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2024

Ripple Effect

Literary Titan Book Award


Ripple Effect

Amy Rivers

Brynn and Sebastian Hate Each Other: A Love Story

Colorado Book Awards

Romance


Brynn and Sebastian Hate Each Other

by Bethany Turner

Starkweather

Firebird Award Winner

Multicultural Fiction


Paradise Undone

by Annie Dawid

Starkweather

A Washington Post

Best Book of the Year


Starkweather

by Harry Maclean

Starkweather

Readers Favorite


Stop Screaming

by Benjamin M. Weilert

Corky Tails, Holly Berry and Mistletoe

Pinnacle Book Achievement Award


Finding Fionn

by M.J. Evans

Ripple Effect

Best Thrillers Award

Thriller


Ripple Effect

by Amy Rivers

Dr. Martha Cannon

Willa Literary Award

Creative Nonfiction


Dr. Martha Cannon of Utah

by Joan Jacobson

Corky Tails, Holly Berry and Mistletoe

CIPA Evvy Award


Corky Tails: Holly Berries and Mistletoe

by Joni Franks

Falcon in the Dive

CIPA Evvy Award

Historical Fiction, Thriller, and the Herb Tabek Choice Award


Falcon in the Dive

by Leah Angstman

Time Agents: complications

CIPA Evvy Award

Sci Fi


Time Agents: Complications

by Jodi Bowersox

Paradise Undone: A Novel of Jonestown

Literary Titan Award

Fiction


Paradise Undone

by Annie Dawid

2023

Stumble & Fall

Living Water Award

Nonfiction


Defined by Fire

by John Rabins

Stumble & Fall

BookFest Award

Historical Fiction


Brighter than the Flames

by Stefan J. Scheuermann

Stumble & Fall

Firebird Book Award

Suspense

Social Political Change


Stumble and Fall

by Amy Rivers

Betty Berzon Emerging Writers Award

Poetry


Ghostword

by Crisosto Apache

Demon Riding Shotgun

Next Generation Indie Award

Paranormal


Demon Riding Shotgun

by L.R. Braden

Little Souls

Colorado Book Awards

Historical Fiction


Little Souls

by Sandra Dallas

The Stallion and His Peculiar Boy

Purple Dragonfly Awards

YA Fiction


The Stallion and His Peculiar Boy

by M.J. Evans

Until Dead: A Cold Case Suspense

Imadjinn Awards

Thriller


Until Dead

by Donnell Bell


Shoot the Horses First

Indie Author Project

Colorado Regional Winner


Shoot the Horses First

by Leah Angstman

Stop Screaming! A Beginner's Guide to Homemade Ice Cream

Best Indie Book Award

Nonfiction: Ice Cream Crafting


Stop Screaming

by Benjamin M. Weilert

Shoot the Horses First

CIPA EVVY Award

Anthology


Shoot the Horses First

by Leah Angstman

The Rebel Nun

CIPA EVVY Award

Historical Fiction &

Herb Tabak Choice Award


The Rebel Nun

by Marj Charlier

Hidden Buddha

CIPA EVVY Award

Religious / Spiritual


Hidden Buddha

by Jim Ringel

Feathers of the Phoenix

CIPA EVVY Award

Young Adult


Feathers of the Phoenix

by Cheryl Carpinello

Freedom Rings

CIPA EVVY Award

Fantasy


Let Freedom Ring

by Brenda Hardwick

2022

Red Rabbit on the Run

Colorado Book Awards

Mystery


Red Rabbit On The Run

by Jodi Bowersox

Striking Range: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery

Colorado Book Awards

Anthology


Shadow Atlas

edited by Carina Bissett

Striking Range: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery

Book Excellence Award


Searching For Closure

by Iona Morrison

Striking Range: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery

Willa Literary Award

Multiform Fiction


Striking Range

by Margaret Mizushima

Red Rabbit on the Run

CIPA Evvy Awards

Mystery


Red Rabbit On The Run

by Jodi Bowersox

Breakthrough cover

Readers Favorite


Breakthrough

by Todd Mitchell

The Namer of Spirits

American Fiction Awards

Pre-teen Fiction


Namer of Spirits

by Todd Mitchell

Bats, Bandits & Buggies

Will Rogers Medallion

Young Readers


Bats, Bandits & Buggies

by Nancy Oswald

Never Let Go

Will Rogers Medallion

Traditional Western Fiction


Never Let Go

by Pamela Nowak

The Stallion and His Peculiar Boy

Maincrest Media Award

Historical Fiction


The Stallion and His Peculiar Boy

by M.J. Evans

Sand pounder

Equus

Western


Brand Chaser

by Randi Samuelson-Brown


Librarians of the West: A Quartet

Equus

Short Story


Too Much Dancing Going On

by Randi Samuelson-Brown

White Sands Gold

Firebird Book Award

Western Fiction


White Sands Gold

by Mike Torreano

Smart Kid Terminology: 25 Terms to Help Gifted Learners See Themselves and Find Success

Firebird Book Award


Smart Kid Terminology

by Dr. Brenda K. Small

White Sands Gold

Literary Titan Award

Fiction


White Sands Gold

by Mike Torreano

Sand pounder

Global International Book Awards

Pinnacle Book Awards


The Sand Pounder

by M.J. Evans

Sand pounder

Independent Press Award

Chanticleer International Book Award


The Sand Pounder

by M.J. Evans

Sand pounder

Royal Dragonfly Book Awards

Wishing Shelf Book Award


The Sound Pounder

by M.J. Evans

Skullington Bone Apetit

Mom's Choice Awards


The Skullington Family Series

by M.J. Evans

Mr. Figgletoes

TOP Shelf Book Awards


Mr. Figgletoes Toy Emporium

by M.J. Evans

2021

Never Let Go

Wrangler Award

Non-fiction


Sand Creek and the Tragic End of a Lifeway

by Louis Kraft



grand mal

Book Authority

Best New Epilepsy Book


Grand Mal

by Robert Dodge

Next Gen Indie Book Awards

General Fiction


Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside

by Stephanie Harper

Independent Book Awards


Cristina A. Bejan

Green Horses On The Walls

Colorado Book Awards

Juvenile


Midnight at the Barclay Hotel

by Fleur Bradley

Colorado Book Awards

Romance


Custodian of the Spirits

by Bronwyn Long Borne

Colorado Book Awards

History


Yanks Behind the Lines

by Jeffrey B. Miller

Colorado Book Awards

Thriller


The Burn Patient

by Sue Hinkin

Women Writing the West

Willa Literary Award


Hanging Falls

by Margaret Mizushima

Killer Nashville

Silver Falchion Award

Juvenile/YA


Irish Town

by Matthew John Meagher

CIPA Evvy Award

Literary/Contemporary


The Perfect Stranger

by Gregory SETH Harris

CIPA Evvy Award

Travel/Outdoors


Essential Denver

by Lisa J. Shultz

CIPA Evvy Award

Western


Unforsaken

by John Dwaine McKenna

CIPA Evvy Award

Thriller/Suspense


The Diamond Diva Vendetta

by Jodi Bowersox

CIPA Evvy Award

Romance


The Mars Heir

by Jodi Bowersox

American Fiction Award

Juvenile Fiction


Corky Tails: Sagebrush and the Warm Spring Discovery

by Joni Franks

Indie Author Project

2021 Author of the Year


Amy Rivers

American Book Fest

Best Book Award

Biography


Heartbreak Kennel

by Cary Unkelbach

Merged

Eric Hoffer Excellence Award


Merged

by Jim and Stephanie Kroepfl

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New York Big Book Award for Medicine


Grand Mal

by Robert V. Dodge

PINTO!

Chanticleer International Book Awards


PINTO!

by M.J. Evans

PINTO!

Book Excellence Award


PINTO!

by M.J. Evans

PINTO!

Purple Dragonfly Book Awards


PINTO!

by M.J. Evans

Mr. Figgletoes

Feathered Quill Book Awards


Mr. Figgletoes Toy Emporium

by M.J. Evans

Complicit

Pencraft Awards


Complicit

by Amy Rivers