Times” Michael Lawrie & George Tsetsekos


2nd Place

“Be a Giant Killer” Ed Norwood

"Twelve Minute Risk Management" Ivy Walker


3rd Place

“Black Butterfly” Carla A. Vincent

“The Essential Rules of Love” Phil Russotti 



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Action & Adventure Fantasy


1st Place

“Torn Asunder” David V. Mammina

“Longsword: Edward and the Assassin” Dimitar Gyopsaliev


2nd Place

“Gilraen and the Guilds” Dr. Joanne Reid

“The Sun and the Starlings” Barbara Hills

“Voiceless: A Mermaid's Tale” Anna Finch


3rd Place

“The Devil Pulls the Strings” JW Zarek



Outstanding Creator Award for 
LitRPG & Gamelit


1st Place

“Gilraen and the Guilds” Dr. Joanne Reid



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Time-Travel Novels


1st Place

“Einstein's Desk” Domenic Melillo and Dr. Robert Melillo

“ICDA: Intergalactic Children's Defense Authority” Andrew Zellgert


2nd Place

“Advent of Dreamtech”  Isaac Petrov


3rd Place

“The Devil Pulls the Strings” JW Zarek



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Literary & Contemporary Fiction


1st Place

“I Saw What I Saw” Tony Garritano

“Perfectly Imperfect” Darlene Winston


2nd Place

“Goodbye Orchid” Carol Van Den Hende

“The Lethal Elixir” Dennis Ross


3rd Place

“Valiente” AG Castillo

“Orchid Blooming” Carol Van Den Hende



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Multi-Cultural, Multi-Lingual, and Bilingual Fiction


1st Place

“Above Us” Angela Riedesel


2nd Place

“Orchid Blooming” Carol Van Den Hende

"Goodbye Orchid" Carol Van Den Hende


3rd Place

“Queen Vernita Visits the Land of Little Rain” Dr. Dawn Menge



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Women's Fiction


1st Place

“Perfectly Imperfect” Darlene Winston

“Surviving the Second Tier” MK Lever


2nd Place

“Goodbye Orchid” Carol Van Den Hende

“Orchid Blooming” Carol Van Den Hende

“Voiceless: A Mermaid's Tale” Anna Finch


3rd Place

“Sultry” Dr. Sandra Tanner



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Women's Non-Fiction & Women's Issues


1st Place

“When to Run, Born Scared” Stephanie King

“Relentless” Natasha Miller


2nd Place

“Black Butterfly” Carla A. Vincent


3rd Place

“Unsuspecting Child” Marylee Martin



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Motivational and Inspirational Books


1st Place 

“Relentless” Natasha Miller

“Flying Penguin” Asoka Jinadasa and Felicio Ferraz

“Be a Giant Killer” Ed Norwood


2nd Place

“Black Butterfly” Carla A. Vincent

“Heroin to Hero” Paul Boggie


3rd Place

“Walking on the Water” Aimy Ellen

“Restoration by the Water's Edge” Tony Caico

“Magellan the Magical” Krystal M. Harris

"Ronnie Pool" Lindsay Ann Frank



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Native American Books


1st Place

“Passamaquoddy Legends” by Michael Cook



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Puzzle Books


1st Place

“Passamaquoddy Legends Puzzle Book” by Michael Cook


Outstanding Creator Award for 
Teen & Young-Adult Fiction


1st Place

“Surviving the Second Tier” MK Lever


2nd Place

“ICDA: Intergalactic Children's Defense Authority” Andrew Zellgert

“The Sun and the Starlings” Barbara Hills

“Voiceless: A Mermaid's Tale” Anna Finch


3rd Place

“Valiente” AG Castillo


Outstanding Creator Award for 
Anthologies/Short-Stories/Collections


1st Place

“Passamaquoddy Legends” Michael Cook



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Philosophy


1st Place

“Liberty, Science and Wealth” Ralph L. Bayrer

“Flying Penguin” Asoka Jinadasa and Felicio Ferraz


2nd Place

“Meditations for Modern Man” Michael Cook



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Mystery


1st Place

“The Schatten” Ashley Greathouse


2nd Place

“The Devil Pulls the Strings” JW Zarek

“Sultry” Dr. Sandra Tanner


3rd Place

“Mira and the Mysterious Dragon” Yuqian Wang

“Into the Storm” DJ Adamson


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Outstanding Creator Award for 
Myths, Legends, and Fairy Tales


1st Place

“Passamaquoddy Legends” Michael Cook


2nd Place

“The Sun and the Starlings” Barbara Hills

“Voiceless: A Mermaid's Tale” Anna Finch


3rd Place

“The Devil Pulls the Strings” JW Zarek



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Real-Estate


1st Place

“Harvard Can't Teach You What You Learn on the Streets” Sam Liebman



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Investing & Retirement


1st Place

“Harvard Can't Teach You What You Learn on the Streets” Sam Liebman



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Psychiatry, Psychology, and Medical Fiction


1st Place

“Einstein's Desk” Domenic Melillo and Dr. Robert Melillo


2nd Place

“The Lethal Elixir” Dennis Ross

“Deehabta's Song” Stephen Alder

“Epiphany's Gift” Mallory M. Oconnor


3rd Place

“Dr. Altman and the Concubines” Jacqueline Shortell-McSweeney




Outstanding Creator Award for 
Judaism


1st Place

“A Symphony of Logic from the Basket of Deplorables” by Cornelius Van Blyderveen



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Political


1st Place 

“Liberty, Science and Wealth” Ralph L. Bayrer

“Meditations for Modern Man” Michael Cook


2nd Place 

“A Poetic Spanking” Anthony Toomer

"A Symphony of Logic from the Basket of Deplorables" Cornelius Van Blyderveen



Outstanding Creator Award for 
History for Kids


1st Place

“Ancient Egypt for Kids” Samuel Cerro



Outstanding Creator Award for 
History (Non-Fiction)


1st Place

“Ancient Egypt for Kids” Samuel Cerro

“Liberty, Science and Wealth” Ralph L. Bayrer

2nd Place

"Slavery 101" Ken Mercer



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Visionary Fiction


1st Place

“Deehabta's Song” Stephen Alder

“Advent of Dreamtech” Isaac Petrov


2nd Place

“You Will Know Vengeance” WA Pepper


3rd Place

“The Devil Pulls the Strings” JW Zarek


Outstanding Creator Award for 
Magical Realism



1st Place 

“ICDA: Intergalactic Children's Defense Authority” Andrew Zellgert


2nd Place

“Epiphany's Gift” Mallory M. Oconnor

“Deehabta's Song” Stephen Alder

“Magellan the Magical” Krystal M. Harris


3rd Place

“The Devil Pulls the Strings” JW Zarek



Outstanding Creator Award for 
Social Media


1st Place

“100 Livestreaming and Digital Media Predictions” Ross Brand




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SPECIAL AWARDS

* These are fun, less formal awards intended to recognize the unique accomplishments of each work. They are still recognized as Outstanding Creator Awards.

Outstanding Creator Award for
“Best Book Cover”


Winners:

“Gilraen and the Guilds” by Dr. Joanne Reid

“Torn Asunder” by David Mammina

“Magellan the Magical” by Krystal M. Harris

“Eka and the Elphants” by Once Upon a Dance

"A Life's Tapestry" by Patricia Stanway


Honorable Mentions:

“The Only Blue Crow” by Tuula Pere

“Knights of the Air Book One: RAGE” by Ian Stewart

“Kairn” by Fionne Foxxe Farraday



Outstanding Creator Award for
“Best Writing (Fiction)” 


Winner: 

“You Will Know Vengeance” by WA Pepper

Honorable Mentions:

“Einstein's Desk” by Domenic Melillo and Dr. Robert Melillo

“Surviving the Second Tier” by MK Lever


Outstanding Creator Award for
“Best Writing (Non-Fiction)” 


Winners:

“Liberty, Science and Wealth” by Ralph L. Bayrer

“Relentless” by Natasha Miller

“Be a Giant Killer” by Ed Norwood


Honorable Mentions:

“A Poetic Spanking” by Anthony Toomer

“Shadow of the Trees” by Michael Cook

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“Poems from Heartlands” by Dr. C.A. Buckley


Outstanding Creator Award for
“Best Research”


Winners:

“Real-Time Earthquake Tracking and Localisation” by George R. Daglish and Iurii P. Sizov

“California Sports Astounding” by Dan Cisco

“Business Leadership in Turbulent Times” by Michael Lawrie and George Tsetsekos


Honorable Mentions:

“Heart Disease and Hypertension” by Bryant Lusk

“Lies That Blind” by E.S. Alexander

“Longsword: Edward and the Assassin” by Dimitar Gyopsaliev

“Twelve-Minute Risk Management” by Ivy Walker

“Flying Penguin” by Asoka Jinadasa and Felicio Ferraz

“Our Church Mothers” by Gwen Ehrenborg

“Never Sit in the Lobby” by Glenn Poulos

“Slavery 101” by Ken Mercer

“Passamaquoddy Legends” by Michael Book

“Knights of the Air Book One: RAGE” by Ian Stewart

“Arlen's Gun” by Edgar Doleman

“Einstein's Desk” by Domenic Melillo and Dr. Robert Melillo

“Love and Honour” by David D E Evans

“Harvard Can't Teach What You Learn on the Streets” by Sam Liebman

“Be a Giant Killer” by Ed Norwood

“100 Livestreaming and Digital Media Predictions” by Ross Brand


Outstanding Creator Award for
“Best World-Building”


Winners: 

"Gilraen and the Guilds" by Dr. Joanne Reid

"Advent of Dreamtech" by Isaac Petrov

"The Sun and the Starlings" by Barbara Hills


Honorable Mentions: 

"Deehabta's Song" by Stephen Alder

"Infernum" by Jayson Adams

"Kairn" by Fionne Foxxe Farraday

"ICDA: Intergalactic Children's Defense Authority" by Andrew Zellgert



Outstanding Creator Award for
“Best Character” (Best Main Character)


Winners:

Sicily "Sis" Jones from "Surviving the Second Tier" by MK Lever

Sheila from “I Saw What I Saw” by Tony Garritano


Honorable Mention:

Krissa from “Deehabta's Song” by Stephen Alder

Glooskap from “Passamaquoddy Legends” by Michael Cook

Chente from “Valiente” by AG Castillo

Epiphany from “Epiphany's Gift” by Mallory M. Oconnor

Ian Petrie from “Eistein's Desk” by Domenic Melillo and Dr. Robert Melillo

Blind Justice from “Blind Justice” by James Bridgwater

Moriah from “Voiceless: A Mermaid's Tale” by Anna Finch

Logan the Little Leopard from "We All Have Spots" by MJ McDonald

Boone Daniels from “The Devil Pulls the Strings” by JW Zarek

Ronnie the Rabbit from “Ronnie's Pool” by Lindsay Ann Fink

Blue Crow from "The Only Blue Crow" by Tuula Pere

Peter from “Longsword: Edward and the Assassin” by Dimitar Gyopsaliev

Gilraen from “Gilraen and the Guilds” by Dr. Joanne Reid

Kairn from “Kairn” by Fionne Foxxe Farraday

Arlen Washington from “Arlen's Gun” by Edgar Doleman

Tanto from “You Will Know Vengeance” by WA Pepper

Dr. Margaret Hamilton from “The Lethal Elixir” by Dennis Ross

Dillyn Fitzgerald from “Sultry” by Dr. Sandra Tanner

Sigourney Madigan from “Dr. Altman and the Concubines” by Jacqueline Shortell-McSweeney

Jim (James) Lloyd from “Lies That Blind” by E.S. Alexander


Outstanding Creator Award for
“Best Supporting Character”


Winners:

Amari from “Voiceless: A Mermaid's Tale” by Anna Finch

Reggie from “I Saw What I Saw” by Tony Garritano


Diyaab al Sahra (the "Desert Wolf") from "Longsword: Edward and the Assassin" by Dimitar Gyopsaliev

Meredith “Merry” Zochanges from “Gilraen and the Guilds” by Dr. Joanne Reid


Honorable Mentions:

Coach Doss from “Valiente” by AG Castillo

Magellan from "Magellan the Magical" by Krystal M. Harris

Edda van Dolah from “Advent of Dreamtech” by Isaac Petrov

Susan from “The Lethal Elixir” by Dennis Ross

Michael from “Voiceless: A Mermaid's Tale” by Anna Finch

Striker, Cal, Coach Sterling, and Chance King from “Surviving the Second Tier” by MK Lever

Angelina and Dr. Mills from “Einstein's Desk” by Domenic Melillo and Dr. Robert Melillo

Mr. Barns and Bethany from “ICDA: Intergalactic Children's Defense Authority” by Andrew Zellgert

Parisa and Touren from “Torn Asunder” by David V. Mammina

Caleb and Rena from “Goodbye Orchid” by Carol Van Den Hende



Outstanding Creator Award for
“Best Villain”


Winners:

AFA (Amateur Fighting Association/"Association for Athletes") from “Surviving the Second Tier” by MK Lever

Desirae from “Perfectly Imperfect” by Darlene Winston


(Dis)Honorable Mentions


Clarence Wright from “I Saw What I Saw” by Tony Garritano

Beezley Bub and Agent Orange from “ICDA: Intergalactic Children's Defense Authority” by Andrew Zellgert

Chief Engineer Lynch from “Infernum” by Jayson Adams

Purvis Moore from “Into the Storm” by DJ Adamson

Nazi Germans from “The Schatten” by Ashley Greathouse

Nazi Germans from “Einstein's Desk” by Domenic Melillo and Dr. Robert Melillo

Nazi Germans from “The Long Way Home from Crete” by Isaac Kal

“Huns” (Germans) from “Knights of the Air Book One: RAGE” by Iain Stewart

The Viet Cong from “Arlen's Gun” by Edgar Doleman

THE DUTCH from "Lies That Blind" by ES Alexander

Chinese Communist Party from “The Lethal Elixir” by Dennis Ross

Gozgork from “The Sun and the Starlings” by Barbara Hills

Sinti, Baba Yaga, and most of all T-O-D-D from “The Devil Pulls the Strings” by JW Zarek

Abaddon from “Voiceless: A Mermaid's Tale” by Anna Finch



Outstanding Creator Award for
“Hottest Character”


Winners:

Ensign Jimenez from “Infernum” by Jayson Adams

Reggie from “I Saw What I Saw” by Tony Garritano

Angelina from “Einstein's Desk” by Domenic Melillo and Dr. Robert Melillo


Honorable Mentions:

Coach Doss and Chente from “Valiente” by AG Castillo

Sicily “Sis” Jones from “Surviving the Second Tier” by MK Lever

Phoenix from “Orchid Blooming” by Carol Van Den Hende

Parisa from “Torn Asunder” by David V. Mammina

Daria from “Kairn” by Fionne Foxxe Farraday



Outstanding Creator Award for
“Best Couple”


Winner:

Andre and KC from “Perfectly Imperfect” by Darlene Winston

Sheila and Reggie from “I Saw What I Saw” by Tony Garritano


Honorable Mentions:

Orchid and Phoenix from “Orchid Blooming”/”Goodbye Orchid” by Carol Van Den Hende

Phoenix and Rena from “Goodbye Orchid” by Carol Van Den Hende

Doss and Chente from “Valiente” by AG Castillo

Ian and Angelina  from “Einstein's Desk” by Domenic Melillo and Dr. Robert Melillo

Kairn and Daria from “Kairn” by Fionne Foxxe Farrady



Outstanding Creator Award for
“Funny & Bizarre Moment(s)”


Winners:

* In “Heroin to Hero” by Paul Boggie, the narrator is visiting a foreign country and thinks he has learned a special greeting which is actually a derogatory phrase. He goes around telling this phrase to random people without knowing what it means.

* The constant snark and sarcasm along with the hilarious footnotes in “Bacon Grief” by Joel Shoemaker, probably the funniest book overall this season



Honorable Mentions:

* Ashley Greathouse's dedication/copyright page in “The Schatten”

* The phrase “...garlands of enchanted sausages” from “Passamaquoddy Legends” by Michael Cook

* Gerard being obsessed with his beloved donkey and Touren acting like an old grump in “Torn Asunder” by David V. Mammina

* The outback humor found in the art in “Barbies 4 Blokes” by Julianne McLean and Mark Lynch

* The constant, seemingly unending space sex and Kairn's lack of a refractory period in “Kairn” by Fionne Foxxe Farraday

* The overuse of onomatopoeia and characters talking, thinking, and acting like they're 12-years-old (ex. “no take-backs”) in “The Devil Pulls the Strings” by  JW Zarek.

* Gilraen getting angry and annoyed with people in “Gilraen and the Guilds” by Dr. Joanne Reid

* Peter needing to pee for about 1/10th of “Longsword: Edward and the Assassin” by Dimitar Gyopsaliev

* Chucklegorgon's snails and snail racing in "The Sun and the Starlings" by Barbara Hills

* Around 30-40% of the novels this season contained the same phrase: “smiling like a Cheshire cat.” Is your book one of them? 

* The use of commas and hyphens in “From Dusk to Dawn” by Henry Krauss

* Sheila and Reggie trying to be sneaky but tripping and causing an entire shelf of cereal to fall over in “I Saw What I Saw” by Tony Garritano.

* Tanto talking about his Bushido philosophy out of the blue and trying to apply it literally anytime anything happens, even when none of the other characters care or know what he's talking about. Also, the multiple sub-plots in “You Will Know Vengeance” by WA Pepper.

* The phrase “it's not so silly” in “Above Us” by Angela Riedesel

* “Meanwhile, at the other end of town, absolutely nothing interesting happened to Officer Nella Dormanni” and other updates about the ineffectual Officer Nella Dormanni in “A Bad Place to Be a Hero” by Jerry F. Westinger.

* Probably no one but the authors actually know what those huge slabs of formulas and numbers mean in “Real-Time Earthquake Tracking and Localisation” by George R. Daglish and Iurii Sizov

* The lack of weight classes that leads to Sis Jones fighting guys who outweigh her by 50-100+ pounds in “Surviving the Second Tier” by MK Lever. In real life, this could have deadly consequences due to greater speed, size, muscle mass, and force production by larger individuals with higher levels of testosterone.

* Trying to figure out if Queen Vernita is actually a queen or just named “Queen” like Queen Latifa. And if she is a queen, we're trying to figure out how she has so much free time to live and wander through random places for months, probably at the expense of her tax-paying subjects. (Referring to “Queen Vernita Visits the Land of Little Rain” by Dr. Dawn Menge and Kent Duryee)

* In “Flying Penguin” by Asoka Jinadasa and Felicio Ferraz, a series of motivational, inspirational, and instructional quotes by famous people are presented. Randomly sandwiched between all of them is: “I became vegan because I saw what really goes on in slaughterhouses and dairy farms” - Ellen DeGeneres. We then get a quote from Elton John about how great music is.



Outstanding Creator Award for
“Best Quote”


Winners:

“...a closed hand can't receive, and a closed heart can't give”


- Carla A. Vincent in “Black Butterfly”


“I accept you just the way you are”

- Joel Shoemaker in “Bacon Grief”


“Actions, not incomes, define people as good or evil"

- Michael Cook from “Meditations for Modern Man”


Honorable Mentions:

“The most intolerant people in the world are the people who demand tolerance from everyone else”
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- Michael Cook in “Meditations for Modern Man”


“If you win every game, your game won't improve”

- Felicio Ferraz & Asoka Jinadasa in “Flying Penguin”


"I was tiny... the world was huge and looming, giant people, giant tables and chairs, all waiting to crush me."

- Natasha Miller from "Relentless"


“Every problem has an underlying opportunity”

- Felicio Ferraz & Asoka Jinadasa in “Flying Penguin”


“It shouldn't be a choice of do we want law and order or do we want social justice... Why can't we want both? Why can't we get both?”

- Tony Garritano from “I Saw What I Saw”


"Victory is not the most important thing. It's the struggle and fight. The lessons we take from our scars..."

- Natasha Miller from "Relentless"
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